Thank you for your valuable input. :)

For me, I prefer to be truthful in what I say but find a balance in between not sugar coating things but also be mindful in my approach & way of delivering a message....

I get what you mean. The delivery of truth plays an important role in a situation. If you do things out of order, things you say might be interpreted in a totally different way than what it was meant to be. I make that mistake sometimes, thinking that the person I am talking to is in my head and therefore knows exactly what I mean, when I may have skipped over a few crucial details.