I had a very good friend as a child, and I can't remember why, but she and I had a falling out. I don't know if it went on a long time or just briefly, but my mother noticed and asked what was the matter. I didn't tell her the truth, but I was upset this friend and I were on the outs, and instead made up a story that this girl had been mean to me and that's why we weren't speaking anymore. I cried and felt sincere grief, but it was because this friend and I were estranged (for another reason), not because she had been mean to me. Anyway, my mom called up this girl's mom and bawled out the girl for being so mean to me. I felt so bad.... Why couldn't I have just told my mom the truth? It turned into something much worse because I told that lie. I don't think this ever got fully resolved. I just wasn't capable of it then.