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“Honesty...The best policy?”

Making the choice between “The One” and living in deception...

So my best friend had an affair while on holiday. Being rung up from a foreign country in a state of self horror and disgust at four in the morning (who doesn’t love time distances?) to be told of this fantastic news wasn’t the highlight of my week.

They've been together for about 6 months and have spent 99% of that time in each others pockets. That's a lot more concentrated time than I could ever spend with him and as a best friend, that's quite a confession! So surely something that strong would be able to survive the work of some foreign....lady, shall we say.

So my main question was…do I convince him to tell his unsuspecting girlfriend? Or leave him to sit under a blanket in despair with himself? Personally, I would have left him under the blanket, after all it is what he deserves. However, having a conscience does have its downsides...doesn't his girlfriend deserve to know of his betrayal? At least this way she can have her own choice of how to deal with the arsehole. Which he should be thankful for, if it was me, he would be gone. Forever.

Realistically, running into the same girl from oh so exotic Mykonos in South London, likely? Not so much. So its not as if she would ever find out if he didn't let on...but a relationship of deceit? Isn't that what all of the 90's chick flicks were warning us away from? And eventually he would crack and she would find out anyway...if it was me, I would prefer to know now rather than later.

His girlfriend is funny, smart, beautiful...I don't understand what could have possessed him to do this. So if she can't 'hold on to him', so to speak, what hope do the rest of us have? According to some surveys, not much hope! Apparently 5% of people have an affair on holiday. But also apparently 100% unforgivable. Not that I would go against this statistic.

After a lot of table turning and Jesus, some interesting role play, he took my advice above everyone else's and told her...To say things went downhill from this point could be seen as an understatement. Ultimately, she left a broken man in a heap on the floor. Unbearable.

I do believe that ignorance is bliss. But also that you can't escape from the inevitable. Eventually, the pain she feels will fade. And all will be forgotten and hopefully forgiven! And they'll be left with a stronger bond and the memory of how living without each other never worked.

So is honesty the best policy? Yes...well for now anyway.

Translating Registers

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+John+1&version=NIV

 It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. 

It hath thou given I much pleasure to seek thou children walking in thy truth, as thou O Lord commanded thee. To seek thou dear lady, I shall not begin to write as to command thee, but to remain as it has always been. All I ask of thou is to continueth to love thee. And as thou love, we walk without sins to please his commands. As thy have heard from thou start, O Lord's command is that thou will seek to walk in love.

From Formal to Frozen.

Styles of Effective Text

Travel Blog:

http://www.travellingblogger.com/post/59782566422/top-5-things-to-do-in-berlin

The first text I found was a travel blog. I found this writing style effective because I liked the headings as a layout. It meant that you could specify the parts that you found interesting and read those parts. I also liked how the language was persuasive and detailed. I think this made you a lot more likely to take the articles advice.

Film Review:

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=137901

The second text I found was a review. I found this style effective as it had an informal edge. I liked this as it made the article more relatable and added more opinion to the review so you were likely to take on board what it was saying. In addition, I thought the writing style was effective as it used similies and metaphors to compare to other films that you may have previously watched and you were able to form your own opinion.

BBC news article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23950253

I thought this article was effective as the tone of the article reflected the seriousness of the issue in hand. It used a lot of terminology and statistics which made the style more factual and made you believe that what you were reading was reliable. The writing style was made up of many short paragraphs which could have the effect of the reader not losing interest.