One of the hardest things to learn in social interaction is evasion. I was brought up to be honest, and spent years stymying over the kinds of questions people ask where they don't really want to hear what you honestly think-- unless what you think is positive.

I never felt comfortable lying about it, so sometimes answering a slightly different (unasked) question or asking back, "What do YOU think?" or "Did YOU like it?" works pretty well. Sometimes people are just trying to start a conversation. When they're asking a real question, though... ughhhhh. Still hard, sometimes.

This is such a solid, honest (!) entry about the difficulty of that whole process if you are not prepared to tell social lies.