To Lie....

[WorzselMummage]

I've just scratched our car.. not a big scratch but a scratch none the less

I was wrestling with a bag of compost on b&q carpark and kinda smashed the trolly in to the back bumper.

Its only a little scratch, about an inch but a bit of it's gone right down to the plastic.

How unreasonable would it be on a scale of 1 to 10 if waited till he spots it and deny all knowledge.

Df will kill me, its already had a new bumper after i reversed it in to a mercedes in tescos carpark.

*sobs.

[Broodybabywannabe]

nah go for it!X

[TaLcY]

How aout telling him you discovered it on your return?

[throckenholt]

its the bumper - they are there to get scratched. I would ignore it. If it was the body work I would say something but the bumper is fair game !

[WorzselMummage]

i could do that i suppose..

arggg, why do these things always happen to me ? I was in a right tizz because dd was dancing on the spot shouting at me that she needed a wee and this bag of compost weighted about 4 tons i think, It was so heavy i eventually had to go and find a workman to help me lift it. Then DD weed on my shoes.

[CountessDracula]

Why would you lie?
What would he do?

[Broodybabywannabe]

i would call it a white lie. to save arguments

[CountessDracula]

God it's a scratch
WTF???

It's only a car
my bumper is covered in scratches. I will get them fixed if i can be arsed when we sell it

[WorzselMummage]

He'd moan like billyo about it for about 2 months, remind me of it every time i drive the car or when he feels like being a git.

He's never let me live down the fact that i reversed in to a car at tescos doing £1000 of damage , i know whats he's like

[WorzselMummage]

He'd moan like billyo about it for about 2 months, remind me of it every time i drive the car or when he feels like being a git.

He's never let me live down the fact that i reversed in to a car at tescos doing £1000 of damage , i know whats he's like

[Youcannotbeserious]

Deny all knowledge...

I once borrowed DH's car.... All I had to do is drive to the front of a really nice hotel and hand the keys to the doorman - and I managed to mash the alloy on the curb...

I waited until he noticed it and then denied all knowledge. I'm a terrible liar, though, and he saw through me in no time.......

Hope he's not too mad!!

[mankymummy]

tell him thats what bumpers are for, to be bumped !

[WorzselMummage]

I used the ' thats why we are insured' line last time i don't think a simalar quite would go down to well again lol

[mankymummy]

well then tell him its his fault because you being a delicate lady should not have to try and wrestle big bags of compost in to the car in the first place.

if he'd been being a man and done it for you then it would never have happened !

[girlfrommars]

You could just tell him the truth. You parked it at B&Q, went to get compost and when you went to put it in the boot you saw a scratch.

[SquonkTheBeerGuru]

you could always fix it first?

[WorzselMummage]

he's got eyes like a hawk i'd never get away with it.

i think i am just going to have to come clean..

he probably wouldnt believe me if i lied to him anyway

oh well

[aGalChangedHerName]

I just tell my DH if i do anything like that. I whacked the kerb once just after i started driving his car (much bigger than my own) and he just shrugged and asked if the dc and i were ok.

It's only a car isn't it?

[yorkshirepudding]

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[WorzselMummage]

It is only a car.. a vectra at that

I dont really do lying, well not to him anyway, i dont think i ever have.

i am going to have to tell the truth.

bloody compost.

[ratbunny]

'I was in a right tizz because dd was dancing on the spot shouting at me that she needed a wee and this bag of compost weighted about 4 tons i think, It was so heavy i eventually had to go and find a workman to help me lift it. Then DD weed on my shoes.'
I think this is a good enough excuse.
my dh is the same and I regularly deny all knowledge of dinks and bumps on my car. He has seen that my parking method involves driving forard very slowly until I (lightly) bump the barrier in front of me, but he can go for it all he wants, I will still be crap at parking.

But it sounded like a stressful situation, and its only a little scratch, so just tell him the truth.
Is there anything you can rib him about instead? (like, not going to pick up the compost himself?)

[purpleduck]

Personally, whenever we get a scratch on a new car, I feel relieved, then you don't need to be so precious about it

I am just lesrning to drive (passed my theory test this morning!!!), , and I am pretty sure that I will be scratching most cars I will be driving.
BUT, a few years ago, dh hit a car in a car park. It was easily the most expensive car in the car park. It was a HUGE carpark too.

He's not got a leg to stand on even if he decided to moan.

[WorzselMummage]

I will definatly try the ' well you shouldnt have left me to get it ' angle. It did weigh a ton i swear, i only managed to get it in the trolly in the first place becaise gravity was on my side.. i still managed to scrape all the skin off my knuckle.

bad times.

I have a hair appointment this afternoo i might just cancel it as this is shaping up to be one of those days.

[CountessDracula]

It might be worth pointing out that you were considering fibbing about it to him as he overreacts so much and that maybe he could recognise it as a mistake and not bash you about it for months (which tbh sounds rather cruel and controlling to me)

[solo]

Is your lo old enough to dob you in? if not, then ignore it and wait until he see's it himself, then deny all knowledge.