It was impossible to keep up our social pretences any longer.
I've breathed an atmosphere of fibs and pretences and evasions all my life.
" Be yourself (yes, seriously) （,） We know, we know – it's a cheesy, overused phrase, but as Eros explained, trying to be someone you are not will make things tough (it's trying and tiring to keep pretences up all the time), and people can easily see past a lack of genuineness.
