Sometimes I have pretended to be asleep to keep from going out with him, sometimes I realy was asleep because I was so worn out from his antics.
I used to get in the car and go looking for him if he was out too long or if we had been in a fight. I felt like I had too. (I stopped doing that years ago)
I have lied through my teath about stuff to keep the waters calm or to get him to do or not do something but mostly to keep the waters calm.