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Honesty is not THE BEST POLICY!

‘All relationships require little fictions to smooth them over at times’

In relationships, we sometimes say things we don’t quite mean. We’re not intentionally lying, maybe we just don’t want the argument, or maybe we just don’t want to explain. Explaining can be very strenuous. We might not want to hurt our partner’s feelings so we bat something off and hope it disappears. Think of these as white lies then, sometimes little, but other times… not. Here’s a glossary.

‘Go out, have fun’

You’re right. I know what it sounds like. She’s standing in front of you, she’s saying, ‘Have fun!’ You can see her mouth moving and those particular words are coming out. How sweet, you think, she wants me to have fun. Uh,

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