The 40 lies Everyone tells daily
Be honest-how many of these small white lies did you say today?
Let's face it, we allstretch the truth sometimes. From time to time, it's a great lie that involves deliberate deception and planning - likecalling sick at work, Complete with a convincing false cough and a touch of calculated congestion - but above all, it is in the form of no-consequent white lies that we say to avoid hurting someone's feelings, to continue our day or make our stories a little more interesting. In this spirit, here are 40 of the most common lies that people use daily.
1 "I'm almost there."
See also "I am five minutes," or "just around the block". You know that you are not almost there will be at least half an hour before arriving where your friends are waiting for you - but you still have to fight the truth.
2 "It must have been to my spam folder."
Yousaw the email When he arrived, you could even have open and read it, and then decided to handle it later. In fact, you did not do anything with her. But when the shipper asked you a question about it, perhaps weeks or months later, maybe copy your boss, you had to give an excuse for why you did nothing with it. So Spam was.
3 "My phone is dead."
When you get texts from two different friends, suggesting two different planes and you can not make a decision on which you would like to do, it's a convenient way out of any choice at all. You simply ignore both andSend this text the next morning.
4 "My phone was strange."
A solid backup of "My phone is dead", this lie is ideal for mostly simply explaining an email that you have ignored, a voicemail you have never answered, nor a text you have sent and regret. Just blame the phone!
5 "It was not so expensive."
A good to go out when your partner asks how much you spent on this new jacket or this new shoes. You could certainly not pay them, but that's what credit cards are for, right?
6 "Let's just one more."
Yes indeed. We know you mean "four others".
7 "I do not really watch TV."
Just because it diffuses on your computer and not on a flat screen mounted on your wall does not mean that it is not always television. More often than not, it's a lie that you tell you, that you choose to look rather than let the cable or network stations dictate what you are looking at, you do not just look at the television. But that's exactly what it's.
8 "I'm almost done."
You do not really want to say that you did not even start?
9 "It's so great to see you."
You did not see that person for months and if it were up to you, it would be more years before seeing them again. But you fell into a cocktail and I must now act as if there was no one else in the world you prefer to meet. Just admit it: it's really not so good to see them.
10 "I do not care about looking as much as the personality."
So why did you slip right before watching their profile?
11 "I slept with ___ people"
Depending on your story, this number is savagely inflated or a huge underestimation. Anyway, you probably stretch the truth.
12 "I read / watched it's a while ago."
An old staple to use when a friend mentions a book or movie that you probably should have read or seen from here, but never. Unless you wanted to get this judgment, "you have not read again / considering that?!" Reaction, your only option is this little white lie.
13 "I remember you."
The person you had to be initiated certainly seems to rememberyou. They can even name your mutual friend and the party where you have met for the first time. But you have no idea who they are and are not about to admit it, then you smile and you warmly remember them before. It is a harmless fiber that saves both parts of embarrassing.
14 "It makes sense."
When a friend explains their decision to move kilometers from the city or getting an Iguana pet instead of a dog or another choice that seems strange or illogical, it's sometimes the only thing that you can say.
15 "I have difficulty hearing you."
If you do not like a conversation, a bad reception is the perfect emissary goat. There could be some static on the other line or a small break in the audio, but if you really wanted to hear what the other person said, you could probably.
16 "Oh shoot, I forgot to do that."
When your boss asked you to write a proposal that you know he had just finished ignorant, you decided to ignore the request yourself. But in this rare case where your boss remembers something he has asked you to do, you have to act as he slipped out of your mind, not that you deliberately have ignored.
17 "It's not you it's me."
Let's be honest, you are.
18 "I'm fine."
As in: "I'm fine, how are you? He is the automatic answer, we give almost all the exchanges chat, whether with colleagues or complete foreigners. You could feel depressed, or fighting against the flu, or just have a horrible day, but you will always say, "I am good. »
19 "I'm fine."
At the service of a similar function: "I am well" that this answer could have a more passive-aggressive connotation. Often used when you try to convey that you arenot Good to your partner or someone at work that you boring.
20 "Traffic was crazy. »
You have Google Maps and Waze and you probably have a pretty good idea of how long it will take you to go from one place to another. Yet you have not left your place up to 20 minutes before you were supposed to be somewhere that you knew would take at least 45 minutes to arrive at, then the blamed traffic for the error of your means. Probable story.
21 "The metro broke down. »
We know when this sentence is true by the way really exasperated you. If she actually broke down, you do not talk about stopping on this. But, like the traffic lie, blame the metro is a practical way of cover to screw your calendar up. It also has the advantage of giving to the person you offer yourself the excuse for something they can sympathize with you. Instead of giving you a dirty look to be late, they are more likely to answer their own metro horror story.
22 "It's my last. »
Even though it's something as small as the gum, you know he is petty not to offer a little what you have to a friend or an alien even, in need. But for some reason, you can not stop yourself from being eager, you act as you are all off and just hopes that the person who asks does not stain you catch another gum stick in one hour.
23 "I'm trying to go to the gym four times a week. »
Yeah, maybe well-being you've month and consider twice that a quasi-record. But when someone asks, you do not want to be honest about the way you are indolent and, at the same time, you do not want to betoo muchObviously lie by saying that you work every day. So, you divide the difference and go with the four days "probable".
24 "I have plans that day. »
You know that your calendar is open open but you do not want to do the thing you were invited to. You can simply tell the truth and say, "I do not want to do that," but you act as you have a busy schedule. Just look when they ask if you have plans the next day.
25 "I have an appointment. »
You do not have an appointment, you want to leave the job early or end. Beware of the use of it more than once every few months unless you have to build this little lie over the current disease or any disease, which can complicate.
26 "I love it!"
Says more often aroundValentine's day Or any gift vacation is the lie you say when you get something you really hate, or at least thinking is quite lame, but do not want to hurt the feelings of the donor. Now you just need to know who regifted you to ...
27 "It's interesting."
No it is not. It's also not funny, surprising, exciting, or any other positive adjective, but you have to saySomethingOn this subject, so you're stuck with calling it exactly, "interesting".
28 "I do not even see you there. »
You have spotted this person the minute where you walked in Host, but really they did not see you-or at least pretended that they do not have it. Unfortunately, the other person does not want to play along, so now you are going to have this interaction and clumsy pretend that there is nothing but you would prefer to do.
29 "Let's go hanging around soon. »
You are careful not to include non-next week details or even "next month. Just the evasif "soon", which allows you to give the appearance of nothing more than want to see that person while ever avoiding having to hang out with them again.
30 "I'll call you later."
I think you mean "never". As "we are going to hang out soon," This is a favorite lie from those who want to put on the appearance of friendship without really wanting to be friends.
31 "I did not work closely with them. »
When someone asks you for an impressive or powerful person who they knew the habit of working at the same place as you do, this little lie can be useful. You do not try to say that you were thick like thieves, but you have crossed trails occasionally, even if they would have no idea you were.
32 "I have to go."
You have nowhere else, but this part begins to be boring and you know you prefer to spend time at home. You just do not want to hurt the feelings of anyone so you were trying to add a small urgency to your departure.
33 "I caught this cold around."
A great lie when you do not want to go out. It also has an added benefit of appearance similar to what you have no choice in the subject and do not simply choose to be a bit of solitaire.
34 "I was totally slammed."
With what? You had a lot of time to return a call or help with the race to your friend, but you prefer not to do it and act rather as if you are so busy with a million other things that have taken so that all your time.
35 "I just went to say how nice your hair is."
You will not say anything about it because you have no idea that they just have a really expensive haircut. Fortunately, they gave you an open door to save the face.
36 "I laugh!"
A convenient button to add to any comments you realize was a bittoo muchtrue. When you say something that comes a little more severe or more honest than you had cited (maybe after a few beers), it's a favorite back for reverse start. Nobody believes that you are joking, but it's easier than recognizing that you just said exactly what you meant.
37 "I had this in my darger folder."
Weird How to write an email, then not to send it for months. More likely, you simply not write the email in the first place.
38 "This is delicious!"
Your partner integrates with a mastermaster and often forcing his strange creations on you. The Radish-Radish combo in their last dish does not really work, but you can not really say that everything or your relationship could take a shot. So you swallow as much as you can and find a way to throw the rest.
39 "It looks great on you"
It seems ridiculous and you know it.
40 "Your baby is adorable"
Looks like any other baby you've seen, is not it?