Kitty Donaldson explores the common practice of lying, arguing that white lies can often be the most kind, polite, and easiest option. She discusses various situations where lying might be preferable to honesty, such as avoiding hurt feelings or sparing someone the discomfort of unwanted information.
The last major data set on lying in the UK is from 2014 and it shows that the average Briton lies 2.08 times per day. Twice? Twice? Either the people who took the survey used one of their daily lies on that number, or I’m totally out of step with the rest of the population, becauseI lie about whether I’ve returned pieces of paperwork, about if I like people’s outfits.
The only person I actively avoid lying to – where possible – is my child, and even that’s not a foolproof ideology. If she asks methen I’ll tell her, there are no euphemisms about where babies come from, and I am totally up front with her about why I am no longer married to her father. But even I find myself saying “OK! Well I’m going to go home now!” when the sun has set, my feet have gone numb, and she is still clinging to the park railings like a member of Just Stop Oil.
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