Because sometimes I am out with my friends- and, well, I was brought up with the ‘HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY’ policy- and they’re trying on clothes and they want the truth and the truth happens to be that the shirt they tried on does not look wonderful on them.
Do you tell them that?
I know I do.
On the bright side, they know I don’t say it with bad intentions. But still, sometimes I feel so terrible inside. Like maybe I crushed their dream or something. So I’m in my bed at night, with contrite rushing through my head, wondering if maybe I shouldn’t have told the person that.
But then I tell myself that maybe if I hadn’t said the truth she would have bought the shirt and gone out into public looking less than decent and she would have looked at me with tears in her eyes and said, “Why did you not tell me the shirt didn’t look good on me?!”
And I would have said I was afraid of hurting her feelings or crushing her dreams and she would have replied that this hurt her more.
Either way nothing seems right.
Maybe if I told her the truth- which is the most probable- she would have said I was just jealous because I could have never fit into the shirt because I was too skinny or something.
And I would have responded most indignantly that that was NOT the truth and that I was only looking out for her welfare. If all went as I have just mentioned, she would have shaken her head at me.
The friendship might have died.
I don’t know if I am over exaggerating this, but since I am TOO honest I have always pondered if maybe my friends might feel hurt or something.
That’s normal.
I have feelings.
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Well of course truth hurts sometimes, but yea I suppose in the end it would be for the best. Everyone is simply either scared to do it or too caught up in lying. Anyways good story
ReplyDeleteThere's always telling someone in a *nice* way, though. I know I would appreciate it if someone would say something like "Hmm, I think this one looks better on you," than "hgjkadghjla eeeeeewww I think that shirt makes you look fat."
ReplyDeleteHonesty is always the best. The problem is how you say the truth. If you tell her you look ugly of course she'll get hurt. friends want their friends approval. you have to had the truth sweetly and then its ok.
ReplyDeleteahhh true, i see what you mean, ahaa
ReplyDeleteyeah it might be hard..but like other people have said- it depends HOW you say it
don'y beat around the bush with it, or sugar coat it
just say something well, like how sybil suggested =]