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How do you deal with a disingenuous person, (Original Post) cilla4progress May 2021 OP
The same thing that worked for me when I was a 4th grader still works for me at age 72. abqtommy May 2021 #1
Too early to discuss Thanksgiving dinner with my relatives. Throck May 2021 #2
It helps to record everything they say FakeNoose May 2021 #3

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
1. The same thing that worked for me when I was a 4th grader still works for me at age 72.
Mon May 31, 2021, 07:44 PM
May 2021

I just say "Liar,liar, pants on fire. Nose as long as a telephone wire".

FakeNoose

(32,579 posts)
3. It helps to record everything they say
Mon May 31, 2021, 07:51 PM
May 2021

... and play it back at the appropriate time. Like when they just contradicted themselves.
But I recognize that it's a little awkward doing that.

Try trusting your memory, remind them what they said to you in the past. See if they even acknowledge that they said something different before.

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