Like others, I'd say my biggest lie is about religion. As the years have gone on, they've gotten more and more fundamental in their religious beliefs -- a trend that is deeply disturbing to me. I, on the other hand, am an athiest. I know what would happen if I were to tell them the truth, as my sister tried that. They cried, they yelled, they cajoled. They could not accept it. They saw the soul of their daughter being damned to eternal hellfire, and did everything to stop it. They think they're doing the right thing, but mostly it's just alienated my sister from them.
I don't want to go through that, as, otherwise, my relationship with my parents is pretty great. It also helps that I live in a different city than them.
I know that some might think "Just tell them, they'll love you anyway, you're their son", but I'm not sure those people have dealt with the deeply devout, fundamental Christians. It's seriously a matter of (eternal) life or death to them.
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