Question #19 from "The KIDS Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.
When did you get yourself in the biggest mess by telling a lie?
What do you think would have happened if you had just told the truth?
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When I was a teenager, I told some completely made-up stories about a girl in school that made her look very bad. I had to fess up and apologize to everyone involved, includinh her and her parents. Hardest thing I ever did or hope to do.
It taught me a huge lesson about lieing.
Gosh, I really can't remember. I probably did when I was younger.
I used to get "boyfriends" mixed up and make up stories about why I could or couldn't go out with them.
I never have liked to lie or liked people who lie. I just tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may.
I can't really say I've ever had this problem...maybe? I do remember one time my mom, my sister, my brother and I came home from shopping and I think I had something. I said I got it for free. Of course my mom didn't believe me...I really didn't either. She took me back to the shop (the darned thing had a price tag on it!!!). I had to give it back and apologize to the store. As you would know it, there was a police officer there too. He lectured me about theft and lies. He told me that prisons are filled with people who lie and steal--that's all they do. Scared the pants off me! Consequently, I now feel (and for most of my life felt) that the hand of God will come out of the sky and point at me if I lie or steal. I just don't do it!
WATCHED MY BROTHER TRY TO LIE TO MY FATHER AND RIGHT AFTER HE TRIPPED HIMSELF UP......"DAD SAID
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MAN BORN THAT COULD REMEMBER HIS FIRST LIE
AFTER HE TOLD THE SECOND"
THAT'S WHY I NEVER BOTHERED WITH LIES, NEVER PAID ANY CONSEQUENCES
FOR TELLING THE TRUTH EITHER.
TEST 1
THIS THING KEEPS SAYING "INCORRECT
PASSWORD" CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY??????
I DON'T LIKE BEING "ANONYMOUS" BUT
THAT IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN IMPART MY WISDOM.
By not confronting my parents with the level of my brothers drug and alcohol abuse and trying to help him myself, I was in fact, "enabling" him to continue to get worse. And each time I bailed him out of trouble, I lied to myself, thinking he was going to change.(Yes, we even tried an Alcohol and Drug Rehab) I finally had to take a "tough love" approach with him and he landed in prison for 3 years for DUI's and breaking probation. I guess this wasn't "my mess" per se, but I've felt guilty about it for a long time for not acting more quickly.
I suppose I feared losing my brother's love if I had just gone to my parent's. I was also afraid of "dumping" too much trouble on them as they were going through a lot of stuff themselves. However... Lesson learned!
Anonymous- have you tried using the "Login" feature? I don't "blog" but I signed up as "other".
I don't actually remember what the issue was, but in 1st grade I did something bad and the teacher wanted me to stay after school. At the end of the school day I asked her if I could go to the bathroom and instead, I went and hid behind the bus.
The teacher came out looking for me and I managed to stay out of her sight, then got on the bus and went home.
Needless to say ... she had already called my Mom ... and I got heck when I got home ...
I remember my first lie, so I must not have told my second one!!
Honesty is my best policy!!
i said something about this girl in one of my classes and it ended up getting around the whole school
As a child we always went into town on Saturday to bank, shop and visit with friends. This one Saturday we were going through the check-out line and on the counter I saw some small packages with a sign---I thought it said FREE! Now I wasn't yet old enough to go to school and couldn't read! My parents were visiting with friends and I showed their little girl what I had and told it they were free...didn't even know what it was! My Dad asked what I had in my hand--I showed him and he asked where I had gotten the razor blades and I told hime they were free....well he told me to "march myself back into the store and return them NOW"---I remember crying and begging him to do it for me...NO you HAVE to do it yourself!! Took me many little steps to finally return the package, the lady was very nice..told me in the future isf she had something free she would give it to me and not to just take things. The trauma of that day has stayed with me and glad I learned the lesson at an early age!
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