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- Subject: Re: lying
- Message-ID: <By1v15.AM7@beach.csulb.edu>
- From: sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman)
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 04:55:52 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.212212.21312@europa.asd.contel.com>
- Organization: Cal State Long Beach
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- In article <1992Nov20.212212.21312@europa.asd.contel.com> draper@gnd1.wtp.gtefsd.com writes:
- >Sometimes I don't no where to post things, but there isn't a group
- >that primarily deals with relationships (or I don't know which one does).
- >
- >What do you do when you know your husband is lying to you? Confront him?
- >What if you know he is doing it to protect your feelings?
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- Perhaps it's just my natural cynicism, but I'm always suspicious of the
- concept of someone lying to protect me - feelings or otherwise. I don't
- think people generally work that way.
-
- Of course, it's diffiuclt to evaluate whether this might have some
- truth to it without knowing a little bit about the kind of thing he's
- lying about or concealing, but I think such protection has more to do
- with the 'liar's' desire to avoid having t deal with the issue openly
- or the reactions of the person who is being lied to.
-
- In any case, issues seldom get resolved or placed in context by this
- strategy and so suffer from benign neglect at best or get more serious
- at worst. And the dishonesty and 'unopenness' can corode the trust of
- a relationship.
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- Jeff Sicherman
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