Do yourself a favour and just shut up.

Don't you think it's hilarious when people justify their behaviour but only by mentioning it, even draw your attention to it?

Yesterday I was at a little supermarket getting a couple of things and as I was going to the check-out (I know, the second supermarket check-out story in a week, but you're going to have to deal with that), there was a woman with quite a lot of groceries just getting into the queue. Behind her was a man who only had one bottle of some liquor, so the lady said to him: "Do you only have this bottle? Well, you can go in front of me then." The guy said thank you and then added: "You know, I'm just getting this bottle for cooking. Just a bit of liquor for cooking, you know." And he laughed a nervous little laugh.

Now obviously, after that, everyone who had heard it was convinced he was an alcoholic. If he hadn't said anything, nobody would have given it a second thought.

It's a bit like this story I read the other day- it might have been by David Sedaris. One day when he was still a teenager, his dad said to him as they were driving somewhere: "I just want you to know, I never cheated on your mother." After that, there was no question anymore for him that his father had betrayed his mother. I guess the moral of the story here is- if you are telling a lie, but your body is not, then better just shut up.