Were you ever a tattletale? My brother and sister once got into a fight with the neighbour's

[applegrove]

grandkids. My brother fought in full plastic viking armour including a breastplate and a helmet with the horns on it. I promply told on them. I was like that. My mother decided that my sister was at the advanced age where she had to go over to the neighbour's house, ring the doorbell and apologize. My sister cried and cried. She didn't forgive me for days.

[ornotna]

1. Not me

But my brother was. He was also an accomplished liar. Mom used to say "the only time he tells the truth is when a lie won't fit". That always got a laugh out of me.

[femmocrat]

2. No, never.

I can take a secret to the grave.

[nolabear]

3. No, I was the doomed oldest

with the younger sister who watched me like a hawk for things to tattle about.

Right up until that unfortunate strangling incident...

[rurallib]

4. once when my brother lit the couch on fire on our summer porch

Boy oh boy did they (2 older brothers) ever beat me up for that one.

[woo me with science]

5. It would be interesting to tie this to use of the alert button on DU. nt

[blueknight]

6. not at all

my dad was a old school gangster/bookie guy. he hated a snitch and would beat our asses if we ever snitched on anyone

[surrealAmerican]

7. Sort of, but ...

... it didn't really matter: my parents never believed me anyway.

[Skittles]

8. five brothers no sisters

the one and only time I squealed I had my face held in the dirt / arm twisted behind my back until I screamed UNCLE!!!