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yeah it baffles the mind for sure! Life is strange, the older I get the more it comes to mind.....thanks by the way for commenting on my blog....pls do me a favour and go and read my recent one because I need your advice on that...thanks so much

posted by Mindalicious on December 1, 2011 at 12:38 AM | link to this | reply

Sometimes a slightly coated truth is what's required with friends and family.  

posted by Troosha on November 26, 2011 at 5:56 PM | link to this | reply

I guess it depends on which in the family and friends!

posted by Straightforward on November 26, 2011 at 11:56 AM | link to this | reply

I see you like court tv.  I'm kind of addicted to it myself.

posted by TAPS. on November 26, 2011 at 10:46 AM | link to this | reply

I appreciate the comments.  They prompted my thinking on this.  Thanks!!

posted by Dr_JPT on November 26, 2011 at 12:35 AM | link to this | reply

sometimes you just have to bite your tongue and
keep quiet too.

posted by Samantha39 on November 22, 2011 at 5:18 AM | link to this | reply

I just tell the truth

which pops into my head at the time.

posted by cpklapper on November 21, 2011 at 1:22 PM | link to this | reply

JPT...yes, one really has to be careful...

Sometimes the one we think will keep the truth confidential has the biggest mouth of all...it really becomes a perplexing question: "Who do you trust?"....

posted by Rumor on November 21, 2011 at 12:13 PM | link to this | reply

I do believe it augurs well to tell the truth to everyone? 

posted by shobana on November 21, 2011 at 12:04 AM | link to this | reply

Probably best not to volunteer all details with too many , at least this has been my experience. 

posted by mariss9 on November 20, 2011 at 5:13 PM | link to this | reply

Sounds like I am in court :-)

posted by Straightforward on November 20, 2011 at 6:11 AM | link to this | reply

JPTthe Doc

"Truth ever lovely- since the world began

The foe of tyrants-and the friend of man."

(Campbell)

posted by WileyJohn on November 19, 2011 at 6:09 PM | link to this | reply

It seems to me that the problem is in the "nothing but the truth".  We humans seem to have a need to embellish.

posted by TAPS. on November 19, 2011 at 5:11 PM | link to this | reply

It can sure be difficult to figure out what the truth is and how far to go.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on November 19, 2011 at 2:37 PM | link to this | reply

when we are grown up some things one doesn't share with family

posted by Kabu on November 19, 2011 at 10:10 AM | link to this | reply

Well doc I never tell the truth, no hardly ever. I put it down to my youthful training.

'Have you any bananas?' "No sorry,' 'Tin of Salmon?" "Sorry,'  My life would not have been worth living if I had told the truth.  One of my brothers said recently ;'you never tell the truth."  "I do,' I protested. I had done it again. You could get away with murder.   

posted by C_C_T on November 19, 2011 at 8:08 AM | link to this | reply

Problem is, we seldom know the "whole" truth.

These days, conjecture builds itself into a story -- exampel: HSN news 10% facts, 90% guesswork, logical deduction, assumption and "profiling." You're right-- people disbelieve what you tell them about yourself. Maybe they think you're putting yourself down for some reason, and believe it's their duty to make you feel better about yourself. If I say I'm fat, which is obviously the case, they almost always correct me. Wonder what they'd say if I'd say I had to run out and buy a pie because I want to gain a few pounds. 

posted by Pat_B on November 19, 2011 at 6:24 AM | link to this | reply