Originally Posted by jewels

If those lies are a true representation, I'd call them embellishments. There is a difference.

Stretching the truth is more like you're daydreaming out loud and finding a way to make things sound more interesting than they really are. Call me crazy, but I've said similar things at times. It's easier to come up with a short white lie (excuse) than to bother going into the gory details.

That being said, I won't do it to good friends and people I love. They deserve the truth. But sometimes I don't want acquaintances knowing everything that goes on in my life.