The Time I Lied To My Mom

Let me tell you a story, a story about the time I lied to my mom. Here is a big surprise…it wasn’t a good idea. I think I was in 8th grade when this happened, and it really was something so little, if I had talked to my mom about it I would’ve avoided getting in trouble. When you’re in middle school, you get excited for a snow day,–actually I’m a senior in high school and I still get excited about snow days.

Well, since we figured we were going to have a snow day, my mom let my best friend Lindsey come over, her dad brought her over at about 8:00 pm. I guess you could say it was kind of late, but our party was just getting started. At the time, Lindsey had a middle school boyfriend, he was best friends with my friend. We decided we were all going to hangout, mind you I didn’t ask my mom .

So, the next morning, we had the snow day we had been betting on. Lindsey and I went to the barn and did chores, we told me mom we were going to go for a walk (in the snowstorm). We left my house and headed for the woods, we ended up meeting them not too far from my house. We went exploring through the woods, we also went in and explored an semi-abandoned drug house up the road from my house. We were gone for about four or more hours, my mom kept texting me asking where I was, of course I was paranoid about getting in trouble. I said it a few times, but my friends always assured me, it was fine, and that I needed to stop worrying so much. I of course listened.

When we got back to my house, we were of course a little cold, my mom was at the island making some needhams. I was so paranoid, but when she asked if we had fun, we said we did, and that was that. On the bus, the three of us talked about it on the bus, I couldn’t believe we had gotten away with it! Lindsey told her parents, they were okay with it, so I figured my mom would be okay since Lindsey’s parents were okay with us meeting up with the boys to hangout in the woods. I know, it sounds kinda sketchy or bad when I put it like that. The difference with me was, I had never lied to my mom like that before. I was on edge making sure I didn’t slip up and tell her, it was to the point I was stressing about letting it slip out, but eventually I did let it slip.

One night, my sister, mom and I were fooling around, and a joke was made, I just nervously laughed and tried to hurriedly walk downstairs. As soon as I gave my mom that nervous laugh and I wouldn’t make eye contact, she knew I lied. Let me tell you I have never been more scared of my mom than I was in that moment. Yes, I did get yelled at, but I had made her worry because we were gone so long, and because she suspected that that’s what we were up to, but didn’t think I’d do it. I of course was punished, I lost my phone for a week and I thought it was the end of the world. I got kind of mad that my friends didn’t get into trouble, but they didn’t lie to their mom, I did.

So in the end, here’s a piece of advice don’t lie to your mom because mom’s know everything. After that incident three or four years ago, I haven’t lied to my mom, I don’t like lying, it’s a very bad quality for someone to have. It took me a very long time to earn my mom’s trust back, it’s not a very good feeling to lose someone’s trust that is important to you. You want people to trust you because that’s a good key to getting more freedom. So, don’t give in just talk to your parent, it’s way easier than getting in trouble.