Honesty; Not Always Preffered

Yesterday I sorta ragged on my dad a little for being a weather nazi and being very harsh on his girls for driving cars.  I also thanked my mom for taking the hit (not literally, God no) and throwin' out the little white lie about when I'd be home to avoid the detrimental task of driving in rain.  Mother, however, is not off the hook when it comes to me lying.  In fact, I have had an ongoing lie that spanned for a year and a half.  The only reason I'm disclosing the information so publicly now is because I confessed to lying in mid-June with hopes of pleasing my mother and it failed miserably.

Overlooking the fact that writers aren't supposed to generalize their audience, I am most certainly generalizing this:  We have ALL stayed out and told our parents we were staying somewhere that possesses far less risk factor than the place we are actually going to be.  Anyways, my dad knew from early on that when I said I was going to stay over at Jenna's that meant Connor's.  Granted, I did stay at Jenna's house quite often a few years ago.  She's my main g, they have a finished basement, central air, cable and a loaded pantry.  We don't have any of those features...  And if I get tired of Jenna, there's always her sister Leah. (Joke Leah you know I love you).  SO yes I would still stay there time to time more recently, but not every freakin' night in the summer come on Mom really.  It was around this time that Connor had gotten his own place so I figured maybe I should just tell my mom I'll be there.  Just so, you know, she 100% knows where I am for safety reasons and so the hint of guilt I possessed over the past months about this would peace my system.  Besides, I assumed (bad bad bad) my mom knew where I actually was.

*Driving in the car on the way home from Wegman's Grocery Store*

Me- "So Mom, you know since Connor has his place now I'll probably stay over there a lot more.  Do you want me to just tell you when I'm there instead of saying I'm at Jenna's?"
Mom- *dead serious* " Wait?  You haven't been staying at Jenna's these past 3 nights? Or on weekends?"
Me- *blank stare; silence*
Mom- "You've been lying to me this whole time?"
Me- "I thought you knew?!  Why would I ever stay at Jenna's parents house every night.  That is creepy and not normal!"
Mom (stern stern stern)- "I thought you tell me everything!  They have a/c you said!  You can't stay over at Connor's!  I can't condone that Alice you know that!  I will not. You will not."
Me- *silence* "...I'm staying at Jenna's tonight."

Since then it has been smoothed over and all is well between my mother and I.  She is a lovely woman.  She then began referring to Connor as "Jenna #2" via late night text messages about my location, and has now progressed to using "C".  We're on our way.

xxxx
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