DEAR ABBY: My high school friends have invited me to a party that's coming up soon. I know there's going to be beer, drugs and sex. I was thinking about not showing up, but I don't want to let my friends down. Maybe I'll tell them an emergency came up and I had to go to the hospital. I don't like making up lies, but I don't know what else to do. What do you think? -- TEXAS DUDE
DEAR DUDE: I'm impressed that you are not caving into peer pressure. You deserve to be commended.
Make other plans so you won't have to lie. Then tell your friends you have another commitment. That way, you'll be telling the truth.