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How do you confront a liar without it turning into an argument?

What do you do when someone keeps lying and lying to your face yet you know the 100% facts but this liar wont back down from their answer(or more so lies)?

When this person is the person you love.

Do you have any facts that show they are lying? Evidence?
If so, use it and calmly confront him. If he starts shit, then perhaps it's best to argue.

Hell, love them or not, if they lie that much then perhaps it's time you move on.

Either way, it depends on how badly they want to protect their lies. You can't always avoid arguments. Sometimes it's best just to have it out with a person.

Hey. Thank you for you reply

I don't know whether to say I have facts or not but I do know what I know...

He had a note of Facebook of a poem written to me from May 2010 and at the weekend I noticed the poem had vanished but the note still there reading:

"Hey Jodie darling..

A poem about me and you in my spare time..

I hope you like it.."

It used to have the poem written underneath in different sections/paragraphs.
I showed him a print screen of it and said it's not showing the rest. He made excuses like maybe it's because Facebook has changed the layout recently etc.

He then went to do his essay for 6 hours and came back at 11PM and I checked the note just before and it was the same(missing the poem) so I wrote a comment on the note saying to delete it as it's missing the main part and then he replied to the comment saying "Why delete it" and when I clicked my notification the poem had magically appeared but all in one whole paragraph(not small paragraphs like before)

Bit strange considering it's been missing nearly a week, was still missing when he was due to be back and then after I write my comment and 2 minutes later when he replies the poem magically appears but different from how it originally was (like he had copied/pasted it from somewhere that made it go all bunched up instead of being in paragraphs ><

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Also, tonight, he was finishing off his essay and came back at 1 saying that he was done. 15 minutes later he asked what I was up to and then told me he was doing his work as I know >< So later on I asked how his essay was going and he replied annoyed that he told me he finished it. So I ask what has he been up to for the last hour and he tells me his work >< So I said I thought you finished it ages ago and he said he did.

Sorry this is long but his pathetic lies are driving me insane and I cam't cope with them. But I love him.

dealing with liars.. i think the best policy is binding the truth. Keep your words soft and hold your tongue and most important, make sure you don't lie back. Keep in mind that if he speaks lies to you, then say nothing back but the truth, even if it hurts sometimes. Truth is really the best weapon for fighting a lie. If you are feeling angry at a liar, you only have to remember that the reason they lie is that they can't handle the truth. Get them back by knowing that you CAN handle the truth! And think about why they might have lied. They may be asking for attention, not always a dismiss able excuse, or they may have a problem that they're too scared to deal with. i hope i help you.

Thank you for your reply ^^ You have helped me I was wondering though, what exact things should I say to him about his lies without causing an argument? He gets annoyed at me very easily these days :(

glad i helped. well you can't do anything if he gets annoyed easily. just be calm.

Oh my god. You can't be serious? This doesn't mean ANYTHING.
Firstly, he may have been a bit shy to show you the poem at first, as it's not a thing guys usually do (Writing poems). Or maybe he thought it wasn't good enough. But of course, when you're constantly on his back about the littlest thing, he's bound to get annoyed so he probably just stuck it on without caring just to get you to leave him alone about it.

Secondly, when he said he was done, he might've meant nearly done; but didn't expect you to ask about it again. Or he could've been done, but found some other work to do that he forgot about or something.

These are hardly "lies". You need to step back a bit and stop getting your panties in a bunch over stupid things like this.

Sorry, but I'm telling you it how I feel is best. It's sort of ridiculous

Lol, i think you are making this harder on yourself. Like MontrealRepresents said, he probably thinks is bad and doesn't wanna disappoint you.
So, what other "facts" or "lies" did you catch him with?