Two things are owed to truthfulness: lasting marriages and short friendships.
Basically we are all looking for someone who knows who we are and will break it to us gently.
What happens if I do nothing?
The world is as many times new as there are children in our lives.
Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.
Now and then it's good to list all the things you regularly do for which there was once a good reason.