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Five signs Your date Is lying...

It’s 8:30 p.m., and Your date Is seriously late for Your dinner date. When He finally arrives, He offers You a convoluted explanation of His whereabouts, during which He refuses to look You In the eyes and keeps rubbing His nose. Suspicious that He Is not being completely honest? You should be. For hints on how You can discern the truth, consider the following signs as explained below. These signs are used during military interrogation who observe these signals to assess the honesty of enemy combatants. All Is fair In the game of war-and love.

1. This person raises His or Her eyebrows

You suspect something Is up, and You have called Her on It. She offers an explanation, ending with that, “You do believe me, don’t You?” look, with eyebrows raised. This key body language piece indicates that Your date Is not being fully honest. You know that phrase 'lying eyes'? A lot of times, It Is more In the lying eyebrows, especially with Women, so pay attention to them when She Is speaking to You.

2. The pace of Your date’s answers varies

Though Your date may be offering flawless answers to Your questions, what may actually give Him away Is the rate at which He delivers those answers. Pay attention to inordinate time differences In His answering style. If he rushes to answer when He usually pauses or pauses when He normally rushes, that Is a hint that something Is up.

3. Your date compliments You at an Inappropriate time

A Man often compliments a Woman when He Is trying to pull a fast one on Her. If In the middle of His explanation of His whereabouts, He comments on Your dress or asks If You just got a haircut, be suspicious. Guys who do so are trying to distract You and divert Your attention away from their half-truths or other deceptions. Do not fall for It.

4. Your date plays with Her hair

When a Woman Is being deceptive, Her behavior will actually be quite similar to when She Is seducing You. When You think about It, the two actions are somewhat linked, even though they have different motivations behind them. Therefore, If You are trying to assess Your Female date’s honesty, look for a sure sign of seduction: playing with Her hair, a historic symbol of sexuality and attraction.

5. Your date wrings His hands

If a Guy Is wringing His hands when He Is speaking to You, He may be lying. Why Is this an Indicator of dishonesty? Hand-wringing not only signals stress, an indicator of deception, but His putting His hands In between His body and Yours creates a barrier, and a Guy creating this kind of barrier is usually hiding something.

...and 3 signs that Your date is being completely truthful

1. Your date is calm, cool and collected

First, let Us assume Your date has not been exercising or rushing to meet You, nor Is He or She one of those people who just naturally perspire a lot. OK, now that we have gotten that out of the way, If Your date breaks Into a sweat while speaking to You, It could be a sign of stress—the stress of lying. While dates — especially first dates — are generally stressful situations, If You have been to-gether a while, there should be no reason Your date should feel much stress and be sweating. Unless, of course, there’s something that Is giving Him or Her reason to be stressed and sweating. Like the fact that this Person just told you a whopper…

2. He sticks to just the facts, ma’am

Perhaps one of the most common Indicators of a lie Is a too-detailed explanation. This Is one of the easiest ones to spot, but strangely, one deception that women often fall for. Do not be fooled by His incredible attention to detail or His ability to recount every step He has taken. A guy who offers You a detailed explanation Is almost always lying; In general, Guys just do not recall details—that Is more women’s territory. If His story or alibi about where He was or why He was late is ‘too good,’ there Is probably a reason why: He crafted it himself. If He gives You a simple, short, reasonable explanation, chances are He Is telling You the truth and sees no need to embellish it.

3. She keeps Her head up straight

If Your date Is fibbing, She may look You In the eye, but She will almost always c**k or tilt Her head to one side. This flirty behavior Is both a sign of seduction and lying. With this body language, She Is probably trying to reel You in sexually so as to distract You from Her lies. A woman who Is telling the truth, however, will look at You head-on, with Her neck and head as straight as an arrow.

Now that You know these clues, look for them to make sure You are hanging out with the kind of honest person who Is worthy of You and Your time!