Questions And Answers: When Is It Okay To Break A Promise?
Thank you MizShagtastic, for posing such a thought provoking
question in the Jackassery Forum of Questions and Answers.  My
apologies for turning what's normally a precise if not curt
response into a Mini-Novel, but those thoughts inspired
this story assigned to me as a writing challenge several months
ago.  It's one I was not able to previously write.   ~ thank you
for breaking the chains ~   Who hasn't broken a promise?  Who
hasn't told their child, "I promise to take you to McDonalds
after school", then unexpectedly you're late getting out of
work, have to run to the dry cleaner, in traffic and barely make
it in time to dance practice. By the time every errand and chore
is complete, the only food offered are disappointing Hot Pockets
over Happy Meals.  Is that so wrong?  We've all been there. 
Or, who couldn't forgive a friend for telling a secret she
Promised not to share.  Even if it was a pretty big secret, most
people have enough compassion a