Face it guys: you tell more lies than your lady does! And that’s not all: you fell less guilty about it. At least this is what a recent study commissioned by The Science Museum has revealed.
Don’t get started on the sexist jokes now. Wait till you hear the explanation: it seems that in a poll of 3000 people, researchers have found that the average British men tells somewhere around three lies a day. Sum that up with 365 days and you’ll get approximately 1090 lies a year. It’s a huge number, isn’t it?
The average woman tells only two lies a day, which means she tells almost 730 lies a year. And wait ’till you hear who are the biggest liers among men and woman.
Men are more likely to tell a lie their mother, perhaps they know mom’s don’t agree with going to pubs or with men leaving all their dirty laundry on the bedroom floor. At the same time, only 20% of the ladies have admitted they have lied to their dear mother and only 10% of all the respondents agrees they are likely to lie to their partner.
Also, as we’ve mentioned above, men are less likely to feel guilty about telling a lie. Ladies, on the other hand, get very stressed out because of this and their conscience is too strong to be ignored. 82% of them admitted they feel very guilty after telling a lie, while only 70% of men feel the same way.
Here is the top 10 lies used by men and below you’ll see the top 10 lies used by ladies:
Men’s Top 10 lies
1. I didn’t have that much to drink
2. Nothing’s wrong, I’m fine
3. I had no signal
4. It wasn’t that expensive
5. I’m on my way
6. I’m stuck in traffic
7. No, your bum doesn’t look big in that
8. Sorry, I missed your call
9. You’ve lost weight
10. It’s just what I’ve always wanted
Women’s Top 10 lies
1. Nothing’s wrong, I’m fine
2. I don’t know where it is, I haven’t touched it
3. It wasn’t that expensive
4. I didn’t have that much to drink
5. I’ve got a headache
6. It was in the sale
7. I’m on my way
8. Oh, I’ve had this ages
9. No, I didn’t throw it away
10. It’s just what I’ve always wanted