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Monday, August 30, 2010

The Price of Honesty

Nandipha and Ace before any romance...
This morning I went home for tea so I could get something to eat as I'd missed breakfast and was fast becoming huungry and grumpy. As I was eating I managed to watch an episode of a local soapie called Isidingo. In there Nandipha was enjoying a romantic dinner set up by her suitor, Ace. He co-owns a hangout place and managed to secure a private setting at a fee. As Nandipha and Ace were toasting to a fresh start they promised each other to be honest... I guess honest in all things.

The conversation soon turned to Nandipha expressing her amazement at the whole setting. In the midst of all of that, it came to light that Ace had paid top dollar for this convenience. Much to Ace's dismay, this didn't please Nandipha at all. On the contrary, it made her mad. She was furious that Ace seems to think that he can buy her love. However, as poor Ace tried to reassure her that it wasn't so, she stormed out of the restaurant!

Here is my gripe with the whole situation: Why do women want honesty in relationships and when given the honesty, they don't want to accept it? Is it because sometimes the truth isn't nice to hear or is it becuase it is not coated with candy floss? What is your take ladies!?

3 comments:

  1. sometime s the truth we seek is the truth of misguided reality based on the cinderella effect of happily ever after which is an unrealistic view of dating and the existance of a perfect man, perhaps in a perfect world written it'd be so but in this one it does not pan ot. steve harvey says a lot in his book "act like a lady, think like man" and so does the author of "he is just not that into you" which serve as guides for women who choose to not listen to their gut feel or even to adhere to it's cautiousness. some women like most men want what they want at the cost of self degradation and often the slow killing of the soul and heart which i believe is not merely subjective to the bad but the good relationships too. so do we learn the lessons or simply push ourselves to misery with the tactics that land us in the same pot of boiling water.

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  2. hi una,
    this morning someone says this to me ..'more she honest to me more it hurt me.." this not hardly to understand. coz sometimes we tend to believe something that we want rather then see the truth.

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  3. I think people should just decide what they want. I say total honesty or none at all. Some women want to have their cake and eat it. It does not happen like that. The sooner people realise that being honest does not always mean good news is not a reason to stop being honest and women should realise that. Just because it's honesty does not mean it won't hurt. We should take the good with the bad.

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