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photon · 10-25-2004, 09:04 AM

I'm with Cow, just tell them, let them say whatever they say and just nod, agree, and take it. Getting into an argument will make it orders of magnitude worse.

No one likes to be lied to. If you go in expecting severe consequences you won't be suprised when they happen.

I would have suggested starting some sort of progress towards reparations to help soften the blow a bit (NOT to absolve yourself of responsibility), but it doesn't sound like the situation lends itself to that.

The fact that you're coming clean because you are cornered is the toughest part; if you were coming clean because the guilt got to you then they might have some empathy for you, but this way...

Isn't "Are you sorry you lied or sorry you got caught?" the favorite question of parents everywhere?

10-25-2004, 09:04 AM	#38
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	I'm with Cow, just tell them, let them say whatever they say and just nod, agree, and take it. Getting into an argument will make it orders of magnitude worse. No one likes to be lied to. If you go in expecting severe consequences you won't be suprised when they happen. I would have suggested starting some sort of progress towards reparations to help soften the blow a bit (NOT to absolve yourself of responsibility), but it doesn't sound like the situation lends itself to that. The fact that you're coming clean because you are cornered is the toughest part; if you were coming clean because the guilt got to you then they might have some empathy for you, but this way... Isn't "Are you sorry you lied or sorry you got caught?" the favorite question of parents everywhere? __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.