Liar, liar, pants on fire..

We've all heard the rhyme, "Liar, liar, pants on fire." And as children our parents teach us not to lie. Even though we all know that lying is bad, it seems to happen all too often. We all have had unfortunate situations where we told a little bity tinie tiny white lie, and of course, we got caught. Its way embarassing when your caught red handed, talk about social nightmare. It seems to be the easy way out, a white lie gets you out of going to dinner with that old friend you said "lets do dinner!" to but you really didn't mean it, or gets you out of baby sitting your friend's pet bird that they oh so nicely asked you to look after, it even gets you out of work for a "self health day." You tell the white lie and your easily out of it, but then, (because karma is alive and well,) you go to dinner and run into the friend you told, (I'm just so swamped with work!) Or the friend who you told you couldn't baby sit their bird because you were going to be out of town, you run into them at the mall (ouch.) Or better yet when you tell your boss you are, "under the weather," it never fails that as you are walking to the spa, you run into them on their lunch break, "uhh, my doctor works at the spa?" Let's face it, these are awful situations to be in, and none of us want that. Let's turn the tables, how does it feel when YOU call your friend and ask to do dinner and they respond with some excuse why they just can't. So you go on your merry way and think nothing of it, then of course, you see them at dinner with their other friends. Now thats just not a good feeling at all to have. We all have a friend, let's call them booty call shoes, (you know, the shoes you wear once and then they don't really go with any of your outfits so you put them back in the box and forget about them until you realize you have the perfect outfit for them.) They will disappear for days, not answer your texts, not return your calls. It's so annoying isn't it? I hate when you call them and get no response, then you find out through other friends that they were out and about. It makes you feel, not so hot, right? It's a terrible feeling. So maybe next time you get a call from a friend your not all that excited about seeing, or let's be honest, you just don't really want to see them at all, maybe just be honest, (but not mean) or just go! It could save you some terrifying social roadkill drama in the future!