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Anarasha · 11-05-2009, 10:54 AM

My parents used to tell me that I was no different than the other children to comfort me.
And when my guinnea pig died, my mother told me that it's soul had flown off to the heavens. Then when I ran to the window to see it off, she told me it went too fast for us to see :P That was kinda cute.
Also, when I was a child, I was kinda sneaky. Everyone had been telling me that Santa Claus came with small presents at night every night from December 1. to December 24.
So one night, I proudly declared that in order to see santa, I was gonna stay up all night.
My parents - panicking as what to do - decided to tell me one of those small lies that will really make you doubt their integrity and honesty later on.
That's right, they told me that Santa wouldn't come if I wasn't sleeping.
So sneaky as I was, I laid down pretending to sleep, because I really wanted to see Santa! Then my dad came in to check if I was sleeping - probably because he was about to put the presents in the christmas socks. I must've had my eyes halfway open or have moved or something, because his cunning surpassed that which I had, so he told me that Santa would also know if I was only pretending to sleep, and that if I didn't go to sleep for real in about 10 minutes, he wouldn't come at all.
I used a solid 10 seconds to wrap my mind around this and find a way out.
I decided, that the best way to ensure getting my presents AND having a shot at seeing Santa was to go to sleep and hope to wake up at the right time. This never succeeded though.
This little lie resulted in something harmless, yet slightly annoying.
The night of which they told me this, I got performance anxiety though and almost didn't make the magic 10-minute mark of Santa's grace, thereby almost missing my small presents that day!

11-05-2009, 10:54 AM	#77
Anarasha Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Thou Viking capital Denmark. Posts: 1,971	My parents used to tell me that I was no different than the other children to comfort me. And when my guinnea pig died, my mother told me that it's soul had flown off to the heavens. Then when I ran to the window to see it off, she told me it went too fast for us to see :P That was kinda cute. Also, when I was a child, I was kinda sneaky. Everyone had been telling me that Santa Claus came with small presents at night every night from December 1. to December 24. So one night, I proudly declared that in order to see santa, I was gonna stay up all night. My parents - panicking as what to do - decided to tell me one of those small lies that will really make you doubt their integrity and honesty later on. That's right, they told me that Santa wouldn't come if I wasn't sleeping. So sneaky as I was, I laid down pretending to sleep, because I really wanted to see Santa! Then my dad came in to check if I was sleeping - probably because he was about to put the presents in the christmas socks. I must've had my eyes halfway open or have moved or something, because his cunning surpassed that which I had, so he told me that Santa would also know if I was only pretending to sleep, and that if I didn't go to sleep for real in about 10 minutes, he wouldn't come at all. I used a solid 10 seconds to wrap my mind around this and find a way out. I decided, that the best way to ensure getting my presents AND having a shot at seeing Santa was to go to sleep and hope to wake up at the right time. This never succeeded though. This little lie resulted in something harmless, yet slightly annoying. The night of which they told me this, I got performance anxiety though and almost didn't make the magic 10-minute mark of Santa's grace, thereby almost missing my small presents that day!