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  • Know that your mother will love you regardless!! Lying to her only makes the situation(s) harder to deal with. My advice, tell the truth, bear the consequences and disappointments, and move on. It will only make your relationship with your mother stronger in the long run.
  • What you need to figure out is why you felt you had to lie in the first place. I am sure it's just the lying that has hurt your mum rather than what you actually did. Sit down with your mum and tell her what you did wrong, let her know you feel awful and are terribly sorry for lying to her but you just couldn't face telling her the truth, you know see that it would have been far easier to have been honest from the start. Try not to lie again, you sound like a good kid and your mum will forgive you :)
  • So many people have done that, i know i have but the main thing is you have learnt from your mistakes and i doubt you'll end up doing something similar in the near future, mums can be scary!! Its only because they care about us so much though and couldnt bear for something awful to happen to us. That was bad of your mother to show you up like that though, she ought to have let you get on with it and see what you had to say when you came home, or pulled you aside and asked you to come home. Apologise to your mum, tell her you didn't really think about the dangers and are sorry for worrying her and for lying, let her know it won't happen again and that you accept your punishment of grounding. she will forgive you and will admire your honesty and maturity and probably let you out in the next couple of weeks :)
  • I am really close with my mom too - but instead of lying I just keep some truths from her. Sometimes some things are not meant to be shared...she needs to respect my privacy. If it were only as easy as court & you could just plea the 5th :) By staying truthful in the future you will regain her trust. Her knowing you feel sorry you lied and that you want to regain her trust is important. If you are real close you can be open about when you feel like you need to lie - maybe she is too strict - maybe she is just trying to protect you. (All a part of growing pains) Remember you are not alone and your mom still loves you and wants your relationship to be okay too :)

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