While men say too much when lying, women say hopelessly too little.  Their fear is that if they say too much, they will be discovered.

For example, if a woman goes shopping and then comes home to her husband or boyfriend with her trappings, she will inevitably described every nuance of her shopping adventure to him.  "Look honey, I got this, it was twenty percent off!  This here, there were only two of them left and this other lady hung some clothes over them and walked away, but I grabbed the one that didn't have the run in the stitching when she wasn't looking.  And this, it was regular $120 and I got for $35".

All the while her man nods in approval, secretly keeping one eye fixed to the television.  It is simply the woman's nature to go on in great detail and enthusiasm about any seemingly bland event.

Now, when a woman closes up about her doings, it is inevitable that she is hiding something.  If the same woman comes home from her shopping trip, says nothing, curtly answers "fine" to her mates question of "how was shopping?", then shuffles off the bedroom with a bag in her hand, she wasn't shopping the entire time my friend.

She is both nervous and afraid that if she offers anymore information, her partner will quickly poke holes in her story.  The same goes for any activity she embarks on, and then remains mysteriously quiet about after words.

Men will typically say too much or give too much detail when telling a lie.  This is similar to bragging or exaggerating.  For example, if a man catches a fish but then it gets away, he will tell everyone it was three feet long, when he knows it was actually only eight inches.

The thought process behind a man telling a lie is, "I will give them so much information that they will become lost, disorientated, and then finally give up".  And he does this for no covert reason other than it works.

Men will also tend to inject a little humor into their lies.  It relaxes their partner, puts them at ease, and throws them off track.  For example, a man is late coming home from work.  In truth, he was with his lover.  His wife questions his whereabouts.

He will eliminate her suspicions by telling her an unlikely, albeit funny, story as to why he was late:  "Honey, you wouldn't believe it.  I was driving home and went to throw my cup of coffee from this morning out the window.  The freakin’ window was up and the coffee went everywhere.  So I stopped at the car wash and they didn't have any paper towels anywhere.  Some idiot next to me must have had a hundred of them balled up on the ground.  So then I have to drive to the grocery store, buy a god damn two pack of paper towels, and sit in the parking lot, in my suit, cleaning the car, while all these people are walking by looking at me".

The wife will find his back luck story so amusing, and feel it to be so justified, that she won't even bother to look for the remaining paper towels or check his suite or car for the smell of coffee.  By going into great and exaggerated detail, then injecting a little humor, he has successfully lied in the way of the man.

The truth is there are plenty of people on television, in magazines, or giving seminars, including celebrities, psychologists, and people "of a higher calling", willing to sell you their ideas on how to make relationship's work.  Unfortunately, they all sell a different flavor of the same thing; false hope.

Interestingly enough, with all of these individuals offering solutions to the problems in your relationships, the divorce rate in America has and continues to remain at a steady fifty percent.  And our advice giving friends, the psychologists, enjoy the highest divorce rate among their peers in the medical profession.

So what's the point?  People are people.  They are the way they always have been, and always will be.  Unfaithful.  There is no more a solution to this problem than there is to the problem of people killing each other.  It's just human nature.  If animals have behavioral flaws, we try to breed away those flaws.  So now we have killer bees.  With humans, we try to eliminate the flaws with drugs or psychology.  And surprise, surprise, people lie and cheat just as much as they always have.

So what's the lesson you should take away from this?  Can you figure it out?