The Web of Deception
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."
~Sir Walter Scott~
It starts with just a little fib: "Oh, we can't go to your party, sorry. Nothing serious, just a sore throat and a little fever, but we really don't want to spread any germs. Now we've got the evening to ourselves, and we didn't have to hurt anyone's feeling by saying no.
But then the fib grows. Our friends send over some chicken soup. We get a phone call asking if we're feeling better. Someone who went to the party runs into us the next week and expresses sympathy over our illness. It would have been a lot easier either to go to the party or to simply say that we preferred to stay home.
Even small lies get complicated quickly. I'm better off being as honest as I can be.
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