Lying.

Bare with me, this may be all over the place lmao

I see posts a lot all across social media, and hear conversations in life about lying and liers. The general consensus of course is that lying isnt okay and everyone hates liers. The expectaion seems to be that if youre asked a question, any question, you need to be honest. Or if you arent asked, you need to opporate your life transparently and openly so that others know things about you otherwise you are a dishonest person and therefore not a quality person. This applies to big things and influential people all the way down to our annoying friend who always posts on facebook about her perfect relationship and since she chooses not to post negative parts of her relationship, shes lying about her life.

If you do reasesrch there is a study that showed that 60 percent of people lied at least once during a 10 minute conversation. Ive read it being considered to be a natural human defence mechanism although im not sure i could site that source but it makes sense to me logically.

What information are we entitled to about someone. Our friends. Our spouces. Our family . Does it or can it stop at things that dont impact us, and not break trust? I notice people feel extremely entitled to information about their loved ones. Can people have privacy and even secrecy with out being deemed liars? There are things that feel obvious in relationships, but how far does that go. Does it betray trust if someone lies about , or withholds, something personal and private. Do our partners, pur family, NEED to know every little thing about us?

Theres a quote that i like that applies here. "Honesty doesnt make you a good person. It just means youre not a liar"

What do you think?