Generally no, I tend to tell the truth for the same reasons as Yli - the only person I could ever lie to was my mother...
I might "lie by omission", not telling someone the whole story about something sometimes, but that would often be because I felt that the information would upset them, and so avoid telling them unless asked outright - in which case I would tell the truth. Or sometimes at work when I've not done something I was supposed to
But does it matter S38? The white lies at any rate. The little partial truths, or omissions, that oil social interaction everyday and allow us to make other people feel better about themselves, or stop us feeling guilty?
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