Lesson of story: Many women lie to men and in so doing make big messes.

The converse is also true: Many men lie to women and in so doing make big messes.

That is why everybody needs to be on guard in some fairly obvious scenarios: When in a bedroom, when drunken in the company of others, when handling ones money, when handling one's kids, and so on.

And yes, many men lie to men and many women lie to women. Same rules hold, minus the risk of an unwanted pregnancy.

Unless one of the folks is transgendered.

Modern times are a complicated affair.