I
have always believed that anyone who says he, or she has never in their
life told a lie which - that statement - has to be the the biggest lie
of all lies. I am the first one to willingly admit that I have lots of
defects, but dishonesty is not amongst them. Nor am I a liar, not by
definition. There had been a few exceptions when telling a little white
lie seemed necessary, for a good reason or cause, or utterly unavoidable
for the purpose that was far more important at the time.
Years ago I had a boyfriend who was in every way a great guy and fun to be with. Until, after a few months, he became over possessive and unreasonably jealous. Leaving the dinner table in a restaurant to walk over to another diner at the opposite table, demanding to know why the hell he was looking at me steadily, and challenging him to "Step outside, now!" was only one of the varied examples! He also began to question me, often, where I had been, why, with whom and for how long, etc. All very embarrassing and most annoying. None of my truthful answers would satisfy him. So, fed up to my teeth, I answered his question of why I had not been home the night before. I said I had been with an old flame and, purposely, emphasised that I had enjoyed the reunion so much I had forgotten about the time. As usual the absolute truth as by then I had decided to call it quits anyway with him. To my utter surprise, he suddenly burst out laughing, hugged me and apologized for not trusting me. I was a little confused, until a short while later, he said: "Come on now, tell me where had you got to and whom were you with last night?" The silly bugger was so sure of what we had, had interpreted what I told him as a lie, to show him how tired I was for being interrogated all the time. Our relationship ended practically right there and then, at least on my part. He took much longer. How strange it is that truth is often taken for a lie and, at other times, lies are readily accepted as truth. |
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