Is Honesty not important anymore?

@maria1081 (1251)
Philippines
December 28, 2010 1:27pm CST
I want to rant, I'am going to rant now. I should be enjoying my sleep right now but I need to express my thoughts and my feelings about a guy I met, he's a total liar and a jerk. Does honesty exist anymore? I'am beginning to doubt it, I have been honest but all I gain is deceitfulness. He's years younger than me, I told him I dont want him to court me but he kept on bugging me. So I let him in my life, gave him a small space in my heart and let him consume my precious time then only to find out in his shoutout that he's in a relationship and its complicated. And I know it wasnt me since he's still courting me and I'm making it difficult for him all this time. Then today I read the name of the girl he's in relation with. So all this time he's courting girls at the same time? Bravo, what a real player he was. All I wanted is for him to be honest, its a good thing I didnt fall for his masquerade.
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16 responses
• India
29 Dec 10
Maria!!! I must tell you guys are the real good player in this kind of game. They take it like a time pass. for them its just fun. so they have become quite habituated to this. But take my word...truely i believe honesty is the best policy...Yes till today I believe this. Because whatever you do, you have to get the return in this lifetime. so if you will do bad...you will get that reward too. being honest makes a person happier from inside of his/her heart. Otherwise once in a lifetime the person has to feel sorry about him/herself.
@maria1081 (1251)
• Philippines
6 Jan 11
very well said my friend. what comes around, goes around.
29 Dec 10
Rant all you like you need it.Some guys are"t just worth it never give them a piece of your heart or they will tear it apart.As for your lover boyfriend good riddance to bad rubbish.Now you are single can I ask you out SERIOUSLY LOL
@maria1081 (1251)
• Philippines
29 Dec 10
how serious are you? lol.
@apples99 (6556)
• United States
29 Dec 10
Well I cant speak for anyone else in the world but honesty is very importaunt to me because it promotes trust and respect and if you dont have trust or respect your someone that people dont wont to be around, Who wants to be around a liar, or a person that cant be trusted. so I make it a point to be a person of my word and as truthful and honest as posible with my close family and friends, though in some instances there might be times that being too, honest can be unsafe like online for example you might leave a few details out to protect your safty but offline with people I trust I'm usually pretty honest in fact family and friends trust me with money secrets or whatever because I'm the kind of person who wants to do the right thing I would never intentionally betray a trust or set out to lie to someone. not saying I'm perfect because I'm definitely not but I want to try and be the best person I can be thats just me, and I dont understand those who live there lives being dishonest or people who dont care about the consequence's of there actions.
• United States
28 Dec 10
Oh maria I am so sorry to read your discussion and I can tell you I know exactly how you feel. Why is that people can't simply be honest, I mean what on earth is there to gain. I have been in a few relationships in my life and cannot begin to tell you what a great and wonderful person I am. For some odd reason each one has cheated and it was not until I caught them that I knew of what was going on. The men in my past are so st@pid as even with all the proof in the world they still to date will lie. I finally once introduced a guy I was so in love with to my children as this was absolute no, no for me. So after dating for one year he met my kids and they liked him, Yeah!! To find two months later he had been dating someone else for over two years. huh!! Anyways maria, long story short, I id not think it would ever be possible to meet an honest man on earth, as can anyone blame me after my several situations. I do want to tell you that even my ex-husband had another pregnant during my marriage..Jerk!! Back to the point, so I wanted to give up completely on men, and one day I met someone who we were suppose to only be very friendly as I would not allow myself to be in any relationships and can I tell you we live together now for five years and he is the most wonderful man I have ever met. So my moral is that, as hard as it does seem, believe me I know, some day you too will find someone worthy of you. So try honey really hard to take sometime to yourself and be rid of this person. Some day true love will come your way. I ask that you let this go from heart but never forget as this way you can spot the signs perhaps sooner. I wish you so much luck and wish you well maria. I am truly sorry.
@maria1081 (1251)
• Philippines
29 Dec 10
your response is worth reading. im glad you emphatize with me. yes i hope one day i will meet someone who will truly loves me. thank you!
@EdnaReyes (2622)
• Philippines
7 Jan 11
Good for you you did not allowed this guy to consumed most of you. You've done right when you give him limited space and time in your life and that spare you from deep pain. Guys always have amnesia attacks when it comes to being honest. Honesty is not written or has been erased in their dictionary.
• Philippines
29 Dec 10
He makes his own choice for his life. If you can't still make him honest, just leave him alone and let him face the consequences. You know, honesty will be the rate of your personality. If you are honest most of the time, you have a high rate which means, you are a better person. You gain deceitfulness maybe because you are with dishonest people. Being honest makes you feel peace in mind. Me, I once changed my grade in my test paper. Until now, It is still in my mind. It won't be able to remove.
@eurekafemme (5877)
• Philippines
29 Dec 10
Hi, Maria. Yes, just like the chorus in a song "Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.Honesty is hardly ever heard.And mostly what I need from you." I can relate to your story because I have been lied upon so many times by the very person I trusted so much with my dear life and my family. Though we are not really asking anything from a person except being honest to us no matter what the situation may be, it is seems so difficult to get that. No one is seem to be brave enough to be honest. I don't know but there is something that hinders a person to be truthful. And, in your case it could be rejection... The guy doesn't want to tell you about his relationship because of the fear that you might reject him knowing that he is still into a messy relationship. Cheer up. There are guys better than him out there.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
29 Dec 10
I will always believe that honety is importaant. it it vital to any relationship or situation.Being honest keeps us on the right paths of life.
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
29 Dec 10
I hope you are making it clear to him that once he lied to you, he won't get anymore chance - ever. I am playful, too. But I made a limit when to play and when to be serious.
@yuki1987 (59)
• Philippines
29 Dec 10
Being honest is very important in so much ways..anyway with your situation i think, its up to all of us how to give our trust to someone..and being in a love situation, in my side, when i love? i take all the circumstances before entering into that situation..like for example, i will give a chance, but the circumstances are: is he telling and acting the truth?or just making me feel important but not feeling inside..so in every person, i know we all know the circumstances behind that situation so you must know it first then its up to you to decide if you are willing to accept the circumstances like you will be HAPPY or GET HURT?
@sanjay91422 (2725)
• India
29 Dec 10
I think it is good to decide the limits of your relationship before starting it. If the person told you that he is already in other relationship also then he is not a dishonest but if he lied to when you you asked then he is a dishonest and have no balls. You should be thankful that he is not in your life because he can not say the truth about himself, why would you enjoy such a person anymore. I think you will get the other honest person soon if you want to be with a honest person. Just respect yourself and respect the truthfulness you have in your self. I believe that it is very easy to forget the dishonest person and you will get into love with a person whom you like for the honesty.
@mikyle (45)
• Philippines
29 Dec 10
Meeting those kind of guys really sucks. I think maybe because he doesn't see a relationship to you because you said you're making it difficult for him. It's just my opinion okay?:)..Guys sometimes tend to lose interests on women when girls plays too hard to get. I'm not saying these just because I want to say something but because my friend had the same experience with you. You're lucky he's still courting you and all. In my friend's case, they're already together for I think a year when it happened. Maybe that's what he felt or maybe he's just a jerk like what you said..:P..but I'm glad that you didn't fall for that kind of guy..:)..There's still no excuse for guys lying and cheating.:)
@Austee (131)
29 Dec 10
Honesty is still important. Sad thing, people lie all the time. Specially men! They will never tell the truth even their lies hurt much. Good thing you did'nt fall. In my case, I fall. He's been honest at first. I know everything bout him. But then as years pass, new things happened to him and he started to lie.
@jonnie7 (51)
• United States
29 Dec 10
You got a problem, he was a good liar. But just go into his shoes. Do you know how he got in his relationship. Maybe the girls father forced him to date her or something. But no matter what he should been straight with you and if he did not then that means he does not match you as an equal.
@swissheart (6482)
• Romania
28 Dec 10
maria I know how you feel because I was exactly in the same situation as you. I'm a sincere person ( I won;t say that I don't lie at all...I tell a lie from time to time..but not in an important situation) and that's why I used to think all the person are the same. but sadly the situation it's not like this. it's exactly the reversed way in fact. these days honesty lost it's importance. but anyway I won't change my way of being because of that. in fact even if I wanted I couldn't do that.this I how I am
@ren1982 (341)
28 Dec 10
i wish i knew the answer to why guys do this. and i know that guys will say women do it to which is true but no where near as much has guys. i was seeing some since april of this year had my heart well and truly broken! he lead me on the whole time. i told him from the start what i was looking for and wanting so there was no doubt and he said he wanted the same thing and it was all lies. i ended it 2 months ago but only a week ago stopped talking to him all together its hard cos it hurts and it hurts so much more cos of how much i really loved him but he was just a liar blah! it would be nice if people, both men and women were just honest from the start would save so much hurt! i hope you feel better soon x