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LET’S BE HONEST Written by Armon R. Perry, PhD Armon R. Perry, PhD, is a professor in the Kent School of Social Work at the University of Louisville. He can be reached at arperr01@louisville.edu or 502-852-3234. To order a copy of Black Love Matters, click here. https://rowman.com/ ISBN/9781793622044/Black-Love-Matters-Authentic-Men'sVoices-on-Marriages-and-Romantic-Relationships
Relationships based in trust offer the opportunity to be honest when it comes to delivering sensitive information. The couples that achieve this status have a better chance of staying together.
26 JULY 2021 / CODE M
In our formative years, many of us were taught that honesty is the best policy. In fact, I’ll never forget the time my grandmother told me that one of the benefits of telling the truth was that you never had to remember what you said. And although there is certainly value in telling the truth and being a person whose word is their bond, is telling the truth always the best idea? And perhaps more importantly, are there times and circumstances that keeping it less than 100 is a more advisable approach?
