when you use the word "nice" is it just because you dont want to tell the truth?
478678
nice is a half way cover up for not telling it all. it's there to not force u to say what everyone can see anyhow. do u really need confirm for what u can see alone?
681010
Honesty is impossible to practice literally in a civilized society.\n\nIf you don't believe me, try the following for just one day:\n\n** Everytime someone says "How are you doing?" or "What's up?" -- answer completely and truthfully.\n\n** Don't say "It's nice to see you" unless you really mean it.  Don't tell someone to "Have a nice day" unless you really want them to.\n\n** Only say you are "sorry" when you are actually feeling sorrow (sadness). \n\n** Don't say "Thank you" unless you are truly appreciative of what someone did.\n\n** Don't stay and listen to someone when you really want to leave, since your presence is an implied statement that you are interested in what they are saying. If you were really being fully honest, you'd tell them when they are boring you and leave.\n\nPolitics is the art of being polite. It's a system of social etiquette that allows people to get along. And it depends on people not being completely honest with each other.\n\nSad, but true.
218772
Do you want me to tell you the truth or do you want me to lie?
829827
Just what it says...if your are willing to lie to someone...you must hate them...to lie is to be deceitful
961629
My family does that all of the time! It's so annoying, it's just a way of saying what they want without getting in trouble for it. I can't really tell you when to consider it the truth disguised b/c you really just have to know the person. Sometimes it can really be a joke, but if you feel that it's just a snide remark then it doesn't really matter whether they meant it that way or not. If what they said hurts, or affends you I would say something. Like please don't joke like that, or something else. It may not always turn out the best, especially if you really did catch them, but if you don't say anything it won't stop. Good luck!
716631
i agree with you completely ......... i usually keep my mouth shut if  i don't know the answer (unless someone bashes me of course - that's self defence LOL)\n\ni feel that it's better to ''waste'' 5 points on saying ''hi, have a nice day'' than on spreading the worm of hatred\n\nhi, have a nice day :)
295693
It can be disrespectful depending on how you say it. Then again, anything can be disrespectful if you say it rudely.
1000803
ANYWAYS MEAN -- i'm not really trying to hear what YOU  have to say... I want to continue with my thought and my conversation...it's a very rude jesture
216228
the truth is better then a lie.\n"An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips" ;;Proverb....   :)\n\nhence a lie is like a slap on the face.    :(\n\nand i do not deal well with being slapped in the face.....
144546
No.  If you don't have something nice to say, you should keep it to yourself and mind your own business.\nThe Bible says when we die we will have to give account for every idle word we say. How ashamed will we be at some of our careless words and gossip?
182127
Yes, but nothing major.  When I ask my husband if he thinks I'm pretty he damn well better say YES, even if he doesn't mean it!!!  (and of course he does:-)\n\nWhite lies of this nature (you're pretty, you're not fat, of course I want to go shoe shopping with you, etc..) are okay in my book.
502821
Just because someone asks for and gets honesty does not mean that it does not hurt sometimes.  We all have our unspoken expectations as to what we want someone to say to or think about us and it's only natural to feel disappointment when that doesn't happen and something else is said or done instead.
336819
because most people cant/ don't want to handle the truth. but there is a difference from being honest and just rude. so your going to have to find out when you need to shut your mouth and when to spice up the truth a little
647144
Yes. Some just don't want to admit to it.
405245
it means being honest and blunt to someone that you care about even though the truth might hurt their feelings
780465
It depends but over all I think it is OK.\n\nyou do want to be as honest and truthful as you can. But face it, truth can hurt and being too honest can get you into trouble. You have a perfectly good point, what do you say? Be honest and hurt their feeling, or lie and keep it to yourself.  Unfortunately it really depends on a lot of things as to which way is right. For instance (in this case), are they serious, or fishing for a complement? How can you tell which one?\n\nReligiously, yes a Lie is a sin; but, of course, so is killing (an extreme). But as we can see in the bible, even that can be justifiable in certain aspects.\n\nGood luck
173105
No.  "Shut up" is 2 bad words.  More precisely, the phrase is considered rude.  It is bossy, dismissive, and contemptuous. An acceptably polite alternative might be "please be quiet," or as a way to avoid any feeling of confrontation, "can we all quiet down?"\n\nNow, pipe down!