Lying Is Good or Not

Lie “Do you lie in your life?” The answer must be “ Yes.” However, in some cases, don’t be shame of yourself because of your lying. In the article, “The Way We Lie,” Stephanie Erisson states that there are many reasons for people lying. What is more, Erisson also provides a lot of examples and quotes to support her ideas. Furthermore, Erisson mentions that it is hardly impossibly to spend a week without lying. It is very strange that we do not like people lie to us, but we still tell a lie. Without question, lying is important in our life. There are many reasons which encourage us to tell lies, but sometimes we need to tell the truth instead of lying. One of the reasons why people lie constantly is to protect others’ felling won’t get hurt. According to the article, Stephanie Erisson says “ The white lie assumes that the truth will cause more damage than a simple, harmless untruth.” it means we can lie to others in order to avoiding to tell the harmful truth. Parents never say that their children look ugly in some dresses even though they are really not cute. Friends never tell us that we are being in a bad situation. Instead, we will tell them that everything is going to be all right. We tell a harmless lie to our family members and friends because we tell the truth might be hurt their felling. When I was 16 years old, my parents had to go to work everyday. They do not have time to cook, so my grandma cooked for us. Sometimes it tasted weired and awful, but when my grandma ask us how was the meal, my parents always said that it was delicious. At that time, I did not realized why my parents would say the opposite words to my grandma, but now I get it. My parents told the untruth to my grandma because they do not want to hurt my grandmother’s felling. They want to protect her. Therefore, people tell lies to family or friends, it does not mean they are not honest. As Stephanie states, she is like most people who tell themself is an honest person while telling