No, I did not change my stance. I still think that she lied by omission to preserve their relationship. And I see blatantly lying on a different spectrum to lying by omission. First of all, an omission doesn''t happen if the situation doesn't allow it. As in, when the subject is brought up, the truth comes out. Now, if the subject is brought up and it results in a lie then that's infinitely worse. When the subject was brought up in OP's case, she admitted to it. She could've said that his brother is a lying POS and he's drunk and he doesn't know what he's talking about. And OP would've probably believed her just because his brother is who he is. But she admitted to it right away, which tells a lot about her. I think she has lived with this cloud over her head all this time, waiting for the rain to drop
No, I did not change my stance. I still think that she lied by omission to preserve their relationship. And I see blatantly lying on a different spectrum to lying by omission. First of all, an omission doesn''t happen if the situation doesn't allow it. As in, when the subject is brought up, the truth comes out. Now, if the subject is brought up and it results in a lie then that's infinitely worse. When the subject was brought up in OP's case, she admitted to it. She could've said that his brother is a lying POS and he's drunk and he doesn't know what he's talking about. And OP would've probably believed her just because his brother is who he is. But she admitted to it right away, which tells a lot about her. I think she has lived with this cloud over her head all this time, waiting for the rain to drop