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How white lies create larger problems

My friend asked me to be honest about her new haircut and I said it looked great because I didn't want to hurt her feelings but now she's asking my opinion about everything and I've become accidentally unreliable.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Your kindness has impersonated honesty so successfully that you're now trusted for a virtue you don't practice.

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