Why I Hate Lying
I hate lying. It is not due to any parenting choice, I just don’t like to do it. I then take that I don’t like to lie and try to rationalize them, as I think any person would. I am very extreme on the ‘no lying’ side. My dad and I have debated how much it is okay to lie. He says it is ok to tell someone trying new clothes that they look good, even when they don’t, I would disagree. When they walk out and ask me if they look good, I could just say yes and they wear what they have on at that moment, but they pass up the opportunity to look better. I do think how much you know the person matters. If they are someone I barely know, then I might say that the food tastes good so I can further a relationship with them. But even if they are strangers, then I’ll tell them the truth. I will most likely never see them again, the question is usually something simple ‘How does my music sound’, and I do not know what a lie would entail. What if I lied to someone and said they had great music wh...