Would u make promises u can’t keep and why?

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1. Really depends on the context. Who am I talking to? What’s the promise?

2. Not intentionally. I wouldn’t consider it honest or ethical to knowingly make promises that I didn’t intend to keep.

3. I don’t. At least not intentionally.

4. Intentionally I don’t.

   Nor do I agree to do favors I’m sure I can’t do.

   When someone asks me to do to them a favor, before saying yes I will just say “it depends on what you want me to do”

5. If I make a promise I have every intention of keeping it unless something happens that’s just completely out of my control.

6. Don’t make promises you can’t keep. It’s called lying and it’s not cool.

7. Well… I promised my wife i’d never cut myself again. At the time I genuinely meant it, but I didn’t keep the promise – she understood though

8. My mom used to break promises with me all the time, so I try my best to not set myself up for failure. So, no I don’t and if I do, it’s very rare.

9. No never. Why put that kind of stress on myself?

10. I don’t make promises as I’m really moody.

11. Typically, no. I have made promises I intended on keeping but the world got in the way, nothing I could do about it. Though; the first thing that came to mind was when we learned my very senile grandfather was going to pass away within days, he kept asking me for beer and smokes, I finally promised him I’d get him his beer and smokes. He never asked again. He died days later.

12. Sure, if someone points a gun at me I’ll promise anything to survive and mean none of it

    I don’t consider lying to survive to be a bad thing