Neigh I say. BASK! Bask in the false narratives. You are the villain, the scoundrel, the hero, the mystery. If people aren’t out there inventing legends about you, what are you doing with your time? ESCALATE! If they say you are a liar- say: “it’s true. I once told them that if ate half a gallon of beans a day they’d grow an inch and then each day I shortened their shirts and pants a few mm and at the end of the week they thought they’d grown until they went and got measured!” Gosh damnit- if someone is going to lie about you, make sure those lies are big. NO you didn’t “cheap out on dinner,” you pulled a dine and dash or fought the entire wait staff!
Let no on except those people closest to you- perhaps not even them- know the truth, so that no matter how outrageous the story or how big you bluff people will have to wonder “is this real?” They’ll say: “I heard they once rode a horse naked through Macys just to avoid doing the dishes.. I don’t want to mess with them…” own it!
Let no on except those people closest to you- perhaps not even them- know the truth, so that no matter how outrageous the story or how big you bluff people will have to wonder “is this real?” They’ll say: “I heard they once rode a horse naked through Macys just to avoid doing the dishes.. I don’t want to mess with them…” own it!