Miss Manners: Is honesty really the best policy? Published: Jan. 28, 2025, 3:00 p.m. You can send your questions to Miss Manners through her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com.

My rule is that honesty is the best policy when something is going on that needs to be aired and repaired because otherwise it will damage or destroy the relationship. But if it is a temporary feeling ...

That is hard for me. Especially when it aches. Because it does ache. Holding something that wants to move. Watching someone laugh or plan or build around something you know is not fully true.

I still wonder: Is radical honesty always the best policy? I do think so. But this year, it’s got an asterisk because sometimes, the truth can be more harmful than omission.

So to all mothers everywhere who still believe that honesty is the best policy, Happy Mother’s Day. Brian Greenspun is editor, publisher and owner of the Sun. Most Popular. 1.

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