If I will do it for you, I will do it to you... Part 1

This snippet comes from Justin Lookadoo's book Dateable. It is from this one section that is titled the same as this blog "If I will do it for you, I will do it to you." Even though it is basically the golden rule, (Treat others the way you want to be treated), it still is a lesson everyone would be well off learning. Justin puts it like this:

Liar Liar

Politicians argue against this point all the time. You have some guy who cheated on his wife, abused his power to make it happen, and lied to cover it up, and his supporters claimed, "This does not impact his decisions as President. His personal life is seperate from his professional life." No, Its not! This is a character issue. If someone will lie to cover up a sex scandal, he will lie any time the truth could make him look bad. He's a liar. He isn't a liar in just this situation; he's a liar, period.

Same goes with friends. You might call one up and say, "Hey, I told my mom I'm spending the night with you, but I'm going to sneak out with my boyfriend all night. So when my mom calls, tell her I'm already asleep and I will call her in the morning. Okay? Bye." If your friend agrees to do it, You are both liars.
If someone will lie to your parents to keep you out of trouble, you can't believe anything they say. I know, I know. That's different, right? "She was lying to keep me out of trouble, but she's really not a liar." Yes, she is, and so are you. It's a character issue. People who lie are liars.

This is one issue that Justin deals with. I'd like to follow it up with the other issues he covers, but I will leave you all with this one for now. I apologize for the lack of original material but I really thought Justin put it better than I could. As I said before, it really comes down to the golden rule, but its sort of backwards. Don't expect someone who lies for you to not lie to you.