by Bridgett Kelly

Created on: April 28, 2009   Last Updated: April 30, 2009

I am a person who does not like to be lied to yet I find myself lying all the time. Let me explain. I am a mother and wife. My husband does not agree to credit cards so when I get one I simply do not tell him about it. It may seem wrong to some but to me I am a grown woman and live in the great America where I can do as I dang well please with out having my husbands permission for things I am capable of paying for. Do I like hiding or lying about this? Of course not but to avoid a conflict I keep it to myself. I lie to my husband about little things such as liking his family which I clearly do not and sometimes on occasion I lie about sex. I act like I am in the mood when I am not. Not frequent but rare times. Why? I do not want to break his confidence about being a good provider of all aspects of the marriage. Do I fake sometimes? Yes. I would never let him believe he was not good, he is but sometimes I just do not get into it.

Lying is not good and I know this, but sometimes I think we do it to protect and shield. I lie about small things and on rare occasions I have to admit my guilt as I do not like to lie. Now if I see a nice looking man and my husband is around I will swear I was not looking, you know like men do us women? (hehe) the truth is I am so looking. I do not break my neck to put forth an effort like men do but I still look.

I am also a mother of a wonderful three year old boy who I just adore and love more than life. I lie to him too. I do not want this to rub off on him so I try not to do it often. For example if I do not want him to have a second popcicle then I will tell him we do not have anymore knowing fully well there are two boxes in the deep freezer. Tired and wore slam out from work if I do not feel like getting his ride on out I will tell him the battery is dead. It is horrible of me but sometimes I am just simply too tired to keep up. I will tell my son that his favorite TV show is not on just so I do not have to watch another episode of Go Deigo Go! I am nice enough to record it for him on DVR for later. I am not that cruel (hehe).

I cannot find myself lying about big things tho and never do. Sometimes we lie to just to catch a break and other times to protect and shield our loved ones or ourselves. It is never a healthy act to lie all the time but sometimes we just do what we have to do to get through the day. I try not to but when the situation calls for a little white lie, you can bet I am so lying.

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