Can you tell when someone is lying to you? Is it the eye contact? The body language? tone of voice? What?

Usually it's simply the unlikelyhood that what they're saying is true.

If it's a woman, you can't tell

PANDURITO said:

Yes u can! I think it's all in the eyes.

I'm a pretty convincing liar to my parents especially in highschool! But I think I'm a good judge when I'm sitting face to face and on the phone....you can just sniff out the lies. I have a sixth sense for people who have been drinking though...even just one drink!

I love you all

you never know.

PANDURITO said:

See, there's an obvious lie.

retina said:

Damn!

i'm horrible at lying. i dunno why. i'm not very good at telling when others are lying, either.

PANDURITO said:

I used to think that I couldn't tell when a woman was lying to me,
but then I realized that it was usually because I just wasn't paying attention.

evenstar3 said:

You're the coolest evenstar3!!!

jerseykrs said:

i don't believe a WORD outta your mouth, ever

Im not always able to tell when people are lying to me

Usually I can, normally I get a strange feeling like somethings not right. Now me I use to be good at, I mean real good...a pro but now I can't lie for shit.

Yes I can.

statuesqque said:

True

Paradisekiss03 said:

Yes.


Eyes.

of course. I can understand it from all the above u said...body language,tone of voice,the eye contact...I'm pretty good @ this...

face to face, yep... without actually being there with them I find it a lot harder to read people at all

There's usually some degree of either hesitation or eagerness - if neither is the norm w/ that person I'm gonna think something is up...

YES

Paradisekiss03 said:

When you ask a difficult question and they hesitate answering or look away so that there is no direct eyecontact, it's a clear indication of lying. Body language such as nervously tapping a foot, or touching the face are indicators too. The tone of voice may be an indicator, but may have a different reason too. The best way to find out is to check the eyes and the body language. Besides that, if your intuition is well developed, it can tell you when someone is lying even when there are no clear fysical signs that they are.

Tremolina said:

Word. Touching the face is a definite tell.

I can almost always tell when someone is lying. The kids and teenagers I work with are constantly saying they want to know my magic secret for always knowing when they're lying (pssst...don't tell, but the magic secret is that they're shitty fucking liars and back down way too quickly)

Seriously though, all you have to do is stare at the person with an absolutely straight face and say nothing. If they're telling the truth they'll remain calm. But if they start looking nervous, or talking a lot and saying shit like "What? What are you staring at? You think I'm lying? WHAAATT?" you know they're a lying-ass liar.

Tremolina said:

Exactly.

I'm pretty good at telling, although I can't tell with my partner, which is worrying He's too good at lying.

Reincarnate said:

Why in the hell are you with someone that you know lies to you?

FunkMistress said:

He doesn't lie most of the time, and I know he's totally faithful. But he lies about pointless stuff. It niggles me. I think he's like a puppy sometimes, eager to please ... or maybe I'm tough to live with. I don't know. (I do ask myself the same question sometimes though).