Episode 14 - “The Awful Truth”
Carrie wonders whether there are certain things that you should never say in a relationship. In other words, is it ok to lie to your better half? There is nothing to wonder. You should always tell the truth. Always. Not expecting that answer? So the guy with a troll wife and public wife can’t be a good person? The guy that told you to test whether you had hand in a relationship by threatening to leave and making your partner cry can’t do the right thing? I would go on but you get the point.
And, no, this isn’t going to be one of those tell the truth lectures that start off nice to suck you in and then lead you to jokes. There isn’t going to be an always tell the truth even if it means you tell her that it’s not the pants that make her look fat, it’s her skinny friends that she’s always standing next to or the full rack of ribs she eats in bad while you’re trying to read. Or if you’re with a guy and he asks you if he’s a good size down there so you tell him he is a good size if he was a toddler or a woman. No, that’s not what’s going to happen in this entry.
As a participant in a relationship, you have a responsibility to be honest because lies weigh you down and don’t allow you to be intimate (not sexually, you can still get some and be the biggest liar in the world) and truly connect with your partner. I suppose you are looking for something like “A partner already weighs you down enough with all that nagging so why be weighed down with lies too?” Well, you can keep looking. I’m trying to be real here.
My advice is to remain true. Don’t hide things. You owe it to your partner as well as yourself. And now you know and knowing is half the battle.
In this episode, I’m a Charlotte because I, too, have trouble with my dogs.
