You and your husband have a guest over, you are all on the porch. It is chilly. You go in the house to bathroom, mess around in the kitchen and go on the computer to play a game and wait for your other guests to arrive. Your husband calls you, you go back outside, and he wants to know what you are doing. You say essentially: Nothing.....and then say ok...I was on the computer for a few minutes. Is this lying?????
2007-02-06 01:37:24 · 15 answers · asked by cheryls1965@sbcglobal.net 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
no, it's generalizing. A lie is a statement that is not true. A generalization is a statement that leaves out details. By nothing, you meant nothing significant or worth mentioning. That's not a lie.
2007-02-06 01:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose technically it is but it could also be a figure of speech. When i am on the computer messing around i look at that as nothing. To be honest i would have just said i jumped on the computer for a minute. It should not be a big deal.
2007-02-06 09:45:33 · answer #2 · answered by Takita F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a little white lie. Don't sweat it. I often say I'm doing nothing when in fact, I'll be doing the dishes or sweeping the floor....it's harmless stuff.
That's just my opinion. I honestly believe everyone has told a lie or two at some point in their lives. It's the big, life changing, secretive, hurtful lies we have to worry about. Not one's such as these.
2007-02-06 09:51:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because you played a game on the computer, which made it awkward for the guest that you were away so long.
2007-02-06 10:12:56 · answer #4 · answered by redjetta 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its not lying because we know that being on the computer really doesnt mean anything unless you were conversating with someone then that is something. If it were that you were just checking your e-mails no big deal
2007-02-06 09:45:09 · answer #5 · answered by postal_marg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really...if you said it like "Nothing," really fast. And then with a big fake sigh "ok...caught me, i was on the computer" it would be cute. But its not a lie..being on the computer for a couple minutes IS doing nothing. Just, next time tell him NOT MUCH.
2007-02-06 09:43:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is called a little white lie. Doesn't mean anyone is going to get hurt but if it isn't 100% truth then it is considered a lie
2007-02-06 09:43:50 · answer #7 · answered by andyramvzb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. More like "nothing useful" rather than "nothing".
We are almost never doing actually "nothing". What we really mean is "nothing useful" or "nothing significant. Just farting around counts, more or less, as nothing.
I suppose it's technically a lie, but wow - a tiny one, I think.
2007-02-06 09:43:48 · answer #8 · answered by fucose_man 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A small one but yes, an untruth is a lie. You said nothing when in fact you were doing something.
2007-02-06 09:41:28 · answer #9 · answered by kitkat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
kind of sort of it
s not a big lie though.
next time just say your just waiting on the other guests to arrive.
2007-02-06 09:48:32 · answer #10 · answered by peggin_beast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋