Has anyone taken a lie detector test?

[BigSandyBalls2015]

Asking for a friend - seriously!

Friend's DH believes she has been unfaithful and he says the only way he will trust her again is if she takes a lie detector.

I've a few questions - is it even accurate? Would you agree to do such a thing under the circumstances? Who is to say the issue stops there - he obv doesn't trust her so what's to stop this happening again?

It's quite unusual behaviour to be so distrusting and paranoid and I'm concerned he's unwell.

It’s free on Jeremy Kyle.

They're unreliable because they work by detecting elevated stress levels. If you believe the lie you're telling, it'll show up as the truth.

Omg my friend's ex was on the Jezza Kyle show with another bird! That ex was a right bastard to my friend so it was hilarious that his girl cheated on him and humiliated him!

And law degree they mostly work like 98 percent of the time, this morning there was a guy protesting his innocence a couple of years ago and then admitted after the show he lied!

Reading the disclaimer at the bottom of the screen on jeremy kyle, the accuracy of such tests is disputed.
They measure stress and bodily responses so you could fail a test if very nervous or be shown wrongly as not deceptive if you are for example a psychopath (no emotional reaction to lying).
Depending on where you look the accuracy rate is between 97% (by the people who give the test) to 61% (1997 survey of 421 psychologists).

As to your friend, how does she know that( if she takes and passes a lie detector test) his distrust will end?
Will he then accuse her of "cheating the test" or want more tests to prove she still not cheating?

If it's at the point where somebody needs a lie detector (and, agreed, they're not to be relied upon), I wonder if that's a clue stick that it would be very unusual to be able to repair the relationship?

Lie detectors have been shown over and over again to be very unreliable - that's why they aren't admissible in court.

If they really were "97% accurate" why on earth would we bother with an expensive and time consuming judicial system? We'd just hook suspects up to a lie detector. After all, a 3% error margin is far lower than our current one.

If your friends relationship has broken down to the point where a lie detector is seriously being considered, then the relationship is already over.

Why would anyone want to be in a relationship with someone who trusted them that little?

I'd tell him to shove the lie detector up his arse.

The marriage is over. Why would she want to regain the trust of a man who has so little faith in her that he is willing to force her into this?

There was a thread a few weeks ago where the H had forced the OP to take one. He was a controlling, financially and sexuallu abusive arse. Look after your friend. She is going to need your support.

Thanks for replies. I agree that if it's got to this stage what is the point!