The other day I was asked by someone if I wanted to go on a camping trip and right away I knew that I could not make it, but for some reason I said that I will have to see how things to, I might be able to make it. Did I want to go camping? No, but to be nice I said something else. Later on I was asked again and I said that I can’t go and I ended up feeling bad about it. Why could I just not have told them right when I knew? I wanted to be nice to them and in reality this is not the best thing to do. It can upset people and bring a false sense of hope. It is way better to just say it how it is and not worry about the short term response.

I did not want the person who was going out of their way to ask me to go camping to feel bad, that was what my intentions were, they are very nice and kind for asking me, it is quite a compliment. Since I did not state what the reality is both of us had issues later on, it did not help our relationship in any way, shape, or form. So from now on I like to trade my short term comfort for some long term piece of mind. It can go the other way too, if I wanted to go and exercise outdoors after taking acceletrim, and I called up a friend and they said maybe they would go too, but then later it turns out that they can’t go even though they knew all along, it would not be great for our relationship. It is always best to trade the short term comfort because later on it will be much better for everyone.