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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Opposite_Studio5011 on 2025-11-28 16:39:39+00:00.
It is pretty much as the title says, I had a job interview and told the interviewer (my potential future boss) that part of the reason I want/ need to learn Spanish is because my bf is from Argentina and is fluent in Spanish and so is his whole family, which is a partial lie, he is fluent in Spanish and I do want to learn he’s just not Argentinian he’s actually Canadian. I know it was wrong to lie, but I wanted the interviewer to really believe I have a desire to brush up on my Spanish (which I definitely do). Anyways now he wants to take both of us out to dinner (it’s a small company so this isn’t too unusual I guess) and I don’t know how to confront this lie. Do I fess up? Have him fake sick? Somehow skate my way out of it? I know this was a huge misstep on my part but I am not sure how to get out of it and any advice is appreciated.
TLDR: lied in an interview and said my boyfriend is Argentinian when he is really Canadian and now my potential future boss wants to meet him…
Edit: thank you to everyone who has responded and had some funny solutions i appreciate them all and im sorry i haven’t been responding to each individually there’s just too many, also to the people who called me out I did definitely mean nationality and that’s totally my bad for using the wrong term, I will update later once this all plays out