Sunday, September 2, 2007

Is honesty the best policy?

Medulla, or anybody, I need some help here... what exactly does a girl mean when she says "I'm looking for a guy who's honest blah blah blah"? How can you tell if a guy is being honest about not being a psychotic serial killer? Do we girls really need to know that Mr X has a fetish for all things pink on the first date? How far can, or should, a guy be honest with us?

Just having one of my "why-do-people-say-these-things?" moment..

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ideally..yes, honesty is the best policy. Phew! now that I have said the obligatory crap..I can now tell you that NO, its not...(well...not always!). Like they say, some things are better left unsaid. Although, reading your examples there, esp the former one...I'd say I'd beat the honesty out of the guy! But seriously, its depends on the circumstances.

jd (yep its me dang!)

Anonymous said...

Well Miss JD that thing about being a psyhotic u-kno-what was just an out-of-the-blue thought but I'm sure you get my drift right?

This came about while watching one of those reality shows whereby one of female contestants was asked what qualities she looked for in a guy to which one of her answers happened to be (a guy being) 'honest'..so that got me thinking as to how we should measure being honest. At the end of the day I just thought "what a load of crap!"

Medulla said...

People tend to put their best foot forward in the early part of relationships anyway - makes it all the harder to be sure...

Anonymous said...

who knows what a girl means when she says she wants an honest man? i dont even think she knows what she means! initially i guess u want honesty, then its all about understanding. after being with somebody for a while, would you really want them to comment on why youre using the same old worn out toothbrush and havent bought a new one? (like they are so perfect anyway) Just as, how can we tell if a guy isnt a psycho on our first date? the truth is we will never know ... i guess its either an interesting or destructive path to finding out about the person you think could be the one, and dont beat yourself up if he turns out to be mr not-the-one-after-all cos you know you deserve better than that! :)