HELP!

I did the same type of thing when I was about 11 years old.

I told my mother and her reaction was the same.

She still hasn't forgiven me and brings it up regularly.

I am 32 now!
 
cleanbluesky said:
If you want a real suggestion, just grow a spine and tell your parents what happened. Honesty is the best policy with people you like.
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You're going to have to replace it no matter what. Replacing a square of carpet is a 15 minute job just as long as you have some extra scraps stored away from which you can make a patch. Loose the carpet from the tack-strips near the wall and roll it over so the bottom of the scotched part is exposed. Cut with a sharp, non-serrated knife. Cut an identical shape from an extra bit, testing for fit with great frequency (remember that you cannot make a small piece any larger :p). Once it fits, get some quality adhesive and stick it down. Smooth the edges together by blending the pile with your fingers. Vacuum a few times for extra smoothing.

It won't be perfect but it will do. :)
Laz said:
Tell them you're a homosexual

They'll soon forget about the carpet
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Hahahahahaha!
 
Laz said:
Tell them you're a homosexual

They'll soon forget about the carpet
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Best reply ever.

To be honest if your parents are like mine, they'll find out no matter. It will be even worse if you try and hide it now and they find it 3 weeks later and you're like "oh yeah that was ages ago."

Just admit it now and try and justify your actions so they sound stupid as little as possible.

Saying something like, "i was bored and wondered what would happen if I set this bit of paper on fire" wouldn't go down too well with my parents.

Offer to pay for the repairs/new carpet might help your situation a bit. My parents wouldn't take the money off me but the fact I offered will make them feel guility for a good ass-whipping :)
 
Scott Salisbury said:
Best reply ever.

To be honest if your parents are like mine, they'll find out no matter. It will be even worse if you try and hide it now and they find it 3 weeks later and you're like "oh yeah that was ages ago."

Just admit it now and try and justify your actions so they sound stupid as little as possible.
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Sometimes stupid works. :p

I had a vanity unit with a sink in my bedroom when I still lived with my parents. One night I came home drunk, threw a tab in the sink and went to sleep. Woke up in the morning to find it had burnt right through (1cm by 2cm hole) - well I hadn't realised it was plastic! :o

I hid it with a botch job for abut 3 years - owned up when they found it while selling the house :D Dad thought it was highly amusing and was very impressed I'd gotten away with it for so long.
 
defolwsionist said:
Lol. Some awesome comical responses guys. I ended up telling her. She said it was best if she didn't talk to me for a while. Seems to be calming down now.
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She said it was best if she didn't talk to you for a while? What kind of person is she that she gets worked up over a carpet. She dam lucky the whole house didn't burn down with you in it.
 
Kell_ee001 said:
You don't own your own house, do you?
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Its a carpet which can be replaced. Now if the whole house went up in flames and say you couldn't get out for some reason and ended up burning to death. Would you still be worried about a small burn in the carpet.
 
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