Hi, my DD has just turned 18. Still in full time education, living at home.
recently, probably about 6 months, she has been telling so many lies it’s getting hard to want to talk to her/spend time with her. They are stupid little lies that I can’t see the motivation behind.
She tells my other children that I’ve done/said things that I haven’t, and to me about them. Will make up random stories to cover any tiny mistakes she has made, which I can understand to a degree but also, we wouldn’t give her any grief for the mistake but do get annoyed with the lies?
I Don’t know how much is normal and how much is an issue. She is 18, we pretty much treat her as an adult, she had a boyfriend, a car, the freedom to come and go as she pleases and has just got a part time job. Currently we fund pretty much everything for her although we have warned her this will have to gradually change slightly now she is working.
Mostly, the lies are little things that don’t really matter. But it’s getting so frequent that it’s hard to want to talk to her because we are always wondering what’s true and what’s just made up.
is this normal? She used to do it when she was in primary school, but then seemed to grow out of it, until recently it’s resurfaced.