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Old 11-03-2009, 07:49 PM
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As title says really, Let say hypothetically you are thinking about doing something, would you want your friends, relatives or who ever it is, to be supportive meaning they would tell you thinks like "go for it" even if they don't mean it, or be honest and tell you "That's the stupidest idea ever".

It could be about anything... I'm asking this cuase a lot of the time people tell me that i tend to not be supportive and tell things how they are.

So what's your way ?
Old 11-03-2009, 07:50 PM
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Honest and supportive, always best to get an honest opinion, but in the end you have to be determined to do somthing yourself regardless of what people think!
Old 11-03-2009, 07:53 PM
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honesty is the best policy
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With me a spade is a spade and if people don't like it that's their problem
Old 11-03-2009, 07:59 PM
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Honesty every time.
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to tell me their real opinion but to support the choice ive made.it doesnt have to be one or the other.
Old 11-03-2009, 08:03 PM
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Depends on the situation and person your are dealing with
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Originally Posted by Rudey
whats a spade then? i hear you bang that out alot

Hi rude dog! It's just a saying! It means you tell it like it is!

Same as if someone asks a fucking obvious Q like...is that a football, when its clearly a fucking football i'd say....if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a fucking duck then what is it? a fucking duck!
Old 11-03-2009, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Lambchop
With me a spade is a spade and if people don't like it that's their problem
I'm the same. My ex used to moan that I never understood her, and maybe she had a point but my argument always was if you have a problem you want solving then come and talk to me, but if you want to be molly coddled and wrapped in cotton wool - go and see your girlfriends. I'm more of the 'practical' type !
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Tell people the truth everytime . If i think theyre being a dumb fuck , i tell them there being a dumb fuck !! in my experience people only ever ask your opinion of something if they have doubts and if the doubts are genuine or blatently obvious then they need to be told .
On the other hand , when the missus asks "does this dress make my arse look big?" its better to pretend you havent heard the question and slope off before you let slip that its her fucking gargantuan arse that makes her arse look big !.
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Originally Posted by Rudey
whats a spade then? i hear you bang that out alot

It looks a lot like a shovel.
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Originally Posted by brad
Tell people the truth everytime . If i think theyre being a dumb fuck , i tell them there being a dumb fuck !! in my experience people only ever ask your opinion of something if they have doubts and if the doubts are genuine or blatently obvious then they need to be told .
On the other hand , when the missus asks "does this dress make my arse look big?" its better to pretend you havent heard the question and slope off before you let slip that its her fucking gargantuan arse that makes her arse look big !.

True or say to your ex you put on some weight
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Well id be honest and tell them what i think. I always say what i think. I dont understand why and how anyone can not be like that really! Then if they decide to go ahead with whatever it is, id be supportive, but id still let them know exactly what i think about it every now and then.

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Originally Posted by ED 209
Depends on the situation and person your are dealing with
Yeah i agree.
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Originally Posted by S1rst
Well id be honest and tell them what i think. I always say what i think. I dont understand why and how anyone can not be like that really! Then if they decide to go ahead with whatever it is, id be supportive, but id still let them know exactly what i think about it every now and then.
Thats exactly what I do
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i try and tell the truth in a gentle way

and then i will say it bluntly and without any sugar coating
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Originally Posted by Mr S1
I'm the same. My ex used to moan that I never understood her, and maybe she had a point but my argument always was if you have a problem you want solving then come and talk to me, but if you want to be molly coddled and wrapped in cotton wool - go and see your girlfriends. I'm more of the 'practical' type !

lol

Originally Posted by -MAL-
It looks a lot like a shovel.
rotf why didnt i say that?
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