Hello, yogibimbi--Forgive me. It seems I was too 'subtle', as I led with motorcycle-riding which is an example of the concept. So that you didn't get confused, perhaps I should have started with the concept and then explicitly said "motorcycle riding is an example". In case it helps, the concept is written a few more lines down: "I love when people are passionate about their interests, but we need to suss out early on how important it is that we be involved in each others’ passions. Don’t let your silence mislead them into thinking you’ll be the companion they always wished for." The summary also makes the point, being there's a need to tell people up front "If it’s critical to you that the person you date be highly involved with your hobbies, or that you’re not interested in being highly involved with their hobbies." Hopefully that clarifies that lies of omission isn't just about a person not admitting they don't want to ride motorcycles. That would be very silly, indeed, to base an entire 'theory' of lies on just failure to disclose a dislike of motorcycle riding. Sort of like it would be silly for a person to only read a handful of sentences to draw a conclusion. Thank you for reading, yogibimbi!--Lee