I met this youngman in my undergraduate days in Nigeria. He told everybody that his dad was a medical doctor and his mom; an international business woman. According to him, they lived in a sprawling mansion in Victoria Island and that his siblings were all abroad. One day he was attacked by cultists and had to be rushed home. After much effort we got his address from the school authority.

Being a friend, I followed others to take him home. Our first shocker was the address. It was not Victoria Island. It was the old Maroko! The mansion? It was a sprawling 20 face-me-i-face bungalow! His father was indeed a doctor, a NATIVE DOCTOR and his mother's shopping mall was a koisk infront of the bungalow!

Till I graduated, I didn't see the guy again! Why do you guys lie? and sisters have you met one of them?

Related: Girls and Lies

Why do guys lie? ...I think I know... 'cos that's what u wanna hear.

A lot of guys lie to gain leverage in life. Nobody likes been looked down upon. In Nigeria, you will surely be disrespected 99% of the time if you don't appear successful (even if you're not). Most people cannot afford to be real and let the chips fall where they may. They would rather project a false image and enjoy the trappings that come with it while it lasts. Wrong as it may seem, this is the only option for a lot of guys in Nigeria where acceptance is more Victoria Island than Maroko.

@FOD, how do you know that? i'm sure you guys lie cos it makes you feel good.For us, honesty is a virtue. And if you don't know, love has nothing to do with social class or social mobility. We can love you whether you live in Maroko or Moscow. Your personality is more important

to my dear sister who started this topic,the truth is dat gurls look down on men who are tooo honest..it has happened 2 me..a gurl said i was too honest.so i guess to keep the mystery some boys while twist things here or there...but dont fret the last honest boy is still alive..me..lol

niniowo:

love has nothing to do with social class or social mobility. We can love you whether you live in Maroko or Moscow. Your personality is more important

Guys will continue to lie to girls but it can reduce when the other ladies think in that line...

@Caliber...I feel you... They prefer the bad guys.

nini, like fod said abut the gurls likin the bad guys i agree with him..wats on ur take on the issue..sorry for deviatin from ur original thread a lil...

yea, guyz in 9eria lie 2 gurlz dere cuz datz wat theyw anna hear as ppl said..itz a fact..gurlz in 9eria doesn't wanna hear da truth cuz they r 2 materialistic 2 ma liking...i wasshocked with wat ma eyez saw in 9eria..oh lawdddddddd but at da same time itz a 2 way thing..gurlz do lie so itz matter of prayerrrrr

I think part of the answer can be found in this thread  
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-4586.0.html

i like 2 analyze things deeply..am a psychologist..the problem 2 why men lie is very simple....

That's a funny story. Im laughing!

Anyways... Not every guy is a liar. (we have to clear that out first). I guess 'those' guys that lie.. do it, cos they must have known the surroundings they are. If they see that, when they say the truth, it wont help them.. then i don't think they'll say the truth. Most of the time... it's the situation they r in that makes them lie.

After all being said and done, it's better to be yourself.. lying don't help!. The truth will always come out.

@ninilowo

kia yanriya.
who told u girls don't like lies, believe me they love it
that is why guyz have developed that linr of talent.
check this out girls which wan u wan hear among this two wey go sweet u 4 belle.

my papa na minister make we dey go out or my papa na shoe maker make we dey go out.

Oh.. Damn...some people lie wella wella because they want to get a lady..  and the so called girl go trip and the end of the day relationship go break..  why some lie because thats the only option left for them,
In the Bible.. Peter Lied.. "He Denied Jesus Christ "  and Peter was a man

we don't want to mess up and that is what you want to hear.

Yes! Guys do lie a lot and thank you for starting this topic, it's making dem guys to confess!

guys lie because its their nature.They can't do without it.If a guy tells you goodmorning,look at the time!!!

they were just made that way.........curious if they can ever stop!!!!!!!!!!1

i am a guy and its not in my nature to tell lies so take note...

like duuuuuuh!!!it's not all men but almost all of them maybe 90%if you are in the other 10% of true and faithful men...................God bllleeeeesssss youuuuu!!!

how did u come by the 90%? have you conducted any empirical investigation? or is it 90% of the men you have encountered? i would like to know.

odiegwu odiegwu!!!guys are born with the gift of lying,it is inborn...

snazzydawn:

odiegwu odiegwu!!!guys are born with the gift of lying,it is inborn...

thank you snazzy!!!!!!!!he is rejecting as if he knows not the truth about the other guys excluding himself if he's really not a lier!!!

why are we all talking about guys let us digress a little bit, I think females do lie too and only about the big stuffs like, you are the father of my child while he is no, or I have headache today we cannot have sex.

the headache bit is true now?as for the first one,well....but don't digress jo o!!!we don catch you!!!

The reason why men lie is because there is no how you tell a woman the truth that she will ever believe you, but the moment you lie to her; men you've won her heart, that is why we the truth tellers are always having difficulties in our relationships.

snazzy: u're funny lol lol
@wascoms: and how true is that?

why would they lie?

pearldrops:

why would they lie?

Simple: Because they CAN !!!!!!

Lie in the real sense.? they make statements that can be seen as invalid from another point of view..

I think men simply embellish the truth.. in my days all you needed was N50 suya and cheap ice-cream and you got the goods,these days you'll be lucky to get a number without looking like 2million bucks with 5m to spare.. women love embellishments.. it is like fashionable clothing accessories, when men wear these lies (embellishments) they utterly trip (literarilly) flattery use to work to get girls to sleep with you.. (make her head swell soo much she does not notice she is already in the bedroom), now you really need to try other tactics

lies? no.. it is possible men can make good their claims in due course (yea right)

well, it depend on what the guy want, what if he lied and got down with the girl and then dump her? is that not an achievement from his lie?

secondly, a guy that wants to be serious with a girl would say the truth since he's planing to go a long way with her.

thirdly, poverty is another issue, girls: if a guy tells you how poor he is and then ask you out, what would you say? please be sincere, remember we're talkin about a very poor person here 'he's future is not even sure either'

*laughs in chinese*

*laughs in french*