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Originally posted by FMF
Husband: "In your own opinion, darling, does your arse look fat in those jeans?"
Followed by the clench of cold steel and gushing of blood.

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Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Followed by the clench of cold steel and gushing of blood.
Husband: (through bloodied mouth) "But... but... no one's opinion in the world matters more to me than yours does, darling."

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Originally posted by vandervelde
"More than darkness of dry truth I respect lies that elevate us!"
Is that from emerson? He is a fountain of thought.

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
It's kinda like saying 'Wind, by itself, moves nothing.'
No, it isn't. A person motivated by what he believes to be true moves something. But it isn't the truth which moves there, it's the motivation; this is demonstrated by the fact that people can just as well be motivated by falsehood.

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Originally posted by FMF
Husband: "In your own opinion, darling, does your arse look fat in those jeans?"
Who's thumbing that post down? No sense of humor.

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Originally posted by Trev33
Who's thumbing that post down? No sense of humor.
The thumbs down was probably directed more at the one who posted than the content of the post.

In any case, the point is well taken, that telling truths which hurt people who love you is a dastardly thing and liable to get you into trouble. Which goes to confirm the OP, that there are more important things than truth. One of them is not gratuitously hurting the people who love you by telling them that their fat butts look fat in tight jeans.

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Is "the truth" just a matter of interpretation?

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Is "the truth" just a matter of interpretation?
Yes, sometimes.

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Originally posted by FMF
Husband: "In your own opinion, darling, does your arse look fat in those jeans?"
Wife: "Mind your own business."

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
It's kinda like saying 'Wind, by itself, moves nothing.'
No, actually, it's not like that at all.

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Originally posted by moonbus
The thumbs down was probably directed more at the one who posted than the content of the post.

In any case, the point is well taken, that telling truths which hurt people who love you is a dastardly thing and liable to get you into trouble. Which goes to confirm the OP, that there are more important things than truth. One of them is not gratuitously hurting the people who love you by telling them that their fat butts look fat in tight jeans.
Is the simplest solution always best?

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Originally posted by apathist
I have thought that the truth is more important than anything else. But I did eventually come to believe that it is just another commodity. Given trumpism, I need to revisit.

Does your wife's ass look fat in those jeans?
If you know your wife well, and perhaps you should after x number of years together, you should also know when she wants a true answer and when she needs a feel-good answer. If I were married, I would like to think of my husband as my best friend.

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