What lie did you believe in for a long time?

[TheorionMage]

Dogmatically, that the sentience termed 'Lucifer' was in ANY way, the Creator's 'adversary'---
When You own ALL the 'toys' the 'game' exists ONLY as YOU will it to be.
ANYTHING "GOD" can create; "GOD" can UN-create by whim and sheer Will alone.

Ever watch a bored child playing 'make believe' scenarios with dolls, toy soldiers or sock puppets?
When you play Chess or Checkers strategies against yourself...
there can be NO 'surprise' endings; its a foregone conclusion, YOU always win!

[Киттйлинк]

I believed the tooth fairy was real.
I even had an arguments with other kids who would tell me it was my parents.
I was so bothered by it that I went to ask my sister and she told me. that it really was my parents... I felt so bad.. I felt dumb, naive, and betrayed lol I got mad with her and asked her why she let me argue about it if she knew the truth.. lol I was so mad

Now that I am grown up I feel those kids were messed up..
if you are a kid and are around younger kids, don't destroy their childhood fantasies.. I know eventually everyone finds out but that was harsh for me haha

[Sirenboobzilla]

That Undertaker and Kane were actual brothers. That period cramps hurt less when you exercise. That weed is more harmful than cigarettes. That using tampons means you've lost your virginity (a female teacher legitimately told me this at age 15 when I asked for one as I had gotten my period during class and didn't have anything on me).

[TonyMetal___86]

That women are oppressed and that they love for real while men cannot love and lives a free comfortable life...

I'm not speaking that every women and men are like that but the majority that i saw are like that...

If i gather 100 women and asked them if they can love for real, they will all answer "SURE" and they will act as if they were the masters in love and affection but in reality if i had to pick the ones who are truly like that, i'll pick one or at max 3 and maybe none 😄

[jennifer_bloom]

I used to believe that God rewarded people with indulgences like vacations or popularity or lavish dinners and now I think God rewards you with His kindness and His power.

[Cynicaldreamer]

That it's possible for anyone to find true love or a relationship 🙄

LIES. Damn fairytales brainwashed us at a young age.

[string43]

I believed that women where more honest and upfront about things than men were and wouldn’t use lies to drive a wedge between people. This might sound like sour grapes about women but it’s specific to my mother who told me many bad things about my Dad that I believed and suppressed around him that changed our relationship up to adulthood. She’s passed and I can no longer get the truth from her but it makes it hard to trust that anyone can be honest about anything and sometimes it’s not even they’re fault for lying. But it still stings all the same.

[Hypnos0929]

That being a good person matters.
I think being good matters to an extent but people generally already have an idea of what you're like and move their expectations to fit your norm. For example: if a woman thinks you're a dick she'll expect dickish behavior and be less surprised by it when it happens. If she thinks you're a good person, on average, she'll see dickish behavior as a sign you're either fake or not honest.
Another example is if people think you're a hard worker they're more likely to punish you or judge you for slacking

[TruthBringer]

That my first girlfriend "loved" me as she claimed she did, only for me to find out that she just loved the attention, validation and the way I made her feel. She loved the fact I was filling that void in her soul as nobody else ever did, not that she actually loved me as a person. And she proved that to me when she started to question her feelings for me as soon as other people in her surroundings where giving her more attention that usual. Only to crawl back apologetic when all that attention stopped. Last time I checked, true love doesn't have you stop loving your significant other just because you are spending and having a good time with other people for a short period of time. Good riddance.

[Dragonpurple]

As a former Democrat in my youth, that they truly care about the poor. Even now they claim they fight for the poor in voting rights, and exercising that right but they have no issues restricting rights they do no agree with.

If a poll tax or ID makes it hard on the poor to vote, then doesn't a background check fee on a gun also make it harder on the poor? If they are for the poor they would be all about helping them exercise ALL their rights not just the ones they agree with.

[Heartache0405]

I used to believe that my ex actually loved me after everything I did for her including moving 3 hours away from my home to go to a college in her area while she finished up her senior year of high school. Then she cheats on me... Just cuz I wouldn't have sex with her.

[magiusX26]

"there is someone for everyone"

"life is fair" mostly during early childhood

"honesty is the best policy" often being honest will only do harm, at least these days. saddly i still stay honest.

"it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all"

"being kind for kindness' sake is it's own reward"

[DryGermanGuy]

I can’t think of anything, really. I have a pretty good bullshit detector, always had.
The closest would probably „believing“ some executives, how they „were on top of things“ and would „turn the situation around“. Yeah… 🙄

[humanearth]

Going to school, make good grades, get a job, save money in 401K and retire

I did all that and lost almost everything more then once.

Now I'm teaching myself something new on making money. Because the old way don't work no more

[ananias55]

That being a nice guy is attractive to women. It's not, it just makes you a therapist while she sleeps around. She'll only come around when she exhausts her options.

[slatyb]

I'm quite skeptical of any claims. Probably Santa Claus, I believed that until I was almost 6, so a total of maybe three years.

[talka20]

It was more like i lie i told myself n tried to believe for a good while... that i didn't fall in love w my best friend

[TommyMountainFigure]

I can't think of any because I'm really not all that gullible.

[Buntyp]

That my ex wasn't a liar. Glad I got over that one.

[Daniela1982]

That the Government doesn't lie or cover things up.

[DamnSam]

Believed for a long time that Bud Spencer and Pavarotti are the same person...

Or Machine Gun Kelly and Zach Braff...

[Anonymous]

That love never dies. That pain fades with time. That there is someone for everyone. That I could be forgiven for my mistakes. That someone could ever love me.

[beernbacon69]

Pretty much anything that 90% of anything a politician has ever said.

[Agape93]

That you can trust the police to help you and get you justice.