Do you ever wonder why people say ‘honesty is the best policy’, yet when you tell the truth, you’re accused of being rude?
You’ve learned to hold back when you need to – but it doesn’t come naturally. TBH, you just have a natural urge to tell it like it is. Here are 14 things you’ll only know if you’re a far too honest person.
1. You’re always scared when a friend asks you for your honest opinion on a new item of clothing they’ve bought. Because you know it was expensive and you don’t want to leave them with no other option of clothing before going out, but you just can’t lie.
2. But you know full well that giving them your honest opinion may end badly. No one likes to be told they’re not looking their best before a night out… cue friend making sly digs at you all night about hating her dress.
3. Your mother always knows when you’re lying. Just by looking at your face, she can tell. There’s no hiding it from the one who knows you best – and the one who brought you up with your honest ways.
4. People will often come to you for your advice. Because they know they can get the truth from you. Even if it hurts.
5. But they’ll often hate you for that same advice they came to you for. Because it sounded mean. And it hurt.
6. Sometimes, relationships can get tricky. Because you’re too honest. Honesty is great for a relationship, right? Sometimes. But not when it’s an in-depth rant about how much you hate their best mate. Unless there’s a real, serious issue there… don’t do it.
7. Any attempt at a lie comes out like a Disney story. No, you can’t just say, ‘sorry, I missed the train’. Because ‘sorry, a bird fell on my head and got caught in my hair so I had to go to the hospital to remove its foot from my skull, hence me being five minutes late’ works just as well. Oh, the fluster of it all.
8. You can never make up a polite excuse to cancel plans. ‘I’ll probably be sleeping’, ‘Sorry, I don’t like the people you’re going with’, or ‘I’m too fat to go out tonight’ are all perfectly valid excuses to you.
9. You’re pretty rubbish at compliments, especially if you feel you don’t have anything to compliment them on. So they’ve got a new hairstyle, big deal. When you don’t even like that hairstyle, what are you supposed to say? Here’s a tip: Focus the attention on something you do think that is good about them, other than that God awful hairstyle.
10. Break-ups can be tough. For the other half. Because you’re not the kind of person to do the whole: ‘it’s not you, it’s me’, thing. Because it was most definitely you.
11. TBH is your most frequently used phrase. Because it’s quicker to get the truth out that way.
12. People wrongly think you’re a bitch. There’s a difference between being honest and being a bitch. Okay, sometimes there’s not. But it’s still not nice to call someone a bitch for giving their honest opinion.
13. You often feel guilty, even though you know you did the right thing. Because you had to be that friend to tell your BFF their boyfriend was texting other girls. Didn’t you?
14. But you’re also great at making people feel good about themselves. Because it’s rare for you to actually compliment an entire person, head to toe. So when you do, it means all the more.
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