*Warning: Long Post*
I know of someone who is living a lie.
[Background info]
He's just a below average student who has a good command of english
vocabulary. He likes to brag and very narcassistic. He went to a
neighbourhood school, didn't do well for his O levels except an A1
for his english. His math & Science were F9 & E8
respectively.
After O lvls, he took a private diploma course. And then he decided
to take his private A levels. Before his results were out, he was
bragging that he was going to the UK to study at LSE. When the A
lvls results were out, he was silent. Very unusual for someone who
loves to boast around.
Somehow, a few months later, he publicly declared that he's an
intern for KhattarWong. When someone questioned him on his
admission for intenship as he has yet to complete his 1st year law
studies, he replied that he was a special case.
When one of his friends who got into khattarwong as an intern, he
couldnt answer her who was his mentor.
A few months after, he went to LSE singapore orientation
programme and made friends. When UK unis term is about to start in
sept, he told them that he was going to cambridge uni instead. When
people questioned him that how could that be possible since offers
were closed by June. Again, he replied that he was a special
case.
Of course he lied to everyone that he was from RI. He met up with
RI juniors. Even bought the school uniform.
His family is not rich and his parents are divorced. Both living
in HDB flats. But he claimed to everyone that he lives in a landed
property etc.
And his stories on romance is clearly right from a novel and
fantasy. How a girl could not want him because he is too rich.
And his father was arrested for impersonation as a police
officer before. But he claims that once he graduated from Cambridge
uni, he will be given by his father a law firm, and boasting that
his father is a famous lawyer that non have heard of.
He even took photos from the internet of london and paris
claiming that he took them. It was obvious that those photos were
taken from different cameras.
Now he's claiming that he's an intern for the ministry of law.
In a year or two, he's going to 'graduate' and I am afraid that his
deception will escalate and he would impersonate as a lawyer
then.
I personally think he's a sick individual who needs help. I've
tried many times to help him to make sense. And all he did was
sprewing vulgarities at me.
I am someone who was very close to him and when he registered for
his A levels as a private candidate, I was there. The last time I
tried to put some sense to him, he replied that 'I got into RI, but
I never told you'.
Is he breaking the law or anything with his deception and lies. If
I cant put some sense to him, maybe the law can.
Thanks for reading this very long post.
i guess it depends on what motivates him to lie.
personal gain? low self esteem? habitual? addiction? what's your
take?
trying to scare him into stopping with the law may not be
effective. he has a make believe life, career, home, education so
far... he'll be putting up a tough fight to keep his lies
together.