So, a friend of mine who lives in another state, we'll call her Kelly (I promise this story is not about me) currently has the issue of figuring out what she is going to do next year as far as housing situations go. She is currently living with two other girls( uh, Melanie and Sara) in this really nice house. Melanie is graduating and moving back home at the end of their lease in August. The other girl, Sara, wants to move to another place with Kelly. Well, Kelly doesn't exactly want to live with Sara anymore, but just doesn't have the heart to tell her because she doesn't want to hurt their friendship. Living together just didn't work for Kelly as well as she would have liked it to. So what to do?? Should Kelly lie to Sara? Should Kelly tell Sara the truth and risk hurting her and possilby their friendship? Or should Kelly suck it up and just move again with Sara?
I was thinking a lot about her situation. Is it okay to lie to Sara to protect her feelings and salvage their relationship? I guess the ethical thing to do in this situation is to tell the truth. If I was in this situation I would hope that my friend would respect my decision and try and understand I am doing this to maintain our friendship. My friend has come to me for advice and now I come to you. I don't know what she should do. If Sara is sensitive, she might not understand Kelly's good intentions and respect her honesty. This is definatley a difficult situation and makes me wonder why it is so hard to tell the truth when it is the right thing to do. Lying seems more appealing in this situation but Kelly hopes not to go that way. Any Advice?
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"I guess the ethical thing to do in this situation is to tell the truth". Tellings lies will bring more problems in the near future. The best thing to do is just to tell your friend the truth, tell her waht you feel and I am sure that you can come with a solution that will help both of you. Liying a friend shows that there is no honesty and no trust, and we have to remember that to have a Good relationship requires trust and most important to talk with the truth all the times. I dont think that this will affect your relationship instead it will help you two to work better as firends.
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