White lies.

Be honest. Out of 10 times that you've asked for the truth, how many times did you mean it? Did you really want to know? Or was it just the "right" thing to say, so you won't appear wimpy, or worse, small-minded? And then, there are the sado-masochistic ones, who only want to know what they already know, except they'd rather it was someone else saying it. I am like that sometimes.

Do you know yourself well enough?

It takes a brave soul to ask for the truth, hear it, and then take it "like a man" -- and an even braver one to admit rather not knowing.