Lord! I was contemplating confessing to this one, but should have known I'd have company.
At our previous gym, my CP's team wasn't competing. One of the moms told me to dress her in warmup and bow put her bow and just walk through. I said cool and justified it with the fact that I buy a zillion dollars worth of stuff from the vendors, so, whatever! When we got to the comp, I chickened out and said, forget it, I'll just pay. She said no, are you crazy, you better not pay. So I was in the corner rehearsing what I was gonna say to the person at the gate. She said, just walk through and don't say anything. As I went to get my arm band, the mom was ahead of me and walked right in without saying a word. I was petrified! I felt compelled to say something and said, She's competing today, we have to meet the team. To me, it sounded so unconvincing, but the woman at the gate assumed she was competing and they let us in. As we were walking in, I held my breath, thinking they were going to call me out and I would have turn around and go home, never to be seen again.
I felt so guilty and said if that happened again, I would just pay! BTW, love this thread!!!!