Clean up your own backyard first

[catocom]

Then IMHO it is better not to make a habit of telling lies regardless of whether they be about a person or thing.

I agree whole heartedly.

 

[Gonz]

I don't make any distinction, to me a lie is a lie... and isn't giving false information bearing false witness to the truth?

Her..."Do I look fat in this?"
(she weighs 174 lbs)

Him....

 

[paul_valaru]

Her..."Do I look fat in this?"
(she weighs 174 lbs)

Him....

no, you look the same?

 

[Gonz]

Nice polite comeback, It's not the one she's after.

 

[spike]

Ever find anything to back up your earlier point?

 

[Aunty Em]

Her..."Do I look fat in this?"
(she weighs 174 lbs)

Him....

Now, this is where women and men differ... if I really think something doesn't suit a friend I'll try to steer her towards something that does, by complemementing her on how well I thought the colour or cut would suit her. I wouldn't lie and say she looks great in something if she doesn't, but I wouldn't hurt her feelings either... it's called deplomacy.

 

[Gato_Solo]

Now, this is where women and men differ... if I really think something doesn't suit a friend I'll try to steer her towards something that does, by complemementing her on how well I thought the colour or cut would suit her. I wouldn't lie and say she looks great in something if she doesn't, but I wouldn't hurt her feelings either... it's called deplomacy.

So a lie of omission?

 

[Gonz]

Now, this is where women and men differ... if I really think something doesn't suit a friend I'll try to steer her towards something that does, by complemementing her on how well I thought the colour or cut would suit her. I wouldn't lie and say she looks great in something if she doesn't, but I wouldn't hurt her feelings either... it's called deplomacy.

When your friend asks your advice, she's looking for help. When she asks her husbands, she's looking for a complment, not "it's not the dress"

 

[Aunty Em]

So a lie of omission?

A lie is when someone deliberately says something that is untrue.

 

[Gato_Solo]

A lie is when someone deliberately says something that is untrue.

Or deliberately avoids answering the question by changing the subject.

 

[Aunty Em]

Or deliberately avoids answering the question by changing the subject.

That's not lying, that's not hurting somebody else's feelings...

 

[markjs]

Nothing is absolute, except, perhaps, that nothing is absolute....

....And it's another fine day in paradox....