with your mother, siblings, friends, or in a previous
relationship, there’ve been moments where you
were asked for your honesty, you gave it, and you
got penalized for being honest. Either you were
attacked, the person caught an attitude, or there was
another result, it was all because you were being
honest and truthful in answering their question.
How did that cause you to view telling them the
truth in the future? It probably made you not want
to be as honest anymore with them because either
you were fearful of their reaction or didn’t want to
deal with the backlash of it. You were probably
more willing to lie or bend the truth or avoid the
question altogether, instead of telling them the
truth and bracing for the consequences. Some men
are no different. If you don’t learn how to handle
these moments, you’re increasing the chances of
him answering your questions with lies vs. telling
you the truth.
I feel I need to continue reminding you that this
isn’t to validate or condone the lies, I’m simply
explaining what is going on behind them.
You want to show him, by your reaction, you’re
a woman who can and will be able to handle the
114 HE’S LYING SIS