Speaking the Truth in Love--It's all in the way you package it

"Was it wrong for the woman’s husband to be honest? No, but it was wrong for him to be honest only. His honesty needed to be tempered by another virtue. As Paul expresses it in Ephesians 4:15, we need to speak the truth in love".....

https://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/marriage/staying-married/resolving-conflict/speaking-the-truth-in-love/