RegGuheert Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) I noticed a couple of lies in the other thread that I have told MomsintheGarden: "If we let our babies sleep in our bed, we'll never get them into their own beds, and it will ruin our marriage." (I STILL believe that even though it works fine for those OTHER people.) "Yes, I will do whatever chore." Edited July 23, 2016 by RegGuheert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "I'll be there in a minute; I just need to look up one more thing online." :lol: 39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I just need to stop at one store. (In my defense- when I say that to DH, I sincerely mean it. I just remember we need to stop other places after we are out and about.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I'll be there in a minute. I think I tell this one every single day of my life. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 (In my defense- when I say that to DH, I sincerely mean it. I just remember we need to stop other places after we are out and about.)Same with my "lie" about chores. But the fact is that sometimes I mean it more than other times. In the end, if I don't do the chore, the promise becomes a lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I just need to get one thing at Target. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 It only cost around $50. :lol: Dh now rounds up.......a lot. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I just need to get one thing at Target. You beat me to it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I just want to look, I don't need any more yarn. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnE-girl Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I can be ready in 20 minutes. I've told that lie more times than I'd like to admit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I only need a few things from the store. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 From now on I'll read more books than I buy. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tita Gidge Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "So soddy, I no speek da Engrish." :leaving: 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 My phone must not be working right. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Only recently since I got overwhelmed with work and life: "That will go out tonight." (I always mean it when I say it, but then night comes and I'm exhausted ....) "Okay." (Actual meaning: I don't intend to fight with you about it, but as soon as I am out of your sight I'm doing what I want.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooksandBoys Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "So soddy, I no speek da Engrish." :leaving: Hah! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooksandBoys Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I'll share those tortilla chips with you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 The dried squid was delicious. :ack2: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Solicitor calls or whatever, or knocks on the door, I tell them I do not live here, I am just the babysitter. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) To the meat truck guy: we're vegan. Edited July 23, 2016 by fraidycat 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnE-girl Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 For telemarketers: I'm sorry, my husband makes all the financial decisions for our family. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddlepatedMonkeyMama Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 To my husband: "The kids must have eaten it." To my kids: "Dad must have eaten it." 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I've told people that I don't care or that stuff doesn't bother me. I usually care and pretty much everything bothers me. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Oh yeah, "she doesn't live here" has been used more than once. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "I'm working." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I can be ready in 20 minutes. I've told that lie more times than I'd like to admit. A variation, as we do renovation jobs. "It will only take 20 minutes." This is our joke now. Paint a room? 20 minutes. Build a wing on to the house? 20 minutes. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I've told people that I don't care or that stuff doesn't bother me. I usually care and pretty much everything bothers me. I appreciate this honesty. I lie to myself. I tell myself I don't care, as well as say, "It's ok" when someone levels an A-bomb on me or my family. I don't mean to lie to myself but sometimes that is the only way to survive. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "So soddy, I no speek da Engrish." :leaving: Wish I could pull that one off. ;) I do have one family member who can, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I appreciate this honesty. I lie to myself. I tell myself I don't care, as well as say, "It's ok" when someone levels an A-bomb on me or my family. I don't mean to lie to myself but sometimes that is the only way to survive. Yeah it's more like, "I wish this didn't bother me so maybe I can convince myself that it doesn't." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "Oh I'm sorry, I totally forgot." I rarely forget anything, but sometimes I just don't do something because I don't want to. This reason just doesn't seem as nice. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Yeah it's more like, "I wish this didn't bother me so maybe I can convince myself that it doesn't." Lately, I have been saying out loud when the awful stuff starts coming, and right along with it, awful potential scenarios that haven't even happened. "I control my thoughts." It really works and shuts off that train right away most of the time. And, the Christian version: "Have no anxiety about anything, but with everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which passes all understanding will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 A lie I say to dh on the regular: As I'm going into a quilt store- "I'll be out in a few minutes" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I need to go by Costco, but all I'm buying is groceries. I'm definitely going for a run in the morning. Lately: We're starting school for sure on Monday. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I must check with my husband before I commit to this. My husband makes all those decisions. I am only picking up milk and bread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) I've told people that I don't care or that stuff doesn't bother me. I usually care and pretty much everything bothers me.That's one I've said a fair bit too. I consider it social graces more than lying but that's probably just to make myself feel better :p I've also told people that being a mom to a larger family is just as difficult as to their smaller one and we each have our challenges. While the latter is true, the former is pretty much nonsense - more small kids is SO much more difficult than one or two. I feel like I'm on a vacation with just the two or three youngest around and my older kids alone are a cakewalk. While adding more children isn't impossibly hard, it's a heck of a lot more juggling and work than a smaller number of kids. But I can't bear to agree with the self effacing martyr nonsense either, so I tend to just try to make them feel better. Edited July 23, 2016 by Arctic Mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 For telemarketers: I'm sorry, my husband makes all the financial decisions for our family. I say that but it's totally the truth! Makes me glad I have the out :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "One more chapter..." "Sorry I missed you. I didn't hear the phone ring." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "Your kid behaved just fine today! Why, you're so lucky that your kid is such a darling!" (Lies, all lies! But if I agree to take a kid's friend out (or a friend's kid) on a fun outing, I don't believe in tattling to their parents unless the behavior was really over-the-top.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "So soddy, I no speek da Engrish." :leaving: I wish this would work for my type. Maybe I could pretend to be Swedish or something. I have thought about pretending to be deaf a couple of times, mostly when those kiosk people try to accost me in the mall. I have faked a British accent a couple of times at a food drive-thru, just to amuse the kids and myself. It was jolly good fun. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "Oh I'm sorry, I totally forgot." I rarely forget anything, but sometimes I just don't do something because I don't want to. This reason just doesn't seem as nice. I saw a little button (a piece of flair pin) that said, "I'm sorry I'm late; I didn't want to come." :D 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "Yes, grandma, the chicken was wonderful!" Thankfully she did not see me hiding pieces in my napkin because it was nearly raw. Also thankful her cooking privileges were revoked shortly thereafter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 "I'm sorry, she's not home right now. Can I take a message?" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 If we get just one more bookcase, then I promise we won't have this mess on the floor/table/whatever. I wish this would work for my type. Maybe I could pretend to be Swedish or something. I could (well, Dutch, not Swedish), but doesn't everyone know that all Western Europeans speak English just fine because they make us learn it in school and all the TV is in English with Dutch subtitles? More importantly, having two kids rambling on and on in English with me doesn't help my case. "Nee, sorry, ik spreek geen Engels, en dit zijn niet mijn kinderen*" probably wouldn't go over that well. *No, sorry, I don't speak English, and these are not my kids. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I didn't mean to lie but... "All kids are capable and should be potty trained before second birthday" "If you don't bring toys or snacks to church your child will understand it is not playtime. Set the standard for behavior and child will reach it. Toddlers should sit in mass with nothing but a religious book." I was a young mom with a very compliant first child. I am mortified that I spouted that stuff. Subsequent children humbled me. Other moms must have hated me. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I say that but it's totally the truth! Makes me glad I have the out :) Yep I'm pretty sure telemarketers think that women's liberation in the west is all a myth... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I didn't mean to lie but... "All kids are capable and should be potty trained before second birthday" "If you don't bring toys or snacks to church your child will understand it is not playtime. Set the standard for behavior and child will reach it. Toddlers should sit in mass with nothing but a religious book." I was a young mom with a very compliant first child. I am mortified that I spouted that stuff. Subsequent children humbled me. Other moms must have hated me. I had that first perfect child too. Oh, if I had only known. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaniemom Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 To the meat truck guy: we're vegan. I've used this one before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Listen, I think we all know that first time mothers will say anything. So will grandmas. We all tune it out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waa510 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I don't mind at all! (I so mind. I really do.) It's really not that bad, Anyone can homeschool. (When I'm tired of hearing someone drone on and on about how they could never, ever homeschool and just want the tirade to end.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I'll be up (to bed) or down (from bed) in a "few minutes".... few is a subjective word, right? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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