FIBBING: Women zoom ahead!

I was surprised to read a survey that revealed 75% of females fib daily, writes Shagun Dayal. Do women lie more than men?

When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.

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The survey by Midway Games found that 75 per cent of women fib daily, as against 68 per cent of men, and 91 per cent of women think that white lies are OK.

I am woman, and it took me by surprise, that the survey was more or less true. My female friends too charted out some trivial unconsciously spoken lies. I came to a conclusion that women, being a more sensitive sex, have the art of concealing well.

So, what is it that women lie most about? Relationships!! Came a prompt reply. They will always glean the stray leaves of their dead love life and will never ever deprecate her man in public. Even if her spouse/boyfriend is a rotten piece, abusive and insensitive, she will ooh and aah at him in front of her friends. She goes, "he's working like a mule, can't even distinguish day from night", if he ignores her calls. She sometimes turns a blind eye to his roving eyes. Like my friend Rachel, who justifies, "but he has a colorful persona, it gives me a high if women turn back and give him looks." I know for sure that Rachel fumes with envy but will try to put back crumbling pieces of her love life and may confide only to her closest pal.

My research also found that women also portray a false picture of her professional life as compared to men. The male employee will vent it out, "my job sucks, my boss is a pain in the neck, boohoos, my life's rotting…" Whereas women with a same set of problems would present a very sugar coated view. They say: "My boss is a little demanding, perks are not very lucrative either, but you see it's a great learning platform!" Men will immediately call on friends, relatives to spread the word of "job needed", but women won't let the air out even if she's equally in need of one.

She dresses up to kill. Her trips to salons, designer stores, hair specialists and gymnasiums get little credit to her prim and proper personality. You fly compliments: you are glowing, and I love your bouncy hair. She'll seldom reveal that she strictly adheres to a beauty regime. She shrugs it off, "ah thanks, but it's all in the genes." You marvel at her hourglass frame but she will never disclose that she puffs and pants in health clubs and had bid adieu to her sweet tooth forever. She takes all the adulation in her stride and justifies, "Naaah, it's just great metabolism".

She has a controlled composition. She tries to take the reigns of the situation in her hand and thus frequently resort to the hide-and-seek method. She hides some to seek some more. It could be her vain, dignity, self-esteem, and inherent complex… anything.

So, there you are girl! Carry on the good work. Let these researchers call us by any name; we'll never spill the beans. Will we? Let us continue to mystify everybody, because that's our forte!