Lies You've Told

[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.

[tapu]

Originally Posted by Anya/Georgia

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.

This was going along in the pretty standard teenage way until... you told them you were married and your husband was in Vietnam???

You may not lie much, but you make up for it in audacity!

[TickledPink]

In high school, my friend got a new (to her) Camaro with a scoop on the hood. We ditched school one day and took the car out for a spin. We ended up at the lake and I decided to ride on the hood of her car.

She had just waxed it. We were tooling along down a gravel road to the lake when she and my other friend decided it would be funny to scare me and hit the gas a bit. Welllllllllllll...........Instead of hitting the gas she accidentally hit the brakes instead and I went sailing off the car onto the gravel road.

I landed knee first and crushed my kneecap.

Fast forward to the emergency room when my mother came in and we told her I did it playing volleyball in PE. She believed it until the day she died!

[Andrea]

Let me see.... I told a few exes it was me when I was really breaking up because of them....

I told my mother someone hit her car in the grocery store parking lot so my little brother didn't get yelled at, forever, over a small scrap from a wall.

I have told many people yes, that looks good or fine on you.

I lied once to a waterbed salesman so I could get a new heater for free. Not a good excuse but I was a poor single mother at the time and the bed was really cold without a working heater.

Andrea

[The_Lady_Snow]

I told the Mormons knocking on my door I worshiped Beelzebub and hissed so they would leave me alone....

[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

[tapu]

Originally Posted by 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

Oh, it counts. Have you told her about it? I assume she doesn't remember.... On the other hand, she's not out there still "flipping the OK" at other drivers, right?

[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