Tell me the dumbest thing you've lied about?

[Oneironaught]

The theme of honesty and trust has been on my radar as of late and got me thinking about the topic. What are some of the dumbest things you've lied about in your life? I'll start: When I was about 5 or 6 years old, I was walking around the apartment complex where we lived in Maryland. The maintenance man had just painted the utility shed where he stored the lawn equipment, tools, etc... When I got back home my Mom was waiting for me and she was p!ssed, to say the least. "Did you mess up the paint on the utility shed?" she asked. "No", I said. "Don't lie to me!" she insisted. "I'm not lying, Mom." The maintenance man had come and told her that he saw me messing up his paint job and of course I denied it. She told me to go look in the mirror. Well, the blue paint all over my clothes, arms, hands, face, and other body parts told another story. I was caught "blue-handed". How could I have been so dumb as to think my Mom was that stupid?

[In My Own World]

I scratched my friend's car by accident on the side of a wall and told him it wasn't me. Then when he opened the driver's door, my phone was lying on the seat. Must have fell out my pocket >_<

[Lonewolf]

In 5th grade I didnt understand how to do the math so I didnt do any of the homework so I lied that I did turn it in so the teacher thought it must have gotten lost. I continued to lie that i did turn it in even though she never go it. She told me to hand it to her directly instead of in the basket, but i didnt do that. She still believed me i think. pshHh I also lied to someone in class recently that I only got one hour of sleep, which was just a stupid made up excuse since i didnt feel like doing work.

[Mes Tarrant]

When I was in about 4th or 5th grade, I was friends with this younger girl who lived next door... well I had slightly pointy ears back then, and I told her I was an undercover elf so she would let me play with all her stuff. She was really excited about this and wanted to tell her mom, but I told her that she had to keep this a secret because otherwise Santa wouldn't give her any presents that year. So instead she went and told her that she and I had a secret. Later I went back home. Now her mom was ridiculously nosy and wouldn't leave the poor girl alone until she revealed this secret. Later in the evening she calls my parents and tells them that her daughter has been crying all over the place and wouldn't reveal our secret, and basically the mom was creating a huge fuss over nothing... so I had to come clean and tell her I wasn't a friggin' elf!! Maaaaan... some people just need to relax. :p

[Oneironaught]

Mes, that's funny as hell. That reminds me of one I had going when I was probably 9 or 10 or so. My Mom was babysitting some kid and I had the kid believing that I had magic powers. I told him some crap about aliens that came to visit me and that they gave me powers to do all kinds of crap. I forget the specific powers I claimed to have but, I had that poor kid going for a few weeks. What really convinced him was when I took a deck of playing cards and had him pick one. I just randomly guessed queen of hearts (I still remember that because I amazed myself) and it was the Queen of Hearts that he had chosen. It was just a completely blind guess but I was right. It was probably the fact that I loved the dumb Juice Newton song "Queen of Hearts" that made me guess that card. I figured if I guessed wrong then I'd make up some story about how he did something wrong that screwed up my ability to "see" his card. Actually, I think that's what started the whole thing to begin with. I was a really good nice kid but I did have my naughty side. I'm very honest now. Really. Seriously. I'm not lying. Stop looking at me like that.

[wasup]

HAHAHA that is great mes

[pj]

Interesting thread. Being an AA guy, brutal honesty is now a way of life for me, as my sobriety hinges on it. But man, did I do my share of lying before getting sober. One that comes to mind is when I blew the back end out of my dad's '68 Chevy with the 427 in it doing hole shots. "I don't know how it happened... it just broke." What an idiot I was.

[Amethyst Star]

When I was in about 4th or 5th grade, I was friends with this younger girl who lived next door... well I had slightly pointy ears back then, and I told her I was an undercover elf so she would let me play with all her stuff. need to relax. :p Oh, that story hits close to home, but that will remained locked in "The Vault" as I call it. I'd have to say the stupidest lie I ever told was in 4th or 5th grade (I'm noticing a pattern). There was a kid that I didn't care for much, so I kind of picked on him. I honestly don't even know why. Power trip? Who knows. Anyway, one time at recess I, for some reason, began to twist his arm until he cried out in pain. Naturally I got into trouble and when the teacher asked me why I twisted his arm, here was my response: "I only meant to twist it once." Um, I didn't get in too much trouble, but looking back on that I just have to think to myself, That's the dumbest thing I've ever said. I was a good girl, to be honest, but looking back, I did have a few moments where I was just really mean. It's wierd to remember some of this stuff, though. Mostly I stuck to myself. There was another time when I elbowed this kid in the back who was in front of me drinking from the drinking fountain. And it wasn't light... and I was not a small girl. (I didn't get caught for that...) Anyway, I think that as we grow up, many people don't stop lying, but they learn how to lie. I hate lying, personally... though sometimes I'll lie to myself, just for kicks and giggles... right?

[Clairity]

Wow.. I just remembered this! When I was in elementary school I had a best friend (bf) and I felt that she was starting to like another girl better than me. So I told my bf that this other girl had said all this horrible stuff about her and about her mother. I also told her not to tell the other girl I had told her.. as I had promised the other girl I wouldn't. Well the lies worked for a while.. until one day I came out of school and I saw the two of them talking. When they looked over at me.. I knew that the truth was out and I was screwed. When my now "ex" bf calmly walked up to me and asked me why I lied.. I said that I was afraid of losing her as a friend. She just looked at me and walked away. .