As a kid, and I’m sure this happened to a lot of us you lied. I know I did, in fact I can remember lying about my Dad’s military position to secure a place in a group of kids. But heck, how were they ever going to find out my Dad wasn’t a super secret spy/code cracker? They would actually have to ask him, after knowing full well that he would have to kill them if they did. It was a total win on my side.

Then there were the lies that had the potential to blow up in your face. The ones that could be verified and found to be completely false. I don’t remember any of my own off the top of my head, but I’m sure I’m guilty of it. Just like my own kids who will occasionally lie about something only for me to bust them about it later - it usually involves the room clean up, and goes something like this:

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