If a bridegroom should ask you if his bride is pretty, you may lie, no matter how bad she looks. To tell the truth would diminish his joy, and in this case, you should lie. I suppose the same is true if your wife should ask you if she looks fat.”
As ebauty is subjective, you may lie, because to him, his bride IS pretty. And if one’s wife EVER asks, “Does this make me look fat,” there is only one right answer, “Honey, you look gorgeous!”
There is always a way to answer a question without techinically lying. The friend of the chosson could always answer, “She is really something, you lucky man!”