telling fibs to save money

asea

no i don't lie. i don't believe in white lies. i'd rather be a little embarrassed but tell the truth than tell a fib to avoid it. i feel better about myself that way & won't end up thinking it's ok to tell fibs & let it carry over into other parts of my life!

skylight

Ice Cream Van too......

We have 3 that come down our road. I told my kids (the elder 2 when young!) that the blue man put curry powder in his ice cream, the pink van had really yukky ice cream that tasted like cat food and the white one shouted at children and was mean.

I always promised them that they could have ice cream from the delicious brown van.................

I was known to get them excited when the bell rang, I would run to the door purse in hand with the kids - then going "oohhhh, its the wrong one" and we all traisped back in again.

However. I have grown out of that now (!) and have learnt the simple word "no".

findingmyownway

charlotte664 wrote: »

Ice Cream Van too......

We have 3 that come down our road. I told my kids (the elder 2 when young!) that the blue man put curry powder in his ice cream, the pink van had really yukky ice cream that tasted like cat food and the white one shouted at children and was mean.

I always promised them that they could have ice cream from the delicious brown van.................

I was known to get them excited when the bell rang, I would run to the door purse in hand with the kids - then going "oohhhh, its the wrong one" and we all traisped back in again.

However. I have grown out of that now (!) and have learnt the simple word "no".

:rotfl: :rotfl: you have some imagination!

zippybungle

I will admit to lying about my Kids ages to get into places cheaper and also telling my DS that when the ice cream van plays a tune it means there are no ice creams left - He knows this isn't true though :rolleyes:

Zippy x

Katie~baby

Yep ive told lies about my dd's age to get her in cheaper! LOL

My friend used to tell her kids the ice cream man was the cabbage man!

Katie~baby

asea wrote: »

no i don't lie. i don't believe in white lies. i'd rather be a little embarrassed but tell the truth than tell a fib to avoid it. i feel better about myself that way & won't end up thinking it's ok to tell fibs & let it carry over into other parts of my life!

Have you never told just a little white lie? Ever?

liz105

Mum dad and me went to a car thing at a nearby manor house castle type place, mum said I was under 16 cos that was cheaper, the look on the little army cadets face looking up at this damn near 6 foot girl (I was 18 at the time!!) he was too nervous to say anything and we got away with it (I just wish she'd warned me, my face was a picture too as I tried to bluff my way in) only a few weeks before hand I was bluffing that I was older to get into nightclubs! huh??

mum2kathryn

We took dd's 'I am 3' badge off when we went out on her birthday as we went though the booth (much to her annoyance!). It wasn't quite lying as she wasn't born until 11:19pm!

black-saturn

Theres a theme park near here where it's about £13 for adults to get in and £7.00 for children. My daughter who was 10 at the time was very tall for her age so i got her to crouch down by about 1 inch so that she could get in for the child price. I didn't see why I should have to pay adult prices for a 10 year old.

Katie~baby

black-saturn wrote: »

Theres a theme park near here where it's about £13 for adults to get in and £7.00 for children. My daughter who was 10 at the time was very tall for her age so i got her to crouch down by about 1 inch so that she could get in for the child price. I didn't see why I should have to pay adult prices for a 10 year old.

I think thats terrible when children are under 16 and you have to pay adult prices!