Guys/boys/men of the small part of the world this post will reach: I have said it before, but I am going to say it again: contrary to what our society has pushed as a truth about the female gender, we DO NOT want to be lied to. I am not sure where the whole, "Honey, does this dress make me look fat," scenario started, but I want to assure you that the correct answer is your honest opinion. If a woman asks such a question, it is because they look in the mirror and feel that that particular article of clothing draws unwanted attention to a particular part of their body about which they are insecure. Now, if you agree with her about that, you should tell her. Not that she looks fat because most men, I have learned, do not generally think of the woman they love as fat, but tell her the truth: that it fits her weird, that you like it when she wears things that accentuate XYZ instead of ABC, etc. Or if you don't have an opinion, honestly tell her that you just don't know ...
Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten...