If you don’t want your woman to know where you are, you have to lie, and unfortunately, a lot of men think they’re smart enough to pull it off.
They don’t realize women have built-in lie detectors that pick up the smallest shift in tone and behavior.
Men don’t even lie with creativity.
They lie with the same tired phrases every man since Adam has recycled.
If He Says These 5 Phrases, He’s Lying About Where He Was
1. “My phone died.”
Of course, the poor phone is always the victim in these stories.
Some men act like their phones are fighting for their lives every day, battery dying mysteriously at the exact moment you need to reach them.
But this same phone survives hours of scrolling, gaming, YouTube, group chats, and football highlights.
It only dies when he’s somewhere he shouldn’t be, doing something he can’t explain.
The more suspicious thing is that he never has a charger, never has a power bank, and never notices the battery percentage falling.
Yet the moment he walks through the door and you ask, “I tried calling you,” suddenly the phone resurrects like Lazarus, 63% battery and glowing.
Amazing!
“My phone died” is the easiest cover story in the world.
It shuts down the conversation without giving any real information, and buys him time to rearrange his story, rehearse his lines, and prepare a calm expression before facing you.
If the battery only dies when he’s unreachable, unavailable, or unexplainably offline, it’s not the phone that’s lying.
It’s him. 🙄
2. “I was with the guys.”
We know men stick with their own.
Brotherhood is real, and loyalty among them is strong.
And honestly, I’m grateful my husband doesn’t have “dem boys” — those men who always seem to know how to appear when trouble is brewing and disappear when accountability is needed.
Once a man starts hiding behind “the guys,” hmm… the story has entered its second season.
“I was with the guys.”
Which guys? Doing what? Where? For how long?
When “the guys” becomes his go-to story every time he disappears into thin air, know something else is happening behind that brotherhood.
3. “Traffic held me.”
God help you if you live in a busy city like mine… because traffic is the perfect scapegoat.
Once a man wants to disappear for a few hours without leaving footprints, he’ll blame traffic with confidence.
And you can’t fully argue because, truly, traffic can disgrace anybody.
But if he only remembers traffic when he’s doing something he can’t explain, it’s sus.
On normal days, this same man will navigate that same route in 25 minutes flat.
He knows the shortcuts and can predict traffic like a weather forecaster.
But the one day you’re calling, and he’s unreachable, traffic suddenly turned into something that held him hostage with no witnesses and no survivors.
He’s doing whatever he doesn’t want to tell you.
4. “I forgot to tell you.”
Of course you did.
Since asking forgiveness is easier than seeking permission, right?
That’s exactly how this line works.
“I forgot to tell you” is a way to do what he wants without carrying the risk of you saying, “No,” “Why?” or “I’m not comfortable with that.”
So instead of informing you before the outing, the meeting, the stopover, the detour, the mystery event, he simply goes and enjoys himself, then comes home with a soft, innocent face like, “Oh babe, I forgot to tell you.”
He remembers when there’s food in the fridge, he remembers his favourite football match, his ATM PIN,
and every single detail when it benefits him.
But the one thing he “forgets” is the exact thing he didn’t want you to know in advance.
It’s not forgetfulness, it’s pre-planned amnesia.
People forget unimportant things; they do not forget the things they fear will cause questions.
So when “I forgot to tell you” becomes frequent, don’t just hear the words, hear the message: “I did what I wanted, and I didn’t want your input.”
5. “Do you think I’d lie to you?”
You tell me… because I don’t know why grown men act like this question is some holy oath.
You’re the one being suspicious; why are you asking me for reassurance?
This line is emotional manipulation because instead of answering your question directly, he flips the spotlight back on you, hoping guilt will silence your doubt.
You: “Where were you?”
Him: “Do you think I’d lie to you?”
So now you’re the problem, not the missing hours and his questionable story.
Just your audacity to ask a basic question.
Men who are lying love this phrase.
They cling to it like it’s bulletproof because if they can convince you that questioning them equals not trusting them, they don’t have to explain anything.
It’s reverse psychology 101.
A man who is telling the truth doesn’t need to dramatize normal questions.
He’ll just tell you where he was.
But when these phrases start becoming a part of your daily vocabulary with him, don’t ignore the signs.
Your spirit is wise enough to know when a story isn’t adding up.