Life is so much easier...

...when you tell the truth.

That way, you don't have to remember what you told to who... and if you tell two people two different things, you worry about them talking to each other, and *gasp* what if they talk about YOU...

I've always made it a practice to not lie about family members and death/illness.

For example, even as a kid, I NEVER used a sick/dead grandparent as an excuse for not doing something... because, just think of it... it COULD happen and then I'd feel like shit.

Telling people lies is mean. Don't do it.

And if you do... feel bad, really, really badly about it.

Oh yeah, and I hope you get caught.