Lying

Canada
March 4, 2009 6:43am CST
I have a very straightforward question tonight: Is a lie by"ommission" the same as a "white lie" (to me both are wrong) or is one more acceptable than the other? I have had both done to me this week and I am truly at a loss as to how someone can think either is fine! What am I missing here?
1 response
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
4 Mar 09
Hi Charlene! I don't understand the difference between white lie or ommission . Maybe you can explain them a little to me . I have been lied to soo much in my life by people that were living in my home that I was taking care of , trying to help. Since then I have no room in my heart for liars . I hope to never have to deal with liars again. These people could look you in the eye and lie , and every word that came out of thier mouth was untrue . I takes a very smart and cunning person to be able to do that . I'm not perfect I know I have told some . For example if someone asks me if I like the dress they are wearing . I would probably say yes it's very nice . Is that a white lie ? Or when people ask if I like the food they cooked and I lie and say Yes it was very good ! , but I really didn't like it at all. Are those white lies ? If they are then I am guilty . I would just rather say something nice then to make them feel bad .
• Canada
4 Mar 09
Beachstarz I am truly sorry that someone would abuse your friendship or any friendship for that matter. A lie of ommission is when you know about something and you have the oppurtunity to say something and don't. They just listen to you talk about the "issue" and never say anything about it. I felt like such a fool when I found out about that one! A white lie is like when someone asks you if they look nice in a particular outfit and they really don't but you say that they do. Agreed we have probably all done it but this week I found out about a "little white lie" that escalated very quickly past that stage to "what was that" stage and again felt like a fool.