When is is wrong to lie?
If you live in New York and you told your pen pal you live in Grobbendonk Belgium, this is a lie that can come back on you. The culture (way-of-life) in Belgium is totally different than New York city. Your one little white lie will grow into dozens and before you know it, you have gave your pen pal the impression that you are someone you are not. If you are female and tell your pen pal you are male, this is a lie and not acceptable. Some people are looking for gender specific pen pals. Your pen pal will not be happy when they find out you are someone else. Telling your pen pal that you are the captain of the football team when you are a chess master is lying. Again, you are pretending to be something and somebody you are not. Telling people you know someone famous or have visited some far off country you have not been too is lying. Your pen pal is going to be very disappointed in you if you lie about something so unimportant. Telling your pen pal that you have an illness when you don’
