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[Cleared font formatting, check. Autocorrect, check. Masked I.D., triple check. Dave's been wrestling with this question for over a week, and he's no closer to an answer than he was eight days ago. No closer than he was three years ago.

Where's Dear Abby when you need advice?]

Have you ever been in a situation
Where you knew something somebody else didn't
And you weren't sure if you should tell them or not
Like you knew that if they found out they'd be really upset but there's also nothing they could do about it
And you don't want them to blame themselves
Or
Get mad at you
But pretending it didn't happen feels
I don't know
A lot like lying I guess
What would you do in those circumstances?

I'm asking for a friend.

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Continue lying, I guess.

[No he's not speaking from experience at all.]

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That
Sure is an answer
Are you sure man everyone else has been all THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE so I'm a little surprised to see the dissenting opinion represented here

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[doesntdomuch]

[... You know, looking back, maybe he was thinking more about himself than thinking about the circumstances here.]

My apologizes, perhaps my answer was a little knee-jerk.

However, if you feel as if the consequences of telling the truth outweigh the consequences of not telling the truth, it's better to keep lying, I think

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My sister told me I had some kind of probably made up personality disorder last time I pulled something like this
I just
I want them to be happy
But even though I know what I'm sitting on isn't fun happy times I suspect they won't be cool knowing the only friend they know here is keeping shit from them
Again