Lie to me

One of my favourite programs on tv is the series "Lie to me". Reading people's body language and expressions have always appealed to me and that is probably one of the main reasons I have such strong emotional components in my paintings. Now learning through this series about "micro" expressions have me all excited (actually it's almost like a fav pastime, especially between my son and myself. - "have you seen that expression? Oh he looks so guilty.....") This brings me to my point; why do people lie? I'm not even talking about life and death lies, but these small ones. The adding on to gossip, the exageration of an event. Do people in general not find themselves interesting enough that they have to make there stories bolder? What gets to me most is when someone close to you tells a story in a conversation about something that has happened to them, but it didn't really, it's actually your story (this has happened to me a lot). You want to yell out "You're lying! It happend to me you fool, not you!" I know I'm blessed with a wonderfully interesting life, but really " Get your own Life!". In times like these I'm also offended for the fact that this person will tell the story with me there, so now what? Am I that daft that I cannot remember my own life? I know I'm blonde, but I also know for a fact that I have an enormous amount of brain cells and a memory most people would kill for. I can clearly remember back to 3years old, not from photos or what other people told me, but events that only I know. I also have a clear memory of conversations and even who wore what when. So for someone to use my life as a means of colouring in theirs, is defnitely not ok. Now with this added knowledge of detecting lies, I can even spot a crappy story even if my life isn't involved. Which brings me back to why?Is it our society that demands so much that people feel inferior so easily? All I know, I would love to live in a society where honesty and integrity is at the order of the day. For if it's ok to lie about your life's events, what makes me think you will be honest in business.