We have 2 adult daughters about 2 years apart. When the girls were quite young, maybe 10 and 8, my wife was horrified to find that a cherry pie that she had made for a special dessert had been thoroughly gutted — someone had eaten all the cherry filling and left the pastry shell behind. Of course, both girls denied the deed. But then the older girl, while pointing to her younger sister, said, “Look, she’s doing that thing... she always does that ‘chin’ thing when she tells a lie!” Huh? What ‘chin’ thing? The older girl then demonstrates that her sister “always tucks her chin in like this” when she’s lying. From then on, anytime there was a question of whether the youngest was lying we’d look for the ‘chin’ thing. She did it every time. It was like a poker ‘tell.’ So, flip ahead 25 years or so. The girls are all grown up. Mom, dad, girls, and sons-in-law all sitting around having adult beverages and telling stories. Eventually, the story of the “cherry pie incident” comes up. Everyone has a good laugh about the ‘chin’ thing. Then the oldest pipes up and says, “I ate the cherry filling. And I made up the thing about the ‘chin.’ I couldn’t believe that you guys believed me.” © Rich Sobocinski / Quora
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