Would you risk getting in trouble for a loved one?
By hallmarkjl
@hallmarkjl (500)
United States
March 6, 2008 3:57pm CST
If you knew that your loved one *husband, wife, son, daughter, etc.* was going to get into a lot of trouble and maybe even go to jail for a while for doing something would you take the blame. When I say that I mean would you take the blame if you knew that you would not get into any real trouble like they would because they had been in trouble before and you hadnt. Now, I dont mean if they killed someone or robbed a guy, but something that could still get them into a lot of trouble and they had been in trouble a lot before also. I was just wondering who all would actually take the blame for someone because they really did love them. So tell me if you would or wouldnt and why. Also do you think that it would be wrong to do something like this, why or why not?
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3 responses
@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Oct 08
How is this going to help your loved one learn the lessons they need to carry on with if you take the blame for what they did? If they did the act they need to pay the price for it not you. You aren't really helping them you are helping yourself feel better about the situation.
@x7heavens (365)
• Singapore
6 Mar 08
Call me cruel and insensitive, but I am not going to take the blame for a crime that I did not commit, even for the loved ones. There is always the chance that they will never going to turn a new leaf, so it is not worth the sacrifice. We have to take responsibility for our own actions. Having said that, hopefully such a thing will not occur for me to make such difficult decisions.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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6 Mar 08
Nope. If you can't take the time, don't do the crime. Apart from getting yourself into trouble for something that you didn't do, you can get yourself in trouble for something that you did do - namely perjury. I am afraid that if someone expects me to take the can for their misdemeanors they have another things coming, family or not.
