How many times have you said yourself or heard someone say ... to be honest with you...

Have you ever thought of what that phrase really implies?  Think about it ... to be honest with you basically says that there is something you may not have been honest about.

It may seem silly for me to say because we 'all' know that it's just a phrase and is a way of getting someones attention during a conversation.  If you are a person who takes words literally then you might actually find yourself wondering the next time you hear someone say it.

Back in college ... 19 years ago, yikes ... I made the decision not to use the word honest in the phrase but rather use the word frank.  It seems you can use it interchangeably and it still gets the other person's attention when you say.

To be frank with you it seems I am not the only person who feels this way .. read more about the Honest Question Here.