Who is Conning Whom?
I got migraines a few times during my teenage years. They only happened maybe 3-5 times and then went away, never to return. (I’m 28 and haven’t had one in ~13 years.) However, the very fact that I’d had them in the past meant that I could milk it a little bit and pretend I was having an episode so my mum would let me stay home from school.
Usually this trick was saved for days when assignments were due. However, one day I didn’t feel like going in because I’d been up on bash.org til 2am, so I put on the usual act and Mum let me stay home from school. The next day I still didn’t like the idea of going to class, so the migraine continued.
And the next day. And the next. For two whole weeks. The reason I finally gave up? Apparently my teachers had been really concerned about my weeks-long absence and sent me a get well card that was signed by all the kids in my grade.
There was a note saying how much everyone missed me and how my name had been mentioned at morning assembly, where the whole school had prayed for me. (I was the unpopular nerdy library kid, wtf?) I felt so guilty I went into class the next day. Writing this out, I’m beginning to wonder if that was their ploy all along. Story credit: Reddit / InflamedMonkeyButts