![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Dec. 6th, 2006 03:36 pm[Poll #883381]
To be honest, in my experience, telling a polite lie in this context is
(1) usually, deep down inside, motivated by fear and guilt on the part of the liar, at least as much as by compassion
(2) likely to cause problems down the road, because the person you put off for excuse A will come back when excuse A is no longer in effect and try again -- or it if becomes clear that excuse A was an excuse/lie, become angry.
When someone tells me what sounds like a polite lie, I am usually pretty uncomfortable, because I suspect that they are lying, but I'm really not sure, and I may never know. That's a pretty uncomfortable sentiment when dealing with someone you socialize with.
Bah. It started as such a nice day. Now I'm all testy.
To be honest, in my experience, telling a polite lie in this context is
(1) usually, deep down inside, motivated by fear and guilt on the part of the liar, at least as much as by compassion
(2) likely to cause problems down the road, because the person you put off for excuse A will come back when excuse A is no longer in effect and try again -- or it if becomes clear that excuse A was an excuse/lie, become angry.
When someone tells me what sounds like a polite lie, I am usually pretty uncomfortable, because I suspect that they are lying, but I'm really not sure, and I may never know. That's a pretty uncomfortable sentiment when dealing with someone you socialize with.
Bah. It started as such a nice day. Now I'm all testy.
