Missing an anniversary dinner is not great, but lying about why you missed it only makes everything worse. And sometimes, lies can reveal a much bigger problem.
In this story, the groom-to-be told his fiancée that he missed their anniversary dinner because he had been called into work. That would be a bit disappointing, but understandable, because work emergencies happen. Some responsibilities cannot be avoided, and his fiancée perfectly understood that. The problem was that it wasn’t true.
The worst part is that this man dragged his sister into his lie by asking her not to say a word about it because telling the truth would “only make things worse”. And sure, a baseball game doesn’t sound like an obligation or an emergency, or anything unavoidable, so of course he wouldn’t want to tell his fiancée that version of events. In his mind, it was apparently better to hide the fact that he just didn’t want to celebrate their anniversary that day. It seems that discussing the possibility of moving the anniversary dinner was not an option for him. “Yes, it’s definitely better to lie about this and never communicate honestly with my partner.” I don’t understand what goes on inside the mind of some guys.
Anyway, his fiancée seemed to believe this version of events so much that she actually praised him for caring about his job. And that was the moment the sister couldn’t keep her mouth shut anymore. She had to let her know the truth.
Author: Kayitsi.com
