Gary Direnfeld
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
There's, you know, if you don't eat this, you're not going to grow up big and strong.
We use these white lies all the time.
The caution is, again, who's being served by it?
And, you know, could it backfire?
And so we still want people, parents, to be cautious about those white lies.
Because listen, if you get caught in the white lie, you still have to deal with the fallout from that.
And the fallout is a lack of trust, anger, harm to the relationship.
A person won't believe you anymore.
So it is a bit of a risky maneuver.
But again, I'm not in theory opposed.
But no one's going to die on that sword.
Did you sleep with my ex?
That'd be really weird if I slept with her ex, yeah.
So, you know, those little white lies, yeah, keep them in check.
If it's for the benefit of the other person more than for yourself, sure.
If you're using it as a defense to get out of your own issues, you may want to look at that twice.
Oh, come on, technically.