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That’s fair enough. Some people are scarily good at covering up how bad their addiction has gotten.
How anyone can blatantly lie this much, especially when it's this poor, is beyond me. >

If I had to guess, it is a mental disorder. I would assume his upbringing was not ideal and he escaped through lies. He had dreams of grandeur and felt his current life held him back. Just on the cusp but never there (picture George grumping the gates outside the school he wanted to attend.) 
It seems almost identical to Anna Delvey. >

I dated a guy who was a meth addict. He was delusional. I think it’s drugs. >

Sorry if this is too personal a question but may I ask why you dated a meth addict? They seem pretty volatile to me. >

I didn’t realize how severe his addiction was at the beginning.