When is a "lie" necessary?

When it keeps you safe from physical harm.

Honey, does my ass does look fat in these jeans?

When the truth causes disproportionately more and unnecessary damage

To save someone else otherwise it isn't...just easier

when you're protecting someone else

When you tell him it's the biggest you have ever seen and he says, really? You have to say yes no matter what.

EXTREMELY rarely.... like only when it's truly going to save lives. Like, when an intruder breaks in and ties up you and your wife at gunpoint, and asks if anyone else is in the house, and you know your kids are hiding in their secret place, but you say "No, no-one else is here....."

To save a life!

No necessary lie. I better have the hard truth than live in a lie.

when ur throwing a surprise party

When you're horny, it's alright to tell them you love them

Sometimes to spare feelings, especially when an unnecessary and cruel truth will accomplish [b]nothing[/b] productive.