What's your best excuse for dissapearing for LL??

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Its hard to get away for 6 months + from family and friends.  What would you say to create some distance as you get the procedure done?

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I told them that I needed to take a solo trip to grow as a person. When I come back, I wouldn't have been a complete liar!
(disclaimer: this might not work very well, I wouldn't advise saying it like that)

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My excuse: I have bow legs so i am planning to have a correction surgery but insurance is not covering it, thats why i am planning to have it abroad because its cheaper.   

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Pretty solid one honestly

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Bow leg is one of the best, as correcting it can add ~1 inch height. You can also say a number of "medical necessity" type reasons e.g. knee operation. You can claim to have been in an accident etc. but that feels shadier somehow, people will then want to hear the story etc. and I would rather avoid making up a whole BS car accident story.

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I'm thinking of saying I'm taking an education course in another state.  I literally just had surgery for something unrelated so saying I'm having surgery again is getting a bit excessive.  Something I thought of is if you have a grandparent that dies or something and get called to a funeral you are completely f-cked.  Just have to hope nothing comes up for about 6 months.

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You could say you needed to have a correction/the first surgery went wrong. Can you claim to be in another state for work?

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The surgery was too serious to mess with my families emotions.  It would do the opposite and they would demand to come along and be there.  Would be a huge mess.  Can't claim anything for work unfortunately.  I work remote and for myself and they know this.  Good thought though.

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It depends on how much you're lengthening as well. From your other posts, you only wanted to do 2 inches (hopefully for functionality/recovery reasons rather than being afraid of other's reactions) but like whatever lie you come up with, you don't want to get too elaborate/detailed. I always think about it from a perspective of, if family/a person close to me found out, how bothered by the lie would they be. You want a hand-wavy type lie rather than elaborate totally bull  story.

I have primed different people in my life for it in different ways for a long time (been talking about bow-leg/knee pain problems for years), I have always worn lifts etc. you have a bit of time between now and Jan to start alluding to whatever the story will be and priming people.

The best thing to do is to mix in some element of truth into the lie. Maybe actually start an education course (which could be online) or travel a week or two prior to the surgery so you have photos, etc.

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For sure, the worst thing you can do is tell a lie that pisses people off.  These are all good ideas, Ive actually had many of the same ones in mind.