The great difference between the truth and a lie is that the truth is usually simple and a lie is invariably complicated.
"We went out to dinner leaving the kids most nights and we came back and they were still there" is really simple.
As is, unfortunately, "We went out one night leaving the kids but one of them got out of the apartment and fell off the balcony". Or, "We went out one night leaving the kids and we got back and one of them had had a serious accident". Or, "We went out one ...
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