Lies your family told that you believed

[HumanoidTyphoon]

I was watching my brother going down the escalator and he was close to the ground he then proceded to jump really far and went way over the the metal thing at the bottom. I remembered that when I was younger my mother told me that the escalator would pull me under if I didn't jump off in time.

I'm sure I have more but I can't seem to think of any right now.

[Kuja's Light]

Being told that there is a Santa Clause and an Easter Bunny. I know, that's a normal thing, but still.....It counts.

[Youko Recca]

That it wouldn't hurt.

[Obi]

^I don't want to know.


Anyway, I can't think of any. My parents never even tried to make me beleive in Santa or the Easter Bunny or any of those things, and...really, I just can't think of any times they lied to me.

[Chime]

"there 's no such thing as monsters"

[ToOn~g@l]

I have a few that were just downright silly.

my mom never really liked having me eat at fast food joints and hated Burger King so everytime I would ask if we could go to Burger King she would say that the place was bad for me because the burger flippers would put their boogers into the burger and so I gave the fast food joint the name of Booger King because I believed her. I still rarely ever eat there to this day. (Sorry if I grossed any one out)

Another lie my mom told me was when we were at the supermarket and we were waiting in line for some deli meats. I was five or six at the time and this short old lady came up next to us to place an order. I looked at her and said. "Wow you're as tall as me." My mom then looked at me and said. "That's what happens when you eat too much sugar."

I think that's all of them.

[James]

I know my great grandfather was meant to have gone down in the 2nd World War on the Hood but my family is just working out he didn't - and that he didn't die and my great grandmother basically wanted to expell him from the family. The details are unclear, all we know is he did survive, and my grandfather who died before I was born when without a father figure for some unknown reason only known to my great grandmother.

Wicked and weird.

[Lord Dalek]

The usual Santa Claus stuff.

[Red X Unmasked]

That I was adopted.
She really said that.
Now this wouldn't really count as a lie or anything, but I find this down right wrong: when I was a baby, my mother used to dress me up in little pink bows and dresses because she really wanted a girl instead of a boy.
Yes I know....she loves me dearly.
Which is probably why she forgot what my middle name was going to be when I was born, so she just told the nurses forget, I just won't have one.
Boy am I the luckiest kid on earth.

[Watagashi]

Lies my family told me as a child.... Oy, I could rant on that for a loooooooong time. :sad: But I'm not gonna get into the depressing ones... I'll just stick to the lighter stories. ^^;; For instance, I remember when I was little, my great grandma would always tell me these lies like "If you don't pipe down and go to sleep, the Boogie Man'll getchya" or "If you keep making those faces, your face is gonna stick that way!" And my dad sorta did that thing for when a pet died or something and say that he gave them away to a nice lady who needed some pets or something. And... yeah, that's about it. :sweat:

[Kury Wagner]

Well, the only things my parents told me were the Santa and Easter Bunny lies. . . I never heard the "where babies come from" Stork or Cabbage versions. I got told the real thing first. . .

My sisters however. . . they're such great evil older sisters! :D They all tried to convince me at one time or another that I was adopted. . . and uh, I remember when I was like four they told me I was actually a boy, not a girl. . . Hehe, and then not really the same thing, but my sister Jenny taught me to say (when I was really young) that "I'm a crack baby and a dope fiend!" :anime: :anime: :D :gir: Yeah, they still laugh about that. . . so do I! Hehe. . . I'm trying to think what else they've told me, but I can't think. . .

[Gentleman Ghost]

My parents used to tell me that you grow taller from hiccupping.

They also told me that those white spots you get on your fingernails sometimes is a result from telling lies. Kinda ironic I guess.

[Jave]

Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, you know the drill.

[Eddie G.]

This story is not for the weak of stomach...



I had two guinea pigs when I was like four and basically one of them died (or he was really sick, I forget) and the other cannibalized it. So basically my parents let the cannibal guinea pig who was already going to be sick and die outside and told me both of them had died at the same time.

On the bright side I actually did have a dog who we sent to live on a farm upstate.

[Artimus Gigan]

that my biological parents were mentaly sane and stable people

ha but I kid....

I don't think my parents ever really lied to me about the Santa the easter bunny and stuff like that...I was terrified of them....so they eventualy told me the truth


I however have dirt on everyone in my family....so lets just say my weekly allowance is triple digits

[Calhoun07]

If you watch TV too closely, you will need glasses.

Your face will stay that way.

Babies are found on door steps.

I am loved.

[Obi]

Well, I still can't think of any lies MY parents told me, but I know of at least one my friend's parents told him.


He had a dog that he really loved, but the dog was pretty vicious to everyone outside his family. Heck, it almost bit me in the crotch once. So eventually his parents though enough was enough and they put it to sleep. However, instead of telling my friend the truth, they told him they were able to get the police to accept it and train it as one of those police dogs.


I think he still believes it to this day. :shrug:

[Mr. Pedro]

"We found your younger brother in a trash can"

"You are actually part Beluga Whale"

"Freddy Kruger lives in our basement"

"Your younger brother is actually a girl"

"Your Uncle Bobby is a Hobbit"

"Super Mario fixed our sink last month"

"Eating spinach makes you better at video games"

"I don't know what happened to the last bagel"

"Yes, I actually liked the Power Rangers movie"

"They hide monsters in the top of that Gothic Cathedral"

"Clowns are your friends"

"It will fall off if you don't stop playing with it"

[purplehairedwonder]

Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, normal stuff. And then there was my brother and sister.

- My brother and his friend always told me that it takes 7 years for swallowed gum to go through your system.
- In my room in my old house when I was little, my bed was facing the door and I kept the door open slightly and while my family was up, lights in the hall was on. The result was a weird shadow on my ceiling from the door corner. My brother and sister called it "the foot" because it sorta looked like one and they told me it was a monster and it scared me so much:p

[Kuja's Light]

If you watch TV too closely, you will need glasses.
That was ACTUALY originally believed widely, until it was discovered it wasn't true.

[Sandoz]

Besides the usual Tooth Fairy/Santa Claus business, my mom once told me around Easter that a rabbit I saw scampering in the backyard was the Easter Bunny. That made Little Sandoz's week.

[Peter Paltridge]

I've got you all beat. There was one time when my cousin took me into his room and then said in a quiet voice that he was not really my cousin; he was from the FBI and he would kill me if I ever told anyone. Since I was a lousy secret-keeper as a kid, I was convinced I was going to die and was shaking all the way home. It was only hours later that it crossed my mind he just might have been pulling my leg.

As far as Santa Claus goes, I had him ruined for me when my kindergarten teacher told me if I was bad ENOUGH, he would kidnap me, take me to the North Pole and force me to work with his elves for all eternity. Suddenly, he became a scary figure.

[Ray Pointer]

That hard work, thoroughness, and attention to detail was appreaciated in business, and that with becoming competent, you gain respect and advancement. And then I got into the Animation Field.:rolleyes:

[SilverKnight]

As far as Santa Claus goes, I had him ruined for me when my kindergarten teacher told me if I was bad ENOUGH, he would kidnap me, take me to the North Pole and force me to work with his elves for all eternity. Suddenly, he became a scary figure.What doped up crackhead of a principal hired that guy as a kindergarten teacher??

[Ben]

When I was like seven I was at my grandparents' farm and I wanted an iced Christmas tree cookie that my grandma had made, so my dad told me to wait and have it before I went to bed. Then they went into the room with the cookies and just sort of munched on them during bridge, and when I was in my PJs and asked for my Christmas tree cookie, my dad returned to the kitchen only to find they were all gone. So he brought me a star cookie. "This isn't a Christmas tree cookie," I said. So he said, "Yes, it is. It's a Christmas tree cookie --that's shaped like a star." "Oh!" I said, and ate it happily and went to bed. Or so I am told.

Semi-related-- My sister and dad and I were talking about how much dental work my sister had needed and how my teeth weren't so great either, and suggested that it was because all the calcium had gone to our brains instead. Then my brother (five at the time) came into the room and my dad turned to him and said, "You, however, have perfect teeth." He was delighted. When we let him in on it he actually got pretty mad-- I don't think he's quite forgiven us for that one-- though it's partially our fault because we do remind him of it every chance we get. :D

[Fone Bone]

I don't count Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny because I still believe in them.

"Those eye boogers? Sandman."

"Quarter under your pillow? Tooth Fairy. Now put that wrench down and let them fall out on their own."

"If you swallow your chewed fingernails they will get stuck in your heart."

"Anne Murray is a very good singer."

"It takes seven years for chewing gum to go through your digestive system."

"I love you no matter what."

"If you sit too close to the TV you'll go blind."

"You keep making that face and you'll look like your father."

"That is not a toy."

[The Guitar Slayer]

Hehe. My parents didn't believe in lying, apparently; they told me the truth to the point of being vicious. When they did say things that I suspected were untrue, I could never prove them and still can't. Some hits from back in the day:

"You're going to hell."

"No, we love you both equally."

"No, you're ugly." (Age 3, playing dress-up princess; their response to me asking "Do I look pretty?")

"We're VERY tolerant!"

[Rune]

swallowing cherry / plum stones meant they would grow inside your stomach :eek:

[Fieryone]

I was told that babies come from the mail man. Boy was I surprised!

[WingZombie38]

Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth fairy the usual.

Also, like the Mexicans, on the same day Italy celebrates "The Day of The Dead". I am not sure if they also have this tradition but: The older people [adults/parents/elder siblings/relatives/etc] set out a basket [or similar thing] with goodies likes fruit, candies, cookies, trinkets, etc. It's is something you find in your room [or in my case the kitchen] the day of the festival. How did it get there? My dead relatives brought me the goodies as a show for how much they still care.

It's anice little thing so you won't be afraid of ghosts or whatever but, yeah. I haven't gotten anything since I was 12. Can you believe I told my mom this year that I am still upset we don't get anything anymore? :o I think it is the sentiment involved. I never got to know any of my grandparents and this "falsehood" actually made me feel close to them as a child. Silly me, it gets me weepy to think of. :crying:

[HumanoidTyphoon]

I got Santa but none of the others. They even went as far as to have someone throw the Mantenna (http://www.he-man.org/primary_sects/toys/html/collector_guides/motu_class/toy_pages/mantenna.shtml) action figure I wanted outside the door. I was sure he was real after that.:sad:

My mother once told me that if I smoked because I had asthma I would die. I'm not sure if she meant years later like my father or right then and there but that's how I interpreted it.:sweat: I believed that for quite some time too.

[True Noir]

When I was three.

Mom and Dad, "We're just going to the doctor for a checkup."
Me, "I don't wanna go!"
Mom and Dad, "Please...."
Me, "No!!!!!"
Mom and Dad, "Fine, no more power rangers!"
Me, "Nooo!!!!!!"
Mom and Dad, "Then you have to go."
Me, "Okay. (sigh)"

hours later.....

Me, "OWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Mom and Dad, "It's okay. Just a couple shots."
(doctors hold me down)
Doctor, "All done. Now, wasn't that easy..."
Me, "NO!"

Me crying....for many minutes.....

Me, "Now where are we going?"
Mom and Dad, "We only have to do one more thing."
*We enter the surgery room.
Me, "What's going on?"
Mom and Dad, "Nothing dear."

*Doctor lays me down on bed and gives me a shot.
*I drift off to sleep
*Wake up ours later to find out that I had eye surgery and can barely see and not allowed to blink!!!
*Then the side effects come around. (vomiting, passing out, blah blah blah)

Now this happened to me twice! Worst lie ever!!!:mad: But I'm over it.:)

[Kury Wagner]

Wow Noir, that sucks. I never really complained about going to the doctor, so they had no reason to lie to me about that.

[True Noir]

Wow Noir, that sucks. I never really complained about going to the doctor, so they had no reason to lie to me about that.
Yeah. I've had some bad experiences with the hospital. Just makes me want to scream "jeepers creepers!".:sweat:

[Stardust]

My dad and uncle used to insist that when they were young, they didn't take the fish bones out of the fishes and got it stuck in their throats and almost choked to death.

My mom, who wears glasses, told me that she wore glasses because she was blind. Maybe I misinterpreted what she said because I thought she was BLIND but glasses somehow made her see again.

[Magentabeams]

I was a really gullible child. I still may be. But, my mom told me that there were teeny little people who live in the house. They were very had to see and catch. Knowing thatI believed her she mad a stuff little person and put it on the counter. The next day I went to Kindergarten, and told the whole class. Needless to say, non of the other kids believed me.

Also, she tricked me into believing a chipmunk named Sally was writing me note. Everyday I would write a letter to Sally and put it in a tree. A hour or so later, i would run to the tree to see if I got a letter back. It took me a good while to firgure out chipmunks can't write and that it was my mom all along. I was such a stupid child! :crying: lol!

HumanoidTyphoon, I think I saw something about an esclator doing that to a little boy on Rescue 911 when I was little. I ws scared too. :sweat:



Sarahanne

[Ryoutarou]

My family gave me the worst lies ever..really sick as well. When I was five, my mom told me that if I didn't go with her to a doctor check-up I would get shipped away to another family.(I was 5, so sue me).

When I was six I was told I was going to a friend’s birthday party, my mom drove me and me alone in the car for about two to three hours. I eventually fell asleep, when I woke up I was in another city that was about four hours from where I lived. We were in a doctor's office, the guy came up to me, my mom grabbed my arms so I wouldn't fidget...I got about two shots with those super thick needles...I wake up the next day...in a hospital bed, turns out I had been in surgery and I had two "tubes" placed in my head...I had these things for the next four years...

"You'll always be able to count on family"

"Of course we love you"

"You're dad's just on a vacation"

Ya, I got ton's of them

[OverdrivePrime]

Back when I was a lil' scrapper, I was worried that Santa wouldn't be able to get into our apartment to deliver presents because we didn't have a fireplace or chimney.

Knowing they had an incredibly gullible son, Mom and Dad fixed that right up. With construction paper, paper mache and paint, Dad made a pretty good looking fireplace on a wall next to the Christmas tree, while mom spun a story about how "Christmas Magic" would make the fireplace become real on Midnight at Christmas. That story held me for a solid 3 years, until we moved into a house with a chimney.

[JohnCrichton]

That story is so incredibly adorable and sweet that five of my teeth just spontaneously cracked and shattered.

.....wow, man. :)

[LastSonofKrypton]

This one's easy. My parents told me that if I just got my engineering degree, I wouldn't have to worry about finding or keeping a job and I'd be happy in my work.

Since I got my Bachelor's (and even after I got my Master's degree) in Engineering, I've been laid off of 4 jobs and half the time, I'm bored to tears in my work.

[LastSonofKrypton]

My family gave me the worst lies ever..really sick as well. When I was five, my mom told me that if I didn't go with her to a doctor check-up I would get shipped away to another family.(I was 5, so sue me).

When I was six I was told I was going to a friend’s birthday party, my mom drove me and me alone in the car for about two to three hours. I eventually fell asleep, when I woke up I was in another city that was about four hours from where I lived. We were in a doctor's office, the guy came up to me, my mom grabbed my arms so I wouldn't fidget...I got about two shots with those super thick needles...I wake up the next day...in a hospital bed, turns out I had been in surgery and I had two "tubes" placed in my head...I had these things for the next four years...

"You'll always be able to count on family"

"Of course we love you"

"You're dad's just on a vacation"

Ya, I got ton's of them


Geez...genuinely sorry to hear that, Blue. That goes beyond just normal parent screw-ups. That borders on downright cruelty.

[Haruhara]

this is a funny one, okay ... soo x.x;



When i was like, 3, and when I was in a restaraunt with my dad or the family, I would always ask why the food was taking so long to get here and my dad was like "They've gotta kill the cow first!" or "They've gotta kill the fish first!" orrrr "They've gotta kill that chicken first!" and i always believed him and i was like "uwaaaa wowww" XDD this went on till i was 9....;o;

[wrenchien]

santa claus.
the easter bunny.
that i'd ever need to go back to houston.
that my real dad would ever come back.
that my mom has never been hurt when she was a kid.
that my mean stepdad was going to be positive when he married my mom.
that they would live forever.
that i wouldn't live to be xx years.
and that most of all...
that i could have gone all my life...
and never have seen the world and still have been remotely happy.

and if they told me this one statement below.. it would have been the greatest lie ever..

.. you can never go back home again.

i once went back to my old house long ago.

who's to say i won't go back there again even to mock its existence?

[Peter Paltridge]

The old saying "you can never go home again" means you can never go back to EXACTLY how things were 20 or 30 years ago. If you returned to your old elementary school right now, would you recognize it? Barely.

This will illustrate my point better than anything: My grandparents have lived a long time. Many times, I stayed overnight at their house and ate a diet of peanut butter sandwiches for lunch, tunaloaf for dinner and french toast for breakfast. I remembered those days fondly and a couple years ago, I got to stay overnight again. And you know what, NOTHING had changed over there. They were still in the same routines, doing the same things, etc, etc. And I got the same meals. I was back in my childhood world.
But you know what? It just didn't feel quite the same. In fact, it was downright boring now. I got to go back in time but I found out your memory tends to sweeten things. If you COULD go back "home," you still wouldn't be happy. Just enjoy where you are now, OK? *pats your back*