More on “do we need to lie?”

Asking if we need to lie, one reader said:

 

“We are built to embellish and tell stories.   Life would really suck if you lived by brutal honesty. Try for a day. Just one day. You will spend years repairing those relationships. Years.”

 

My reply.

 

“Brutal” is the word you used. You can’t add a modifier and say that represents the original statement. I could be honest for a day without damaging any relationships. Not a single lie. Does that mean that I say everything I think? No, but that wo...