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Today’s topic is “6 of the worst lies you’ve ever told.” You can answer this with a list of 6 words, 6 phrases, 6 sentences, 6 paragraphs, 6 photos, 6 videos, etc . . .
I’ve always wondered, if the little lies are white, then what colors are the big ones? This week’s topic was hard for me because I am a pretty blunt person as an adult. I rarely lie because I don’t really care if other people judge me. I think the time in my life that I’ve probably lied the most was during my adolescent years and early adult years. That was when I wanted to do what I wanted to do, but I still sought my parent’s approval. I also would lie to spare a person’s feeling that I did not know well.
Here are my six . . .
1) When I was 9, I changed a grade on my report card because I was scared to death that I had earned my first B. That was when the report cards were filled in by hand by the teachers. I told my parents that I erased it and tried to rewrite it because it wasn’t clear what the letter was. They believed me too. I had to tell the truth the next quarter because the previous term’s grades were carbon printed on the current term’s. Hey, I was only 9 and I couldn’t think that far ahead.
2) When I was 20 or 21, I use to tell my parents that my contacts were hurting my eyes too much so that I could not drive home and I had to spend the night at my boyfriends.
3) When our cat Lucy passed away in 2007, I told our son (who just turned 3 at the time) that she was just too sick to come home and that she went to live in a place where she didn’t feel sick anymore and she got to play with other animals all day long. I tried to soften the blow, but eventually I had to tell him the truth about a year later. Even though I told my son that she was not going to come home again, he kept asking about her and hoping that she would even an entire year later.
4) I’ve told my MIL that I’ve liked her gifts to us when I really didn’t many times. She gave us a statue of a grizzly bear wearing a red plaid shirt and carrying a hatchet once. Umm . . . has she seen our house? We’re going for the Pottery Barn/Pier One look . . . not log cabin chic!
5) I have told parents that their babies were cute before when I really didn’t think so. Come on!! All babies are beautiful, but they are NOT all cute!
6) I feel terrible about this one and I know I am the only woman in the world who would do this, but I’ve lied to my husband about not feeling well when I wasn’t in the mood to DTD.
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who isnt guilty of number 6?! lol
Ive never changed my grades before in middle school, i never had to change my grade, but in highschool- i should of!
bloggymommy3 wrote:
You would have if you had my parents. School was everything and getting a “B” was the same as getting an “F”.
Shan @Last Shreds Of Sanity wrote:
I couldn’t get it to work for me either.
Does anyone know what the blog on #3 is? The link wont work for me…
Oh dear..is it bad that my lies are going to be *lies* because my REAL lies..my parents would read & disown me?? LOL
Well.. not lies, but I’m sticking to the *tamer* things ..my BIGGEST lies are naughty, LOL!!
Ha! I do that with my mother-in-law too. I think she just looks for junk around her house to give me.
Too funny! I don’t think I ever changed any grades but I should have. lol
Ooooh Karen, I can’t believe you tried to change your grade. That is too funny!
LOL! I think we all should admit to #6! I didn’t even think of that as being a lie.
I have never done #6. HA! Well, maybe once.
This was a hard week!
I forgot the, “I like your gift one”. I’ve definitely done that a few times.
I think #6 is standard issue to wives…LOL
And number 4? I usually tell them there is something wrong with it to try to get the reciept so I can exchange/return it. If that doesn’t work, because my In-Laws seem to think that you must keep whatever gift they give you , no matter what, I will find out where they bought it and return it for store credit. They honestly have the WORST taste in…well, EVERYTHING!!
I think we are all guilty of #6 once in awhile!