Why women are such good liars!

Around 2,000 people were questioned for the poll commissioned by insurance company Privilege.  Ad researchers found a common theme running through people’s lies.  No one likes to leave a plateful of food when invited to a dinner party, and ‘saying you enjoyed a friend or relative’s cooking when you might not have was the number one reason for lying (42 per cent).  People also commonly fib about their job, their salary or their weight.  And they regularly pretend to share a hobby with someone they are trying to impress.

However, perhaps fortunately, most of our lies are relatively harmless.  Around 80 per cent said they only told a lie when it would not seriously hurt anyone – although one in ten said a small fib they told had ended up hurting someone they were close to.  The research also revealed that the most popular place to lie is ‘at home’.  Work and job interviews were the next most popular, followed by social media.  But the truth is most likely to be told in a court or doctor’s surgery.

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As for who we are most likely to lie to, friends are top of the list (30 per cent), followed closely by work colleagues and partners (around one in four) and then children.  Interestingly, it is in middle-age rather than in youth that we are most likely to lie – 46 was the average age of people who admitted regularly telling lies.’  Dan Simson, from Privilege, said: ‘Encouragingly, this has shown us that even though we can be guilty of telling the odd porky, on the whole, we are likely to tell the truth when it matters.

How white wine could unleash a monster within us!

What better way to have a good time at a party than with a glass of well-chilled sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio or chardonnay?  Unfortunately, after a couple of glasses of white wine, we can start acting a little crazy.  According to medical expert, Dr. Rosalind Haire: “White wine often unleashes a monster within us, and we lose all control, and a number of my patients have told me the same thing.

“They alleged that after a few glasses, they start behaving completely out of character.  One of them told of how she’d accosted a police officer and asked to hold his truncheon after too much lady petrol aka pinot grigio.  Another admitted that she’s given up drinking white wine because it makes her aggressive.  Other told tales of how they’d morphed into emotional wrecks-crying at sad songs and confessing their undying love to ex-boyfriends.

“This beast isn’t released when they drink beer, red wine or spirits.  It’s only white wine that makes them wild.  The first problem is that a cold white wine is all too quaffing on a hot day, so it’s easy to get drunk quickly.  On top of this, if you’re drinking something like prosecco, the carbon dioxide bubbles that make it fizzy causes the alcohol to enter the bloodstream faster than other alcohol beverage.  What’s more, as they often taste so sweet, you’d be forgiven for forgetting the high alcohol content of pinot or sauvignon.  You may think that you’ve drunk about the same amount as your lager-guzzling partner, but white wine is far more potent than beer.

So if you’re matching him drink for drink, you’re going to get far more boozed.  When you think about the percentages, white wine is about 10-14 per cent, which is double to triple that of beer.  It is sweeter and easier to drink so people get very drunk, very quickly on white wines.  But that’s not all.  Interestingly, if you’ve turned into a grigio gremlin in the past, you’re more likely to become one in the future.

Why women are such good liars!