Everybody lies. That’s what Dr. House claims, the cynic sarcastic doctor that we have come to know and love. But just because he’s cold, doesn’t mean it’s not true. It’s absolutely true that everybody lies, the only difference is up to what extent.
For instance, when your mother asks you where you’ve been the previous night, you tell her in a friend’s house doing a school project when you were really out drinking to your heart’s content to drown all the heartache away. Or when the teacher asks you why you were late, you tell her your dog died, or your dog ate up all your homework, instead of the truth that you overslept, because of the aforementioned drinking session. Somehow it’s always the dog who gets blamed for everything.
But the point is, we’ve all lied at some point in our lives, because of a reason we think is good enough for us to not tell the truth. Sometimes we lie to make the situation seem less worse than it really is, or to make the other person feel better. “Honey, you’re not getting fat, that’s ridiculous.” Lie. “He’s totally checking you out.” Lie. “That’s a great joke!” Lie.
You see, lies aren’t always bad. It only becomes bad when the other person finds out about it. Especially in a relationship, lies are like the staple to make it work out. The idea that a relationship is based on honesty and loyalty? Guess what, lie.
If you ask me if I’ve ever lied in a relationship, I’ll tell you no. And look where that leaves me. But that doesn’t mean I’ve never lied to other people about something. I have.
It’s kind of a thing in my circle that men are dense and that women are sarcastic. It’s because that’s how it is with my friends and their boyfriends. Somehow the boyfriends don’t get sarcasm. And sometimes the sarcastic remarks we make that are supposed to make the boyfriends think somehow evolve to white lies to not make them think.
So here are the lies women mostly make in a relationship. I don’t know if it makes the relationship grow healthier, but it sure makes it one hell of a mind game.
You’re perfect the way you are, and I adore you.
Yeah right. Nobody’s perfect. This lie is actually told both by men and women a lot. So if you think about it, it’s just like pulling each other’s legs. But hey, if it makes you happy, I don’t care. Just keep in mind that our perception of people change over time. Even if it’s true love, we can’t help ourselves from wishing he’d stop smoking a lot or stop making embarrassingly stupid jokes every two minutes. But do we tell them? No, because it’s true love. Yes, I don’t get it either.
You’re right.
Some women say this in an argument to make the other one shut up. Sometimes they’re in the middle of saying their point and then suddenly blurts out, “You know what? You’re right, let’s just forget about it.” Forget about it? Are you kidding me? You should know better than to forget about it. Sometimes if you really think about it, you will realize that they were, in fact, right. All the quiet time should make you think about this and help you think about how to apologize.
Nothing is wrong.
One of the deadliest phrases a woman could utter. If you’re stupid enough to believe that nothing is wrong when she says it, you are headed for a major downfall. Come on man, you’ve obviously noticed that she’s acting weird and doesn’t talk to you much lately. That’s the reason you asked her if something’s wrong in the first place, right? The truth is they don’t want to voice out the problem themselves because it makes them look some kind of a nut and a nagger, so they want you to figure it out yourselves. Crazy, I know. And I’m a girl.
I loved it.
It may refer to your favorite movie that you let her watch hoping she’ll like it too and then you could go on high-fiving your friends because your girlfriend is the coolest girl because you both loved Star Wars; or it could be the funny-looking, talking Teddy bear you gave her as a Valentine’s gift that you thought she’ll find really clever and unique. Don’t get your hopes up too high when women say they loved it. They may just be referring to your effort. And personally,I don’t really get Star Wars either.
I love spending time with your friends.
Unless you have friends in common, it doesn’t really work out this way. Boys are boys. Girls are girls. And somehow a boy and a girl mellow down when they’re together. It’s true. At some point my friends were making fun of me whenever my boyfriend back in college used to fetch me from school. They said I was so mellowed down and different they thought I was a different person. And my boyfriend back then wasn’t much of a talker whenever we’re in front of my friends, but was so hilarious when it’s just the two of us. It may be because your partner’s friends are naturally intimidating and overly critical, especially when you’ve just started going out, or they’re just really not the kind of group you usually hang out with, either way, it’s not always fun hanging out with your partner’s friends.
There are a lot more lies that are told by women, but I’ll save that for another post. And trust me, there are a lot more. If you really think about it, these are lies told by both men and women. It’s just that women are more perceptive so we immediately figure out which are lies. Men are—well—less perceptive, so they sometimes mistake these as women’s thing of being adorable. Oh yeah, we’re adorable and innocent. Not!