is it bad to be honest to people?

May 4, 2007 4:27pm CST
i always believe this saying " HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY" i am the kind of person that always speak from my HEART, and i really dislikes PLASTIC/ FAKES as much as DISHONEST OR LIAR people. if this is what i knew and heard, and you will ask me about it...well, this is exactly i am goin to tell YOU...NO MORE, NO LESS!!! i will tell YOU something about what happened earlier today and YOU will be the JUDGE and tell me if i am WRONG... i got a call from a friend of mine, she asked me if i spoke with her gay cousin last night. i told her yes i did... she started asking me if what we were talking about and i told her what i knew and heard. she was very quiet so i asked her if she's okey but before i know it she started crying. i was about to tell her more about what her gay cousin told me but i tried not to because i know it will upset her more so i tried to calm her down and tried to change the topic so that she will stop crying but i know it was too late. she ended up our conversation by telling me that she will just give me a call back later tonight and i know that she just need time to cry more. i didn't even got a chance to tell her or ask her that the way her gay cousin said those things...it sounded like he alredy mentioned that to her. and now its irrelevent because she knew it because i told her. while i was on the car thinking about what happened, i feel so guilty of beng so honest. why is this keeps happening to me? this kinda of matter didn't happen just once but it also happened before. i feel like i am in the middle of two big walls, that there's no place to scape. now, YOU tell me! IS IT BAD TELLING THE TRUTH? IS IT BAD BEING HONEST? or maybe YOU would say that there are certain things in this life that YOU have to lie to your friends so that YOU won't HURT them! but what can i do? i am only speaking for the truth and i do not know how to lie even if i know that it will hurt the people around me....
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@Stiffler07 (1356)
• United States
10 May 07
The truth is, sometimes the truth hurts, you didn't volunteer any info, I believe from reading what you wrote that you were asked. (Correct me if I'm wrong) So, being that you were asked & simply told the truth, you were not out to intentionally hurt anyone. "Honesty is the best policy" Your friend will be happy you were real with her in the long run.
10 May 07
yes, she asked me and i told her what i knew... she was hurt but she was very thankful to me that she knew what her cusin said
@cherriemae (3370)
• Philippines
17 Jul 07
i think it's not always, because you cannot please all people around you friend..being honest in a polite way..in a good way..not being hurt them..me, i'm not that really frank but i'm not plastic..if i don't want that person, i really acting that i don't want him, i can express it by my gestures because i'm not really good in speaking..hehehe
@dixie1 (1330)
• United States
4 May 07
I agree with you "honesty is the best policy."I do not think you are obligated to tell your friend everything you and her cousin talked about as it was a private discussion. Sometimes it might be best to just give general information in a situation like that as it really is not her business.
@magica (3707)
• Bulgaria
4 May 07
It` better to be honest, but also to be a dyplomatic and to find the right way to express your honesty without to hurt.