How To Tell If A Person Is Lying

Do you want to know if your partner or your best friend or whoever is lying to you? Here’s a method to do just that.

Let’s say your best friend said she could not go out to dinner with you tonight because she had already promised to go to the movies with another friend. You did not think she was telling the truth, but how can you be certain?

Well, the next day, you could give her a call and ask if she really did go to the movies. But this would not uncover the truth, because if she really did go, she would of course say yes. However, if she did not go, she would still say yes.

Now what you can do is to introduce a piece of “evidence” and watch how she handles it. You just need to pose ONE question and you can use this technique especially if you want to check on her alibi.

You can invent a plausible story and say, “Did you watch the whole movie last night? Guess what - A friend of mine also went to watch the same movie at the same cinema yesterday and he told me halfway watching the movie, a fire broke out and the show had to be cancelled!”

Now all you need to do is wait for her response.

Your best friend now faces a difficult situation. If she didn’t go to the movies, she does not know whether to acknowledge there was a fire because there might not have been one. And if she says there wasn’t any fire and there was, then you’ll also know she wasn’t really at the movies. But regardless of her answer, she will do one thing every liar will do in this situation – she will hesitate and trying to decide how to answer.

Now if your friend really went to the movies, she will say “There’s no fire. What are you talking about? I think your friend was at a different cinema.”

But if she hesitates, or gives the wrong answer like agreeing to what you said, or perhaps even changes the subject, then you know you are not getting the truth.

Believe me, this technique works every time!