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A new survey of women’s attitudes to truth, relationships, and behaviour, said the overwhelming majority (96%) admit to lying, with the most common lie being “Of course you don’t look fat.” Despite this, most women (61%) want their partners to be “brutally honest” if they ask them “Do I look fat?” or “Do you think my best friend’s attractive?”


Eight out of ten women (83%) admit to telling “big, life-changing lies”, with 13% saying they do so frequently.

Half of all women would lie to their husbands or partners to keep their relationship going if they became pregnant by another man.

They also said four out of ten (42%) would lie about contraception in order to get pregnant, in spite of the wishes of their partner.

Almost half (45%) of the 5,000 questioned told the researchers for That’s Life! magazine they tell “little white lies” most days.

Partners (70%) are most likely to be lied to by women, with friends (65%), parents (64%), customers and clients (58%) and bosses (57%) also being deceived.

Women will also lie to save people’s feelings, with only 27% saying they would tell a man if he was hopeless in bed (although 36% would tell their friends all about it).

Eight in ten (78%) would pass off a second-hand gift as a brand new present, while 50% have claimed a festive card was “lost in the post”.

One bizarre finding was that a third of women (33%) said they would stay with their husband if they found out he was a “secret transvestite”, but only half that number (17%) would put up with him if he refused to wash.

Half (49%) would “kiss and tell” to the media for ‘25,000 if they had a one-night stand with a celebrity, and 38% say they would marry purely for money. 23% would allow their man to sleep with another woman for ‘50,000.

An alarming 31% of all women say they would not tell a future partner if they had a sexual disease. This rises for 65% for single women.

Nearly half (46%) fake orgasms and more than half (55%) claim they are tired, have a headache, or feel ill to “get out of lovemaking”.

A fifth of women with a long-term partner (19%) say they have cheated on him by having an affair, while 30% of all women have had an affair with a married man.

Most women (68%) do not trust their partner.
mancester evening news

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A new survey of women’s attitudes to truth, relationships, and behaviour, said the overwhelming majority (96%) admit to lying, with the most common lie being “Of course you don’t look fat.” Despite this, most women (61%) want their partners to be “brutally honest” if they ask them “Do I look fat?” or “Do you think my best friend’s attractive?”


Eight out of ten women (83%) admit to telling “big, life-changing lies”, with 13% saying they do so frequently.

Half of all women would lie to their husbands or partners to keep their relationship going if they became pregnant by another man.

They also said four out of ten (42%) would lie about contraception in order to get pregnant, in spite of the wishes of their partner.

Almost half (45%) of the 5,000 questioned told the researchers for That’s Life! magazine they tell “little white lies” most days.

Partners (70%) are most likely to be lied to by women, with friends (65%), parents (64%), customers and clients (58%) and bosses (57%) also being deceived.

Women will also lie to save people’s feelings, with only 27% saying they would tell a man if he was hopeless in bed (although 36% would tell their friends all about it).

Eight in ten (78%) would pass off a second-hand gift as a brand new present, while 50% have claimed a festive card was “lost in the post”.

One bizarre finding was that a third of women (33%) said they would stay with their husband if they found out he was a “secret transvestite”, but only half that number (17%) would put up with him if he refused to wash.

Half (49%) would “kiss and tell” to the media for ‘25,000 if they had a one-night stand with a celebrity, and 38% say they would marry purely for money. 23% would allow their man to sleep with another woman for ‘50,000.

An alarming 31% of all women say they would not tell a future partner if they had a sexual disease. This rises for 65% for single women.

Nearly half (46%) fake orgasms and more than half (55%) claim they are tired, have a headache, or feel ill to “get out of lovemaking”.

A fifth of women with a long-term partner (19%) say they have cheated on him by having an affair, while 30% of all women have had an affair with a married man.

Most women (68%) do not trust their partner.
mancester evening news

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