Lies You've Told

[tapu]

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

The Tooth Fairy I told my kids he was real...

I went along for quite a while letting mine believe that, but then one time I forgot about retrieving the tooth and leaving cash for, like, three nights in a row and so finally I handed her a bill and said, Here's 5 bucks, honey. The truth is I'm the tooth fairy.

Guess that's more a lie I didn't tell....


Thought of another category: Lies you told when you were a child and still squirm over. (Uh, no, I don't have a bunch of those, why'd you ask?)

[deb_U_taunt]

Our kids and nieces believed that the car had a safety feature and if you didn't buckle up or unbuckled the car would die.

[Chancie]

Originally Posted by Debby

Our kids and nieces believed that the car had a safety feature and if you didn't buckle up or unbuckled the car would die.

I told my mother that the car wouldn't start if she didn't buckle her seat belt.

[Chancie]

Well, this may be typical teenage mishegoss.

I was the live in house manager in a community residence for adults with developmental disabilities.

I did learn a lot, and it fell into the category of 'an honorable job that I enjoy' but

My father was worried about me, and

He was worried that I would never go back to college, so

I told him that I was taking classes at Brooklyn College during the day, since

I worked a split shift.

That was a big fat lie, and eventually

I went back to college, and to grad school, and then

I went back to college again, and then to grad school again.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by Chancie

Well, this may be typical teenage mishegoss.
I was the live in house manager in a community residence for adults with developmental disabilities.
I did learn a lot, and it fell into the category of 'an honorable job that I enjoy' but
My father was worried about me, and
He was worried that I would never go back to college, so
I told him that I was taking classes at Brooklyn College during the day, since
I worked a split shift.
That was a big fat lie, and eventually
I went back to college, and to grad school, and then
I went back to college again, and then to grad school again.

Has he caught on yet?

[Chancie]

Originally Posted by tapu

Has he caught on yet?

That was 30 years ago.

Until he died about five years ago, he had bigger fish to fry, like why his older daughter's female partner had a firmer handshake than he did, and why my sister wasn't married to the man with whom she lived. <-- joke

[tapu]

Originally Posted by Chancie

I told my mother that the car wouldn't start if she didn't buckle her seat belt.

Well. That's... quite the turn-about. Either Mom would believe anything or I'm just coming up on a generational difference.

>;-)

[Peach]

When I was in high school, I had taken a year out, and was doing home schooling. I had to go up to the school to meet a friend for lunch, she was in the gym class and I was waiting there for her. The teacher asked if I wanted to participate, I said no, she pushed it and I told her I had been in a car accident, and had two plates in each leg, and couldnt. She let it go. I went back the next year, and in the spring, I was wearing shorts, and she saw me, and noticed I had no scars on my legs. I had to make up almost a years worth of PE classes in a month!

[The_Lady_Snow]

My parents till this day don't know how many concerts I've gone to when I was "spending the night at Raquel Padilla's house".

Sometimes I get uncomfy when they say they wished they would of not been so strict

[moxie]

When I was in kindergarten, I had a weird freckling on my arm that everyone would ask about and I told everyone that I had been bitten by a raccoon.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by puregrrl

When I was in kindergarten, I had a weird freckling on my arm that everyone would ask about and I told everyone that I had been bitten by a raccoon.

O-Kay. My personal interpretation of that is that you were kind of whacked as a kid. But hey! That's not a bad thing! The whacked among us are also the most interesting among us.

I had a birthmark on my chest when I was little and in a pool or whatever people sometimes thought my nipple was sticking out. So when I got old enough not to be mortified, if someone asked me about the birthmark, I would say it was an extra tit.

[*Anya*]

I did not lie much as a kid because I am a terrible lier & always got caught. My parents were extremely strict-dad a Marine Drill Instructor (u get the picture). I rarely was allowed out. Finally, one night they let me go "study" with my best friend and spend the night @ her house. We went to a party with a bunch of older kids (bad judgment but that's what happens when one is allowed zero freedom). It was @ a hotel. It got raided by the Police-too much noise-I was underage & they hauled me to the station. They wanted to call my parents. I was much more afraid of my parents then the police so I told them I was married & my husband was in Vietnam. I lied all night because I thought my parents would be even more upset to be awakened at 3:00AM, than in the morning. Finally, @ 8:00AM I 'fessed up. Parents freaked & yep, another 6-weeks of restriction! I lived my teen years on episodes of 6-weeks on restriction ranging from big things like the police to getting a "C" instead of an A in a subject.

[Medusa]

My little sister got into a bad habit of flipping the bird when she was 3 years old. (It wasnt me! I had brothers!!)

Well, imagine all of our horror when she flipped the bird to our youth minister at church one Sunday!

My step-mom was in the hospital at the time with a severe issue and had already been gone for about a month and was scheduled to be gone for another few weeks so my step-sister and I devised a plan to get baby sis to stop flipping the bird before the step-mom got home from the hospital.

Step-sister and I would "play fight" with one another and instead of flipping each other the bird, we would put our index finger and thumb together in an "ok" sign and then hiss and "Ooooooooh" at one another as if it was the WORST thing that could ever happen in the history of humankind!

Eventually, baby sis caught on that the "ok" sign was so much worse than flipping the bird that she started making the "ok" sign instead of the bird whenever she was mad. So basically she thought she was doing something really bad and commenced giving the "ok" sign to anyone who would look. This went on for a few years and people would often look at her like she was nuts but at least there were no explanations required about why a 3-year-old was flipping the bird.

Don't know if that counts as a lie but it sure worked

[tonaderspeisung]

Originally Posted by puregrrl

When I was in kindergarten, I had a weird freckling on my arm that everyone would ask about and I told everyone that I had been bitten by a raccoon.

i have a little chunk nicked out of the back of my head - i've told my nieces and nephews that when i was their age i did not keep my room clean and as a result rats nibbled on my head while i slept - maybe i'll try raccoon with the new wee one

[princessbelle]

When i was in high school my curfew was 11. Way too early.

So, one night my best friend Sandy told her mom she was spending the night with me, as i told my parents i was staying with Sandy.

We just haddddddddd to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show like all the other kids.

It started at midnight. Which was great, had a blast. Problem was after the show was over then what. It was winter, we didn't exactly plan past the "event".

We ended up spending the night in the parking lot and waking up turning the car on every once in awhile to heat it. Finally about 4 am we went to Krystal and heated up in the bathroom where they had those heat hand dryers. We were misreable and cold and no blankets, no pillows and no nothing.

Lack of planning. Not a good thing.

Oh and as far as what i told my kids? Gosh. I remember one thing for sure. If they cried it would thunder. To this day they both hate storms. Ooops.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by princessbelle

When i was in high school my curfew was 11. Way too early.

So, one night my best friend Sandy told her mom she was spending the night with me, as i told my parents i was staying with Sandy.

We just haddddddddd to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show like all the other kids.

It started at midnight. Which was great, had a blast. Problem was after the show was over then what. It was winter, we didn't exactly plan past the "event".

We ended up spending the night in the parking lot and waking up turning the car on every once in awhile to heat it. Finally about 4 am we went to Krystal and heated up in the bathroom where they had those heat hand dryers. We were misreable and cold and no blankets, no pillows and no nothing.

Lack of planning. Not a good thing.

Oh and as far as what i told my kids? Gosh. I remember one thing for sure. If they cried it would thunder. To this day they both hate storms. Ooops.

I laughed all the way through that. Kids never do plan even a second beyond their fondest desire.

I think "If you cry, it will thunder" rivals my "Uh-oh, no ice cream!" in terms of wicked mama stuff.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

My parents till this day don't know how many concerts I've gone to when I was "spending the night at Raquel Padilla's house".

Sometimes I get uncomfy when they say they wished they would of not been so strict

You can tell them, "Good news: no harm done!"

Er, there was a real Raquel Padilla, yes?

[The_Lady_Snow]

Originally Posted by tapu

You can tell them, "Good news: no harm done!"

Er, there was a real Raquel Padilla, yes?

oh yes, she was my cover for all things music

[tapu]

Originally Posted by Peach

When I was in high school, I had taken a year out, and was doing home schooling. I had to go up to the school to meet a friend for lunch, she was in the gym class and I was waiting there for her. The teacher asked if I wanted to participate, I said no, she pushed it and I told her I had been in a car accident, and had two plates in each leg, and couldnt. She let it go. I went back the next year, and in the spring, I was wearing shorts, and she saw me, and noticed I had no scars on my legs. I had to make up almost a years worth of PE classes in a month!

Oh, baby, you're not supposed to get caught!

I told lies like that in high school all the time, too, and invariably it would be so outrageous that I'd get caught in it. I once told my teacher I was going to Europe, when really I was just going to Cleveland. She asked me all these detailed questions about the trip and I had to 'fess up.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by Debby

Our kids and nieces believed that the car had a safety feature and if you didn't buckle up or unbuckled the car would die.

Ha ha! I should have told that one. Then I could have threatened them less.

Now, did they think the car would die, as in not run? Or did they think the car would die?