Why do men lie to women?

I was recently reading an interesting post by Gayla McCord on the 10 Lies Men Tell, and it got me thinking about why men tell lies to begin with. It’s an important question. I know you want to be able to identify if a man is lying to you, but even more important, is that you want to know why would a man want to lie in the first place? That is the question you want to answer.

And I might have a few thoughts on it, if you’re interested that is

There are several reasons why a man might feel the need to lie to a woman:

1. He’s feeling like a failure
2. He’s feeling guilty (which also might make him feel like a failure)
3. He’s feeling attacked and that he’s going to “lose” an argument
4. He doesn’t want to hurt your feelings, so he’s wanting to protect your feelings (which is really pretty stupid, because in the end, he really just hurt your feelings anyway, but at least he tried)

There might be other legitimate reasons why men lie (I’ve read other posts and articles that say men lie because they want sex, and this is true, but if you’re with one of those types of men, then you’re with a total loser and should you leave him immediately! Real men don’t lie to get sex from women.)

Real men lie, don’t get me wrong. Real people lie, cheat, steal, hurt, yell, avoid, and basically sin, but real men do not take advantage of women on purpose, they do that on accident.

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