19 Lies People Refuse To Come Clean About That'll Make You Question Everything You've Ever Been Told

We've all told a little white lie before, but what about all the ones that never stopped?

We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to share a lie they still tell to this very day. Here's the truth behind them all:

1."I lied about having cancer to get an extended vacation and then eventually get out of working at my job. I never meant to, but I told my manager I had some health issues that would prevent me from working there anymore and she guessed I had cancer right away so I didn't deny it. I asked her not to tell anyone because it was personal, but of course, she told a few of my coworkers and word got around my small town quickly. The worst part was one of my good friends from this job had just lost her father to cancer and wanted to talk to me about it. She was also a manager so I didn't feel comfortable telling her I lied, so I just rolled with it."

2."I've lied about my age for so long, I don't even know how old I am."

—Dave, North Carolina

3."I told my now husband that his name popped up on my Facebook's 'people you may know' even though we didn't know each other. The reality is I followed him home from Home Depot and Googled his address! Yes, he was single! I may have been a stalker, but I'm not a homewrecker!"

4."When we were kids, our room caught fire from an electric blanket my sibling left on — or so everyone thought. I was the younger sibling. I turned it on and set it to high so it would be nice and warm for my sibling when they came home. While the family was out the blanket caught fire and almost burned down the entire house. To this day, everyone thinks it was my sibling who left their electric blanket on by accident when it was me who left it on on purpose."

—Anonymous

5."That eating pineapple made my teenage boys' sperm taste better. They were going through a junk food phase and I was trying to get anything fresh into them. To this day, we are keeping Dole in business."

6."Back at school, me and a friend of mine started calling each other cousins because people couldn't believe we were just friends. We still do it today. After 15 years, it would be weird to tell everybody that we just made that up. Sometimes it gets difficult though. Someone else now thinks we're related because he's a distant cousin of my 'cousin' and tells everyone about it."

—spiritedmug90

7."How I met my husband. I was still married to my children's father. Things weren't great, so I buried myself in work. I had a four-month affair with my boss. He texted me from a phone number I did not recognize. I texted him back later but it was the phone of his next-door neighbor. He was using it so he would not get caught by his wife. The phone belonged to my now-husband of 15 years. We tell everyone a meet-cute story about a wrong number gone right. I will never feel good about how it happened but the results are good."

8."We had a small but close group of friends in high school and college. My girlfriend found out I slept with her best friend, who happened to be a classmate of mine and an ex of one of my friends. As I said, we had a small friend circle. The lie was it was a one-night drunk hookup. The truth is, we had a seven-year secret on-and-off relationship we hid from everyone in our group."

—Anonymous

9."That I took the GRE. I bought books, paid for the test, went to the test center, and decided at the door that the last thing I wanted was to spend more money or time on school. I told my parents I took it and planned to take a gap year before applying to master's programs. I applied to a Craigslist ad looking for a barista at an unnamed hotel. Nine years later I'm the director of food and beverage and make six figures for the same hotel. Best decision I ever made."

10."I've made up all kinds of horrible stories to explain why I'm pulling my hair out. In third grade, my parents were concerned that I was doing this and told me it was usually a sign of distress. I lied and said my friend was bullying me, and it got up to the school administrators. I lied the whole way through. To this day, I still feel awful about betraying a friend like that. I still lie about why I'm pulling my hair out if I get caught doing it. The real reason is that it feels satisfying, and I have no idea why."

—Caileigh, Arizona

11."I tell everyone I have seen Star Wars because I don't want to deal with people losing their minds when I say I haven't. I don't want to watch it, so it's easier to just say I have."

12."I have my husband convinced I am not ticklish. I am very ticklish and he would (lovingly) torture me if he found out!"

—donutholes

13."I tell everyone I was a pre-med major in college. The truth is, I dropped out of college after one semester and most definitely wasn't studying pre-med. My life has been very dull and I haven't achieved anything, so doing this makes me feel good. I'll probably never stop."

14."I lied that I was buying a bunch of men's clothes for my boyfriend but I wasn't. I just wanted some comfy oversized clothes for home."

—folklore_girly

15."I lost the top half of my index finger as a teenager and I tell people various stories about how it happened. The truth is, I was rollerblading and running my hand along the backs of park benches as I went and suddenly I looked down and half my finger was gone. I must have hit something sharp. Kids that rollerskate, rollerblade, or anything of the like — don't do that."

16."I've been telling everyone for years that I got pregnant while I was on the pill because the antibiotics I was prescribed interfered with it. The truth is, I purposely skipped a pill one day because I was upset with the baby daddy. I was young, stupid, and not making great decisions. I don't regret having my child because she's my pride, joy, and sunshine, but I'm taking this one to my grave."

—Anonymous, Colorado

17."My husband wants a dog but I keep telling him I'm allergic because I don't want one. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a dog person and don't hate dogs, but I just can't and don't want to live with one."

18."Even as an adult, my height was a big deal to me. In my 20s, I peaked at 5'9 and 1/2". I got tired of adding the half inch so I started saying I was 5'10". Fast forward four decades when a new doctor's office wanted to record my height. I was shocked that I was measured at 5'9" and requested a bone density test. It wasn't for several months that I remembered I had fictitiously added an extra half inch to my height."

—Mat North / Minnesota

19."My youngest brother thinks I love to play board games. In reality, I enjoy them, but what I love is seeing his face light up every time I ask if he will play a game that I know he loves with me. I'm just in it to make him happy."

Do you have a lie you'll never stop telling others? Share it in the comments!

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.