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[Love my grandkids]

@QVCkitty1 Oh good grief. I've know a number of women who do this.

[CatsyCline]

Embellishing?    

Strawman?

[JoyFilled Warrior]

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@ThinkingOutLoud wrote:

goes to the extreme to justify their action or try to win a point? Kind of like exaggerating but there's a term for when people do this over and over again. Can't think of it and it's bugging me. Any ideas?

For example - they say they were up all night doing something when they were only up till 1am.

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@ThinkingOutLoud 

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Prevaricator?.

Is it a diagnosis in the DSM that you are looking for?

(see "DSM-5" in Wikipedia)

[Desertdi]

@ThinkingOutLoud 

Fabulist

[Forbidden Fruit]

Histrionic?

Psychiatric disorder distinguished by a pattern of exaggerated emotionality and attention-seeking behaviors.

@ThinkingOutLoud 

[cotton4me]

Aggrandize.

Megalomaniac - megalomaniac is a pathological egotist.

[SilleeMee]

A PITA.

[Sporty]

In denial 

[EarthAngelInTraining]

Delusional 

Sending much luck you find it...and sooner rather than later!!!  😎

[jubilant]

Fudging