Do you ever lie to your friends about your adult children's accomplishments?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As parents get older they tend to get details wrong, I've noticed. They'll use a job title that is wrong, get the company name wrong, overstate a role because they don't actually know how the kid's company is structured, and so on. Same with kids sports.

My parents do this all the time (mainly mom). It used to drive me nuts that if my mom was talking there was a lie coming out. Then people would ask me about it. She still doesn't know what I do etc. She says what she thinks makes her sound good to others with no regard for truth or how it impacts others. Recently, I realized she literally cannot comprehend the truth, so she fills in details with things that sound like they might fit there. I forgive her; it's just stupidity, not malice.

[Anonymous]

No. No need. My friends genuinely want to know how everyone is doing.

[Anonymous]

Never! When someone asks I say “great” and leave it at that. I may give an update on my grandkids but I won’t bore them to death.

[Anonymous]

I find myself underplaying what they are doing. Not my life.