"As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful." - June Jordan
Write about a time when you told a little white lie (or a big whopper) and got caught. What happened? If you are totally truthful all.the.time., how is that working out for you? Have you had any bad experiences by telling the truth?
Again, keep this light and fun! I don't need any deep, dark secrets revealed :-)
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When I was little I spilled a whole bottle of my mom's perfume. She just asked who did it and said that she wouldn't be mad if we would confess, but I was aftraid to tell her that it was me. She said that we couldn't go to the mall until one of us told her who did it. Since I wouldn't tell her it was me and Sam really wanted to go, she took the blame. I felt really bad about letting her take the fall.
ReplyDeleteUm, I can't really remember the last time I lied. I remember lying when I was little, but now if I do something wrong that I know is wrong I go up to my parents and tell them so I don't get in even more trouble if they find out from someone other than me. That is always a bad thing. When I tell my parents the truth, I do get in trouble a little bit, but I still have the trust of my parents, which is more important to me because trust is hard to regain once you lose it. Telling the truth always makes me feel better, and it feels like a huge weight is lifted off my shoulders. =)
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't remember the last time I told a little white lie. I don't think I have ever had a "big whopper" either. I am not saying that I am perfect and never lie, I juest don't remember. It seems that telling the truth is the best way to go because eventually you will have to lie again or get caught. Also, I think that sometimes little white lies are ok. If you don't want to be mean and you're not hurting anyone I guess that sounds bad, but it is true.
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Danielle
Well, I lie all the time without even knowing it; through my words and my actions. Everybody does it and nobody can deny that. We all act different around different people. For example, I would never be honest around somebody with a temper or attitude problems. If they start challenging me, then I just tell them what they want to hear and let them think they are what they are not. If they're conceited and are telling me about "how awesome they are" then instead of saying what I really think, I lie and tell them that it's soooooo cool that they could do such a thing.
ReplyDeleteI am also completely dishonest towards other certain people, "the unconfident" when they talk to me. I just let them talk and pretend to listen, and again tell them what they want, or need to hear. These are the people with confidence or emotional issues. There really are a lot of people I would rather not converse with
I don't know if this type of "lying to avoid conflict" is good or bad, but I only do it with people that I dont really want to talk to. I would never seriously lie to one of my friends about something thats bothering them, or about any of their talents, or about anything.
I lie to my sister sometimes, like if I take some of her clothes to wear and then she "catches" me, or if I eat some of her food. I just tell her I didn't do it... :)
ReplyDeleteSoemtimes I leave out details about things. Like if I'm at a place and then we go to do something else that I think my parents (especially my mom) might not approve of. NOT anything bad, just things like driving around or doing dumb stuff at Wal-mart or McDonalds... sometimes I feel like they make big deals about things like that so I don't tell them every little detail. BUT NOBODY TELL THEM!!!
All your secrets are safe with me!
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