(November 19, 2011 at 11:58 am)Kayenneh Wrote:(November 19, 2011 at 11:48 am)Milky Tea Wrote: It would be yes because there are some situations where there is little benefit to inviting confrontation and this is one of them. As your story didn't include you correcting your Grandfather I can't help but think that you also recognised this.
Yes, but this was not a particularly good lie. If she asked "what church do you go to?" that would have made the conversation as badly as it possibly could. I would not have been able to answer that, and at that point I would have been very pissed at him for putting me in that situation like that. I have no problem with telling a white lie to avoid a situation, but only if it is a good lie. The situation could have been better avoided without lying. Saying "he's not into church" would have been a much better response. Sometimes the best lie, is the truth, as they say.
I see your point and agree that in some instances it's better just to be honest because lying results in you ending up looking worse than you would have if you had just been honest from the outset. Whichever way a person decides to go is ultimately a gamble and in this particular case it's paid off for the moment, assuming the women doesn't ask further questions in the future.
Um...
