The little lies we tell our partners

IT’S a truth universally acknowledged — parents lie to their kids.

Even though we aren’t comfortable with the term “lie”, we tell our kids Santa is real and that we have no change for the coin operated ride outside the supermarket. We tell them about the Tooth Fairy and the Easter bunny and often we tell them that the secret stash of chocolate in the cupboard reserved for parents doesn’t really exist.

Sure the lies aren’t intrinsically harmful, some may even say they help give our kids a more joy-filled childhood. So I wonder if telling small lies to our partners when we have grown up is part of creating a happier marriage.

I started to think about this last week after I came across a woman in a the crockery department making a rather hefty purchase. It transpired she was having a dinner party and wanted to purchase a new table setting, everything from plates to cutlery to fresh linen napkins.

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