We don't like to ask....

....each other questions. We feel a little embarrassed about the answers that we may receive and we feel that perhaps, it would be wisest simply to ignore sensitive topics. We may also feel that, in being this polite, we are saving someone from the awkwardness of having to discuss a matter that they find disturbing.

Yet, no genuinely meaningful dialogue can ever occur without some candour and honesty.

People are funny. They spend money they don't have, to buy things they don't need, 

to impress people they don't like.