Quote Originally Posted by 13'sbadkitty View Post
my experience with being honest is sort of like what Thorne said, i just lost a close friend when I told her something she didn't want to hear. It was simply a statement my son said about her daughter (they are 5). I hadn't told her he didn't want to play with her anymore because she was being bossy until one day i did and no more friend!
It is painful to loose a friend, and there are indeed terrible situations where one comment can mean the world.

But I would not define a relationship as a friendship if you cannot normally sort out things that go wrong, but have to balance your words on a silver weight not to get it wrong.