Be Honest

MMMmm.. the food was delicious tonight!

Everyone has eaten over at a friend or family members house before. Out of all the times you have eaten over at a friends house they can't all be great meals. There has been a time in all your days where your stomach turned just at the sight of the terrible meal that you must now ingest to avoid being rude. This brings me to my point. In all my days I have eaten terrible meals at friends and families houses. Without fail someone who is a guest tells the cook, "wow that was great, the food was very good." Everyone then follows suit and says the same thing in their own way. Mentioning just the mash potatoes or just the meat that was great. I have never heard anyone say, "wow that was terrible, but I ate it anyway", until I said it. I thought how fake is this! Everyone is complimenting the cook about how great the food is, but in all reality it was burnt black, had no moisture, and the cut was the fattiest piece of meat I have ever ingested. Above all else the corn was soggy and the only thing that kept me from excusing myself were the mashed potatoes which were very good. I know damn well that the other people eating wanted to say the same thing. They think they need to lie to help their friend save face. I think the opposite is true. What happened to the friendship quote,

"What is a friend? I will tell you it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself. - Frank Crane."

When you eat at someones home give them a true compliment concerning their cooking the praise will sustain with them longer. When you get complimented by everyone every time they are over at your home you know it's fake. Maybe it's just me, but I would rather have a true and honest friend who tells me the truth. I prefer them more then the friend who tells me what I want to hear.