These People Prove That Sometimes It’s Okay To Lie To The Ones You Love
Honesty may generally be the best policy, but sometimes a little white lie can actually do more good than harm. No one is encouraging you to commit heinous acts or cheat on your partner and then lie about it to their face, but lying about little things to your spouse or girlfriend is sometimes for the good of both of you.
In a viral Reddit thread, people shared the things they've kept from their significant other or family members to prevent them from getting upset, and some of them are pretty wholesome.
This Is Why You Need A Spare Key
"GF locked her keys in her running car with her dog inside when picking up her daughter from daycare. I lied and said I had AAA so it'd be free to get lockout service. In reality, I ordered AAA on the spot and paid the extra to have same day service so she didn't have something else to worry about." — Reddit / MaybeClassy
Sparing Her Mom's Feelings
"My mom wrote me a note once for missing a homework assignment. Unfortunately, her handwriting and spelling were so bad that the teacher grilled me for trying to weasel my way out by forging it. My mom didn't finish middle school and is not highly educated. I was so embarrassed that I decided to just take the detention and public ridicule from the teacher as a liar, than ask my mom to back me up." — Reddit / DannyEbeats
The Partner Probably Knows
"The remote didn't disappear. I accidentally put it through the washing machine and destroyed it and threw it out in a panic." — Reddit / knnbreakingnews
Maybe the real lie is that their partner actually knows this, but is choosing to pretend they don't in order to spare their feelings.
No Need To Steal His Thunder
"I am notoriously difficult to surprise—I ask too many questions and it bothers me when things don't add up.
"My husband was so proud of the fact that he kept his proposal a surprise and I didn't expect it. In reality, I texted my best friend the day before with a list of 6 reasons why I suspected he was going to propose to me that weekend. I'm not going to tell him though—the proposal was really sweet and he put so much thought into it." — Reddit / carecupcake
The Dog Is In On The Secret
"My SO thinks we've done a really great job teaching our dog not to get on the sofa.
"In reality, he's exceptionally well-trained to not go on the sofa when she's home. He jumps off sharpish when he hears her car park up outside." — Reddit / csimmo91
They're Still Firsts For Her
"My wife was in the hospital off and on with a difficult pregnancy. While she was there, our toddler had a couple firsts I'll never tell her about. She was so happy when she got home and they happened" — Reddit / wise_comment
He Was Willing To Risk Her Getting Mad At Him
"My ex-girlfriend had a few too many shots of tequila at a party and passed out on the couch. When I went to check on her, I noticed she [peed] all over the couch. To avoid embarrassments, I filled up a bucket with water and threw it over her to disguise it as a prank (I'm that kind of boyfriend).
"She still has no idea" — Reddit / lucioalvii
Don't Break The Bank Or His Heart
"I feel really bad about how much money he spends on me (food, gifts, gas money) and he refuses to let me pay him back, so sometimes I slip $5 and $10 bills into his wallet, pockets, and dresser drawers for him to 'find.' If he gives me his card to go into stores to buy something, I use mine instead and don't tell him. He'd be really really sad if he found out because he loves taking care of me." — Reddit / Astyyria
The Sentiment Still Stands
"The first piece of jewelry I bought my wife was a necklace. We went on holiday and she lost it. I said I would replace it but it wasn't the same, she was upset that she’d lost it for sentimental reasons.
I emailed the hotel and of course they hadn’t found it. So I bought a replacement and told my wife they found it." — Reddit / YuccaYucca
He Could've Just Stopped Jumping
"When I was in high school, I was hanging out with my ex-husband, jumping on his trampoline. We had just started dating and I had not met his parents. Anyway, he made me laugh so hard I peed all over the trampoline (he kept jumping and my pee was everywhere).
"He heard his front door open, jumped off the trampoline, grabbed a hose, and sprayed me until me and the trampoline were soaked. His mom came out back and yelled at him to be nice to me lol." — Reddit / MeLdArmy
Tricking Her Into Having To Make Him Banana Bread...
"Occasionally I hide bananas then make them reappear when they are brown just so she will make banana bread.
"Look! You bought these bananas and no one ate them so they're brown...I'm not about to waste these so why don't you make some banana bread or something." — Reddit / Richard-Hindquarters
She'd Never Recover From That
"Several years ago one of our outside cats went missing, my wife's favorite. She was pretty upset. I had actually found the cat that morning and discovered what had actually happened to it. The facts and circumstances leading to its death would upset her tremendously. She still thinks to this day the cat was taken by a rogue coyote or something when in reality, she had incidentally backed over it in the darkness of morning when leaving for work.
"I've never been able to bring myself to tell her and never will." — Reddit
It Makes It Unique
"My SO's first language isn’t English. he always says 'really much' instead of 'a lot.' I won’t tell him it’s incorrect, I love when he says 'I love you really much.'" — Reddit
Just Keep Swimming
"My wife thinks that our beta fish Mojito lived for like 5 years. What she doesn't know is that the role of Mojito has been played by 3 separate beta fish over that time. RIP Mojito 2 and 3." — Reddit / WingmanZer0
Giving Him A Confidence Boost
"My ex-SO used to read me chapters from whatever book he was reading at the time. It was usually me that initiated it, mostly because it felt so warm and intimate, but also because I knew he had dyslexia and dysgraphia as a child, so it would give him a little boost of confidence." — Reddit / dennisthehyienist
Letting Her Contribute, But Only A Little
"My girlfriend moved in with me a few months ago and wanted to split the monthly bills. I was already covering all of it so I was OK just continuing that way but she was insistent.
"She's also not making too much, so instead of telling her the real amount, I told her a lower, but still believable amount to pay. It isn't much, but I feel a little better knowing that she's saving up a bit more every month than she would've otherwise." — Reddit / RudeMonster7
Let Him Feel Like The Winner Occasionally
"My boyfriend loves to show me memes/funny posts that he thinks I would find really funny, but I spend more time online than he does, so I've usually seen them well before he shows me. Every so often I pretend I haven't yet seen a post just so he gets the satisfaction of being the first to show me." — Reddit / OMothmanWhereArtThou
Let Her Have Her Fun
"My wife planned a surprise 40th birthday party for me. I found out this was in the works because I found the invitation. This was 5 months before the party.
"The day of the party, I just played it cool even though I knew what was going to happen. I walked into the room, everyone yelled, 'surprise!!!' and I gave the biggest 'oh my god I can't believe it, I’m so surprised!' There were so many times where people accidentally gave it away and I just played dumb." — Reddit
A Couples' Cooking Class Sounds Like Fun
"Her cooking is terrible. Bland, tasteless, sometimes not even cooked properly. Actually, most times not cooked properly.
"I hate it when I mention that I like to cook and am quite good at it, because she gets upset that she can't 'look after her man.'
"I've tried to make it so that we both make dinner together. At least then I can make sure the food is done properly." — Reddit / shadowbannedkiwi
Maybe The Author Signed It From Beyond The Grave
"For Christmas, she got me a book by my favorite author that has a print of the author's signature on the title page. I know it is print because it was posthumously published and printed, but she doesn't know that. When she showed me, she was so excited I didn't have the heart to tell her it was just the normal edition." — Reddit / OklahomEnt
You Love It, That's All That Matters
"The first Christmas after I got together with my partner, he brought me a beautiful opal necklace. He knew it was my favorite stone. I suspect he paid quite a bit. My partner also has a whole thing against fake stones in jewelry, thinks it tacky, horrible, dishonest, etc. Long story short, what he doesn't realize is that my beautiful opal IS fake." — Reddit / zoOoe
Keeping Up The Family Tradition
"His favorite dip is like 80% mayo. He has a terrible aversion to mayo. His mom has made it when he's not been around his whole life, and now I continue the charade.
"(It's a really good dip.)" — Reddit / meguin
No Need To Shine A Light On This
"My SO got me a beautiful necklace for our one year anniversary! It says love in a hundred languages when you shine a light through it, he was so excited to give it to me and so pleased he'd gotten me such a good, romantic present...
"The problem was that my best friend had been given an identical necklace from her boyfriend a week prior. He had no way of knowing and was so happy to get me such a unique gift that my friend and I just coordinate so we never wear them at the same time" — Reddit / smolkitten96
It Eventually Found Its Way Back
"When my mom and dad started dating in college, my mom accidentally took the remote control from Dad's apartment. He and his roommates looked for it and fought about it for months before she finally got up the courage to leave it on the arm of their sofa." — Reddit / notinmyjohndra
Happy Wife, Happy Life
"My wife once did the joke:
"Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the idiot's house. Knock knock. Who's there? The Chicken.
"Over text with me. I 'fell for it' because I knew it would make her happy.
"She loves talking about how she 'got me' and it makes her so happy I can't bring myself to tell her I was the one who told her the joke in the first place." — Reddit / kitskill
Ready For Anything
"Every time before we leave the house, I play a game where I try to guess what she's going to need while we're out and I grab it (e.g., warm hat and extra set of gloves, a small snack, inhaler, battery pack for phone, etc.).
"Sometimes I like to slip it into her bag or purse without her noticing, other times I reveal that I had it all along in a critical moment." — Reddit / another_throwaway_87
Everybody Stay Calm
"When I see bugs in the apartment I always tell my wife it was only one bug so she doesn't get scared. Then I kill the bugs." — Reddit / theonlydidymus.
How many bugs do they have running around their house?
The Bears Will Avoid Us If We're Talking
"When I go hiking with my wife, I step on bear prints so she doesn't get nervous and make us turn around. I'll just be like make sure you are talking in case bears are around! But don't let her know I've seen a bear print" — Reddit / amoxichillin875
You Could Probably Gently Correct Her
"SO misuses words—a LOT. I'm a language guy. I get the feeling that that is a soft spot on her that previous partners poked pretty hard, so I just internally cringe and say nothing about it. I usually know what she's trying to say." — Reddit / gogozrx
He Just Needs A Kick In The Pants
"That just about every year I have to text her brother to remind him it's her birthday or he won’t even realize and never reach out to her. It upsets her that he forgot again, and I’ll usually let it go until late in the evening, and then shoot him a quick reminder.
"He’ll call her, she gets so excited he remembered and it means the world to her. It’s not about making him look good, it’s about making her happy." — Reddit / CPTNBob46
