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AIBU?

to ask what silly lies you tell to keep up appearances?

303 replies

Penfolds5 · 02/06/2015 13:52

I pretend to like films with subtitles, but in reality I find them hard to read and would go for bad dubbing/a Cameron Diaz romcom any day.

I've also been known to switch my radio from Smooth FM to Radio 4 or 6 when someone's coming over.

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Fudgeface123 · 02/06/2015 13:55

None Confused

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BlueBananas · 02/06/2015 13:57

I can't think of anything
I find this a bit strange tbh, why do you do this?

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Penfolds5 · 02/06/2015 13:57

Well, you could at least have lied about that to make me feel better, Fudge

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coffeetasteslikeshit · 02/06/2015 13:57

None.

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DamsonInDistress · 02/06/2015 13:58

None. It's odd behaviour tbh.

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luckiestgirlintheworld · 02/06/2015 13:59

That I bath/shower more than about once a week. I don't smell or get greasy hair so no one knows as long as I don't go announcing it.

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FaintlyHopeful · 02/06/2015 14:00

I speed up when I pass another runner and pretend I was going at that speed all along. I also sometimes buy Heat, but would always dispose of it before going home.

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DownWithThisTypeOfThing · 02/06/2015 14:01

Not to keep up appearances, but more to keep the peace. If it wasn't for making things tough(er) for my lovely mother in law I'd happily tell my FIL what I thought of him.

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tootiredtoknow · 02/06/2015 14:01

I allow people (in sales show rooms etc) to think that me and DP are married sometimes not because I'm embarrassed by the fact that we aren't but because its less effort to explain otherwise.

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Penfolds5 · 02/06/2015 14:01

Oh come on now, I'm only talking about occasional little shifts in attitude you still find yourself making to fit in with those around you/project certain things. I think you're all lying now Grin

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TurnOverTheTv · 02/06/2015 14:02

Why do you care about what people think? Do you think you're friends/family are going to gossip about you listening to Smooth Radio? Confused

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midnightvelvet01 · 02/06/2015 14:02

Not so much now but I did when I was younger.

At Uni I would tell people I'm from Warwickshire rather than the West Midlands

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ItsTricky · 02/06/2015 14:03

Not really now, but when I was younger I pretended to love going out and getting drunk when really I was happier on the sofa watching Blind Date.

Age is great for stopping giving a fuck about what people think.

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tootiredtoknow · 02/06/2015 14:03

Oh and exactly what downwith said but in reverse. My MIL deserves her own AIBU board.

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MyballsareSandy · 02/06/2015 14:03

A colleague who must be a mumsnetter spotted a Daily Mail hanging out my bag and I told her I found it on the train Blush.

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MamaLazarou · 02/06/2015 14:03

I pretend to my son that I disapprove of swearing. When he's not around I've got a proper potty mouth.

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Penfolds5 · 02/06/2015 14:03

Ah, thank god for you, Faint, tootired, luckiest and Down.

I do the pretending to be married thing too, tootired, with several elderly neighbours

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ShaynePunim · 02/06/2015 14:04

Wedding date vs DC1 birth date. Or let's just say I keep it very vague if I can. Grin

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MyballsareSandy · 02/06/2015 14:04

Oh and I once told the recycling bin man that we'd had a big party that weekend, when I staggered up the drive with the bottle recycling Blush.

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taptapioca · 02/06/2015 14:05

I always nod and smile when people talk about the xfactor, BGT. I pretend that I just didn't get a chance to see it that week rather than letting on that I think they are terrible programmes.

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Penfolds5 · 02/06/2015 14:06

Myballs, I have on occasion bought a decoy newspaper to hide Heat under

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blackrabbitwhiterabbit · 02/06/2015 14:06

Give the Op a break!

Yesterday i found myself fibbing to bloke i really fancy at work, pretending that i, too, adored the city of York and visited on thursday of last week Blush

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KingJoffreyLikesJaffaCakes · 02/06/2015 14:07

I pretend I'm normal.

All signs of Asperger's, ADHD and crippling depression and anxiety are skilfully hidden.

It's fecking exhausting.

I tend not to socialise much and just hang out on here with you guys.

Grin

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LobsterQuadrille · 02/06/2015 14:08

Oh yes. That I "don't like the taste of alcohol" rather than "I'm a recovering alcoholic". Even worse, than I sometimes read the Mail on line just so I can comment on it.

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Gooddaysunshine · 02/06/2015 14:08

luckiestgirl I work with a group of people in an inpatient unit. Believe me, you can smell tell the ones who only bathe/shower weekly, even though they swear blind they don't smell. People are probably too polite to tell you!

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