Keeping Secrets

There are three basic ways of hiding things.

1. Raising Suspicion In Another Area
When someone goes out of their way to hide something, then does anything to keep someone's attention off that area.
This is the least effective of the three. Unlike the others this requires straight up lying. Most everyone starts out using this. This is when you blame the broken vase on the cat or say that you don't know what happened to the last slice of pie maybe your sister ate it. It is most commonly seen when a gay guy is trying to act straight. These are the guys who make crude jokes about women and try to make it sound as though they get layed a lot (note not all guys who act this way are gay, some are just virgins).

2. Half the Truth
When you don't technically lie, but you leave out important details.
This one happens to be my favorite. It's not the most effective, but it works pretty darn well. It's simply just not telling someone all of what happened. This is telling your mom that you went to the movies with a friend, but not telling her that your dating that friend. Everyone does this. "If you can't say something nice, don't saying anything at all." It's not lying to not tell your parents that you have detention. It's just not giving them all the information. There are certain things that just don't need to be said (until you've reached a safe distance).

3. Creating Suspicion on the Subject
The most affective of all secret keeping is telling the truth. Assumptions are your best friend. If you say something that arouses suspicion and then shoot down that suspicion enough times people will forget that they're supposed to be suspicious. If you say something in a joking manner (and I mean actually pull it off, no underlying tones in your voice) then people will assume just that. Even though this is the most effective, it takes a lot of skill to pull it off. Sometimes when people try to make the truth sound like a joke it doesn't come across that way. If the person your talking to knows you well than it's even harder to do so. There are just certain people that can't tell the truth successfully as a joke.