Honesty is the best policy -- most of the time, anyway.
Sometimes, though, husbands and wives tell each other little white lies to cover their butts ("I wouldn't dream of watching 'Scandal' without you!") or to prevent hurt feelings ("Your mom's early morning phone calls aren't that annoying!"). We recently asked coupled-up HuffPost readers to fess up to some of their fibs. See what they had to say below:
1. "I totally didn't watch ahead on Netflix." - Emily H.
2. "'This coffee is perfect!' When someone brings you coffee in bed, you don't bitch about it." - Tia M.
3. "What Target bags?" - Jade O.
4. "I have passed off a signature chicken dish as my own for years. But it's actually Stouffer's." - Feel G.
5. "Must have been the dog that farted." - Jay K.
6. "'You are my No. 9.' I've no idea what number he is, I stopped counting way before I met my husband." - Danielle D.
7. "You're the best I've ever had." - Angela R.
8. "'I don't care if you're sweaty.' Secretly I think it's icky but in 12 years, I've yet to have it in me to tell him. Would hate to hurt his feelings." - Angelique Z.
9. "I'm only going to have one more glass of wine." - Crystal L.
10. "'No, honey, I don't want it. You eat it.' Even though I really want it when it's the last sweet treat." - Amber H.
11. "'Baby, I have no idea how that shirt got ripped! The dryer must have done it.' A.k.a my dog ate it." - Ellen I.
12. "I've had this bag forever, you've just never noticed it before!" - Amy H.
13. "'What apple pie??' I baked it and ate it in its entirety, before he got home. (I was pregnant at the time.)" - Hakim N.
14. "'No, nothing happened in the game while you were getting me a hot dog.' Actually, a foul ball headed right to where he had been sitting and the guy in the seat behind his caught it." - Terry G.
15. "No, I didn't spend $200 on make up -- that box is full of, uh, period supplies!" - Samm P.
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