I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. I didn't think they could take the truth. I am not really sure why I didn't tell the truth. I said what I thought they wanted to hear. I just didn't say anything. All of these are responses to why didn't you tell the truth? The real answer is that lying is done to keep the person telling the lie from being in an uncomfortable situation.
"How do you like my new outfit"? This may be a common question that someone would answer with a lie. The person may not like the outfit or they think that the person has many other better looking outfits but instead of telling the truth the lie comes out. "I think it's nice". Well this is not the truth and because the person being asked the question doesn't want to really explain what they don't like about the outfit the lie comes out.
There was a young lady sitting in a coffee shop drinking a coffee. She notices that there is a handsome man looking at her. Now the young lady knows that she shouldn't but she gives him the eye contacted and smile needed to encourage the gentleman to come over. The two have a lovely lunch and continue to converse and have lunch. This young lady has a boyfriend and she never tells him that she has a new "friend". She repeatedly tells herself, what he doesn't know won't hurt him, besides it's not like I'm cheating on him. First things first, she is straight up lying to herself and then she is lying by omission to her boyfriend. She is not telling and also lying to herself because she doesn't want to face the facts of missing something in her relationship therefore, not wanting to be caught in an uncomfortable situation.
"I love you, do you love me"? This one is common. "Yes, I love you". This lie is told because according to the the teller of the lie, it was what the other person wanted to hear. Well once again the teller of the lie does not want to be in the position to tell someone else that they are not in the same place with them or, they may be telling this lie to get whatever it is they want from the other person.
Whether it be a "white lie" or "lie by omission" or just telling a "big fat lie" it is all wrong and done for the wrong reasons. Yes we all lie but the real tragedy of it is that most of the time the greatest lie is the one we are telling to ourselves.
"How do you like my new outfit"? This may be a common question that someone would answer with a lie. The person may not like the outfit or they think that the person has many other better looking outfits but instead of telling the truth the lie comes out. "I think it's nice". Well this is not the truth and because the person being asked the question doesn't want to really explain what they don't like about the outfit the lie comes out.
There was a young lady sitting in a coffee shop drinking a coffee. She notices that there is a handsome man looking at her. Now the young lady knows that she shouldn't but she gives him the eye contacted and smile needed to encourage the gentleman to come over. The two have a lovely lunch and continue to converse and have lunch. This young lady has a boyfriend and she never tells him that she has a new "friend". She repeatedly tells herself, what he doesn't know won't hurt him, besides it's not like I'm cheating on him. First things first, she is straight up lying to herself and then she is lying by omission to her boyfriend. She is not telling and also lying to herself because she doesn't want to face the facts of missing something in her relationship therefore, not wanting to be caught in an uncomfortable situation.
"I love you, do you love me"? This one is common. "Yes, I love you". This lie is told because according to the the teller of the lie, it was what the other person wanted to hear. Well once again the teller of the lie does not want to be in the position to tell someone else that they are not in the same place with them or, they may be telling this lie to get whatever it is they want from the other person.
Whether it be a "white lie" or "lie by omission" or just telling a "big fat lie" it is all wrong and done for the wrong reasons. Yes we all lie but the real tragedy of it is that most of the time the greatest lie is the one we are telling to ourselves.
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