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/^t/Another situation where telling fibs is intelligible is ingratiating oneself, for example with one's girlfriend's mother. Because women usually map out the personality profiles for their daughter's husbands, pragmatic man will use all the tactics available to impress his future mother-in-law. People lie to make friends. They often take off someone they are not. Isn't it the fact that we all want our friends to be the paradigms of success? Because the first impression has an impact o the future relationship we tend to create a better pictures of ourselves.