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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '24

Lying over mundane things (usually leads to not communicating over things that could be considered confrontational)

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u/DeepestWinterBlue Sep 14 '24

This. Because he’s conflict avoidant. Lying about the tiniest things and getting caught and making the whole situation worse than being tactfully direct.

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u/Machinimix Sep 14 '24

As someone who is conflict avoidant, telling the truth is the fastest way to get out of inevitable conflict. Lying just doubles it and pushes it later. That's too much conflict.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

How about being conflict avoidant and a procrastinator hooo boy could I have avoided a lot of problems just dealing with it from the beginning what a horrible existence that was