I have always been a forthright person, direct in my speech and have always expected the same from others...though this is not necessarily wrong...I have had the opportunity now to see that people say just as much - if not more - by what they DON'T say....
What do you think...are people more honest in what they say or what they actually didn't say....
Fact of the matter is...people only HEAR what they want to. It doesn't make much of a difference what is said or not. I, too, am an honest person...but being honest can make you very unpopular!...unless you look like you, wikked!
Thank you...i'm sure it was meant as a compliment...but it has its drawbacks...you see very few people are really honest with me...they just tell me what they think i want to hear...that is when i have to listen to what they "didn't" say...
Nice to know there's a second there! Although I don't wish anyone ill will here, it seems that everybody is after 'warm and fuzzy' feelings and I'm just not that niave about life...it's not always rosey. If it were, I reckon none of us would be here!
You're on to something there. People are more honest in what they don't say. To say something you run the risk of confrontation, hurt feelings, ruffeled feathers... what have you... But omitting what should be said does not necessarily have the same repercussions...clear as mud right?
I´m glad u know me better than i do, another 2nd yep none of us would be here, and there may be one or two outthere, which tell u i came here by accident or i´m just here for the forums or my car broke down right infront of a pc-shop. Well actually it doesn´t really matter what we all came here for in the beginning, but it seems to be somethin mystic in this place that keeps us here, eather for our sarch or the forums or... .
or maybe we dont seem honest because we dont really know what it is we want? or feel? not trying to actually lie...but being honest with ourselves can sometimes be the issue, not because we are a liar.
i dont think i ever tell you what you WANT to hear Urs. i say it even if u wont like it...
One of the key factors to good communication is trust. We are a society of non-trusting people and if you can’t believe me you can not truly communicate with me and that may have nothing to do with me or who I am. It’s based on a reality of self and life experience of each person. We are constantly lied to by the media, the news, government officials, our parents i.e. you find out you were born 2 mouths before they were married and when your are a beautiful lady guys will lie to you about anything to get your paints. Not that’s right it is just way it is.
The bottom line is communication without trust is just Blah Blah Blah and then the other person hears want they want to here.
The belief of the other person is lying creates an inability to listen. Reading between the lines is to me, another way not believing what is being said and not taken at face value.
It is sad that it has come to this. That all just don’t tell the truth but trust must be earned and proven before good and honest communication can ever begin.
Oh no..Kris...I have no doubt in my mind you would call it as you see it and tell me straight up...
I was remembering the conversation we had this morning...and how in that conversation i had last night with that person he had said so much more to me by what he didn't say...except i didn't see it until you pointed it out to me....
Why is that? And I have searched the threads, reading and many hours of thinking and talking so I personally come to the anawer that it is the way it is
I've learned that if a person doesn't say something, and you were hoping they would, or expected that they would, it's more telling about how they feel than the things they did say.
If I guy doesn't say I love you, assume he doesn't
Better to have a person who steps up and speaks out than one who is not invested enough to do so....
you are right on that one you try to be the niciest guy you can and they leave for the ones that beat them. that is not directed to all women. I got love for the ones that want a nice guy.
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What do you think...are people more honest in what they say or what they actually didn't say....