The girl that I mentioned above, Karen....

Towards the end of high school and the first year of college I chased her a little. I eventually gave up as I realized that I wasn't going to get anywhere. I completely and totally gave up on her...

One night, she tells me that her roommate (who was the sweetest, nicest girl you would ever meet) was being a b!tch (yeah right) and she couldn't take it anymore. She asks if she can crash in my room. I say sure. Now, having been rebuffed for two solid year, I knew that nothing was going to happen.

She shows up later that night with a six-pack of beer and a bottle of Boonze (her poison of choice). We watch a movie with my roommate and his girlfriend. When its time to go to bed, I offer her the bed and tell her I'll take the floor. I can't remember what she said, but I do know I never slept on the floor nor did I. She basically cuddles around my back and I fall asleep.

I'm woken up to her going to town on my junk. I didn't sleep with her (thankfully--I'd probably have had to deal with 9 months of false "I'm pregnant" stories), but pretty much did everything else. I fall back asleep. She was gone before I woke up in the morning.

Looking back, I don't think she could stand not being the center of my affections. I later learned that she had ruined a lot of potential relationships for me by telling the girl I did coke/I was abusive/I had a criminal record. No wonder I kept striking out the first two years of college!

Women who strip for a liv'n have a distorted sense fo reality - its a survival mechanism. The same can be said for hookers and call girls as well as some lawyers!

If she was the child of John Lennon and Janis, she'd probably have a face that could knock the buzzards off a ***** wagon. This story is almost incredible, how do people as dumb as this guy make it through life?

Whenever a stripper is talking to me, I just assume it is part of their act designed to extract more money...

More and more, i just don't expect to deal with the "truth" when dealing with the female in our species.

Like Jack said in that movie when asked how he writes women so well, "First I take a man, then I remove reason and accountability"

Not just women, guys...I know a man in Portland, a Porsche nut, who fits that bill...why is it that so many liars are also arrogant? Any shrinks reading this thread?

I tried to understand the phenomenon a few years ago with no success. I also heard a really good show about it on NPR. And I learned that men who are pathological liars take on similar forms. The stories are just slightly different. Men, it seems, tend to lie about career success, wealth, advanced degrees and education, and (especially) military service - leaving out the victimization and abuse stories. Do you recall the story of Mark Hacking?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/10/national/main635151.shtml

The couple's crisis started on July 16 when Lori Hacking called the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to inquire about financial aid for her husband, who had told her and everyone else that he would be going to medical school there.

The couple had been planning to move there a few days later. But the 27-year-old woman was told there was no record of him even applying to the medical school. It has since been learned that he had not even graduated from the University of Utah, contrary to what he had led everyone to believe.

The guy shot his wife a few days later. The story was all over the national news for a while.

Makes sense...the guy I have in mind lies in order to pump his ego...loves to be thought of as an "expert", and in many ways he is...his knowledge is vast...mostly gained from reading. But what he doesn't know? He makes up...

One word:

insecurity.

Yep ther are certainily gullible people why U don't even need to look any farther than this....ahhhh..did I even explain the.....ahhh relationship between the macro and micro dynamics of psycho rational behavior...

My brother in law is a pathological liar. He ****ed me over because i trusted him. He knows if he ever comes around me I'll knock his teeth down his ****ing throat! My wife feels the same way!

I don't hang with liars. And I never tell them I know they are liars.

Ah well.

A lot of these people are True Sociopaths. One of the their distinguishing marks is that they are often very very charming, and believable in the sense that they probably believe the lies that they live. I made the mistake of getting involved with a woman like this recently, and although I tolerated her drama queen eruptions, lending my support whenever she needed it which was fairly often...She appealed to my trusting and supportive nature and I supposed I allowed this to happen, though I suspected things were off with her. I should have seen it coming and I will next time. Chalk it up as a learning experience.

Here is something from the web called Profile of a Sociopath:

Glibness and Superficial Charm

Manipulative and Conning
They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.

Grandiose Sense of Self
Feels entitled to certain things as "their right."

Pathological Lying
Has no problem lying coolly and easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities. Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector tests.

Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt
A deep seated rage, which is split off and repressed, is at their core. Does not see others around them as people, but only as targets and opportunities. Instead of friends, they have victims and accomplices who end up as victims. The end always justifies the means and they let nothing stand in their way.

Shallow Emotions
When they show what seems to be warmth, joy, love and compassion it is more feigned than experienced and serves an ulterior motive. Outraged by insignificant matters, yet remaining unmoved and cold by what would upset a normal person. Since they are not genuine, neither are their promises.

Incapacity for Love

Need for Stimulation
Living on the edge. Verbal outbursts and physical punishments are normal. Promiscuity and gambling are common.

Callousness/Lack of Empathy
Unable to empathize with the pain of their victims, having only contempt for others' feelings of distress and readily taking advantage of them.

Poor Behavioral Controls/Impulsive Nature
Rage and abuse, alternating with small expressions of love and approval produce an addictive cycle for abuser and abused, as well as creating hopelessness in the victim. Believe they are all-powerful, all-knowing, entitled to every wish, no sense of personal boundaries, no concern for their impact on others.

Early Behavior Problems/Juvenile Delinquency
Usually has a history of behavioral and academic difficulties, yet "gets by" by conning others. Problems in making and keeping friends; aberrant behaviors such as cruelty to people or animals, stealing, etc.

Irresponsibility/Unreliability
Not concerned about wrecking others' lives and dreams. Oblivious or indifferent to the devastation they cause. Does not accept blame themselves, but blames others, even for acts they obviously committed.

Promiscuous Sexual Behavior/Infidelity
Promiscuity, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual acting out of all sorts.

Lack of Realistic Life Plan/Parasitic Lifestyle
Tends to move around a lot or makes all encompassing promises for the future, poor work ethic but exploits others effectively.

Criminal or Entrepreneurial Versatility
Changes their image as needed to avoid prosecution. Changes life story readily.

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Other Related Qualities:

Contemptuous of those who seek to understand them
Does not perceive that anything is wrong with them
Authoritarian
Secretive
Paranoid
Only rarely in difficulty with the law, but seeks out situations where their tyrannical behavior will be tolerated, condoned, or admired
Conventional appearance
Goal of enslavement of their victim(s)
Exercises despotic control over every aspect of the victim's life
Has an emotional need to justify their crimes and therefore needs their victim's affirmation (respect, gratitude and love)
Ultimate goal is the creation of a willing victim
Incapable of real human attachment to another
Unable to feel remorse or guilt
Extreme narcissism and grandiose
May state readily that their goal is to rule the world

There have been some on Pelican, too. The usual thing, to claim having been something you're not. And it is realtively easy to check. But as soon as this is brought up, oh, well, you misunderstood. They "worked with", etc, the group. Never mind the fact that they described the operations they were on, tattoos, private part piercings, etc, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah.

www.veriseal.org

I dated a smokin' hot little blonde who was a pathological liar once. It sucked- she was gorgeous, and everyone was telling me what a lucky sob I was, but the lying got old real fast. Never did figure out what her deal was- she had probably been getting away with murder since being a kid on account of being so cute. I used to have pictures of her naked, which I would gladly PM to anyone interested, but alas, I threw them out when I got married!

Cheers,

Paul.

These kinds of people are all over the interent. My goodness go to any market related board or room many of them never made a bad trade in their life and live on those boards and in those rooms. Even when you post the "time and sales" data showing their story of riches could not be true they keep on posting away.

The internet can be a scary place with loads of those kinds of people who are emboldened by the anonymity

Thank you! Quite an education...it sure describes the guy I thought abiut in an earlier post.

Hey, I crashed my Jaguar last week. It was so funny.

Oh well, I have a new Carrera GT....

So you are putting hookers, call girls, and lawyers in the same category?

I've finally met a wise man!;)

Yeah, and nearly always they get p!ssed real quick if you question or dissect their BS.