Severing Ties

Why do people who want you to be straight with them get upset when you give them what they asked for in the first place?

You want truth, I give truth. You want to know where you stand, I tell you. You ask what's wrong, I tell you.

Ahh. Because you wanted a different answer. But that's not how life necessarily works--or relationships.

I give my honesty to others with love, gently, not dripping with sarcasm or anger. My words don't come from a place of malice. I never want to hurt a person I care for.

As a friend, I need to tell you truths. Just as I need it from you.

And if we can't agree on that....