The stranger has to make do with the information you provide, and is unlikely to refute you with yourself.

It's not always major deception. It's not pretending to be a fighter pilot, or the fifth richest woman in Spain. It's more omission, and realigning your past in a more favourable light.

It's saying, "I love New York," and no-one saying, "But you hated it, and moaned constantly about it during the five years you lived there."

New life through new ears.