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I know "that guy" as well, a friend of a friend of mine. One year he joined us on a winter camping trip.
On this trip he was quite the story teller. He was telling stories to "one-up" any story that was told to him. For example, I told a story about how I caught 2 fish on a particular lake... In his story, he caught the quota for the year (there are no yearly quotas on that lake). Someone told a story about target shooting. He first said that he had never shot a rifle. A couple of hours later he was spouting off about how he likes to shoot prone when he hunts.
By the end of the camping trip I had called him out on several of his lies. I can be pretty blunt sometimes I guess, and now when we are in the same room he won't even talk to me. Not that I care much about that. However, if you call your friend out on all of his lies and exaggerations I'm sure that it will change your relationship.
On this trip he was quite the story teller. He was telling stories to "one-up" any story that was told to him. For example, I told a story about how I caught 2 fish on a particular lake... In his story, he caught the quota for the year (there are no yearly quotas on that lake). Someone told a story about target shooting. He first said that he had never shot a rifle. A couple of hours later he was spouting off about how he likes to shoot prone when he hunts.
By the end of the camping trip I had called him out on several of his lies. I can be pretty blunt sometimes I guess, and now when we are in the same room he won't even talk to me. Not that I care much about that. However, if you call your friend out on all of his lies and exaggerations I'm sure that it will change your relationship.