so basically as long as your lying and deception is ok with you, then its ok to lie because your motives are good?

the person being lied to doesnt get to draw that line, the deceiver does...that's the problem...and if the person being lied to was ok with what you were doing, you wouldnt have to lie..

the old fear of what else is he lying about is a totally normal response to being lied to.

and please don't embarrass yourself and compare this to saying "you don't look fat" so your wife doesnt get mad

btw...i prefer being referred to as "bs detector" as opposed to "truth police" :D