Lies

[not_nadine]

Have you told them?

To get out of work? A sick day? And feel terrible about it all day anyway, and get sick with guilt.


Have you ever been lied to? It's a horrible thing.

 

[GNTLGNT]

Have you told them?

To get out of work? A sick day? And feel terrible about it all day anyway, and get sick with guilt.


Have you ever been lied to? It's a horrible thing.

...yes and yes... not proud of doing it and being lied to cuts me to the bone...

 

[HollyGolightly]

I'm a lucky gal - I can tell my boss that I need a break, and I get it.

But I do have to gloss things over sometimes. I don't like to lie, but sometimes people need you to.
Mostly I'm talking about the Ogre and my credit cards. Shhh!

 

[pegasus216]

I think at some point in our lives, we all have told a lie to get out of work. I know I did.
I have been lied to also. Karen's dad was a constant liar about everything, and to this day, we never know if he is telling us the truth about stuff.

 

[Sundrop]

I work for myself, so I don't have to lie to take a day off work. I simply mark off the appointment book for that day.
Won't tell a lie, either.....it doesn't sit well with me and besides, it isn't necessary.

 

[CYRUS]

If person you knew painted a really horrible painting and asked your opinion. Would you tell him or her that you think the painting is crap? Ot would tell that person a a half-truth or an outright lie to spare their feelings?

 

[DiO'Bolic]

I only lie when it’s absolutely and unavoidably convenient.

 

[do1you9love?]

I don't lie well. Too much guilt. And if I'm lied too, the trust is gone.

Glossing over, or omission is sometimes necessary though, like Holly said.

 

[not_nadine]

it isn't necessary.

If you are holding someone's hand, injured and dying - and saying "it's going to be alright" When you know it isn't.
Necessary? I think.

 

[not_nadine]

I don't lie well. Too much guilt.

Me either. You should have heard me babble this morning to work.. Gosh, I am so bad at it.

 

[Sundrop]

If you are holding someone's hand, injured and dying - and saying "it's going to be alright" When you know it isn't.
Necessary? I think.

I don't think that's a lie......

 

[Sundrop]

If person you knew painted a really horrible painting and asked your opinion. Would you tell him or her that you think the painting is crap? Ot would tell that person a a half-truth or an outright lie to spare their feelings?

I'd tell them my honest opinion.....and I'd expect them to do the same for me

 

[not_nadine]

I don't think that's a lie......

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[Sundrop]

? Alternate lies?

Are you heckling me?

I don't necessarily believe that telling a dying person that it's going to be alright is a lie......there are much worse things than dying.
Why lie to a person who more than likely knows what's happening anyway?....is to make ourselves feel better?....do we think it's comforting to that person? I don't know. But I've often sat with dying people, and just spoke my heart.....told them how much I love them, how they've influenced my life, how much I'll miss them.....and I do think that it will be alright. If they are suffering, they won't feel the pain any longer.

 

[not_nadine]

I am not heckling you. I was speaking of an accident victim for say.

 

[GNTLGNT]

If person you knew painted a really horrible painting and asked your opinion. Would you tell him or her that you think the painting is crap? Ot would tell that person a a half-truth or an outright lie to spare their feelings?

....I probably wouldn't say "crap", but I would be honest......

 

[fljoe0]

I've lied to get out of work...

and I'm self employed.

 

[fljoe0]

....I probably wouldn't say "crap", but I would be honest......

What if it was a painting of crap?

That's what I paint. Then I never know when I'm being criticized.

 

[GNTLGNT]

What if it was a painting of crap?

That's what I paint. Then I never know when I'm being criticized.

....true dat!......

 

[CYRUS]

What if it was a painting of crap?

That's what I paint. Then I never know when I'm being criticized.

You've just raised both an interesting point and a conundrum.