i don't lie.
Mar. 16th, 2003 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
godreamIf that's an exaggeration, it's very, very slight. I make every effort not to lie, ever, about anything. It's not to say I won't dodge the truth -- if, for example, my mom says "is your homework done?" I consider myself justified in saying "I've done everything I need to tonight" if I plan on finishing math problems during lunch, but I wouldn't say "yes" because it'd be a lie. I keep my word. My brother doesn't. He lies even if it's obvious, even if people have just SEEN him doing something, he'll say he didn't. His word is worth nothing at all, possibly less.
So why, why is it that my parents still say "how do we know whose story to believe?" Haven't I earned their trust a thousand times more than he has? Doesn't it seem that, if anything, he goes to great lengths to make sure nobody does believe him? I think he's repeatedly sacrificed his right to the benefit of the doubt, and I think that his past behavior is a very good way of guessing his current behavior. I think he's getting away with so much more than he should, and I think that he knows this and deliberately takes advantage of it. I think he knows exactly how to torment people while dancing on just this side of getting punished and I think my parents can't be bothered to do anything about it. I don't think it's all just my imagination, and I think I'd really like to know why noone else sees this.
So why, why is it that my parents still say "how do we know whose story to believe?" Haven't I earned their trust a thousand times more than he has? Doesn't it seem that, if anything, he goes to great lengths to make sure nobody does believe him? I think he's repeatedly sacrificed his right to the benefit of the doubt, and I think that his past behavior is a very good way of guessing his current behavior. I think he's getting away with so much more than he should, and I think that he knows this and deliberately takes advantage of it. I think he knows exactly how to torment people while dancing on just this side of getting punished and I think my parents can't be bothered to do anything about it. I don't think it's all just my imagination, and I think I'd really like to know why noone else sees this.
