Say What You Mean

So, in an effort to get into super-focus mode to tackle seven articles in order to write a two-page summary of them, I headed straight to the coffee shop near my apartment after I got off work.

While devouring and unabashedly critiquing articles, I overheard a woman conversing with the barista. I don't know how their conversation ended up here, but the woman was saying that she had asked her husband whether he liked her spaghetti or his mom's spaghetti the best. He said his mom's. The woman told the barista that she didn't make her husband spaghetti for two years after that. The barista (male) empathized by saying that the woman's husband should have recognized that her inquiry was just a probe to get her husband to confirm that her spaghetti was indeed the best.

I thought that was the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. How is that logical? If I ask someone a question, I want the truth; otherwise, how will I be able to trust any feedback he or she gives me in the future? I will automatically think, "Are they saying this because they think it's what I want to hear or because it really is the truth?" Now, I know I'm in no place to make inferences on marriages, but I don't think that kind of communication is conducive to maintaining a good relationship. Besides, I want my future husband to be comfortable enough with me and with the security of our relationship that he can tell me anything, even if it is upsetting and I pout for a few days. That goes both ways.

In conclusion, say what you mean. Also, James 5:12
SDG

P.S. Finished my readings, and about to demolish a summary. :)