Results of a months long con of tilling my Sikh parents I was Hindu.

I never was actually Hindu, but I got pissed at how overbearing they were and decided to act.

Results:

I live with a roommate in a city nearby to them. They came and asked me in person why. My white roommate was so confused at three Panjabi people talking in a mix of English and Panjabi in front of him.

They didn't talk to me again for 3 months. I went on with my life. Work didn't care, but I had to stop eating beef with my coworkers to ensure they didn't blow my cover. Let me tell you those nights where I could sneak away to a city and hour away and enjoy a five guys? Heavenly.

My siblings kept asking me to go with them to the gurdwara. I'd roll up with a shaved beard and head and no covering just to rub it in their face with a Hindu swastika painted on my hands by myself.

I revealed this week it was all a ruse because I was pissed at how overbearing they were and because I thought it was funny. Mom is mad. Dad was laughing his butt off. Brothers are laughing their butt off. Made Sikhsgiving dinner with them (yes that's what we call it) very awkward but who cares. Just got back to my apartment and am relieved about it. Beard is growing back but I'm still cutting my hair because frick that. Yes I still have the .