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What is the smallest lie you have told that had the biggest consequences? (midwest.social)

submitted 7 months ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] nom_nom@lemmy.ml 53 points 7 months ago

Not me but a good friend of mine met a girl and lied about his job. He was already working a decent job as a floor salesman while applying to be a flight attendant which paid more money. He told her he already had the position he was applying for, which he never got and it kept snowballing until he could no longer come clean without major consequences. For 6 months, he had to make up a fake flight schedule, fake work-related anecdotes, etc., Needless to say when he eventually came clean she ended things, and I suppose he learned a very strange but valuable lesson. It was pretty funny to me at least.