How do you tell your spouse he is a compulsive liar?

Answer 1

In my experience,compulsive liars are not literally compulsive liars.They are a very creative lot.They conjure up lies knowingly.And they do this because they derive a sadistic pleasure by thinking that they have fooled others.What they do not realise that after a point of time people can see through their lies.So you need not try to make a compulsive liar face his lies and make him realise that they are liesfor he is already aware of it.You need to ask him to seek help immediately.But then it has to be an absolute professional who has helped similar cases in the past otherwise all you may know that he has ended up fooling his psychiatrist.I am not trying to answer the question lightly,its out of experience I am mentioning it. Good Luck! Perhaps the best one can do is face up to the lies you are being told .. admit to yourself they are lies and move on .. We really cannot force anyone to do anything and if forcing begins to look like an option, then maybe it's time to acknowledge there is a problem we need help with. Let the liar be inspired (or not) by our own actions. Get help. You deserve it.

Answer 2

You should just tell him. Its better to say it then try to make it harder. A true friend or in your condition spouse would tell the friend or spouse what's wrong.