I'll never forget the time I was forced to make up a second life story for a babysitter gig. My cousin's picture, Santino, had just come out, and she was thrilled to share it with everyone. She asked me if he looked like his mom, and I had to think fast. I told her that yes, he did look like her, which was true, but also kind of a lie. I didn't want to hurt her feelings or be caught in a white lie, so I just went with it.

As the semester went on, things only got more complicated. The parents who hired me for babysitting started asking me questions about my child's life, like what he was into right now and whether he had any siblings. I felt like I was being put on the spot every time we talked about my "kid." It was like they were trying to set up playdates with their own children, which made me feel awkward and uncomfortable.

At first, I thought that if I just corrected them and told them I didn't have a kid, it would be easy. But in the moment, I felt like I was caught off guard. I genuinely didn't know what to do, and I knew that if I said something wrong, it would ruin our friendship and make me look like a liar. So, instead of telling the truth, I just kind of...made up stuff. Baby daddy drama, anyone? It was wild.

As time went on, I started to realize how invested I had become in this second life. I was making up stories about my child's life, and it was getting harder to keep track of what was true and what wasn't. It was like I had a whole new identity, one that I wasn't proud of.

But the thing is, when you're living a lie, it's hard to stop. You start to feel like you're being pulled in two different directions, and it's exhausting. So, I started taking steps to avoid them altogether. I would sit at the back of class, waiting until everyone else was seated before I could join them. I'd switch places with people just so they wouldn't be able to sit next to me.

It was all very awkward, but I didn't know how to stop it. I felt like I was trapped in this situation, and I didn't know how to escape. Eventually, I reached my breaking point, and I decided to take drastic action. I called Sprint and blocked their numbers, which was basically the only way I could think of to get rid of them.

I also made sure to avoid taking any classes that would allow me to interact with them too much. Since they worked during the day, I'd only take morning classes, so we'd never cross paths again. It was a bit extreme, but at that point, I didn't care. I just wanted to get out of this situation alive.

Looking back on it all, I realize that I should have figured out how to explain myself or tell the truth from the start. But in the moment, it felt like I was being forced into a corner and had no choice but to make up stuff. It's a hard lesson to learn, but it's one that I'll carry with me for a long time.

As for whether this is a pattern for me or not? Well, let's just say that I've been fortunate enough to have avoided similar situations since then. But at the same time, I know that I'm prone to making up stories and living in a world of my own creation. It's a bit of a double-edged sword, really – it can be fun and exciting, but also lead to trouble down the line.

Despite all the drama and stress, I have to say that I've learned a lot from this experience. I've learned how to think on my feet and come up with creative excuses when needed. And, of course, I've learned how to take drastic measures when necessary (blocking numbers, anyone?). But most importantly, I've learned the importance of honesty and integrity – even if it's hard.

So, if you're looking for advice on how to navigate situations like this, I'm not sure I have any. But what I do know is that being honest and authentic is usually the best policy. Even when it's hard or uncomfortable, it's always better to tell the truth than make something up. And trust me, it's been worth it in the end – even if it was a wild ride while it lasted!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone welcome back to my channel if you are new here don't forget to subscribe below and hit that notification bell so you never miss a video so today we are gonna be going over another one of my tragic hilariously tragic experiences so this one completely self-inflicted honestly so basically when I was in high school my parents wanted me to take classes at the City College so they wanted me to be able to accumulate these college credits and that ultimately allowed me to graduate early but here is a lovely little story about how one of these college classes went wrong how and why I ended up faking having a child to my entire class and how that worked out for me alright let's just get into it so I believe it was the summer between my junior and senior year of high school and I was taking econ statistics and then I wanted to do something fun so I decided I was also gonna do ceramics so everything went wrong in the ceramics class okay that's where things just things just went downhill for me okay so this was supposed to be fun this was do relaxing this was supposed to make all those more difficult classes worth it right things are gonna be great they're gonna be dandy right so they weren't I'm in class one day this is like the first week and I'm having trouble making friends I just felt so much younger than everyone and so I felt kind of out of place but all of my other classes when people would ask how old I was I just said I was 18 and I just pretend like I was supposed to be there because I learned pretty early on that if you tell them you're a high school student they're nobody wants to be in your group no one wants to be your friend and wants to talk to you so I just learned early on I need you just pretend to just be their peer that's what I intended to do in this class so I'm sitting across from us girl and she she said something and then I responded and she kind of giggled and I was like friend is that a friend it's I got all excited I was like oh wait she thought I was sunny I think felt like they were looking up right she was telling me about like like there's something around her finger and it turns out like she got like bit by a kid and I was like oh my gosh that's the worst they just want to put everything in their mouth and it's like you can't and then you're like having to reach in there and pull it out hope they don't bite you and it's ridiculous and she was like oh my gosh I know and then we were like swapping stories so then she was like oh like afterwards like do you want to like hang out and stuff so then her and I like became friends so at first you know we just made that connection over like child stories and then we were hanging out and like building a friendship so everything's fine dandy like a month or two goes by I don't remember cloud I think classes twice a week and so you know we're seeing each other on a pretty regular basis so then another student mentioned something about like their kid and like their babysitter or something had failed and they were late for class and then I was like oh my gosh I'm so sorry that's awful and then we were like kind of like bonding over that and then she'd ask like oh do you guys have kids and she's like oh yeah I have I have to this age in that age and I realize like oh those are her kids i underlie she had kids and that moment it all came together it all came together she was like and Brooke does to me Brooke I never even asked what's your son singing and I was just like so put on the spot just like and then the original person was like you have kids oh my gosh we had no idea and then like wandered like be friends and all of a sudden I had like a friend group and that was great and Andy and I dodged the bullet so then next class or something new new friend asks like oh can I see can I see a picture of your kid sounds like oh my god this is getting so awkward and then my original new friend was like yeah what's what's your son's name I don't think I heard it yesterday or something I was like Oh golly gee willikers um well um funny you asked you know um it is obviously I named them you know Santino Santino his name is auntie know and like oh my god what a cute name I don't know anyone named Santino like what yeah so Santino that was the first thing that came to my so my kid's name is now Santino so then they asked you know how old are they and I don't remember now but it was whatever age my cousin was and then I had a picture of him so I was like I guess this is him now so I like show my cousin's picture him like this is Santino like oh my gosh she's so cute he's so sweet he looks like you and stuff and I'm just like oh god oh god so then impress the semester you know they wanna they're trying to set up playdates they want to know about this and that and you know what is he into right now so all of a sudden I'm just like oh my gosh I cannot tell you how much more I had to start paying attention during babysitting because all of a sudden I've got to come up with new material and you know I don't want to be a part of this live but I am just too far in and you know I get it a lot of people will say that why don't you just correct them right away and tell them you don't have a kid easy fix this is done we all move on okay that that would have been the ideal intelligent thing to do however in the moment I felt so like rush put on the spot and just like caught off guard I genuinely did not know what to do I would lose that like that friendship and that credibility would look like I was a liar and which I ended up becoming a wire to keep the to prevent looking like a liar yeah so completely backfired but in that like half second when like all those thoughts are running here my head I was just like Santana and I lived to regret it for the rest of the semester so we're going on we're going on and they are just really wanting playdates because it turns out hmm there are sons of the same age yes yes their kids are just so happened to be the same age as my invisible son so that was great that was really great that's why karma honestly it was so stressful like before I would go into class I was like taking notes about like what did I say last time like moving forward like I had a whole second life that I was having to like navigate and then all of a sudden you know at one point they want to know about that there was no dad there so baby oh my god I was making up okay I'm not proud of it but I was making up baby daddy drama I was oh oh my gosh it was wild and then you know in the middle I actually started to get kind of invested yeah I hadn't checked myself I was like huh no baby daddy no kid no drama and that was kind of a wake-up call like I was invested in a second life it was bad it was that I have to start avoiding them so I'm starting to try to like make new friends I'm like we used to sit in like this certain table it was our table all of a sudden I'm like waiting like around the corner until class is like starting everyone is seated so I can come in and sit and complete opposite side so they don't have the ability to come move and sit next to me I'm like switching place with people I am absolutely avoiding them it was awful it was so awkward still they try oh my gosh oh my gosh it was like they wanted to be my friend and you know first I went into this like I would kill to have friends here I really want friends and at the end I was just like I don't wanna be your hat please no friends no friends it just did not go according to plan so the way that all this ended was I ended up calling into sprint and blocking all of their numbers like this was before you could just go in and just like pull up this number you know that was it that was the case so I had to like call in and I think you only had like I think it's like you can only block like three or four people or something like that and I used my blocks on that I refused to take any sort of like leisure classes or like elective classes no no absolutely not and then I knew what hours like they worked so I made sure to only take classes in like the early morning we need to make sure that we never cross paths again because I can't do this and that's how I learned that even if you're put on the spot figure out I have to explain yourself or doll the truth I hope you have enjoyed it I hope it has made you realize that you make better decisions than me or than I used to okay I will say that I have not faked another child or second life since then or before then okay just to be clear okay this is not pattern well thank you guys again so much for tuning in to hear about my ridiculous adventures of my life I hope that you have found this funny and has looked at your spirits and don't forget to tune in next week because I will have more videos for you if you haven't already don't forget to subscribe below hit the notification bells so you never miss a video bye guys we'll see you 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