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Oh no, absolutely. There is no doubt this happens in the majority of cases, so when two things don't pair up when you look at them you don't accuse people of lying. Of course this does land you in an incredibly tricky situation when you do find out there is a habit of systematic lying.

Thankfully that situation is resolved now, though it lasted for too long, and miraculously didn't fall off the cliff it teetered on.



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