Quote Originally Posted by Aylen View Post
Oh it was straight up lying but the alternative seemed way worse at the time. I only had a couple close friends and the idea of my mom going to their houses to tell their parents what lousy people they were and that they were raising miscreants was horrifying. Not only did I want to make my mom admit that I was never going to be the perfect child, I also wanted to keep my close friends who did accept me as I was.

Edit: This was pretty much during my preteens, btw.
I recently set up an SLE with his dual *feeling proud*