Don't tell Mom

[NoJo]

My fifty-four-year-old brother has just got himself a superbike, as part of his new lease of senility. He's wanted one ever since our parents refused to get him a Lambretta in 1967.

He made me promise not to tell our mother, to save her the anxiety.

I realised that we never stop lying to our parents, the poor dears. Which is a sobering thought when I look at my 15-year-old. For example, I never told my mother about a recent "ding" I had with my car.

What secrets to you keeep from your parents, not out of shame, but becuase you don't want them to worry about you?

 

[OhMissScarlett]

My fifty-four-year-old brother has just got himself a superbike, as part of his new lease of senility. He's wanted one ever since our parents refused to get him a Lambretta in 1967.

He made me promise not to tell our mother, to save her the anxiety.

I realised that we never stop lying to our parents, the poor dears. Which is a sobering thought when I look at my 15-year-old. For example, I never told my mother about a recent "ding" I had with my car.

What secrets to you keeep from your parents, not out of shame, but becuase you don't want them to worry about you?

In our family, it's Grandma we keep in the dark. She worries about everything and thinks anywhere with a population higher than 5000 is crime-ridden and dangerous.

Recently, our neighbor got arrested for growing loads of pot in his basement and when Grandma asked me is the address in the newspaper article was anywhere near us, I told her I didn't know where it was. I would never tell her that I was disappointed that I never got to know the neighbors better before they were carted off to prison.

 

[carsonshepherd]

My mom thought I was a virgin until I was like 21

 

[OhMissScarlett]

My mom thought I was a virgin until I was like 21

LMAO!
everyone knows you'restill a virgin.

 

[Liar]

Money. If I told m grandma that I was having problem paying the bills, she would throw cash at me. I don't mind being thrown cash at, but she lives on a pretty thin pension and can't afford that kind of grand-motherly instincts.

Other than that, nothing really. Most of the time, they are more likely to shock me than the other way around.

 

[impressive]

My mom thought I was a virgin until I was like 21

And mine thought I was getting laid LONG before I actually was.

 

[Guest]

i never out right lied to my mom...infact, everything came out in half truths until the whole truth was revealed....she knew i would tell her everything eventually.
the best thing was when i had to shower her and i said, "mom, i'm gay."
silence.
"i've always wanted a lesbian daughter."
we were bestest friends.

 

[fieryjen]

And mine thought I was getting laid LONG before I actually was.

Sounds eerily familiar.

 

[carsonshepherd]

i never out right lied to my mom...infact, everything came out in half truths until the whole truth was revealed....she knew i would tell her everything eventually.
the best thing was when i had to shower her and i said, "mom, i'm gay."
silence.
"i've always wanted a lesbian daughter."
we were bestest friends.

 

[minsue]

Nothing anymore. Actually, now I've gotten into the habit of telling my mother what I was really doing as a teenager (other than sex, I spare her most of that ). It's truly bizarre that I can still shock her. You'd think she'd learn.