Hurt me with the truth but never comfort me with a lie

You nailed it. This was exactly the same kind of thoughts that came to my mind immediately when I read this but as I started to think more about it connecting it with the experience of my own life and the life of people I know, I started wondering if truth sometimes makes situations much worser than it could have been. Many times in life we resort to white lies because either we feel too exhausted to get into a long explanation or arguments that will follow or we might be too soft and submissive in nature to voice out our real thoughts. So when the other person is of a tough nature and strong in debating, you tend to resort to white lies. The other things in life are much more serious issues like betrayal in relationships. Now, of course I'm not in support of people cheating on someone and continuing to convince them with lies, but if someone committed a breach of trust but they realized it and had the guts to face it; they admit the truth to their partner and realized their mistake genuinely. The other partner might forgive such a person for their honesty but do you really think that they can forget this and will be able to trust that person in the same way as they used to? Will the act of saying the truth be strong enough to stop insecurity from creeping in even if the other person really changed? Wouldn't it have been better to not say the truth after you've realized the mistake, which would have kept the relationship as beautiful as it used to be?

@Prachi_Singh Your comment is very much longer than the post proper. It would be good if it were the other way round.

@Prachi_Singh If the person who committed the breach of trust came forward of their own will because of a guilty conscience and told their partner the truth, that is an act of repentance and it takes integrity for them to be honest, even when they know it will hurt their partner. They are saying that they accept full responsibility for their actions and are most likely to not repeat them. I would give that person a second chance with the benefit of the doubt.

Awwww wish it was mine! Got this picture as a forward message from someone I know and I loved the cute puppy too! Guess it might be Maltese?