SLC-S24/W6 - Powerful Debate | Yes or no/ pros and cons

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Communication & Conflict

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Honesty is always the best policy in relationships! Yes

I agree with this sentence because, in my opinion, honesty in a relationship means that you are open, truthful, and sincere with each other. You create a trust between you so that you can strengthen your relationship. When people create honesty in each other, they solve their problems in the best way and also feel safe and respected.

When honesty is created within us, then we also avoid misunderstandings, we avoid mental stress, and we create our deep emotional connections. When we present a true incident, it hurts us a little, but we become stronger than before. Therefore, creating honesty in relationships is an excellent policy.

Craft a debate or a real-life story to buttress your point.

I will share a real-life story with you so that I can best explain this policy to you.

Sana and Ahmed are husband and wife who have been together for the past 10 years. They got married 10 years ago and now they are very happy with each other. They share their happiness, try their best to fulfill each other's dreams, and do not hide their secrets from each other. But suddenly it happened that Sana had spent a lot on her credit card, due to which a debt had accumulated on her. Which Ahmed did not know about.

Sana tried many times to handle her issues on her own, but she couldn't handle it and Ahmed found out about it. Ahmed also thought at first that there was a problem that she wasn't telling me about, but when he found out, he called Sana. Sana also knew now that she would be asked about the credit card debt, so she wisely sat Ahmed down.

Sana sat Ahmed down next to her and honestly narrated the entire incident and admitted everything she had done. Ahmed was deeply shocked and hurt, and he felt betrayed inside. Initially, Ahmed faced this storm which was a very difficult time for him, but along with that, he thought about the honesty and bravery that Sana had shown him, which he admired.

Ahmed forgave Sana for her honesty. Then the two of them made a financial plan together. According to this plan, they paid off their debts and prepared the best training for their future.

They still remember this incident, which was many years ago, as if it had just happened, but they see it as a turning point in their marriage journey. Sana says that she has strengthened their relationship through this honest conversation. Now their relationship is even stronger than before because they are living a life of trust.

Through this story, we learn that although honesty hurts us, sometimes it also builds trust within us, which deepens our connection and thus saves us from long-term damage.

Elaborate the PROS (advantages) and CONS (disadvantages) of Honesty in a relationship.

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We face many advantages and many disadvantages in all these arguments, the details of which are as follows:

Advantages:

• When partners are open with each other, they feel safe and valued. Because honesty is built on a foundation of trust, when our relationships are at their best, we will feel safe and valued.
• Sharing all our thoughts, our feelings, and our fears with honesty leads to true understanding within us, through which an emotional closeness is created between us. We create a deeper connection.
• When we hide anything or we lie, we become mentally stressed, but if we keep the same thing honestly and clearly, we are saved from such a disease.
• Honest feedback helps any couple improve and move forward, through which we encourage ourselves to continue on our path of growth.
• Our little lie or any small problem today can become a big problem for us tomorrow, but if we solve these problems honestly, it saves us from a big loss.

Disadvantages:

• It's true that the truth sometimes hurts us a lot, but if we are too unfiltered, it can cause us emotional damage.
• Honesty about past relationships or past mistakes, or opinions about our sensitive topics, can trigger arguments, so we should avoid this.
• The biggest problem is that when someone is trying to show their honesty about a mistake, they are afraid that the other person will not accept it because they have already been honest about the mistake.
• Sometimes there are moments or times when we can make our situation worse by telling the truth, such as the truth spoken during any anger or stress.
• Even with good intentions, if we don't express it carefully, even this honesty can be perceived as selfishness.

Conclusion

I agree that honesty faces various challenges, but the long-term benefits far outweigh the temporary pain. We can also infer this from the story mentioned above. It forms the basis of arrangement or mutual respect in any romantic relationship. So, yes, honesty is always the best policy if we state it with care and good intentions.

I would like to invite my friends @suboohi, @karianaporras, and @rumaisha to join this challenge.

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