Is Liying betrayal?

Philippines
March 29, 2007 12:00am CST
Everybody in this world lies... it could be a big or a white lie... whoever claims that he/she does not lie is a liar himself. But will yuo consider it as a form of betrayal? Most of us have best friends. We're Filipinos and we're wired to being attached to people. It's either our family or somebody we knew we could rely on. In short, we value relationships. But what if the one you trusted most has been keeping lies from you for a long time? Committing it one time may still be favorable but more than twice is enough... Is another chance still possible? In my case, I have measured true friends by them being honest and loyal, and with it, I treat them as my best friends. I don't care to what people say that your best friends are your worst enemies. Upto now, i still don't believe in it... do you? Well it's for a reason that even if my best friend had kept something from me for a long time, causing pain, doesn't mean that she meant it for us to be enemies, right? It's just that according to her, she was just afraid that i would leave her after finding out the truth, however, the awful part was that she has no intentions of telling me the truth, until she got busted out. I felt betrayed and stupid believing in all her lying... she, conversely persisted that it never was betrayal... but that is what keeps on running in my head...that she lied to me... the trust vanished and the faith to her was gone. I have thought many times to restore the friendship, but everytime i think about what she did... the pain still kills me. How could i forget about it? How can i stop thinking about it as a betrayal when it's not what my heart tells me? Does time heal all wounds? If so..when? what if our friendship can't be restored anymore?
1 response
@pinokkio (352)
• Bahrain
29 Mar 07
Depends how long you have known this friend. Do you think that this is the only time she lied to you or do you think she's been lying to you all the time. If it was just one big lie, ask her why did she do it? You might not have considered this, but sometimes people lie to protect us. Like a father telling his son that his mom was always faithful, even if she wasn't. He's protecting his son. I don't know what she did or why she did this to you. But if this was the only case she lied to you, forgive her and ask her not to do it again.
• Philippines
4 Apr 07
Thank you so much... she's been lying to me..for like 5 years..and it got revealed..but i still believe she is worth keeping! you are right...she did that to protect me, hoever. it helped a lot! thank you so much!God bless... i hope could also help you in the future through messages..Thanks a gai..i was enlightened!