Deceiving is Believing Essay - 1032 Words

Deceiving is Believing You come through the door to find a look in your friends eyes, the truth is out. All this time, all those lies; all of it just to make sure that they would not find out, all so they would not develop that shameful look in their eyes. As you walk further into the room, you realize that there was no way to reverse all that has happened, knowing that there was no way to change the one fact that remained, the fact that you lied. Everybody lies, all the time, whether it is rooted from good or bad intentions. It causes problems, to say the least. The average person tells four lies a day, or 1,460 a year for a total of 88,000 by the age of 60, and the most common is: Im fine. So why do people lie? It all comes down†¦show more content†¦There is a saying that says if you cant say something nice, dont say anything at all. In a form of altruism, it is a moral code which definitely holds true. However, in practice, it can prove to be difficult and instead create dismay. A woman, who undoubtedly gained a substantial amount of weight, asks her husband if she looked fat wearing her old beloved dress. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, the husband tells her that she looks great, initially having no care in her physical appearance, he is the husband after all. Feeling confident with the support of her husband, she wears that dress to party where she is ultimately ridiculed by her peers. The husbands intentions were indefinitely that of benevolence, but such an act caused more harm than good. Pursuing this further, a girlfriend can tell her newly beloved boyfriend, in the interest of impressing him, that she was a talented violinist, realistically being only able to play at a beginner level. It is just a small lie, after all, and seemingly can not do much harm. Coincidentally, at a social gathering, her boyfriend and his friends are discovered to have an undying love for the violin and demands her to perform a piece. 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