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Accidentally lied to friend about holiday

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WildBeaker · 10/05/2024 10:03

I came back to work yesterday after going on holiday to Las Vegas last week. My friend asked me how it was and asked if I went to the Grand Canyon. I wasn’t really focusing, had a mind slip and said yes even though I didn’t go. She started talking about the different parts of the canyon and I thought it would’ve been weird to backtrack so I just nodded along. She suggested to pop round to mine to see our photos/videos over the weekend and I’m panicking because obviously I won’t have any of the Grand Canyon and if she finds out I never went that will be so embarrassing. I’m wondering whether to say I forgot the camera on that day or would that sound too weird?

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Grrrpredictivetex · 19/05/2024 13:19

We went on helicopter trip. Tell her weather changed so you had to return sooner rather than later so no photos unfortunately.

akasalishsea · 17/05/2024 20:15

WildBeaker · 10/05/2024 10:03

I came back to work yesterday after going on holiday to Las Vegas last week. My friend asked me how it was and asked if I went to the Grand Canyon. I wasn’t really focusing, had a mind slip and said yes even though I didn’t go. She started talking about the different parts of the canyon and I thought it would’ve been weird to backtrack so I just nodded along. She suggested to pop round to mine to see our photos/videos over the weekend and I’m panicking because obviously I won’t have any of the Grand Canyon and if she finds out I never went that will be so embarrassing. I’m wondering whether to say I forgot the camera on that day or would that sound too weird?

Just tell your friend your mind was boggled with work demands and that you apologize for not listening to her fully and then have a good laugh over it.

daisychain01 · 17/05/2024 04:57

EmmaGrundyForPM · 16/05/2024 17:31

This.

Don't overthink it.

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C'mon 90% of MN threads are a direct result of someone "overthinking" stuff 😂

unhappywskid · 16/05/2024 17:36

Changinforaday · 14/05/2024 18:12

Was going to say exactly this. Are we in 1985 perhaps?

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I found it unusual too. I honestly thought no one did that anymore, since there's social media and stuff.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 16/05/2024 17:31

VickyEadieofThigh · 10/05/2024 10:08

If friend mentions it, say "No, we didn't go." If she says "You said you did!", say "Did I? Blimey, jetlag, eh?"

This.

Don't overthink it.

unhappywskid · 16/05/2024 17:29

I'd go with what some people have suggested here, just come clean, it was a genuine mistake, it could've happened to anyone.

T1Dmama · 16/05/2024 10:03

Just text her and say ‘sorry I think I have the impression we’d been to the GC, I must’ve misheard your question and then when you were talking about it didn’t have the heart to say anything!’

Don't lie more

ChampagneLassie · 15/05/2024 23:13

EmilyTjP · 10/05/2024 12:00

Also, who on earth asks to come round to look at someone’s holiday photos?! 😂

this! 🤣

Rewis · 15/05/2024 22:38

I'd go with full on gaslighting. Say you never said such a thing. She made it up. Does grand canyon even exist? Denydenydeny. Or you know. Just say what you said in the op.

PrestonHood121 · 15/05/2024 22:33

who pops round to see photos of anywhere in 2024?

cottoncandy260 · 15/05/2024 22:12

Timeforanewnam · 10/05/2024 14:46

I think most of us have done something like this in our lives. Try not to worry.

if it makes you feel any better, just after I had had my second baby, a lady who lived locally saw me in the local shop and asked me what I had.
I told her I had a girl .
I hadn’t it was a boy 🤪
I realise straightaway, but I couldn’t say anything, in case She thought I was bonkers.
Unfortunately, she started asking me what the name was et cetera. Luckily I managed to tell her my other child’s name.
I still think about how daft it was that I couldn’t remember what I’d given birth too . Never mind 🤪

I remember doing similar when I had my firstborn. He was about 3 days old and someone asked what his name was and I replied with the name of my friend’s baby as this was the name I’d been used to saying until my own was born!

Luckily I didn’t know the person well so never saw her again to let her know I’d forgotten my own baby’s name and it was actually something different.

We all come out with random shit sometimes. Especially with tiredness. Think you just have to be honest and say you made a mistake. Would be too weird to keep up the lie going forward.

Lwrenn · 15/05/2024 21:00

We all just zone out when exhausted.
I once was so in the zone I starting casually limping alongside a fella with a genuine limp.
Wish I knew why, wish I didn't keep it going awkwardly, but I'd stopped paying attention and when earth came back to me, I had developed a wee limp. Absolute twat I am.

When were knackered we do these things. My eldest asks me when I'm tired for all sorts of shite he knows if I wasn't half asleep I'd never agree to, don't sweat it.

tomatino · 15/05/2024 20:49

I was there in March - AMA.

My memories can be yours!

Cnf1 · 15/05/2024 20:06

Say you saw the grand canyon as you flew in and that's what you meant.

Calliopespa · 15/05/2024 20:04

Ok OP worry not! I’ve got you sorted.

There is a bar: The Bar @ Flamingo and Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Drive, Las Vegas .

That’ll do.

DisabledDemon · 15/05/2024 19:32

penjil · 10/05/2024 17:32

Your friend must have issues if she thinks spending an evening with her exchanging photos of a rocky canyon is a good time.....🙄

There's nothing more boring than looking at someone elses holidays snaps for more than 10 minutes. 😨

Ten minutes? Blimey, I can't even manage five!

Daisychainreactions · 15/05/2024 19:30

jet lag. Vegas is a whirlwind experience. You may have been married to a barman by Elvis and you wouldn’t remember. Don’t stress about it. Xx

catmum44 · 15/05/2024 19:19

just say you didn't plug your phone charger in properly the night before and it went flat so no pics. Easily done.

Dagnabit · 15/05/2024 19:17

😂😂

This reminds me of when I accidentally lied. My friend has a Lego Pyramids in the lounge which I thought was Chichen Itza and I said oh I’ve been there. She started talking about Egypt, where I’ve never been so I just brazened it out 🤣 I don’t see her anymore, not related to my lie though, just fizzled out.

Timeforacomment · 15/05/2024 18:08

Why you lied was stupid ,but at the same time no need for explanation.

Pikiti · 15/05/2024 17:56

penjil · 10/05/2024 17:32

Your friend must have issues if she thinks spending an evening with her exchanging photos of a rocky canyon is a good time.....🙄

There's nothing more boring than looking at someone elses holidays snaps for more than 10 minutes. 😨

Are they really friend if she has to worry on backtracking on a mistake?.Say it as it is you were not listening and said yes.

I feel it is quite thoughtful for someone to come by and look at photos in these days when no one gives a damn about another person.

She also might be lonely and i do not find looking at photos boring but therapeutic.

Starlight1979 · 15/05/2024 10:44

viques · 14/05/2024 21:37

Burst into tears and say the only thing you saw was a hospital room because you went for a secret Brazilian bum job and it failed miserably. you were hoping for a Grand Canyon but all you got was a Petite Hassleback.

I am actually crying at some of these posts 😂

Starlight1979 · 15/05/2024 10:42

Chrispackhamspoodle · 14/05/2024 21:19

The only option is to fly back out and visit the Grand Canyon before you next see her.How much annual leave have you got?

😂

CleaningAngel · 15/05/2024 07:30

DistinguishedSocialCommentator · 10/05/2024 14:35

Where I worked, no one asked other than one friend "did you have a nice holiday."? I said, "yes" - end of. People were very envious as that was glowingly obvious.

If someone asked me if we went to X - simple answer, yes or a no

Exactly this, no one has ever said to me 'ooh ill come round to your house to see your holiday videos!!'
There wouldn't be any videos anyway! And I wouldn't bore people with photos, I don't really take any as I don't move from pool/sun lounger !!
Majority of work colleagues would just say did you have a nice holiday...end of!!

Yesiamtiredactually · 15/05/2024 07:08

ValueAddedTaxonomy · 10/05/2024 17:50

Yes! Definitely do this.Grin

Anyone heard the John Finnemore sketch where an oboe player has spent years pretending to his husband that he is a data analyst because on their very first date he missed the opportunity to clear up a little small-talk glitch?

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Yes! 🤣🤣

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