"Well what would you have had me say?!"
"I don't know. Maybe something that wasn't completely untrue to start..."
Where does truth become exaggeration; exaggeration become insincerity; insincerity qualify for an outright lie? And why is it some people have a fleeting relationship with the truth, like the transient flings of high school students?
I've watched girls talk to each other in tones that sound so insincere to me. Best friends, yet they seem to think the job description is to figure out what your friend wants to hear and to say it with great fervour.
"I feel sorry for guys," a good friend told me candidly last evening. She seemed to think that there are a lot of girls out there who place a higher priority on saying what they think others want to hear than being honest. And that most guys don't seem to be able to cut through all the euphemisms and insincerity to the truth.
I can't argue that there aren't some pretty bad cases out there. But every so often, there are those who will show you immense respect by taking you at your word, and by offering their own. To offer praises fairly and to correct with dignity. Such people are a breath of fresh air in a stifling culture.
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