Lies are told all over the place. In "Right to Lie?" Robert Kasanoff claims that our right to lie should be protected by law because having a right to lie not only follows the traditions but also helps protect our reputation, relationships, and make our lives easier and more comfortable. Sometimes, I think that no one has ever lied as bad as I have. I don't intend to lie but my parents are very special to me and I don't want to hurt them so I end up lying. I have my own life away from them; I really wish sometimes that I could tell them but they think of me as their princess: so innocent, never told them a lie. I've told my mum and dad so many lies. For example I've told them I'm doing schoolwork when in reality I'm nowhere near schoolwork. I lie because I have a boyfriend, a boyfriend I know they won't approve of because they think I'm young and I don't know what I'm doing. I lie, so that I could spend time with my boyfriend, started off with small little white lies. There were those days I would tell my mum, "Hey mum, I'm going to stay after school today. I would meet with him at a laundry near my school and we would just hang out and play video games at the laundry. Later on we got closer and wanted to hang out somewhere different. From that moment I started growing my lies. I would tell my parents I was going for some tutoring and since my parents believe everything I tell them, they had no problem with me going. Once my mum would drop me off, I would walk over to the Rose Garden where I would meet up with my boyfriend from 4-6 p.m. We basically made our own life, we told each other everything, and we would go to the Science Center to eat and explore. Months went by and my lies continued. My relationships grew more and more to the point that I would go over to his house. He became part of my life; just as lying was part of me also. Those little white lies I would tell are now big elephant lies that I continue to tell and can't se