Replies to '07/05 Liar, Liar'

I have a brother who has lied all of his life. To be honest, I think he actually believes his own lies. I think the term for these type of people is sociopathic liars. He made up story after story and told them to his bosses, girlfriends, friends, etc., etc. At present date, he has a photography business that he advertises for on the Web and when representing who he is you can still read the lies. He has a photo of himself and a woman he calls his "wife"- he isn't married to her - they are living together at my sister's home. When members of the family would confront him with particular instances he would always say it was the other person that didn't understand him, or was mistaken, didn't hear right, blah, blah, blah. He got angry with me when I confronted him about a fake break-in/insurance fraud (denied the whole thing) and he didn't speak to me for a couple of years. That was kind of good in a way - didn't have to decipher whether he was lying to me or not for a while! Funny thing too, my other brother who was living with him at the time, saw things appear back in the house that were supposedly stolen, and the serial numbers matched the ones that were written on the report given to the police. You gotta watch out for these type out there!  

I think most people who lie about who they are, do it because they don't like who they are or the life that they have created for themselves. If they enhance their life story then other people will think they have a great life and have it all together, or something.           Interesting topic.