[ASTalumna06]

I remember this one Thanksgiving dinner where it somehow turned into everyone confessing things that they had lied about. It all started when I began talking about these two goldfish that I had when I was younger. I told the story about the night that one of them died, and how my mom said the fish was probably sleeping. Everyone laughed. Then I said, "Those fish lived for a really long time." Then my mom said, "Do you know how many times I had to replace those fish?!" Yea, apparently they kept dying, and she kept buying new ones before I noticed. It was hilarious.

For the rest of the dinner, everyone was confessing stupid little things to each other and we laughed the whole time.

One of the things I owned up to was the fact that when I was young, I would never eat my green beans, and instead I would put them in my pockets when no one was looking, and I'd throw them away after dinner.

My brother finally admitted that he would always steal the gum I would buy with my allowance. I always knew, but it was good to hear him actually say it.

And my mom and aunt started fessing up to things that they had done 20-30 years ago.

The best part was when my aunt turned to one of my cousins (one of her two sons) and said, "I'm sorry hunny, but I can't lie to you anymore.. your brother was always my favorite." She was obviously joking, and we all couldn't stop laughing.

The whole thing was hilarious, we all got to hear stories from everyone else's lives that we had never heard before, and I think it helped everyone bond just a little bit more.