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Not mentioning a fact you were not asked about is equal to lying about it?
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May 14th, 2010
Is not mentioning something that you were not asked the same as lying? There are incidences where someone will discover something about another that was never brought up in pleasant conversation but the person will feel the other should have offered up and by not doing it was the same as if they lied about it.
Example #1
Fred use to date Alice and they had a torrid sex affair, but now Fred’s cousin is dating Alice and though he knew Fred dater her he never knew Fred snack all in Alice’s cookies, and Fred never mentioned it because the cousin never asked. Then one day the cousin chatting in familiar circles gets wind of the hot and heavy sexual relations Fred had with Alice and gets mad because Fred never came out and said “Oh, I use to ride your new G/F like Seattle Slough at the Kentucky Derby” he equals the silence of Fred to be him lying about how deep his dating involvement with Alice.
Example #2
Minnie and Meg are BGF and do everything together. Meg never mentioned that her great grand father was a high ranking member in the KKK and when doing a class paper discovers the man, then confronts Meg who admits it. Minnie is mad because she figure Meg should have told her and by not saying anything she was lying about who her ancestors were.
Example #3
Mike had tickets to a hot concert his best bud really wanted to see. But Mike went with is baby’s mamma and never mentioned that fact. His best bud knows he went because Mike told him how great the concert was. The best bud learns accidently via Mike’s sister that he took his ex and child’s mother to the concert. Mike’s best bud feels he was lied to because he was not told by Mike that he took one of his exes, though the best bud never asked.
To not bring up something that you were not asked, if the person discovers or learns of the fact is the silence the same as a lie or is it “sorry for your dumb luck” for those who learned about it because they were in the dark and they never thought to ask about it?
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