"I Was Put In Special Needs Classes Because Of It" — People Are Sharing The One Little Lie That Ended Up Impacting Their Lives

Reddit users have been sharing the little lies that backfired on them when they were younger and they are interesting to say the least. Here are some of the wildest ones:

1. "On a big, state-wide exam day in the 3rd grade, the teachers said that if students finish their test, they could have recess for the rest of the day. So, I filled in random answers really fast and had the best day ever. The test results came back, and I was put into special needs classes for 4th and 5th grade before anyone realized I wasn't developmentally disabled."

2. "My parents told me I clicked my tongue in my sleep so that when I pretended to be asleep, I would click my tongue, and they’d know I was awake."

3. "I convinced my friend when we met years ago that I was the Gerber baby. We ended up dating for a while, and he told all his friends that he was dating the original Gerber baby. It wasn’t until last year it came up, and I told him it was all bullshit. He was legitimately shocked."

4. "I lied to my whole grade and said I got a girl pregnant in 7th grade and that I had a son."

5. "When I was elementary school age, my parents left me home alone while they went to pick up my sister from a school event. I thought it would be funny to prank 911. I called and said, 'There’s an escaped murderer in my house!' and hung up, laughing at my funny joke . I got an immediate callback. I panicked, answered the phone, and hung up. They called back again, so I unplugged the landline. Just as the police were pulling up, my parents pulled up, too. The police pulled a gun on my dad and made him prove he lived there. I was so scared of getting in trouble that I made up a story about a man knocking on the door and trying to force his way in. I told them he was a white man with a dark beard and that he ran in the cornfield. I don’t think my parents ever knew I made it all up. The next day, the Oklahoma City bombing happened, and I thought it was God punishing people because he was mad at what I did."

6. "I told my kindergarten teacher that my mom was going to have a baby — not sure why. My mom volunteered at the school so when she came in a few days later, my teacher hugged her all excitedly and said congratulations. She had gotten my mom a card and everything. It was really awkward when my mom was super confused and had to explain to my teacher that she wasn't really pregnant."

7. "I once made a Valentine's Day card for my stepdad from a secret admirer with a fake kiss that I used my classmate's lips as a model for. I left it on his side of the bed. It did not go well. It turns out he was a habitual cheater."

8. "I forgot my keys and got locked out of the house in like seventh grade. I donkey-kicked the door to get it open. When my mom and stepdad came home they asked why the door was broken and I said I didn't know and that it was like that when I got home. They called the police, and the police matched my shoe to the shoe print. Luckily I was generally a good kid and wasn't one for lying, so I just got yelled at a bit."

9. "I pretended to be blind for a day. I fooled three doctors until I got some fancy test that proved me wrong. My family was PISSED. I wanted glasses because I thought they looked cool."

10. "I said I had a girlfriend at a different school but one of the kid's mom's was a teacher at that school and confirmed the person didn't exist. It was embarrassing."

11. "I pretended I couldn't talk for fun at my new school, and my parents had to come to the school to prove I could talk."

12. "During a field trip in 5th grade, I lied and said I saw a mountain lion on top of the hill. Everybody turned around and said, 'Oh yeah, I see it! It's right there!' I couldn't see shit. To this day, I'm not sure if they really did see one or if they were all just fucking with me."

13. "When I was younger, I started pretending that I was a really heavy sleeper so that when my parents tried to wake me up, I could get a couple more minutes. Now I can't stop because they'll think something's up."

14. "I wrote my sister’s name on the closet wall in crayon. I told my mom and tried to frame her. She said my sister couldn’t write yet. I still remember how stupid I felt for pulling that stunt."

15. And, lastly: "One time, some kids were making fun of me for having a unibrow, so I went home and tried shaving it off. I accidentally went a little too far on one eyebrow than the other, so I tried to even it out but ended up shaving off my eyebrow completely. I knew that if kids were making fun of me for having a unibrow, they would rip me apart for having no eyebrows. I threw a bandaid over my shaved-off eyebrow and started telling people I got punched and had to get stitches. The next thing I know, I am in the principal's office. I had to take my bandaid off and show him that I wasn’t getting beat up at school. It was super embarrassing. But, I still had to keep my lies to my classmates. In hindsight, I doubt anyone believed me."

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