The Prompt: Have you ever lied and felt bad about it? What happened?
I think this is worded kind of funny. Everybody has lied and felt bad about doing it. For me growing up, lying hasn't been an outright lie, such as "I did my homework" when I actually didn't. I didn't say that I did or did not do something. This lets my parents assume that I did do it. It's still lying because it's not the truth.
One of the best examples I have of this is a bad thing I did when I was in about fifth or sixth grade. My mom kept telling me to do my book report, but I hated doing them at that age. I put off doing it when I was supposed to. All that time, she had assumed I was working on it. A month passed and the deadline approached. She asked me about the report, and I sheepishly said I didn't do it. My mom was mad, with good reason. The worse part was the lecture she gave me about the wrong I had done. I had never felt so guilty about not doing my work. I was sent up into my room to work on the paper at once. Later, she talked me to make sure I understood the wrong I had done and that everything was okay. I completely understood and never procrastinated a paper that badly again.
I used to hate any sort of writing assignment. xD
ReplyDeleteI remember when I was a kid, my parents would get mad at me for not doing something and make me stay in my room until I got it done. Or ground me until I got it done.
Just because I was stubborn, I would pretend I wasn't doing it, when I really was. They would ask me if I was doing it, and I'd say no. Then later on I'd leave the finished report somewhere where they'd find it.