Truth Be Told, or Not

  Have you ever been asked a question by someone and provided the answer you thought they wanted to hear or the answer that would help avoid conflict?  What if we just answered the way we felt, truthfully, like kids do?

Q. What do you think of my new hair cut?
A. Didn't notice the haircut, but saw that our bank account received a trim.


The way I want to answer,
 sometimes

A. That's a haircut, I thought you just forgot to brush it this morning. 
Q. How are you feeling today?
A. Well, my head hurts, my stomach rumbles and I have diarrhea, other than that I feel like crap.
A. Not great, but better than those starving in third world countries and much better than the people of Japan trying to rebuild their lives, How are you?

Q. How was dinner tonight?
A. It was dry, tasteless and the Survivor competitors would have passed on it, but that's okay I ate on my way home.
A. The dog like it so I would give it a pass on some level.

Q. Does this make me look fat?
A. Yes
A. Of course it does, but don`t worry nobody will notice unless the gale winds blow and your sail opens up.
A. Well, maybe not fat, but I will need my tent back before the weekend.
A. From what angle?

Now, we would never actually answer this way whether we felt it or not.  In fact we take great pride in answering politically correct.  For example,



The way I do answer, always

Q. Does this make me look fat?
A.  Fat, why would you even ask that kind of question.  You could never look fat, you are perfect the way you are.

 Problem is that our spouses can see right through us and accept our answers even when they know we are full of crap. In most cases they already know the answer to their question before asking and are just testing us. Either way we go on answering the questions with a little thought put into them and everyone smiles, remaining happy for another day.