Do you tell a lie to avoid punishment?

[Starmix]

When I was a kid, I told a lie to my father. I was so afraid to get whipped hehehe. Our big antique jar was broken and it was me the culprit. We all assembled in front of my father. And it was my turn to answer, I said "No"But I was shaking in fear. My dad is a military official and we were always sanctioned with a militaristic style . I felt so sorry for the antique jar. I was young at that time age 11. What about you?

 

[AruneBend]

Yes everybody lie at some point but it's not crazy lies or something like that I used to lie a lot when I was a kid but now I don't lie as much

 

[Starmix]

Yes everybody lie at some point but it's not crazy lies or something like that I used to lie a lot when I was a kid but now I don't lie as much

To tell a lie needs an art to avoid getting caught at. This time I'm afraid to tell a lie.

 

[Alberello75]

This of lying to not be punished especially by my father, I did too when I was a child / teenager. Today, however, at the age of 48, if I make a mistake of any kind, it's only right that I take my responsibilities in this regard.

Note: I think I understand what it means to have a military father. A friend of mine, now in her eighties, said the same thing about punishment when she was a child. Her father was a Marshal of the Italian Finance.

 

[Starmix]

The same way to my father. Telling a lie is inevitable if there's a bad consequence if tell the truth.

 

[Raja]

Yes I was used to do that at school

 

[Starmix]

Yes I was used to do that at school

I have not done it at school only outside school and at home hehehe.

 

[AruneBend]

Yes I was used to do that at school

Me too I believed everyone did sometimes like that in school or other places it happend many times for me I'm not proud of it tho

 

[Starmix]

Because we were young at that time of lying, there is no guilt felt

 

[Stardom22]

For me it depends on the circumstances. I can sometimes do so if that is the only way out for me to go away with something or the situation at hand.

 

[Starmix]

Actually, I lied to my family last week just t escape a bully

 

[cherry123]

No maybe When I was a kid, but no more

 

[Starmix]

Actually I cannot avoid to tell a lie to my family. I have a young niece pregnant at 19 and she's now living with a guy at her age graduating and I'm sending my niece financial support because I pity her and I love my niece. It's a circumstance that leads her to be morally wrong. My sisters don't want me to send my niece financial support. What shall I do with my money when there's a niece in need of it badly. I don't understand them it's my money not theirs. I better tell a lie to avoid grudges from them.

 

[cherry123]

Yesh sometimes a little white lie here or there wouldn't hurt right ?

 

[Starmix]

That is how to avoid conflict within the family.

 

[olaniyi]

When I was young I do that

 

[Starmix]

Almost all kids tell a lie hehe.

 

[SHAHID987]

I avoid to tell a lie, whether I will get some sort of punishment or not. The important point is when we started telling lie it becomes part of our life and when people found us as a lier then they started avoiding us.

 

[misha]

Yes when i was a kid i use to tell lie to avoid punishment

 

[Starmix]

It is not good to tell a lie when you are already mature. You can already adjust.