Would you lie for your best friend/relative?

[Anonymous]

if their significant other called you to verify something would you lie for them? For example, significant other called because they said they were out clubbing until 4am but y'all were out having fun? Or you went to Florida for a girls trip, but told your significant other that you were just sleeping at their house for the weekend.

[molonski2]

Those examples you give , I couldn't lie , but I just dont know anything about that , act dumb , that may be sitting on the fence , but I'm not telling a direct lie , but nor am I going to " spill the beans " on her.

Maybe its along the lines of " Look , I dont know anything about that , maybe you talk with xyz? " , as I was home in bed , otherwise its just not going to end well..

I've had this pretty much exact scenario , with a mates wife , I was constantly put up as a reason / excuse , she had no hesitation questioning me , and I followed the above , she eventually worked out I was protecting another , and I'm happy to say ( she and I ) are still great friends today , she forgives me , and worked out that for the most part she wanted to believe him , they divorced years ago , she did really well post , he became an even worse alcoholic , I got sick of covering for him with other women too , and we have not spoken in years , and thats fine with me.

Its never easy , and you are the meat in the sandwich.

[lorenzomichael]

Fuck yeah I would and have. That’s just what you do.

[Dinklex3]

I would lie for my best friend, but not in dumbass situations like that. They know I don’t deal with that so they know not to get me involved. I do not befriend my friend’s s. o to avoid any messy situations and to make it clear where my loyalty is. If they called me and asked I would tell them to not involve me in their drama and hang up.

[Becky316]

Yes I would

[Anonymous]

In the scenarios you described, no I would not lie for them.

I WOULD lie for a friend in life or death scenarios or in an instance where a small detail is not relevant to them being justified but the police might twist otherwise.

For example, if a road rager stands outside my friend's car trying to intimidate my friend, my friend flips him off and THEN the road rager attacks and my buddy shoots him. I would not mention that my friend flipped the guy off. The police would see that as an aggravating circumstance, but I would not because being flipped off when YOU approached US to start the situation is not a justification to attack. In this case, the police would be focused on the wrong thing. The road rage would be 100% wrong to even approach us in the first place and my buddy flipping him off is not a valid reason for my buddy to have his claim of self-defense thrown in doubt, no matter what the police think.

[HawkPerception]

Nah my friend knows I'm too honest for that. If he's cheating, I'm not lying to his partner. He wouldn't be my friend if he wanted me to lie for him. But if it's something just to get him out of doing something so he can have a time out with me, then sure I might lie and we could have some laughs about it later

[bobalife]

I mean if he’s abusive? Sure. If not, I probably just talk to them about how important it is to have open communication, trust, honesty, and healthy boundaries to maintain good partnership.

[Jefftheduck]

Depends if you murder someone I’m telling on your ass I might not tell someone else you called them far depends on the situation

[Anonymous]

I just witnesses neighbor distract a police officer talking through doorbell as the guy he was looking for walked past him on the sidewalk.
No I would not.

[DishLady]

You’re asking different things here. Which do you want? SO, BFF or relatives?

[Anonymous]

Yep! My loyalty is to my close friends and family, not whomever they’re asking me to cover for them over.

[Blueeyes81]

Yes with the exception that I could end up in jail. If it comes to that point they are on their own.

[BarryLiverstone]

Only time I can think of being deceptive to my bestie is if we were planning a surprise for them like a bday party. Otherwise just tell them.

[handsomelad70]

Sometimes, but not if they're committing violent felonies.

[jahaims]

I wouldn't be friends with someone who lies to their s/o outside of something like a surprise

[OtterMan68]

no, I would not. I would not want to be involved in that kind of immature deception

[DreamLife7]

You're getting used they're not ur friend ur just someone they need as a decoy 🤣

[spartan55]

How old are all of you? 12?

[Chazmatazz269]

Nope

[Staximus]

That's shady

[Bklynbadboy12]

I sure would

[impalabill77]

No I wouldn't.