Well, obviously that was a lie, but I really try not to.

One reason for that is I am really a terrible liar.
And a really lazy person, so I try to avoid unnecessary work
and it is a lot of work to keep your lies in line.

I really can't remember my last serious lie.
I try to be straight forward about things.
Obviously you have to consider feelings of people and sometimes I am really careful about what I say, not lying while not being entire true at the same time.

Sometimes it is hard but in my opinion you have to face consequences of your actions.

And because I try to avoid lying and I am not used to it I get bad conscience really quickly even with small things. So I often decide to correct it seconds after I told a lie.

At least that is what I do if the person is not a complete stranger.