Lies Your Parents Told You

[MillyLittleMonster]

That the tooth fairy was real...
God how gullible we are as a kid. Lol

[Mitchapalooza]

My dad told me that if I didn't stay in school I would look like that big guy in goonies that has the messed up
Face I was 6 so I believed him

[CharlesCarmichael]

Oh, I got all the classics. For some reason, the tooth fairy myth lasted longer than Santa Claus. You'd have thought I'd have been sceptical after working that one out, wouldn't ya?

One I've just remembered though was that only the water from the kitchen was safe to drink. I have no idea why she told me that, perhaps it was to prevent me swallowing toothpasty water... I can't remember, but I do remember being told that XD

[swinglifeaway]

Originally Posted by CharlesCarmichael

Oh, I got all the classics. For some reason, the tooth fairy myth lasted longer than Santa Claus. You'd have thought I'd have been sceptical after working that one out, wouldn't ya?

One I've just remembered though was that only the water from the kitchen was safe to drink. I have no idea why she told me that, perhaps it was to prevent me swallowing toothpasty water... I can't remember, but I do remember being told that XD

My parents did the same thing! I don't know when I actually figured out that it was total BS, but every roommate I've had looked at me weird when I was chugging water from the bathroom sink.

[deanbpm]

My dad used to tell me he was a paratrooper in Vietnam. The problem with that is he is English and was born in 1959.

[MasonBlue]

I was born and raised a Catholic in in ultra conservative Ireland.

My mother told me that god had a special plan for me ..... and when I was an alter boy I was especially close to God. Turn out I was especially close to a raging kiddy fiddler and embezzler of the church.

[CastingPearls]

My father told me the pulp floating around the top of my cup or orange juice was horse feathers.

[Theatrmuse/Kara]

My aunt told me and all my little cousins that if we picked up one of her Pekingese doggies and held it up side down............it's eyes would fall out of the sockets and they would be blind forever! I believed this little lie (no doubt to keep us kids from aggrevating said doggies) until I was a young adult. LOLOL! Deathly afraid of messing with a Pekingese and would avoid even petting one at all costs.

Also, one Christmas, when I was about 7 years old, I was given a stocking from Santa that contained the dreaded coal and switches. That gave me a bit of guilt...........never did know what I was supposed to have done to deserve that one. Probably because I ALWAYS wanted a second dessert.

All in all, I am thankful to be a rational, somewhat sane individual now. LOL!
Kara

[ItsJudy]

When I was little, I had thick, wavy/curly hair. I hated having my hair combed out in the morning and would always try to escape. She used to tell me there were big, scary rats in my hair and they were stuck. And she needed to brush them out.

And corn are old people's teeth (my older sister??)

[MasonBlue]

Our parents told us that if we didnt study Irish (Gaelic) at honours level ... we wouldnt get jobs. The Irish teacher was a Fascist and all the parent were scared of him....... 17 years after leaving school and qualifying as both a chef and an Engineer ... I have never needed Irish. He told one woman her daughter was useless despite studying honours maths and physics ... she still went on to beconme an accountant


What a crock of S&*£!!!

[livelovelaughsmile]

Originally Posted by Nenona

Mine generally gave me lots of shit about two things:
1.) my weight, claiming that the maaaagic loss of all my weight would finally make people love me.

My parents also told me this but stated it as "No one loves a fat girl".

Found out that was a lie!

[ClashCityRocker]

whenever i'd ask, "there's a mother's and a father's day, but why isn't there a kid's day?" they'd respond with 'every day is kid's day."


that used to bug me.

[Surlysomething]

Originally Posted by ClashCityRocker

whenever i'd ask, "there's a mother's and a father's day, but why isn't there a kid's day?" they'd respond with 'every day is kid's day."


that used to bug me.

My parents said the same thing to us. I guess it's in the handbook they get at the hospital the day you were born.

[Tad]

Originally Posted by ClashCityRocker

whenever i'd ask, "there's a mother's and a father's day, but why isn't there a kid's day?" they'd respond with 'every day is kid's day."

Originally Posted by Surlysomething

My parents said the same thing to us. I guess it's in the handbook they get at the hospital the day you were born.

Nah, no handbook--just a self-evident truth ..... from a parents point of view

[CastingPearls]

Originally Posted by ClashCityRocker

whenever i'd ask, "there's a mother's and a father's day, but why isn't there a kid's day?" they'd respond with 'every day is kid's day."


that used to bug me.

Originally Posted by Surlysomething

My parents said the same thing to us. I guess it's in the handbook they get at the hospital the day you were born.

Me too.

Another thing was, 'You're a kid. Kid's don't have problems. When you have to pay rent, utilities, insurance, grocery bills, etc. then you can have problems.'

[NoWayOut]

That I'd ever want to be a kid again. No, thank you.

[LusciousAmazon]

Whenever I didn't feel good, or complained in any way shape or form about being sick, a scratch on my knee.. It all with my mom responding, "It's Growing Pains" :P

[CastingPearls]

When I told my mother I had a headache she'd say it was just because I was hungry. lol

[~KawaiiFFA~]

My dad convinced me that leprechauns existed. One time when I misbehaved he stole my stuff. I was crying and he told me the leprechauns took it because I was bad. He made me write a note of apology to the leprechauns and then it mysteriously reappeared. I was like 3, okay?

This is also the guy who had a taxidermied deer hoof that he'd use to leave prints on the ground outside when I went to sleep on Christmas Eve. We'd leave carrots out at night and they'd all be chewed up in the morning. He left red and white fluff in the fireplace grate and boot-prints in the ash. He also responded to the letters we wrote. Eventually I started wondering why Santa's handwriting looked so much like Dad's, lol.

Oh, childhood. It wasn't all great but it sure was magical. xD

[smithnwesson]

Originally Posted by Hozay J Garseeya

If you masturbate, air will get sucked into your penis and go to your head and you'll go retarded . . .

I wish I was making that up. God Bless catholics. In my mother's defense she just wanted me to practice a craft or an art or read instead of pull on my dick all day. I have nothing but gratitude for this lie.

I knew she was full of shit when I was walking downtown where a half-way house was at and I saw some guy whose mind was fucked beyond belief and he was shimmying and his hand was shaking. I ran home and told my mom "MAMI!! I SAW THE GUY WHO MASTURBATED TOO MUCH!!" and her response was "what are you talking about? Nothing happens if you masturbate.

she forgot her own fucking lie.

I love you forever, mami.

They told me I would go blind if I masturbated. I backed off a little for about a week when I first had to start wearing glasses.

[snuggletiger]

"Be yourself"

[BLK360]

Biggest lie I was told happened to be that they always knew what I was doing even if they didn't see it.

I don't know how they expected me to believe that.