Miss Lario, 52, who has three grown-up children by the prime minister, accused him of lying about the encounter, during which he gave Miss Letizia a gold and diamond necklace worth 6,000 euros.

"He said to me, 'You know, I have to go down to Naples, I have an important summit on rubbish disposal early tomorrow morning,' she said. It was, she added, "the umpteenth lie."

Honesty and trust is what makes us bond with people; without it we live with constant fear, suspicions, and doubt.
There is no perfect friend, lover, or partner but lies come back down and beat you until you lose credibility and eventually risk losing a relationship.

good comment debbyski.

I think it's so true Lollipop. We start out in life so innocent and sweet and end up mistrusting and suspicious because we become used to not telling the truth.

Well the opposite can be true too, Debby--that we're so honest we believe that other people are honest too.
But yes, mistrust and suspicion are rife these days...

"Men are rats. Listen to me, they're fleas on rats. Worse than that, they're amoebas on fleas on rats."

- Frenchie

Yes,
The opposite can be true and I think that is very applicable in my life.

@Clip On:
Do you think men have a particularly difficult time staying monogamous?