If YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH

Then maybe you shouldn't ask.

I'm pretty open... duh. And I'll admit that there have been plenty of times when I have volunteered information without being asked. But if you ask, there's no question... I'm probably going to answer you. And you probably better be okay with that.

Here are the times when questions have led to the most problems....

I had a roommate at BYU that I didn't get on great with. Once I was in a bad mood and he suggested that I take a cup or something back to the girls who had lent it to us. I told him that I didn't want to talk to girls. He asked if I was heterosexual.... let's just say that our relationship never really recovered from that one.

Tests.... these aren't really a part of my life anymore sadly. But I would always hate the "What did you get" question. I have an uncanny ability to do well on tests. It's really my only life skill and it's not really useful anymore. So last semester, in my tax classes, I got the high on every test... time after time after time unfortunately. Questions would only result in strange reactions. Whenever anybody would ask, I would want to scream, "Let's look at the track record okay.. .it's higher than yours... I'm sorry... but at least you have lots of job offers" (I was hard pressed to find one). I just wanted normalcy. I would hate the reactions that would clearly seem to state, "I didn't really want to know." Well friends, don't ask, don't tell.

Most recently, a co-worker (3 years my senior in accounting experience) asked about my salary. Now I know you aren't supposed to discuss these kind of things.... but he asked. So while slightly more hesitant at first, I did tell him. Only to find out that I did in fact make substantially more than him. He hasn't been awful about it.... but it has been awkward... and he has brought it up a few times since then. I apologized profusely and said that I had no idea why it would be so (informing him that I'm positive that he's more valuable to the company than me)... but yeah.

So moral of the story... unless you're going to be okay with whatever possible answer comes out of my mouth... you should be careful what you ask. I'm just not the sort of person that waits for the most heated sessions of truth or dare to let things come out. Gah... I sure hope I never have secret information. I wouldn't last long in interrogation.