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Input: So I‘m 20 and still living with my parents. I do a lot of stuff that my islamic parents don‘t approve of, like not believing in god, having sex before marriage, drinking and smoking yada yada

But I believe in being true to myself, so I don‘t really hide anything about my lifestyle, but we don‘t talk about it either.

Last week I came home late and began stumbling around in the flat because I was shitfacedly drunk. My dad saw me and asked if I had been drinking. I said yes, and he didn‘t have an answer for that. So I went to sleep.

Some days later he complained to my brothers about it, so one of them came to me and told me that I should have said no. I argued that I would feel like I‘d insult him if I lied blatantly in his face like that. My brothers‘ argument is that they know, but they at least want to live in the illusion that I‘m not doing anything „bad“. Like I just shouldn‘t adress the elephant in the room.

Now I‘m not so sure anymore. I feel like I‘d set my integrity aside for their comfort. They already know all my shit. I don‘t like lying to them. So, AITA?

TL;DR: Should I lie to my parents about my drinking, even though they know already? They say they’d be more relaxed.

refusing to lie to my parents