How do you respond when somebody you have never met in person and only exchanged a sentence or two with online suddenly tells you they are "honest?"
Believe me... just like Trump. Why say that? Sounds shady.
"I'd never ask you to trust me. It's the cry of a guilty soul."
I’d think they were not honest but projecting. Ugh, I’ve not had great luck online, lol.
Well, you've no way of knowing how honest the person may or not be considering your limited contact with them. If they don't get that, walk away now.
Reply 'thank you for throwing the red flag so obviously'.
I typically will trust someone until you show me I can't. Then hit the road. That is not to say I'm giving my car keys to a stranger.
It could be a verbal tic. Like "I'm a very good driver" from the old Rain Man film. Seriously, someone making this claim has probably been called on something he or she already told you before, and this looks like a (clumsy) pre-emptive strike of some kind.
If the statement came out of the blue, I would probably probe him as to the reason why he said that. I would also verify EVERYTHING he says to the best of my ability.
My last boyfriend insisted he was the most honest person on Earth, and that he didn't tolerate anyone telling lies. Interestingly, he never believed anything I told him, but believed his lying girlfriend (I'm almost always in poly relationships). He would also lie constantly to his mother, but tell me that he only lies to her and no one else (he didn't want to risk losing his inheritance from her).
It took me forever to get out of his grasp. I will never put myself in that position again.
Everybody lies. Big lies, little lies, we ALL do it. Sometimes without even realizing it.