It's not an either or, feelings are part of our reality. Ignoring them doesn't help you, neither does ignoring reality. It seems people forget that it's not a

It's not an either or, feelings are part of our reality. Ignoring them doesn't help you, neither does ignoring reality. It seems people forget that it's not a binary scenario, you can absolutely respect someone else's time while also being honest with them. Which is what the modern world is actually getting at, since historically we've ignored feelings far too much for the sake of submission to the status quo.