Is telling a white lie better than telling the truth?

I would be an hypocrite when i say i never lie at all!hahaha!but in your case..forgetting the birthday of your mom was really surprising!how come? but what you did wasn't that bad at all..you felt that way because you knew deep within you that you really forget her birthday. A sort of guilt feeling, i would say:) so next time..forget other people's brithday but not your mom's!:)

When you love someone and don't want to hurt them - then I think a white lie is ok. After all, it's done in the right spirit mostly. It would have cheered your Mum up to think you had not forgotten and she will get over your brother forgetting as we Mum's expect our boys to forget. I think you must be a lovely daughter to worry so much!

it is really a white lie that made your mother happy , what the use to upset her , you will be sad and she too , the white lie is good if a good things happen after , like the husband found his wife ugly , should he tell her the truth ?! no it will break something between them and hurt her for no use but what about he said to her that he love her and she in his eyes is the most beautiful one in the world , isn't this white lie make the home a happy place , your intention is good not evil , so the white lie is not a lie , it is nice complement , isn't it ?!!!

Dear happybabe, The question here is not whether white lying is good or bad. Ofcourse white lying is bad. But the question here is whether you did was right or wrong, whether lying is right or wrong? And do you know what my answer will be? I will say WHAT YOU DID WAS PERFECT!! I know lying is wrong, but if you are lying for a good cause then you should lie. If you are making someone happy then you should lie. Just imagine how much immense pleasure your mom would have felt when she wil think about it. Especially remembering birthdays is a great thing for any one. I have a classmate, a very cute girl,once when we just became friends i wished her for her birthday exactly one month before!! Her birthday was on 23rd Dec and i wished on 23rd Nov! THat was so much memorable to her that even after now 5 years have apssed for that thing, whenever we talk she reminds me of that foolish behaviour of mine! What you did was right. Doing wrong things to give someone pleasure is not a bad thing. Hava nice day!

yes white lie is better in cases where atleast you are saving someone from a big trouble.

like we always says not all lies are bad lies. i can that it's ok to lie for the sake of the person you love like your mother you didnt tell her that you forgot her birthday thats y she's happy even though you lie but still you make your mom happy.

well, for me, there is no such thing called white lie... a lie is still a lie and it is a sin... hence it is still wrong in my opinion... may be you will disagree with me... but this is what i thought...

well i dont know wat u meant by white lie! but ya a lie fro someones good is ok! tho lie a bad bad stuff! so better dont lie! lol

in your case,if i were you probably i would do the same too.Considering of mom's feeling,i wouldn't want to disappoint her again with my words.Though it may be insincere to say it out.I don't know if telling lies /white lies for whatever reason is a rightful or wrong thing.It depends on you,i guess.If ur lies mean to hurt somebody..well..don't make lies.But if u do make harmless lies like that(after considering the consequences) ,i can condone that.However..as a lesson to learn,do remember your mom's birthday next time ^^.

it depends sometimes. the reason why you lie can be as dangerous as the lie itself. i lied to my mother quite a bit. but i have 2 older sisters who always remember my parents birthday and they tell me. i personally think you don't need to dwel on something like that. mothers will understand if you forget something like a birthday. they'll still love you either way anyway.

i had this very same discussion with a friend the other day. I have a habit of not wanting to hurt feelings, and just keep every one happy,. so i tend to get myself in trouble sometimes by not telling the whole truth..... not a lie, but yes, it is sometimes necessary to save yourself from getting someone mad or upset...i see it as the truth is hurtful, and so why bother.

Hey, I think that telling a lie is really a sin, but ya whenever its just said for teh ske of someone's good sake, then we should better use it rather hurting them by the truth. So I think what u did was very right as ur mom would have been hurted more knowing taht u both have forgotten her special day.....So cheer up buddy telling a lie for someone's good sake is never considered as a lie on your part and you are always good at urs :-)

Agreed, sometimes it's necessary, telling a white lie on some conditions can let youself keeping away troubles. when we tell the lie, we don't intend to hurt sb and it won't hurt anybody, that's important.

sometimes we need to lie just not to offend other feelings. and it relaly depends on the situation sometimes we don't really plan it. for the sake of the person we need to lie in order not ruin the day and your relationship with him or her. yes i lied also, i think it is natural but we should think of the consequences and we should have limitations.

i read it somewhere that even if it's a white lie, it's still a type of lie so It's not good. Just remember next time to remember the birthday of your mom

It depends on the different conditions.But usully we consider the white lie is not bad.It won't hurt other people's feeling and sometimes it will make the matter trend good direction.I cann't definate whether it is better than telling the truth.