45 lies that everyone on 40 says

"Sorry I'm late. I was partying so hard last night."


Done: We are all liars. It's true. As human beings, we lie so regularly that we often do not make us lie, be it handling a story, delivering a false compliment with a right face or send sms to someone you are "At five minutes" when reality are not even in the same postal code. (Who has not?) According to oneto study, 60% of human beings can not make it a lotten minutes In conversation without blinding at least one lie.

But when you have reached 40, you find that your lies are starting to evolve and take a new meaning. After all, every lie, basically, is intended to know if someone else has to influence someone else or help you get out of a jam. And once you have crossed the threshold in your fifth decade, your priorities change - and also lies. To find out more, read it and try to catch yourself in the act!

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"I get too old for that."

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It's one thing to say that with good help from irony. This is something else to say and use it as an excuse to avoid new adventures, have fun or you push out of your comfort zone. Remember: you are not too old! The only thing worse than lying how young you are, it's about how you are "old".

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"I did not expect the traffic to be so crazy."

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Come on: if there is a traffic thingalways is it crazy. You say that you have lived on this big blue land for four decades and I still have not learned this lesson? Nobody buys that. Much better to fall on the truth: "I'm like, five minutes a few minutes away." (Just remember, the "or" or "is essential.)

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"My child went down with something."

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Calling sick work is one thing. In fact, according to asurvey, 40% of workers do it at least once a year - even when they feel completely well. Once you spend 40, however, you could have a huge asset in your corner: your child. Just pin the "illness" on them! Who will insist that, no, actually, little jimmynot Have a belly pain?

4
"Sorry I'm late. We were partyingso Difficult last night. "

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When you are in your 20 years, it's the thing that really happened - but you are more likely to cover it with a relaxed man, "man, I was so late in the study / work." When you are in your forties, however, the opposite is true: you are standing late, or taking care of the children or just could not keep you away from a third view ofAvengers: War of Infinity, and you pull a sentence like this because you always want to have his cool.

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"I'm actually busy that night."

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Gras takelaying andGame Of Thrones The renovations count as "occupied", is not it?

6
"AW, your child is adorable!"

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It's simple maths: all children can beThe cutest child ever. Of course, you would never have admitted only to a parent, so you come back to the world's youngest lie. Hey,If Jerry and Elaine can remove it, you can also.

7
"I'm almost done."

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When you push against a deadline, your boss makes you angry, just tell the three little words. Notthose Three! These three: "I'm almost finished." Even if you are nearest, you will have, at the very least, you bought a little extra time. Better turn to perfection a little late than hand on negligence on time, is not it?

8
"It was notthis Dear."

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You will only like to hear this among the couples who share finances. But, if you've ever found you spend perhapsa little Too much on a luxury good, designer hollows, or a new high technology gizmo, you also found yourself returned to this lie. Make sure to hide the receipt!

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"I wanted to look at that!"

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According toresearch Posted together by FX, the wired network, in 2018, there were nearly 500 (!!) Scripted TV shows on the air. Who can possibly follow all that? (Spoiler alert: person.) You do not have to express your interest in every show on each streaming broadcast service. Just choose some that you're really,really like, and go from there.

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"It's been too long."

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Yes, it's a good feeling, but if this statement was true, you would have found the time to meet you. Do not worry: it's not all your fault! Relationships, all kinds, are a double-sentence street.

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"I like what you did with the square."

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The fun part on the turn 40 is this, suddenly, many of your friends vault the gap betweenrent a place and own a. The less fun part suddenly discovers that many of your friendsnot Moonlight as interior decorators. Nevertheless, unless you hung without frame, reproduce Nirvana posters everywhere, it is not necessary to attract your thoughts.

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"I have some small little ones at home."

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Of course, you do not lie to have children. They can not be "little" anymore. Of course, there is no scientifically agreed definition of what the "small" age range covers, but we suggest conservatively 5 years as a good cut.

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"My phone is dead."

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This is the "I will be there in five minutes" phone calls. We all know that this is not true, but we also used it - and you also want you to easily believe it when we use it in the future.

14
"I would like to go to your show."

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If it starts after 22:00, has a minimum of two drinks, or requires a taxi walk in a neighborhood so far away that you could also break your passport, you can bet that, when the time comes, you are not doing it.

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"I'm allergic to [food you are not actually allergic but do not like.] "

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As a revealed serverin an interview, "If you have a serious aversion of a particular food, it tells us, and we recommend something that does not contain this ingredient, or we will even be able to modify a menu item for you. But if You lie and say it's an allergy, it's a huge case for cooking. "

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"Oh, it must have been going directly to spam."

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Maybe you have innocently removed the email without notice, otherwise you do not really want to answer this minute, then forgot to double. (Hey, we all did it!) Anyway, the hypersensitivity of spam filters email is a practical emissary goat.

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"It's almost over, but I'm going to have computer problems ..."

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If there is a major advantage about being over 40 years old is that everyone will find it easy to believe that you do not know your way around a Macbook. (Pro Tip: This lie is best deployed when you are about to exceed a deadline.)

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"I can not do it - I always give ourselves from the flu."

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According toHARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, the flu lasts about five to seven days. Even if you go down with the disease (which is more common than you think, by the way), you only have two weeks,max, to use this line.

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"You have not aged a day."

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Your peers over 40 can seem great, but you know that anyone who no one takes them for the 19-year-old children. And this line on how you always have always been carded at the bars? Yes, no one is buying either.

20
"I do not make staffing ... I'm awake!"

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Frustrating although it can be, it is practically unheard ofhave more energy on 40 that you did in your 20 years. And yes, people notice that when you steal over the movies or start watching sleeping when dinner goes to 9:00.

21
"I read the terms and conditions."

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Scroll 10,000 vegetable words that almost certainly mean nothing? No thanks!

22
"My job is my passion."

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You have been to Gig for the best part of your adult life and it certainly feels a bit odd to admit now that you could truly take it or leave it. So, you do what the SANE person would like: you will reframe the situation and tell everyone that, truly, data entry has always been the passion of your life.

23
"I just worked really busy ..."

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It may be really the truth, but it certainly does not work for any situation. For example: SMS. You are never too busy to power whatever the application you are going on an long-awaited answer. (P.S., Mom wants to have your news!)

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"I'm going to work more .... from next week!"

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If it's not already a habit of here, it will not become like magic at night. But hey, with hard work, it can! Just cop these11 ways smart people motivate to go to the gym.

25
"Honey, you're superb."

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Each husband said that to his partner at least once in his life. Feelings are spared and avoids a night spent sleeping on uncomfortable sweater. Everyone wins!

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"Yeah, yes, things get serious ... yeah."

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So, most of your friends are inRelationships committed or married, and he feels a little strange to be the one who always slips with abandonment on apps of meetings. There is no reason to be embarrassed to have more homes than serious relationships, marriage is not just the inevitable next step in life, because you get older.

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"Wow, I have not read that from high school."

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Chatcher in the rye.Of mice and Men.Gatsby the magnificent.Fahrenheit 451. These are all classic books and we are all supposed to know the battered plot and out. When they appear in a conversation (which, frankly, it arrives more often), it is more than natural from nod as you understand completely. But, admit it: Do you havereallyReading? Or did you do what all other smart kids did and simulate your way through quiz and reading groups?

28
"Mmm, it'sdelicious! "

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Once you spend 40, "The party" starts more frequently to turn into "dinner". Often, the food is really good! From time to time, however, it's, uh ... Well, we would never have to admit it aloud. And no more.

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"I'm trying to watch less TV and read more books."

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Of course, boyfriend.

30
"The reception is atrocious near my house."

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Hey, sometimes you just do not want to answer a call. No shame!

31
[Polished laugh.]

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Here is a coarse move: white face fixing someone in the eyes, just after having told a joke and saying, "I do not get it" (neither worse, "it was not funny"). Here is a polite movement: laughing anyway.

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"I try to spend less money."

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Maintain expenses is a noble goal. But once you spend 40, it becomes considerably more difficult. Depending on the search forGeorge Washington University, health care costs come up with age (not that you needed science to tell you that). And if you launch a child or two in the mix, there is no way to make the life cheaper.

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"I have to go for children."

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It only works for parents, of course, but if you already need (or want) a quick output, it's the perfect line. The fact that the practice of the group is not completed for one hour of an hour can be your little secret.

34
"I will be there!"

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We all sent this text. Here is the translation: "I jump in the shower right now."

35
"Of course, send me your curriculum vitae. I will transmit it."

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When you are fresh school, step number one is: the mine each last personal link you have, send a copy of your summary to each of them and hope that all this is holy that it lands on the office of someone Especially important. When you spend 40, you are on the side flip - and you get a first-hand look that, years ago, the brother of your friend of your mother may not have been so diligent in the thrust of Your paperwork as you imagine.

36
"I train for a marathon."

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You can always say that you always say that you arecoaching For a marathon, even if you have never really directed it, right?

37
"Well, yes, we met at ..."

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Their face looks familiar, but you can not really put a name - or a memory on when you have encountered. Hey, it's totally good. And do not just take it from us: Take it from science. As a study inNature Communications Revealed, it is much more difficult to recall faces out of context. So, if you have met a guy with a work function or two, then faced in a coffee and are totally massive, do not beat you.

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"Sorry, officer, I do not know how quickly I was going.

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Every year, according to aNational Automobilist Association Estimate, more than25 millionsSpeed ​​tickets are issued. By the time you spend 40 (in years, no MPH), there is a good bet that you were one of these 25 million - and there is a bet also good that you dropped this line in a attemptWeasel your way to fee.

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[Microsoft Excel List on a Curriculum Vitae.]

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Of course, maybe you gave projects with complicated and complicated computing tables. But let's be real: Junior staff members enter all this data. It's not nothing to be ashamed, though! According toa recent pollAlmost half of the workers admit to lie on their resumes.

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"La Porsche? I just bought it because I love it. No crisis mid-life here!"

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It happens to the best of us.

41
"The music was objectively better when I was a child."

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Maybe youAs The music of your youth more, but that does not mean it's ipso facto better. If the names Juice Wrld, Ava Max, and Kodak Black do not sound a bell and actually sound like shopping center chains - the only thing that means you lost contact with the music scene. (From this writing, the three artists are on theBillboard 100.)

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"I do not want to go full gray but it looks bad."

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Maybe you believe this in your heart of heart, but it's always a lie. Grey hairunbelievable! Exhibition A: John Slattery. Exhibit B: Helen Mirren. Exhibit C:Steve Carell. Exhibit, y0u get the point.

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"When I was your age, I was scounded."

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Nobody doubts your athletic prowess, but the captain of Varsity is not a professional athlete. It's the "I have a girlfriend ... She's just going to another school!" Ancient athletes seeking to relive a long-lost glory. Our recommendation? No need to eat you. Play a new position: Mentor. Transmit your skills.

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"Teenagers these days have it too easy."

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In many ways, yes, life is easier for children today. But that does not say anything about stratospheric pressure levels, they are confronted with increasing school costs, countless extracurricular and M.O. Bring home a 4.0 GPA. (Oh, and then there is all the social disorder of teenage life.) As a result, according to the search for the American Association of Psychology Teens today report the same level of stress as adults. So, of course, life could have been less cushioned when you were a teenager. You just need to ask you a question: were you as struck as mom and dad?

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"I am 39 years old."

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