More than one in three men tell at least one lie every day. According to a survey, a shocking four in five women tell lies on a daily basis.
Some women even admit to doing so as many as 30 times a day, the equivalent of twice every hour, a survey has revealed. This compares with two out of five men who said they tended to tell lies every day.
People said they mainly shied away from telling the truth to avoid hurting other people’s feelings. 55 percent people said that the biggest reason they lied was to make someone feel better.
This was followed by ‘to not get into trouble’ (32 per cent) and one in four put it down to the fact that ‘life is complicated’. ‘Proving a point’ and ‘saving face’ were also common reasons to skirt around the truth. Around 2,000 people were questioned for the poll commissioned by insurance company Privilege.
