Forgive me for I have sinned…
By paula27661
@paula27661 (15811)
Australia
April 15, 2009 9:50pm CST
A friend of my husband, while still living with his parents, locked himself out of the house one day. There was nobody home so he figured breaking in would be the way to go. He decided to get inside the house via the manhole; he managed to climb back into the house, problem solved.
All was well for a while until winter came, along with the rain. His parents woke up one morning to a waterfall that cascaded down the lounge room’s feature wall. My husband’s friend had forgotten to replace the roof tile when he broke into the house a few weeks before!
His parents were none the wiser and resigned themselves to paying the $10,000 required to repair the water damage and to this day (10 years later) they have no idea what -or who- had caused the problem. Their son has kept the secret and claims he has felt guilty over the incident all these years but has not had the courage to confess until now! It will be interesting to hear his mum and dad's reaction when he owns up!
Have you ever done anything that you would like to confess? What are you guilty of? Come on fess up, I won’t tell anyone...
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10 responses
@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
16 Apr 09
Moi? Non mais ca va pas la tete?
I have a priest to confess my sins to...
As a matter of fact... I did build my own church to do so.
Cost me thousand of millions.
So why would I confess on mylot?
Not with the FBI reading every post...
And censoring the truth I might add.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
16 Apr 09
Oh...okay...whatever you say...every post? Gee... 
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@sanuanu (11235)
• India
16 Apr 09
LOL! What sins you have done in your life? It was from your husband's friend.
i was right, Paula can never commit a sin.
Back to the discussion, I am amazed that the hole in the roof top was a secret for 10 years, it is surprising and why didn't any thief tried going into the house in the night. So many questions arises when I read the incident my friend.
Well, there are many sins I have done in my life which I coulddn't confess. you may not call them a sin but still a fault which I needed to confess. I have spent money from my father's income on watching movie in theater when I was required to get a lecture from my teacher in college!
This was only one of them, rest I can't confess here!
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
16 Apr 09
The sin you mention is not that bad! Not sure I want to know of any others! (LOL) 
I was puzzled too about the hole in the roof, the tile was off for a few weeks until the rain came. I would imagine they thought someone tried to break in, I don't know...He's kept the secret for 10 years! 
I was puzzled too about the hole in the roof, the tile was off for a few weeks until the rain came. I would imagine they thought someone tried to break in, I don't know...He's kept the secret for 10 years! 1 person likes this
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
17 Apr 09
Good on you. No point stressing.None of it is probably that bad anyway. Thanks for responding!
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
16 Apr 09
I think, he is guilty and does not want to reveal a truth that might hurt his parents. even though they had paid for his mistake, knowing the truth would hurt them more. but still i would have confessed no matter what. Its difficult to live with guilt. I have always confessed the truth and faced it all. But, once I took pencil from my sister's pencil case and did not kept it back. it was long time back when i was still a kid. My sister couldn't get it and was mad. it was favorite possession. she only got to know about its disappearance only recently.
I am sorry sis.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
16 Apr 09
I find it difficult to hold on to guily like that. I would have to own up and clear my consciousness early on. Thanks for the response and I'm sure all will be forgiven by your sister!
@eichs1 (1934)
• Philippines
17 Apr 09
If he can live with the guilt, then I don't think there's no need to confess. His fault have caused nothing but financial damaged (argh!!! $10,000.00 is a fortune today and that would be more precious 10 years before) and his family did not collapsed because of such incident. In a way, they got over it. However, if he will eventually bring this out again, it will dig up some of the pain having to cope up with the payment and some indignation as to why he did not confess before.
On the other hand, if his guilt is causing him pain and eating him out, then it is best to confess it all. At least, any reproach from his family will not be that as hard since the incident took place long time ago.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
17 Apr 09
That's exactly what I think. To this day I don't know if he has actually confessed, he said he wanted to. The damage from the rain was huge apparently and yes $10,000 is a lot of money, I would love to know exactly what they had to do for it to cost so much! Thank you for the response, appreciate it.
@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
• United States
16 Apr 09
Paula-
Well, if they are reading Mylot they know now don't they? 
. It's really a sad deal because if he had just confessed early on they could have made a very easy repair to the roof for very low fees. He really does owe them quite a bit, and he should tell them and offer to make a payment arrangement to pay them back, in my humble opinion.
I can't say I've ever done anything like that. I'm just not like that. I would have had to sit outside and wait to be let in, rather than breaking in. When I recently broke our two busts of the Lady and Lord on our shrine in an accident I texted my husband right away and told him there had been an accident. When he got home that night I told him what had occured.
I've kind of been that way all my life. Even if I burn the toast or what not I'm busy saying "I did that".
Namaste-Anora
. It's really a sad deal because if he had just confessed early on they could have made a very easy repair to the roof for very low fees. He really does owe them quite a bit, and he should tell them and offer to make a payment arrangement to pay them back, in my humble opinion.
I can't say I've ever done anything like that. I'm just not like that. I would have had to sit outside and wait to be let in, rather than breaking in. When I recently broke our two busts of the Lady and Lord on our shrine in an accident I texted my husband right away and told him there had been an accident. When he got home that night I told him what had occured.
I've kind of been that way all my life. Even if I burn the toast or what not I'm busy saying "I did that".
Namaste-Anora@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
17 Apr 09
I doubt they read MyLot and I do wonder whether he has confessed, I'll be interested to find out, especially his parents' reaction! I can't think of anything serious that I feel guilty about either, childhood pranks perhaps, nothing my parents would worry about now...I hope...
Thanks Anora
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@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
16 Apr 09
I wouldn’t have confessed ever. 10 years back I was much younger and could have digested their wrath…now in mid 30s I don’t think I can stomach whatever they say to me (and knowing my mum at least, she would never let this pass without a ruckus)…
Regarding my secrets, well yes I do have one of which I am truly so sorry that I don’t want to bring it to words…God alone knows what it is and my repentance over it…I want to take it with me when I go
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
16 Apr 09
There are things that are just between us and our God and that is how it should be. I know what you mean about facing your parents' disapproval. My mother still manages to make me feel 10 years old with her disapproval and I'm in my forties! Thank you so much for sharing, I really appreciate it!
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
16 Apr 09
I agree; they paid all that money 10 years ago so hopefully it won't be too bad for him! Thanks for responding!
Thanks for responding!
@ljames8585 (129)
• Canada
16 Apr 09
At least he finally confessed, think about what the poor guy has gone threw all these years with that on his mind. That would be torture. I always ended up getting caught or sooner or later fessing up because I felt bad.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
17 Apr 09
Me too. I don't know how he could say nothing while watching his parents fork out all that money! But then again he was more than likely very scared! I was never any good at keeping things like that to myself; my conscience would always get the better of me! Thanks for responding!
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
16 Apr 09
I must say it would be difficult to confess to that. I don´t think it´s of any use confessing and making his parents angry or feeling guilty. But I do hope he will have learnt to do the repair of the messes he has made at due time. LOL I´m too old to remember all my sins. But I´m sure there are a lot. As I have forgotten them, I´m not guilty. The lack of memory than be a blessing: I hhave to rely on other people. The way I see it is: if I have a nice family and very good friends I can´t be a very bad person.
Not guilty LOL
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
16 Apr 09
I'm sure you're a very nice person! I agree that not remembering can be a blessing!
As far as our friend goes, his parents were annoyed 10 years ago so by now they may not feel so bad (hopefully) Thanks for responding!
