Posted by Hannah on 10/6/2008, 13:02:41
I hate to admit that I'm sure I do that all the time without even realizing it. See, I was a pretty bad compulsive liar when I was young, and sometimes I can't even remember which of my own stories actually happened, let alone where they came from IF they actually happened. In my mind, stories are just jumbled up funny chains of events, or sad chains of events, or odd chains of events, with no context whatsoever, because of this long history of lying. Lies have no true context, so...
So I've definitely told someone's story back to them almost verbatim years later with no ill intentions or recollection of how the story got there. It's embarrassing. Usually, if I can't remember, I'll either present it as 'someone told me...' or just not tell the story at all.
I try not to lie anymore even though it is almost as strong a compulsion as, say, biting my nails or eating sushi twice a week. But the effects from it don't go away.
I'm not saying your friend is (was) a compulsive liar or anything, just that he probably doesn't remember it's your story, and maybe doesn't process memories within a solid context.
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