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We all do it all the time. We do it more often than we would normally admit. Saying things we really don’t mean is an everyday routine for all of us and of course most of us very honestly don’t have any bad intentions doing so.

Simply put every human being is a liar. People don’t say things that are not true hundreds of times a day but often. German Psychologist Robert Feldman in his research found that during a ten minute talk people lied three times and some as much as twelve times.

He says lies are usually not planned, as we might tend to think. Many people had lied about their age at least once. Many people have made others believe they were younger or even older for reasons best known only to them as and when a particular situation demanded.

Many young people exaggerated the amount of alcohol they could consume and older people made out their drinking habits sound harmless. These lies are known as cosmetic lies says the Psychologist.

The expert also says some people invent a lie to impress someone to relate an embarrassing experience in a less serious form in way to suppress their insecurity. We pay false compliments to people to be liked by them.

People say their daughter looks beautiful in that dress or their son looks very smart in his new suit. These are sometimes false compliments that are motivated by sincere thoughts to please someone and not hurt his or her feelings.

If we were to stick to the truth we would find ourselves in plenty of trouble every day. People would avoid talking to us or worse hate us for speaking the truth. Most of us in fact do not want to hear the truth by default.

You have asked many times, “How are you”? When you meet friends or relations. The answers you get may be far from the truth. More often these questions are meant to start a conversation and not really care about the truth in the replies you get.

But thank God no one really retorts we are lying because they don’t suspect us of lying. On the other hand when someone says you are looking great why would I want to disagree because isn’t that what I want to hear people say about me?

In other words we lie to each other all the time but is it not the best way to move in life with out hurting each other? Watch yourself and you will be surprised how often you are lying. Ssshhh! Keep it to yourself.

There are many interpretations to what a lie means. If you need to know refer to the link below.

Lie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia​