Honest Conversation

Have you ever been too afraid to be honest, specifically with your parents, because you're afraid that even though it's the right thing to do, there's more consequences immediately, whereas if you just put it off you won't have to deal with it right away? However, that also means that the consequences will probably be more long-term than if you had just been completely honest in the first place... I've tried both, with the same type of issue, and let me just say I was pretty amazed at my mom's response the second time when I was just upfront and honest with her immediately. Granted, she was dissapointed, but she handled herself so completely differently. She wanted to know what she could do for me, what I needed, whereas the first time, well let's just say I was supposed to be home for the weekend and I ended up just staying twelve hours. There is something to be said for honest conversation, it's definitely better, a lot harder just because it's uncomfortable and its admitting that you aren't perfect, that you've screwed up, but like they say, admitting it is the first step... it really does get easier after that... well, at least I'm hoping!