The podcast What You Don't Know by Lulu Wang is a story of a family deciding not to tell their grandmother that she is dying. The family stages a fake wedding so they all can say goodbye without the grandmother knowing. 1. If I were sick and dying I would want to know and I would want my family to tell me, saying that I agree with the family's decision not to tell the grandmother. Wang states in the story that in Chinese society it is thought that a person would be better off not knowing how sick they are because mental health relates directly to physical help, which means that the family believed that if the grandmother thought she was sick her physical health would decline rapidly. I agree with the families decision because they genuinely believed by not telling her they were doing her a favor. When you tell a little child that Santa Clause is real you are lying. You know Santa is not real but you tell the child anyway because you believe by telling the child Santa is real you are making him or her feel happy. The Wang family is doing the same thing, a different context but the same idea. This is why I agree with the Wang's Family decision. 2. Last year during the Super Bowl I wanted to go to my friends boyfriends house for the Super Bowl party. The only problem is her boyfriend is a 45 year old man, I knew my parents would never let me go to a 45 year old mans apartment for a football. I decided to tell my parents that I was going to my sisters house for the game, I had to make up an elaborate lie to make sure my parents had no idea I was actually going somewhere completely different. I came up with this story, "Im going to Renee's house I'm going to spend the night and come home Monday morning." of course my dad had a few drinks already so he asked, "Where are you going?' And I had to explain to him slowly that I was going to his daughters house in Allentown Pennsylvania. When he finally understood he said "Be careful, and no drinking and driving." "Okay!" I screamed running out the door almost tripping over my dog. I went to the party and had a great time. The lesson I learned in this situation is if I have confidence and a straight face it is very easy to lie to my parents.
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9/21/2017 09:21:35 pm
Not sure if it is a good thing to be able to lie to your parents like that. lol :) I sure have been there though.
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Sabatino
9/26/2017 08:52:00 am
Thanks for sharing this post. Here's a question:
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Mohnad Soliman
9/28/2017 10:16:54 am
yeah I lie to my parents all the time too and never got caught
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