Honesty...did I ask?

You looked haggard! What did you say? Can you believe that my patients have become so comfortable with me to even say that. I was cleaning a patients teeth yesterday and this was the first patient that I told when I joined Weight watchers. She too was a fellow ww person. I was quick to suck up all the info that she had on the program. I was so embarrassed about joining but this was a basis stranger and I wanted to know all about the program. During the hour together, we made a pack that we would see "less" of each other the next time we met. Well long story short, we did meet up 6 months later and I recall she gave me the good job and you look great. We talked more shop and that was it. Well at least I thought that was it.

Now roughly 6 months later she returns and I was very excited to see her. We exchanged our comments of success and she was quick to say "you look good". The last time I was here You looked haggard. So there I was, a little confused. I was quick to look at the date that she was last in. Was that a day that something would stand out? Nope can't think of anything. So questions come up in my mind~Why say things if we don't mean them. Just say nothing. Wasn't that what we were taught so many years ago. "If you can't say anything nice~don't say anything at all."

Or have I become family with my patients? Family can get away with not abiding to the sentence above. Why do we feel we have that right? Or do we feel that we are helping in the long run? Why do we tend to hurt the ones we love the most? Is it because we have that unconditional thing going or the never zero thing too? Do we expect more from a stranger or from our family and true friends? Hmmmmmmm.

Honesty is the best policy? Depends if you want your gums to bleed. Ha ha just kidding. Got to laugh. Have a great day and give a well deserved compliment! We all love to get them.