by Asheleigh Jason

Created on: January 11, 2010   Last Updated: January 12, 2010

Lying, well that is an everyday occurrence in my life. This is what I used to think. However, I now know it was never me who lied, but those whom I loved dearly. I refuse to lie about anything because I have seen the outcome of what lying has done to my loved ones.

Even in my job, lying is not something I would even think to do. If I do not know what something is like, I will tell my customers that I have heard from other customers who like it or don't like it, that it is good or bad.

My father was what I constitute as a compulsive liar. Of course, he wasn't always like this. It was his cousin who taught him it was okay to do this through the course of his own life. I remember catching my father in lies all the time, and I couldn't help but become disappointed in him more and more as the years past.

I didn't want to see myself end up disappointing everyone in my life. Not only did he lie, but he used sickness as a way to gain my sympathy. For example, once I was going to visit Florida, and he mysteriously got sick and ended up in the hospital. I was so upset I had to miss my trip.

It happened a few times after that as well. Over time my father has begun to tell fewer and fewer lies, and this makes me open up to him more and trust what he says more. He no longer uses sickness to get what he wants either.

My mother lied on the court stand about things when I was nine. I was made to look like a stupid child who needed to lie to get my way. Not the case, I have to say. Abuse for a young child is not something I would even contemplate lying about.

During the end of her life, she regretted what she had done by realizing that everything I had said had been the truth. However, I must still deal with the repercussions of her lies with my younger sisters.

As a child I always heard " Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about", "If you lie to me it will be worse in the end", or " This is going to hurt me more than its going to hurt you". The first, well that's just something parents use to hurt their children.

The third, is a blatant lie parents tell their children. The second , is something that has stuck with me always because I have found it to be true, over and over again.

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