Legitimate concerns about "crazy girls". (Serious thread)

[Reaganfan]

I have a serious question for discussion that I wish to get an opinion on.

Many girls between the ages of 18-25 are what me, guys I've worked with and others label, "crazy". We mean this is in a serious, legitimate way.

Now, before people jump on me and flame me, I'm being very serious. I've met girls, known girls, dated girls, and many of them all end up having that one "crazy" factor.

Examples?

I'll meet a girl who seems awesome. On the first date, she'll tell me a story about an insane ex-boyfriend who kidnapped her and drove her across six states until she was rescued.

This is false, of course. Had this really happened, it would have been a national news story. Yet, as she tells me this obvious falsehood, her reaction and expression to telling the story is genuine. That's an example of what I mean by, "crazy". Does she know she's lying? Why is she saying it? I don't understand.

I'll know a girl who gives me her phone number. I'll call her later that evening. The 30 second conversation goes like this:

ME: Hey.
HER: Hey, what's up?
ME: Ahh not much, just got off work and had a beer with a few co-workers.
HER: Oh really, what kind?
ME: Heineken.
HER: (long pause) Um....I shouldn't go there....
ME: What?
HER: My ex-boyfriend drank Heineken. He used to beat me.

CRAZY ALERT. 20 seconds into our first conversation this girl who lives at home with her parents still and is only 21 years old is going to tell me how she was beaten like mad by an ex-boyfriend? Maybe after she knew me better I could believe it but I don't believe that you confide this information with someone you barely know unless it's false. Why would she say this? Does she think it will make people like her more or something? Does she know it's a lie?

I'll go out with a girl. She coughs. I say, "You okay?" Instead of saying it's a cold, or a tickle in her throat, she says, "Ahhh well...I shouldn't tell you...my roommate tried to poison me once with paint thinner."

WAY TO KILL AN EVENING! I HIGHLY doubt this is true. THEN WHY DO THEY SAY IT?

I don't know many people. The fact that I know so many girls off the top of my head the last few years who have told obvious false stories about rape, beatings, kidnapping, trauma ect begin to give me doubts about ever finding a serious woman to marry someday. These aren't just over the top stories. They are over the top stories revealed by the girl within a very short time of knowing them.

I would very much like opinions. I find this to be a serious subject.

Thank you.