If I am Being Honest… Lying. We all do it. Though, some more than others. In Stephanie Ericsson’s essay “The Ways We Lie,” she discusses the 10 ways people lie. And if I am being honest, I have lied all ten ways in my life. However, since the reader probably does not want to read a ten paragraph essay about how I have been a horrible individual over the past 19 years, I will focus mainly on “White Lies,” “Omission” (ironically), and “Out-and-Out Lies.” The first way, “The White Lie.” This little lie often happens around eleven at night when I do not want to text friends anymore and would rather sit down and read or watch videos undisturbed. It usually sounds like this, “I have something to do early tomorrow morning, so I am going to bed.
