'He saw my score and asked if we could swap tests': Bad friend exposes lie after student fails a test

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Oct 12, 2022 4:00 PM EDT

This is not the cheating scandal this Redditor clearly thinks it is!

 

This student's friend failed a math test before a big trip he and his friend group had been planning. Because of the bad performance, the kid's parents would not let him go on vacation. The student asked the Redditor if he would be willing to swap the front page of their copies of the tests so his parents would think he got a B+ and not an F. Not a good idea to lie to your parents about something that will inevitably come out. Still, though, the Redditor initially said yes but then decided to reverse his decision a mere two days before the group trip by calling his friend's parents directly. 

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/AmITheA**hole subreddit by u/Stephan2008, who tried to mask a sense of guilt about the lie. Redditors in the comments were quick to point out, however, that the original poster was contributing to a lie that only affected his friend and his family. This wasn't a school cheating scandal; the grades had been recorded and delivered. This was a family matter, and when the Redditor changed his mind, he should have at least given his friend the opportunity to come clean to his parents on his own. For more high school drama, check out this story about an obsessive mom and her daughter's grades.

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    Font - AITA for exposing a friend's lie to his parents Asshole up, Edit 2: you guys are seriously messed only you could see what kind of dms I've been getting if Edit: I called him and we made up, I said sorry and he understood it so we're all good now, please be civil in the comments So a while ago we got our test scores back and I saw I had a B+ on my Math exam and my friend had an F.
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    Font - He was pretty sad because his parents wouldn't let him go on this trip a bunch of us had been planning if he didn't pass, so he was going around the class telling our friends that he wouldn't be allowed to go. When he got to me he saw my score, and asked if we could swap tests (he would swap the first page with our names on it, but the grade was on the very last page).
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    Font - I said ok in the moment so we swapped and he got permission of his parents to go but later I felt bad and called his parents to tell what happened. This was two days before we left for the trip because I wanted to get him back for taking advantage of me (so I let him get hyped) and he got grounded for five weeks. He sent me a really angry text which the rest of my friends found funny too so I don't see the harm in it. He cheated and paid the price. His lie would probably come out anyways
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    Font - Syyina 19 hr. ago Partassipant [1] YTA for betraying your friend's trust. Obviously you shouldn't have helped him cheat in the first place. But leading him to believe you would do that for him, then telling his parents behind his back, was truly despicable. Reply Share 14.5k
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    Font - frlejo 14 hr. ago Yeah, it is called backstabbing 4 3.4k Reply Share
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    Product - NaZdrowie8 14 hr. ago His friend didn't even cheat, he misled his parents to do something fun, very uncommon /s 783 Reply Share
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    Font - CaRiSsA504 10 hr. ago hole Enthusiast [5] I'm thinking ESH. Friend for lying to his parents, OP isn't really an AH for coming clean, but he is an AH for making fun of his friends text & situation and then laughing about it with their other friends. That's pretty shi 135 Reply Share
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    Font - JustOne Girl 9 hr. ago Partassipant [1] Who never lied about a grade to their parents, especially to do something fun with their friends ?? Except for himself because that might prevent him to get a tutor and some help, that isn't ah territory. OP is an AH for coming clean, because nothing good came out of it, and nothing bad would have happened if he kept quiet, that wasn't a life and death situation. That was just petty because he said he waited 2days before the trip just to let the fri
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    Font - DearOP 13 hr. ago The thing is, his friend lied & didn't cheat. OP may have received a B+ on his test, but he clearly doesn't know the difference between cheating & lying since his friend would have scored higher most likely if he had cheated. OP's clearly YTA because he agreed to help his friend con his parents & then backtracked without giving him a chance to fess up first. I'm not really buying the feeling guilty part either given everything else in the post after he told his probably
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    Rectangle - jen12617 10 hr. ago Also how did he take advantage of him? He asked him if he'd do it and OP said yes. OPs just upset they didn't think it through before saying yes 177 Reply Share
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    Font - louisedelacroix 9 hr. ago Yeah, I also find some irony that he felt bad about lying about the test results, but not about betraying his friend? Who needs enemies with friends like OP? 107 Reply Share
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    Font - 1moreKnife2theheart 19 hr. ago Partassipant [1] Yeah, YTA YOU willingly participated in helping him lie to his parents. You felt bad about it after so what you should have done was tell your friend you were uncomfortable with the situation and give him a chance to come clean with his parents and if he didn't you felt you needed to. You didn't do that - it sounds like you purposely set him up so you could screw with him and prevent him from going on this trip -THAT's what makes you the AH.
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    Font - Radix2309 15 hr. ago Frankly I would say YTA even if OP gave them the chance to come clean. Once they agreed to the deal, it was no longer theirs to tell. He lied to his parents based on OP helping. He likely wouldn't have done it without. Not to mention OP likely won't face any real consequences for this while the friend gets massive punishment. 1.4k Reply Share
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    Font - RighteousTablespoon 15 hr. ago Yep. This is narc behavior. OP is going to have trouble keeping friends if he keeps snitching. I'd be surprised if this circle doesn't push him out. 635 Reply Share
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    Font - unaotradesechable 15 hr. ago Partassipant [1] Once they agreed to the deal, it was no longer theirs to tell. What no. These are kids. They should be able to back out of a bad deal and tell an adult if they feel they need to. The line here is that he waited to tell anyone to cause pain to his friend, admittedly, and not because of his conscience. 118 Reply Share
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