The Ways I Lie

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Isaac Bwayo Mrs. Cooper English 100-002 March 17, 2014 The Ways I Lie I lie just like any other human. Simplify because I do not want to hear the truth all the time. The truth is not always necessary. I lie because I want to be lied to, and I do not want the painful burden of telling the truth all the time. Having to hold the truth in is exhausting. I know it is painful for people around me as well. However, I lie to people to continue keep them happy and make them feel good about themselves. I lie to people to keep the happy mood going. Over the Christmas break I got two speeding ticks which made my mother very furious. On my way home three weeks ago, I got a third speeding ticket after my mother had warned me to drive carefully. When I got home she jokingly said “no tickets this time right?” “nope” I replied. There was no way I could have told her the truth. She was so happy my father had just been offered a job to be a professor of University of Utah. I did not want to ruin that for her. This reminds me of Omission lies in the essay The Ways We Lie by Stephenie Ericsson where she gives an example “you break a pair of glasses that are guaranteed under normal use and get a new pair without mentioning that the first pair broke during a rowdy game of basketball” (477) Now I will have to pay the ticket with my own money to avoid disappointing my mom. On Christmas Eve, One of my friends gave me a ticket to a golf tournament. I do not like gold, never have I ever gone through one minute of watching a game of gold. But I thanked her so very much because she was sure that I would love a golf ticket as a Christmas present. I lie to people simply because I care about their feelings. I cannot go a whole day without my chirming lies. Not only do my chirming lies make people feel good about themselves, it is also the easiest way to start a conversation with new people.

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