I am so misstrusting

[whisky]

I have a friend, who when we would go out to the pub would always tell tall tales to us, and spin outright lies and false stories to try and impress women.

He recently got suspended from work for details I cant get into, but also involved lying, and for the last month I have only had sporadic contact with him on facebook.

I am beginning to think he might have Münchhausen, but his recent messages have been about treatment he has been getting, lots of needles, hair falling out, radiotherapy.

The sort of things that scream cancer.

Which makes me wonder, has he been behaving that way because he had a tumour on the brain?

But on the other hand people with Münchhausen do tell people they are ill as another attention getter.

I like him, but he is a prime example of the boy who cried wolf, what am I meant to believe?

 

[Daystrom]

Most Munchausen's a attention whores.

 

[Love Child]

I hate people

 

[Loktar]

I hate people

Yeah people suck.

(especially my asshole brother)

 

[Love Child]

I like him, but he is a prime example of the boy who cried wolf, what am I meant to believe?

You know, if it doesn't affect you directly that he may or may not be lying-just let him be. Don't call him out on it, it doesn't really matter does it?

Now if I were lending someone money or had a joint business venture with them or needed to rely on them for job related responsibilities and they were in contact with clients, then I would have a problem with thier stories or lying.

 

[Fuddlemiff]

I guess this leaves you deciding whether to hope he has cancer, or hope he's off his trolley. Neither answer is going to be comforting.

From what you've said, it sounds like he could be inventing the cancer. You do hear about it happening quite often, while the personality disorder prompted by cancer just seems like a convenient way to let him off the hook, because it's better than believing he'd invent a terminal illness.