Writer's Block: Honesty is such a lonely word

[veronica_rich]

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Why, no. Not at all. It is far better to squirrel away your annoyances and grievances until you let them fester into resentment and imagined slights, and instead simper and hint around once in a while that things might not be quite as good as they should be. We wouldn't want to be impolite or unladylike, after all.

Comments

[sirriamnis.livejournal.com]

I think it depends on what you mean by honesty. Do I lie to my husband? No. Do I tell him everything that crosses my mind, like how many times during this last move I've wanted to cut him into chunks small enough to ship to Timbuktu? Also, no.

[crevette.livejournal.com]

Gee whiz, I wonder where THAT came from...

LOL.

[virginia-fell.livejournal.com]

Ha! Awesome.

[immortal-jedi.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose you've earned a bit of harmless passive agressiveness...

No, I pretty much agree that honesty is very, very important.

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

Honesty is better given directly to the subject of it than by a third party. By this I mean: if you have a beef with someone, it's best to tell them before it gets back to them via a third party. Particularly true if you value the relationship in any way.

[pktaxwench.livejournal.com]

...and with that statement, I believe you understand the life of an army wife better than you could ever know...

(I survived, BTW.)

[a-silver-rose.livejournal.com]

Yeps, it's best to be honest, but use discretion and all. Who at work has not been honest?

OT

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

Why can't edit comments in this post? I can edit them elsewhere. Enquiring mind wants to know.