- Recognize a need for either lie or face serious consequences. (example: broke something that wasn't mine.)
- Formulate story that is believable to the parents. (example: Someone else caused it by doing _____)
- Injure self to cause more pity to help my case (example: slap arm repeatedly until it looks like something hurt it)
- Debate whether to bring situation to my parents attention or allow them to discover it on their own. (example: put broken thing back where it belongs/strategically place it somewhere or take it to them)
- Create back up story in case of failure that doesn't contradict the first story. (example: instead of so and so caused it when, it could also have happened at another time, I just didn't look at it in between said times)
- Panic and make sure person getting blamed isn't known by parents or their parents being acquainted with mine. (example: choose random kid in class I have nothing to do with otherwise)
- Get caught while planning this out (example: sitting in my room holding broken object when Jaime walks in) or
- Go about setting lie in motion (attempt to follow the plan)
- Grounded
- Forget all careful planning and free lance (make up everything as I go)
- If successful, be so proud of self that I brag about it within 24 hours to either brothers or parents
- Grounded.
Step seven gets me every time. Honestly step one is the beginning of the end for me, as I could never pull off the lies like I needed to. There was only one that I managed to pull off. It was at least five years before I blabbed on myself, but at that point I was old enough to rectify the dire situation instantaneously with some sweet talk and smoothness just like my older brother taught me.
I was apparently a child that didn't learn life lessons well and trial and error wasn't enough to teach me...
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