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The Shared Secret

Do you play dumb to protect the exit plan?

The Shared Secret

A friend tells you in strict confidence that their partner is cheating on them, and they are preparing to leave. Two days later, the cheating partner corners you at a party, crying, and asks if you know why your friend is being so distant.

Do you play dumb to protect the exit plan?

Then ask

  • Is it ever okay to lie to someone who is in distress?
  • What if the partner suspects you know and pushes you on it?

The classics and some new ones. A scenario, the question it forces, and the follow-ups that make it bite.

More at this level

  1. The Pond
  2. The Deathbed Promise
  3. The Windfall
  4. The Payslip
  5. The Ring
  6. The Novel
  7. Who Stays
  8. The Will