Lies My Parents Told Me

[ciphergoth]

meta asks for stories of lies your parents told you, here:

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=meta&itemid=119465

I thought this was an interesting question worth propogating!

My parent's weren't the sort to lie, but I've come to realise that a lot of the things my Dad told me that I took on faith were a bit misconcieved. He believed that a stitch from running was the result of ribs rubbing up against each other. It wasn't 'till years later that I got a stitch again and realised that it couldn't possibly be that and it felt much more like a muscle cramp...

Now it's your turn. Tell us about a bizarre or stupid lie your parents told you.

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I remember catching my mum out with the tooth fairy, and then inferring that Santa and the Easter Bunny didn't exist. Damn she had a lot of explaining to get out of that one as I really played it up. 'You mean you LIED to me? You've been lying all this time? How could you?'

I caught her by pretending to be asleep with my hand under my pillow holding the tooth and when she put her hand underneath I grabbed her hand and screamed 'Help' for added effect. I think she seriously thought that I had been scared out my mind