30 Stories From People About The Smallest Lies They've Told Which Had The Biggest Consequences

There is nothing you can preach to stop folks from lying because lying is inherently part of human nature.

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• July 12, 2022

Lying is something that people don’t always understand why, how, or when it occurs. Lying, as a means of deceiving, serves a number of purposes, such as the desire to defend oneself or others, sometimes just to hurt other people, sometimes for pleasure, but most notably, people believe it encourages and develops creativity and imagination, particularly in children.

But sometimes these lies go a little too far, escalating to levels no one could have predicted. Perhaps they could have imagined it if they had previously been burned by the lie, potentially suffering the effects and then sharing them on social media.

People have lately been sharing the lies they actually started that were simple at first but spun out of control because somebody decided to take the bait and then make it even worse than they actually were. When someone asked on Reddit about the smallest lies people have told that have had the most serious consequences, many people shared interesting stories about telling small lies and suffering serious consequences afterward.

This particular post quickly became a viral thread with more than 10,600 upvotes and 6,700 responses, with the best responses making it into our well-curated list of the smallest lies with the biggest consequences. So scroll down and take a look.

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1. I, my girlfriend and the the store manager

2. Bullying is never the solution

3. What a story!

4. And then came the fire drill

5. I took a number of business courses as an undergrad

6. How me and my friend became best friends

7. All I wanted was a free pen

8. Camp counselor for a group of kinder gardeners

9. What I always felt guilty about

10. If only I had given her a quarter

11. Doing something so as not to do the daily chores

12. I'm leaving the room for two minutes

13. That is a weird thing to lie about

14. I faked my cries and then...

15. When I was still a boy...

16. We found a Robin's nest with four eggs

17. Easter Bunny comes through the drain...

18. Learning how to play the keyboard

19. The family made me change my name

20. How I met my wife...

21. Back when I was in elementary school

22. This lie caused a real bad scene

23. All three of us were dumb and immature

24. Getting grounded for a "little lie"

25. He screamed blue murder

26. My son thinks I'm God

27. My step grandpa always thought I was my brother

28. Changing a few details in my stories

29. I'm skeptical at this point

30. She apologized in tears

There is nothing you can preach to stop folks from lying because lying is inherently part of human nature. But it isn’t in every situation that one should lie, because, irrespective of how little or “white” it seems to be, it might pose deleterious consequences afterward.

These lies can actually conceal a minor situation. However, they eventually spiral into something larger, and we find ourselves caught in some unpleasant situations.

Maryjane