Don’t ask a question if you don’t want to hear the answer. Lots of times we think we want to know, but we really only want one answer.

Is your ex seeing someone else? Do you really want to know? If you don’t want to know, don’t ask.

If you’re asking a close friend, then you can tell them up front that you’d like them to lie, and then you ask the question. But otherwise, if you don’t want to know the answer, don’t ask the question.