What lie did you tell?

[Zilon]

While I was growing up I used money meant for purchasing foodstuffs to gamble , I can recall in one of those occasions while on my way to the market i met some group of guys who were into local match box gambling. This was my first time of been exposed to gambling. This boxes were filled with groundnuts on one end and sand on the other end. This match boxes would be shuffled then the gambler will be asked to pick the box with groundnuts inside and if such gets lucky enough he wins by doubling his stake but if he losses his fiat is gone.

On that faithful day I got attracted by the crowd and I felt it was too easy to play after watching the board man shuffle series of games I was able to spot the match box without staking and at that point it appeared too simple. I had to stake $4 for a start and I won $8 I was so amazed at how easy this game was and I had to stake the entire Fiats currency in my pockets which was about $45 and ended up losing everything. I became confused all I could figure out is the lies I will tell my parents on how armmed rubbers met on my way and took away the fiat meant to buy foodstuffs. I got the beating equivalent to the fiat I lost  but I tried my best to convince my parents I wasn't lieing.

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[Fesatmas]

It's about lies that are covered up in order to hide our recklessness for disobeying orders to buy food, and you do it perfectly, gamble and spend it all. Did you know the method is not much different from gambling now? it's just that the concept is even more sophisticated, if at that time you were played by the dealer face to face, but in online gambling you were played by a machine that was designed in such a way.
Regarding what lies I have hidden for gambling, it is not too different, maybe in terms of the various stories, but the reasons for hiding them are relatively adjusted to other chronology.

[wxa7115]

If you have to lie about your habits then it means there is something wrong with them, while it is an interesting story the one you are telling us if you had been an adult betting your own money then there would not have been anything wrong with you making a bet.

However you used money that was not yours and that was supposedly destined for something else, you were probably underage and you gambled with it, so I can understand why you lied at the time but this is a sign there is something wrong with what you did and if this happens frequently then this is a huge red flag that there is something wrong with it.

[btc_angela]

I'm not sure if I will go that far, inventing things like someone mug me and take all the money. My parents won't believed it, so I just tell the that I lost the money somewhere that it.

But yeah, lost some on some street hustler like the 3 card monte and then going home with empty pockets that I should have bought food in the first place. Perhaps this is just part of the journey of involving ourselves in gambling when we are young.

[Hippocrypto]

Commiting lies isn't really a big deal unless you're held liable for the erroneous things you did when you failed betting you money on gambling.
Inventing a scenario that doesn't even existed was the wrong idea, and much better we're telling the truth to someone or even our parents rather than fooling them.
If you're going to be honest, you won't be stressed and all things will become worrisome. On that idea, they'll able to help you to regain yourself confidence then change your perspective about gambling on how to avoid possible addiction.

[Johnyz]

Its ok to hide your gambling activities just don’t do any action that is against the law and just continue to gamble using your money, never do any act of violence just to get money for your gambling activities.

I do also lie to my parents with regards to this one, until one day they discover me that I’m into gambling well, they accept it since its my money and they can’t do anything about it.

[Oilacris]

I'm not sure if I will go that far, inventing things like someone mug me and take all the money. My parents won't believed it, so I just tell the that I lost the money somewhere that it.

But yeah, lost some on some street hustler like the 3 card monte and then going home with empty pockets that I should have bought food in the first place. Perhaps this is just part of the journey of involving ourselves in gambling when we are young.

Experience could neither give us some important lesson or would just be a simple trigger up into something which we might get involved later on as we do grow up.

We could really make out those reasons because we dont like on being scolded but there are instances where we do get bust up and there's no way that you can avoid or making out some alibis.

Even myself did experience on making out betting but only on personal or on things which might happen or not on particular situations together with my classmates in elementary
which it id really result into that loss of money which it would be more worth if its been used on buying food.

[bL4nkcode]

While its not good doing such (gambling->lying) thing especially if you're just a kid or maybe a teenager that time, but that's really funny experience you can tell to your friends while growing up ^^.

I have something similar experience but instead of gambling the money for foods, I gambled the money that should be my tuition for college in a "peryahan", well, the case isn't similar though since I win at the end but I almost lossing it all first though and that cracks me to get it back.

[Fatunad]

This is not good, and this could lead to a more serious gambling problem.
Better not to lie to your parents and tell the real story, they’ll be mad yes but after that they will give you a good lesson and maybe guide you on the right way, gambling is not good at all.

If you have no extra money better not to gamble at all because you are being greedy and that is not healthy if you continue doing that kind of activities, its fine to lie sometimes but with regards to this one, its not ok because that money was meant for your basic needs.

Once or twice of lying is considerable but if you do already make it as a habit just for you to play gambling then thats surely a problem which would mold up in the future.
It is true that you should be that open for your parents to know on what you are doing and they wont really be angry if you are just honest or if they do then thats part of disciplining their children
because wrong doings shouldnt really be tolerated and we know that they have much more experience than us which its understandable that you should obey
on what are their commands and always be obedient.

[pakhitheboss]

  Haha! your lie was not that convincing it seems for your parents. You should have told them the truth that you wanted to double the amount given for buying food by trying your luck. Actually, it was not your fault at all anyone at that age would be lured into it, after all, you were able to double $4 to $8.

I have never been in such a situation wherein I had used my parent's money to gamble. I have told several lies to them for different situations, some were convincing and some were not, those which were not ended up badly for me too.

[cabron]

We all did make mistakes when we were kids. We have no experience at that time, not even understanding what the consequences are. I have done something like that when I saw my mother told me to go to my uncle's house to get some cash from my father who attends a gathering. When I arrived I saw my father on a makeshift deck table dealing cards.

He gave me about $80 but gave my mother about $60 only. Later she found out whipped my ass almost a hundred times. She gave me a hundred times more when she learned I went to the nearby carnival, bet $20, and lose.

[rhomelmabini]

I guess I did but couldn't remember it anymore, maybe it was that long now I could just tell. From your story I think it was a far-fetched kind of a lie to be honest unless there's some serious evidence that you've got the beating. Your story doesn't include if you really had it but I think what could be worse if you really hit your head hard in a cement wall, that could be more not a lie.

[Darker45]

It is a funny story, but kind of deep as well. Everything starts small. Imagine that simple local gambling game was actually the one who brought you the kind of excitement that gambling brings, probably the exact same feeling that my first gambling game also gave me.

I also started small, and with lies as well. I started gambling with my spare coins intended for snacks way back in my elementary days. Instead of buying food, I ended up playing coin gambling games with them. Of course, when I got home and asked what kind of food I bought with my pocket money, that's when lies came out.

[yazher]

I don't remember such things happened too but when I am lying, my parents seem to know what I'm up to and Yeah, I'm not that good lier. I think I don't have the guts to do those things back then especially when it involves money because I think that if something goes wrong, I don't have the means to pay it back. It seems like you are a risk-taker back when you were a child that's why you ended up here in this community. I started to take risks when I am the one who earns my money not when someone trusted me with it.

[Wexnident]

Biggest lie I did was when I said I wasn't gambling lmao. Back when I was a HS kid me and my friends had this circle that used to play poker without bets. Developed into us actually playing WITH bets after a few months. Slowly started from small amounts to big amounts, but back then, my parents and my GF that is in the same school as me abhor gambling. I got pretty into it though, so I didn't tell them that I am gambling, well, till the day that they discovered themselves that I was gambling with money. It was even the time where I had the biggest loss from all my sessions that she discovered, and naturally, my parents discovered as well through her. 

[crwth]

First of all, I'm sorry that you got a beating from your parents. It's never a good thing to experience, and it might have caused some trauma. I hope you didn't take it in the present too much that it might have caused problems for you.

Anyway, I think it's natural to be secretive at first with what you're doing if it's harmful in your household. I believe that's the problem that children face when they know it's wrong but still want to see it, and in return, they just lie. I think the relationship between the parent and the child should be trust base and let them understand why it's not good or why it's something to be frowned upon.

Of course, nobody in this world hasn't told a lie, even a white lie. I think everybody has, and it's always going to be for some reason that is okay for them. I have lied to get what I want, for example, lied about where I was going. If it's far away, I tend to say that I'm going somewhere closer, but that's not something that someone should be doing. It might have caused me trouble thinking that it was okay, but it certainly is not.

I'm going to stop rumbling around now, lol.

[Kemarit]

I don't remember such things happened too but when I am lying, my parents seem to know what I'm up to and Yeah, I'm not that good lier. I think I don't have the guts to do those things back then especially when it involves money because I think that if something goes wrong, I don't have the means to pay it back. It seems like you are a risk-taker back when you were a child that's why you ended up here in this community. I started to take risks when I am the one who earns my money not when someone trusted me with it.

Yeah, I also can't recall what lie I did during that time in my high school days, but for sure our parents know a thing or two if we do not tell that the real reason as to where the money did go. But I guess the beating you we got from our parents is to discipline us because they already know what we are up to.

But us becoming parents, we don't want our kids to really dab on gambling at a young age. So it's really up to us know to be a good parents and try to be on the look out for our kids not just gambling, but other vices as well.

[LUCKMCFLY]

My biggest lie was when I was in college, because I had money destined to spend with the girlfriend I had at that time, because I was serving 2 years with her and I told her that I would take her to the movies and then have dinner and well that for that moment translated into a lot of money, that same afternoon I went to the casino to play bingo and I spent everything I had destined for.

What I did was to invent to her that I got sick, that it caused diarrhea and that maybe I had parasites and that I could not leave my house, that I felt very bad and that I was going to medicine, she understood me, but between heaven and earth I did not There is nothing hidden, because a friend of hers saw me when I went out with my friends at the casino and told her and uff they almost finished me that day, the truth I felt something bad and some time later she gave me that strong diarrhea because I ate a hamburger in The street may not have been in normal sanitary conditions, and I really felt very bad, in truth, the lie came out face to face.

[Poker Player]

This is not good, and this could lead to a more serious gambling problem.
Better not to lie to your parents and tell the real story, they’ll be mad yes but after that they will give you a good lesson and maybe guide you on the right way, gambling is not good at all.

If you have no extra money better not to gamble at all because you are being greedy and that is not healthy if you continue doing that kind of activities, its fine to lie sometimes but with regards to this one, its not ok because that money was meant for your basic needs.

I was thinking exactly the same. Losing more money than you can afford to, even money that you were supposed to use to buy food and then having to lie sounds a lot like someone who has a problem with gambling.

The OP does not mention if he has lost too much on subsequent occasions but I take it he is a gambler.

In my case, I am quite in control of the game, so I have never had to lie. Fingers crossed that this will continue to be the case.

[imstillthebest]

how many times this happened ? because if it happens a lot your parents are not convinced in your alibi's anymore but if it was the first time you can easily get away with it without getting harmed but i still dont encnourage that because lying is a sin .
 if you can be honest with your parents they could have given you a money  to spend in that kind of entertainment  .