by Lucinda Davis

Created on: October 26, 2009

It's kind of funny that honesty has gotten me into awkward situations at times, but lying will cause you much more trouble. Some people think it's alright to fib a little or stretch the truth so when does it become a lie and when does it become hurtful?

Depending on the person you ask you'll get a different opinion on what is right and what is wrong. A survey that was taken in 2008 found that nearly 70% of the people polled thought it was alright to take office supplies home with them. Isn't that stealing? Someone might take a pen and think nothing of it, but then where do you draw the line? Most of us wouldn't think much about taking a pen. If another co-worker sees you take home a pen then they take home a case of pens I think we can see the difference but either way it's still stealing.

Still I think honesty is the best policy. One reason you should be honest is to avoid hurting other people. You might think what you say to one person will be kept between you and that person, but eventually everything seems to have a way of working back around to the person you were talking about. So, if you have something troubling you about that person why wouldn't you just go talk to that person instead of telling someone else?

Chances are you are afraid of how the other person will react. Sometimes people will be rational and other times not. I have tried to be an honest person and it's cause me to lose friends at times. But I think if those people were true friends they would have stayed my friends.

I had an incident that took place years ago. I was going through a divorce and my neighbors husband came knocking on my door drunk at 2am. I was a friend of his wife and had no idea it was him. I called the police thinking it was someone else and when the police pulled up in front of the house my friend's husband said "Cindy let me in the police are here" and he told me who he was.

Shocked and confused that it was him and embaressed I had called the police I let him in and flagged the police it was ok,since I still had the 911 operator on the phone I told her everything was ok. It was only after I let him that I smelled the beer on him. He then began to ask if he could sleep on my couch since his wife was mad and locked him out. He went on saying how it was cold outside.

He had woken my kids, the dogs were barking and I didn't really know what to do but tell him it was ok. I told him that he needed to tell his wife because I didn't want other neighbors to see him leave

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