Do you ever tell people what they want to hear?

When with friends and family, i never lie. Im not ashamed of what I do and never ashamed of letting those around me know what im feeling or who I am. If they are truly friends they will respect your decision, your input, or insight regardless of the position you stand in. I generally encounter conflict that is minimal at best, if serious its usually verbal and gets resolved rather quickly or with a smile or laugh. nothing is worse than having an army of lies and false thoughts swimming in your conscience or in your best friends memory, which can be exposed at a later date at your embarrassing inconvenience. People tend to avoid conflict by lieing are not assertive people. People who lie to avoid hurting someone are simply not confident in their relationship with that person that they are worried it could end by simply telling the truth or saying the wrong thing. Alot of people have it and alot of people will live with it.

oh, I must say that I sometimes speak highly of a classmate of mine ,even when i think he doesn't deserve it, you know i do that only for showing politeness or making the atmosphere we are staying in a little bit delightful.

Yes I like to tell people what they want to hear. Until and unless the subject of discussion is something I am very attached to, I usually avoid confrontations. It has less to please the person opposite me and more to save my own energy for better things. I have seen that such arguments lead to nowhere in particular. Nobody agrees with anybody, each has his/her own point of view (none of which are entirely wrong) and at the end of wasting so much time and energy, you are left with a bad taste in your mouth and an undefined anger in your heart. So why bother? Just nod you head and walk on and nobody would be wiser!

Yeah sometimes it's just not worth it to debate or argue with someone, especially if that person seems like a rigid-minded know-it-all. But I don't actually tell a lie, like in your example of saying I like the outfit even if I hate it. It's just that I stay quiet when he/she says something I don't agree with.

Yeah i do that too because in opinion you have to keep a balance u can't always be honest when its mean. If you'll be honest all the time u can lose your relationships over little things.

I think to tell someone what he has done is wonderful is important for him,though maybe what he has done is quite terrible.Because everyone need others admire him to keep self-confident,you own need it too. Also,as you talked about,it's good to agree with part of others' idea before you say a different one,this makes your ideas more accertable to others.

i tell people what they want to hear with reason. sometimes i don't tell them what they want to hear because it might hurt their feelings. it all depends on the situation that you are in sometimes the truth can really hurt someone, it can really break them down. what do you do when you're in a situation like this?

I do sometimes tell what people want to hear.It's sometimesbecause i don't want to hurt their feelings.But sometimes because some i know have annoying discussions and keep talking about it.Then i just tell them what the want to hear because if i say i would disagree it will be an endless discussion.Most of the times it's about religious stuff and i really don't want discussions like those so i always say yes and amen.