May 1st was National Honesty Day, the day where a
person may ask another person any question they like and that person has to
provide a truthful and straightforward answer. Now, I am not sure about you,
but this sounds dangerous to me. Picture
it now … “Do these pants make my ass look fat?” You politely, automatically say
no, but it’s National Honesty Day and you’re thinking, “The pants have nothing
to do with it. Your ass was working alone on this one.” Now, if you say that,
being honest, it is likely that you are going to lose a friend or fat ass is
going to punch you … hard.
I think little white lies were invented for a really good
reason … to save people’s feelings and prevent total chaos in the world. If
everyone were completely honest, all of the time, I think friendships would
end, relationships would suffer, businesses would fold and the world would
probably implode.
Now, by no means am I condoning out and out lying to deceive
or harm another person. I am merely speaking of the tiny little white lies that
allow us to coexist peacefully. The neighborly, “Hey Bob, it’s totally fine
that your cat craps in my flowerbed. It makes for good fertilizer.” When in reality you are secretly planning to
put it in a paper bag, set it on their front porch, light it on fire, ring the
doorbell and run. And then lying when they ask you if you saw anything. The
only thing that was harmed in this scenario was a shoe.
Little white lies maintain sanity. And any of you that are sitting out there
passing judgement right now, better think about it long and hard. You know you
are a little white liar, too. If not, well, remind me never to ask you if my
ass looks fat in my pants.
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