09-26-2015, 03:19 PM
I don't know if we would get along then Donovan because I lie!
My upbringing was this-if you did something wrong (broke the statue on the mantel when you were playing superwoman in the living room) you got your ass beat. So I learned that perhaps lying was better in order not to get a spanking.
I catch myself as an adult lying sometimes when I could have just told the truth. But I am working on it!
So that was the first part of my life.
The second part of my life-father is out of the picture, no longer getting my ass wooped, but now mom is drinking. So as a teenager I lied to avoid embarrassment about why my mom is not at teacher/student events or the other embarrassing things that happen when one has an alcoholic parent.
Now my mom doesn't drink anymore, my dad doesn't woop my ass anymore but I must loose any habit of lying.
And then what about those business lies-when you are working for a company that encourages you to lie about things?
That is why I am glad to work in an environment now where there is transparency. It is really nice.
Of course if you are Gear, you don't believe anything and you think everyone is lying.
Don't hate me Dono! I read what you wrote about your brother, that is tough. I can deal with acquaintances in my life who are pathological liars, but I think it would be tough to deal with a family member.
My upbringing was this-if you did something wrong (broke the statue on the mantel when you were playing superwoman in the living room) you got your ass beat. So I learned that perhaps lying was better in order not to get a spanking.
I catch myself as an adult lying sometimes when I could have just told the truth. But I am working on it!
So that was the first part of my life.
The second part of my life-father is out of the picture, no longer getting my ass wooped, but now mom is drinking. So as a teenager I lied to avoid embarrassment about why my mom is not at teacher/student events or the other embarrassing things that happen when one has an alcoholic parent.
Now my mom doesn't drink anymore, my dad doesn't woop my ass anymore but I must loose any habit of lying.
And then what about those business lies-when you are working for a company that encourages you to lie about things?
That is why I am glad to work in an environment now where there is transparency. It is really nice.
Of course if you are Gear, you don't believe anything and you think everyone is lying.
Don't hate me Dono! I read what you wrote about your brother, that is tough. I can deal with acquaintances in my life who are pathological liars, but I think it would be tough to deal with a family member.