F.+Midterm+Essay

Being honest and open up front to someone is the best way to develop a healthy relationship. With a healthy relationship there is trust, honesty, and commitment. The last thing you want to do is to lose their trust in you. Logan Thibault you should of told Beth the true reason why you walked from Colorado to North Carolina because, it is better to be honest in the beginning, she will know you are not hiding anything from her, and will not betray her trust. It is better to be honest with someone in the beginning so they will know the real you. When you first saw her, and she asked you why you walked that long way, the answer should have been because you had a photograph of her, and wanted to meet her. She would have trusted you from the start instead of wondering if you were lying to her. Doing that from the start would have established a healthy relationship between the two of you. Keeping secrets from someone is a terrible thing to do. Being in a relationship and it being based on lies is not an excellent thing. Logan you should have wanted to tell Beth the truth when she offered you the job, and you guys began to see each other every day. Beth began to think a lot about who exactly she thought you were, and why exactly you decided to stop in North Carolina. Keeping a secret from someone is a big way to damage the relationship between the two of you. As the relationship between you and Beth began to grow, the trust she had for you grew also. She began to feel comfortable around you, and felt like she can be herself around you. She felt that sense of security when she was with you, and that she was not in harms way. As time grew on Beth fell in love with you. The thought of her not knowing the whole truth about your past began to eat at you and make you feel sick to your stomach. You knew that you had to tell her, but you waited so long that is why she reacted the way she did. She felt you abused her trust in every way. She let you in her home, in her life, and felt that you were different from the other guys she knew. However, you proved her wrong, by not telling her the entire truth, and being open to her up front. Sometimes it is better to tell half the story, because some people are not able to handle the whole truth at the moment. You are not doing it out of dishonesty, but out of kindheartedness by looking out for what is best for their feelings at the moment. Be truthful and straightforward in the beginning to avoid the argument or misunderstanding there might be about the situation.