There are benevolent lies that I have told, and I follow a different method. Whenever one of these lies has to be told, I start by working backwards. I figure out what the goal of the lie is, and then what the lie should be. I try to figure out how to work that into my actual life. And then, that simply becomes reality. I dont have to remember who Ive told it to because its what I tell anyone curious. If people meet up and talk, they all have the matching story.