Telling the harsh truth VS. Telling a fake lie to be nice

Telling the harsh truth VS. Telling a fake lie to be nice

by Seema

How do you respond if someone asks you ?do I look good in this outfit? or ?does my hair look good? and you honestly think it's obvious it doesn?t look good? Also what if you have a better idea how do you present that idea without rejecting theirs?

That is just an example. What do you do in general when you are faced with something where you need to tell the truth(which would hurt the person, but in the long term benefit and improve them) or lie (which would make them happy temporarily, but they would soon realize the real truth).

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