A Guy with a Lie

There have been multiple times in my life when I have made mistakes, some more serious than others. I used to hang out with some people, that would make me want to lie to my parents and or even act up. These friends weren’t my friends I wanted to be friends with them because, for some reason, I was being a follower because I thought they were cool when they weren’t.

There was this one night when my friends went out to eat, and throughout the week we went out to eat, I didn’t eat a single thing at my house all week. My mom had just gotten home, and so had my dad they both had a rough day at work and at this point, I had not been listening to them and not caring. I soon got a call from my friends asking if I wanted to go out to eat, I said “I probably wouldn’t be allowed to because we have gone out to eat all week. They said, “Just lie to them and just come out to eat with us.” I thought I would try to ask them first to see if they would say yes so I went downstairs to ask and I said “Hey Mom do you think I could go out to eat for a little with my friends? I will be quick” she said, “No, you have been out all week with your friends its time to spend dinner at home with us.” My selfish self thought they were being annoying so I went upstairs. I eventually decided it would be a good idea to lie and make up a story and it worked, but not really at the same time. I got to the restaurant and before I went in I saw my dad following me in his car I immediately got nervous and fled out of the parking lot and raced home trying to play it off like I didn’t do anything wrong. I watched as the garage door opened and my dad walked into the house furious and incarcerated me.

Now after the fact that I did all that I feel embarrassed about it, I was selfish and ignorant. I would never do that again and I realized that the people I was hanging out with weren’t my real friends, and I stopped being friends with them. I guess I would say the point of this was to say don’t be selfish, spend time with your family while you still have them. You never know when people are going to pass away, be nice to your parents. I have been told by my parents multiple times growing up about “choosing good friends” friends that do things for you without thought friends that are there for you when you need help with things no matter what and since I am leaving soon for a career path that I won’t be around here for a long time I only know of one friend that is a real friend that would stay in contact with me till I get out. Last, but not least I have learned a valuable lesson choose good friends, ones that don’t use you or make you lie or be mean to your parents.”nature” by barnyz is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.