If relationships are communication with trust as their foundations, then honesty is the cornerstone. Dishonesty is a protective device. Lies are protective devices. There can be no real love without trust. We'd be protecting ourselves from the very person we need never fear.
Lies are protective devices.
We think we are protecting the other person when we lie, but in reality we are protecting ourselves. When we lie, we set the time bomb ticking, and the explosion will rip through the delicate fabric we attempt to weave between ourselves and someone else. There are two basic lies - the overt and the covert. The overt lie is usually spoken. It's a falsehood.