Signs that someone is lying to you.?

Question

How do you know if someone is lying to you, like will they loose eye contact, like that sort of thing

Answer 1

i've read that people look to the left when they're lying..no matter what they'll break eye contact and fidget a lot

Answer 2

Not just losing eye contact, but being fidgety, looking around the room instead of at you. They have to think for an answer that should be a no brain-er, some people get defensive when you ask a question, they may answer a question with a question. Looking nervous. There's a lot of tells for people that are lying, but some people it's almost impossible. If they have no conscience about lying, they can lie to you as easily as tell the truth. Everyone is different.

Answer 3

Here are some of signs according to lie detection web site.
Physical expression will be limited and stiff, with few arm and hand movements. Hand, arm and leg movement are toward their own body the liar takes up less space.
A person who is lying to you will avoid making eye contact.
Hands touching their face, throat & mouth. Touching or scratching the nose or behind their ear. Not likely to touch his chest/heart with an open hand.
Timing and duration of emotional gestures and emotions are off a normal pace. The display of emotion is delayed, stays longer it would naturally, then stops suddenly.
Timing is off between emotions gestures/expressions and words. Example: Someone says "I love it!" when receiving a gift, and then smile after making that statement, rather then at the same time the statement is made.
Gestures/expressions don’t match the verbal statement, such as frowning when saying “I love you.”
Expressions are limited to mouth movements when someone is faking emotions (like happy, surprised, sad, awe, )instead of the whole face. For example; when someone smiles naturally their whole face is involved: jaw/cheek movement, eyes and forehead push down, etc.
A guilty person gets defensive. An innocent person will often go on the offensive.
A liar is uncomfortable facing his questioner/accuser and may turn his head or body away.
A liar might unconsciously place objects (book, coffee cup, etc.) between themselves and you.
Obviously, just because someone exhibits one or more of these signs does not make them a liar. The above behaviors should be compared to a persons base (normal) behavior whenever possible.

Answer 4

Regularly enabled individuals who commit lies can look you dead in eyes.

Anybody who chooses to practice this form of hatred may not look you in the eyes nor will they appear or sound peaceful.

Individuals who get lied to often are sometimes falsely accused of being the problem by a society. The old scapegoat trick "you sound angry and maybe you need to go to therapy" "they are doing it because you are reacting" or "you're letting he/she do it. As far as I know that is called the act of blame shifting. Someone lying to another human being should trigger some sort of anger unless the person being acted upon is so confused they no longer can distinguish right from wrong. IMO it's never a good idea to ever accept the other scenerio either unless one gets into taking the blame for other people's behavior.

People who have been victimized by individuals who choose to live in contempt will aslo appear restless and not look you in the eyes while speaking of what has happened to them.

People who have an agenda, whether it is trying to get you to buy into the agenda be it in your best interest or not, will look you straight in the eyes.

The general public is force fed a belief system concerning body language and facial expression so government parties and small interest groups can "help" individuals.....I mean get your vote and get you stuck. The media sometimes seconds this practice.

What to do?

Talk it over with God and ask Him for wisdom if it is a decision you are battling with. It's what you've heard people call spiritual warfare and He will give you the armour to fight this battle. One can use as much of they're time as they choose to do this and it's free and nobody can stop a person from doing this. All the white noise is gone when you talk it over with God because confusion is a tactic only used by Satan - never by God. IMO that God tests all of his children by sometimes placing these individuals in our midst or He could be testing both...whatever the circumstance, life is short on this earth compared to our eternal day of rest. IMO that is what we should be preparing for - not obsessing about because we all mess up but keeping in mind as we walk down the path of life that God gave us for His purpose. ThankU for letting everyone of us, speaking of all posters to this question, share our life experience with you.

F. R. O. G. Frequently rely on God :)

Answer 5

they will lose eye contact, not talk about one subject alot, and will be very figity if they cant seem to remember something and you keep going on the same subject. What i would do if you are suspecting someone is go in a very in depth talk about the thing and tell them a lie and if they say they remember that then they are definately lying to you. Just to be sure say more than one lie and keep going till they sound retarded.

Answer 6

There are no hard and fast signs that someone is lying. In fact, it is incredibly difficult to tell when someone is lying... Tons of research on the topic shows that only a few people have the gift when it comes to detecting deception - they are called "truth wizards." But, the following site provides a list of sites that offer advice on how to detect deception, based on solid research. http://lyingandcheating.blogspot.com/2006/12/detecting-deception.html

Answer 7

Some good liars are also good at maintaining eye contact. One cue that often works for me is if the person elaborates too much, providing more information than I reasonably would need for the circumstances. Often this is accompanied by rapid speech.

Answer 8

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.

If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.

Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior.

Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.

Stop trying to change = yourselves for a relationship that's not meant to be.

Slower is better.

Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy.

If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no, you can't "be friends." A friend wouldn't mistreat a friend.

Don't settle. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.

Don't stay because you think "it will get better." You'll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better.

The only person you can control in a relationship is you.

Avoid men who've got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women. They don't respect women or children. He didn't marry them when he got them pregnant, Why would he treat you any differently?

Always have your own set of friends separate from his.

Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you.

If something bothers you, speak up.

Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.

You cannot change a man's behavior. Change comes from within.

Don't EVER make him feel he is more important than you are...even if he has more education or in a better job. Do not make him into a quasi-god. He is a man, nothing more nothing less.

Never let a man define who you are.

Never borrow someone else's man.

Oh Lord! If he cheated with you, he'll cheat on you.

A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.

All men are NOT dogs.

You should not be the one doing all the bending...compromise is a two-way street.

You need time to heal between relationships...there is nothing cute about baggage... deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship

You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you...a relationship consists of two WHOLE individuals...look for someone complimentary...not supplementary.

Dating is fun...even if he doesn't turn out to be Mr.. Right.

Make him miss you sometimes...when a man always know where you are, and you're always readily available to him- he takes it for granted.

Don't fully commit to a man who doesn't give you everything that you need.

Keep him in your radar but get to know others

Answer 9

not making eye contact or looking down and to the left, but that is onyl if they are uncomfortable with lying to me. you can also just tell when someone looks uncomfortable when they are talking to you. =]]

Answer 10

they lose eye contact
shift they're weight a lot
look at the floor or they're hand
have trouble getting words out
bite they're lip
crack they're knuckles
sometimes if people are doing this they're just nervous, though. so everytime someone is mumbling or looking down don't automatically assume they're lying.