Pants on Fire?

Everyone says they want people to be honest with them at all times. The overall consensus is that liars are terrible people, who deserve to be alone. Let me say this, lying is not a good thing to do. Especially not when the truth is simpler to deal with. However, I'm convinced that not everybody wants to hear truth all the time. I mean, you really have to step outside yourself and truly think about how daunting that would be. I'm not saying I just walk around blatantly lying to people, but I am fully aware that there's different degrees in which it is socially acceptable to be just a little dishonest. For instance, if your sweet old Grams came down with something really terrible, resulting in her admittance into the hospital, at which point she said"How do I look honey?" NOONE in their right mind is going to say "Well Grams, you look like cold shit, on a hot stick."  While that very well may be what the truth is,  it is highly inappropriate, not to mention insensitive to talk to your grandmother like that. Most of us have the good sense enough to lie. And I don't think there's one person in this world that would penalize someone for trying to make their grandmother smile.  Sometimes, It really frustrates me when people say, "tell me the truth even if I get mad, I'll get over it." The whole point in lying is to avoid the anger entirely. In truth, the whole" I'll get over it" thing IS a bold face lie. When a person tell someone something that they don't want to hear, truth be damned, they don't "get over it". It is nowhere near as simple as one would like to make it seem. People harbor by nature. We are sensitive creatures. Even if we don't mean to feel certain way about something, even if we fully intend  to take the hard dose of truth  in stride, it is not possible not to hold on to the sting. Even for the slightest second it is difficult to let go of the offending statement.  Why? That's an easy answer, we as humans absolutely detest being told what we already know about ourselves deep down inside. Individually, we are our worst critics, so when people go out of their way to point out our personal truth, and hold the metaphorical mirror up to our faces, anger and defensiveness is an inevitability.  Humans swear we know what we want, until the very moment it is received. Honesty is wonderful. Everyone should do their best to be as honest as they possibly can, even more so without any emotional harm done. Still, there is a difference between being honest or blunt and just being a complete asshole. Everyone loves to "keep it real" not realizing that they're just keeping it real ignorant. Quite frankly, if everyone told the truth ALL THE TIME, EVERY moment EVERY single second of EVERY day, no matter what, I'm almost positive the earth as we know it would implode. From the sheer density of spiraling insecurity alone. Expressing this, is not me giving the okay to do something reckless and hurtful, like commit perjury in court or cheat on your significant other, and not admit it when shes/he asks. It's just my way of saying, in certain instances, lying can be as merciful as it is damaging. The choice to implement it in our daily lives, is not to be taken lightly. One should be willing to accept whatever comes their way, regardless of their decision.