I told my wife the other day that Cindy Crawford died in a car wreck. She was like "Oh, my God, really?"
"Yeah, I guess it just happened a few hours ago."
"Whoa, that's crazy."
"Yeah."
But then I felt bad and had to tell the truth, that she was probably alive and well.
I'm a good liar, but I dislike having to cover up the lie with more lies, so I generally tell the painful truth. White lies are usually fine, I suppose. If everyone in the country told the absolute truth to each and every person, there'd probably be war in the streets.
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