Op donderdag 12 juli 2012 23:01:20 schreef Johnny A. Solbu: > On Thursday 12 July 2012 22:28, Marja van Waes wrote: > > > The Right thing to do is to always mean what you're saying. If you > > > don't, you're a lier and can't be trusted.> > > When things are going bad, and you meet someone you don't like and he > > asks you "how do you do", what do you answer? > > I tend to not answer the question, by saying something else which appears to > answer the question. So I'd say something like that I am fine. There is a > difference in me Doing fine, and me not Feeling fine. and I usually feel > fine, even thou things I do are not going fine. > > A better example, is something that I frequently did when it was needed. > > I sometimes have a friend over (let's call him Y) that sometimes doesn't > want to talk to X. Sometimes I used to get a phone from X ansking if I kow > where Y is. If Y didn't want to talk to X (which he'd declare before I > answered the phone), I'd often close my eyes or turn my back to Y and say > to X on the phone that I don't see him, or that I hadn't seen him in a > while. Sometimes I could say that I hadn't seen him since the last time I > saw him. > > Both statements are true. With my back to him, I can't see him, hence I > didn't see him. And I didn't see him in a while, al thou a very /short/ > while. A few seconds is still a while. I mean, how long is a piece of > string? :-)= > > The trick is often to answer their exact question, and not what they want to > know. I learned this from a couple who are friends of the family, and which > does quite a bit of counceling.
you sound like a dishonest rude person :-)
