(October 23, 2016 at 4:32 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: No, it's not an admission to lying, it's to evidentiate that what is going to be said is going to be delicate for the other to hear, in order to attenuate any negative reaction to it.
To expand on this -- when I say it, it's my way of saying, "What I'm about to say might hurt you, but it has to be said."
Somehow, "Go fuck yourself" still seems to bother them. Go figure.