Do you lie to friends?

[MMI]

Thorne, if you do not know the husband is being unfaithful, you would be very unwise to mention it, especially if not asked. I don't think it is any kind of lie, unless it is what sleeping dogs do.

For it to be a lie of omission, you must deliberately refrain from confirming the wife's suspicions.

IMHO, that is.

Ozme, are you really trying to deceive the client by not admitting to a headache? Or are you simply rehearsing formalities? After all, if you said, "Oh, I have a headache," wouldn't the client simply respond, "I'm sorry to hear it," and then move on to inspect your price list?

Now, if you had bubonic plague, and still said "Fine," that would be a lie of omission.

IMHO.

[Ozme52]

Ozme, are you really trying to deceive the client by not admitting to a headache? Or are you simply rehearsing formalities? After all, if you said, "Oh, I have a headache," wouldn't the client simply respond, "I'm sorry to hear it," and then move on to inspect your price list?

I didn't claim it was a deceit. I said there are acceptable white lies and thir challenged that. So this was my example.

If the lie was intended to deceive, meaning lead that person astray in deed or choice, then the motivation for the lie would make it not "white".

[brwneydgirl]

Ozme, are you really trying to deceive the client by not admitting to a headache? Or are you simply rehearsing formalities? After all, if you said, "Oh, I have a headache," wouldn't the client simply respond, "I'm sorry to hear it," and then move on to inspect your price list?

And using that logic, if said client responded with, "I'm sorry to hear it..." when what he really meant was, "Oh stop complaining you pain in the ass. No one cares about your headache. My dog just threw-up on my new carpet." then he would be a liar too.

However, by answering in a polite manner, (white lie or not), he just made your meeting a whole lot easier to get through.