Lies by omission occur when there a failure to correct a pre-existing misconception. This hinges on social and personal expectations.

Clearly, we don't walk around divulging every meticulous detail of our histories. At the same time, a line must be drawn somewhere.

I'm curious where you guys draw the line. Are each of these "Ok"/"Not Ok" to you personally?

  1. Woman fishes online for a casual fling on Tinder. She leaves out the fact that she is a single mother.
  2. Woman fishes online for a committed relationship on a paid dating site. She leaves out the fact that she is a single mother.
  3. Woman fishes for a committed life-long partner among her social circle. She does not mention to her dates the fact that she got plowed by 100 guys in the past (from her age 18-28).
  4. Take #3 and make that 500 men.
  5. Take #3 and make that 5000 men.
  6. Man fishes online for a casual fling on Tinder. He leaves out the fact that he took it in the butt once (by a man) and liked it.
  7. Man fishes online for a committed relationship on a paid dating site. He leaves out the fact that he used to enjoy taking it up the butt.
  8. Man fishes for a committed life-long partner among his social circles. He does not mention to his dates the fact that he plowed 100 women in the past.
  9. Take #8 and make it 1000 women.
  10. Take #8 and make it 1,000,000 women.
  11. Man finds and raises a hippo mom and a hippo baby. He feeds the hippos and provides them shelter. He does not tell them that he is incapable of love and affection. He also did this partially under the impression that they'd be useful to him. They don't need to know this. They're hippos.

It would be helpful to consider and let us know cultural or other influences there have been on your answers. I personally think these matters hinge on expectations, which are influenced by the culture/subculture.