Accidentally lied to friend about holiday

[WildBeaker]

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?

I'd take a photo of a local stream and then act aghast that the tour guide lied to you

Do people still go round to friends' houses to look at holiday photos and videos?

Say you didn’t realise what was the Grand Canyon is… my SIL genuinely thought it was a theme park… say you thought it was a shopping centre or something, no one is going to argue that!

We make vlog style DVDs of our holidays to Florida and have had friends round to watch them when they were going. I’m like an unofficial holiday planner!

Yes! Definitely do this.

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?

I have never, ever, had anyone wanting to 'pop round' to see my holiday snaps and videos.

Or you could say "Sorry, I was thinking of Cheddar Gorge. Always get those two mixed up."

Or print some pictures out and draw yourself in. She’ll never guess.

That reminds me of the guy on Reddit who pretended he didn’t know what a potato was.

Bloody hell, I hope there's a lot of booze involved.

I have never had any friends pop round to see my holidays snaps, let alone work friends 😳

Sorry OP but this is really funny.

Take some photos of a bar and when you get together - ‘OH! I thought you said Lan Banyon, this wonderful bar in the town! Loved it there! Grand Canyon? Sorry no, what’s that? ‘

Just say you didn't take photos there "out of respect" but do a bit of research of different parts of the canyon so you can talk convincingly about it.

What a shame you forgot to charge your phone/camera before you went to the Grand Canyon so you couldn't get any photos. What are you like?! And the lovely lady you met there who took a couple of pics for you is ignoring your Facebook friend request.

She suggested to pop round to mine to see our photos/videos

Do people still do this?

@Timeforanewnam this really made me laugh :)

This sounds like the beginning of a film plot. Things are going to get more and more audacious as the lie snowballs. Be prepared for some big life changes and mild to moderate peril.

I have auditory processing problems and I do stuff like this all the time. I have no words of advice to offer - I usually just end up pretending for the rest of my life out of shame and embarrassment and then living with fear of being found out and self-loathing for having accidentally lied😬😅

I'd say this too

I’ve got photos you can have lol

Just take some screenshots of the GC off the internet, would could possibly go wrong?

Decline the invite! Sounds awful anyway !!

This is hilarious. I’d just say, sorry no you can’t come over to look at photos because it’s not 1985. If you want to look that badly get a bloody smartphone.

This!

Why wasn't this the first comment?

To be honest, kill me now… when I did our Grand Canyon helicopter tour, we’d been out heavily drinking the night before.

I didn’t feel I could cancel as when we were there the tours were quite booked up and we were leaving soon. My boyfriend was desperate to go and found some alka selztzer for me. I did see the Grand Canyon and watched the video afterwards he’d done of it but I spent most of the whole tour (it’s long!) trying not to throw up and focussing. That’s the last time I’m doing something like that!

So if it were me OP, I’d just say I didn’t want her to see me looking ill and use my hungover excuse. 🤢🤮