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glad its not just me

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norah • upvoted 18 items 2 years ago

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Therapist Tries To Open Parents' Eyes By Sharing What 28 Teenagers And Kids Have Told Her

But when the kid gets a phone, the parents will freak out about it whenever he/she/they/ are on it.

Eas_Mackenzie reply

Grandma and Grandpa did love eachother and were married but weren't "together" Grandma was gay and grandpa was her best friend. She wanted kids so they had kids but she had her love "Auntie Doreen" we called her. Grandpa was free to do whatever he wanted and to our knowledge never had a dedicated partner besides my grandmother. Just the times, glad they could make it work for them :)

“What’s The Darkest Secret You Found Out About A Family Member?”: 35 People Share Heavy Stories

It should very high key affect him. He took someone's life drink driving. My nephew was killed by a drunk driver, he was only 18

“What’s The Darkest Secret You Found Out About A Family Member?”: 35 People Share Heavy Stories

It’s because the thread is taken from Reddit and people know if they post quite late on a popular topic, it might not be seen by many. I agree there’s no real need to lead with that statement, but it seems very common on that site.

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Growing up I never understood why my dad could sometimes be so cold to my mom. When I was 13 he passed away and I had to start dealing with my learned relationship habits. My aunts began telling me the story of his first wife.. My father and her got pregnant and he was called to the hospital and excitedly ran into the room to find her and her lesbian lover standing there with the baby. They told him "we are done with you and she wants a divorce." It was a years long plot to have a baby with him and he never even suspected anything. My grandmother said he was crushed for years. I probably hurt women along they way in my navigating relationships as well. Please don't make selfish choices that hurts others, it hurts more people than you think...

ilovepandas500 reply

My mom and dad decided to take in my 3 cousins because their mom got into a horrible car accident. Two girls and one boy. The girls were 6 and 10, the boy 12. Fast forward to when the 6 yr old girl is 14 years old and is asked about birth control. She starts sobbing saying her brother (the then 12 yr old) took her virginity when she was 6 and that it continued until she was about 13. We had no clue.

anon reply

Found out the hard way that my grandfather was a sexual predator. Turns out my grandmother had been in denial despite both my aunts, their friends, and young girls in their small town claiming he raped/molested them (one 16 year-old even got pregnant and *he paid for the abortion*). Grandma lied about his whereabouts/activities for years to protect him because if he went to jail she'd be unable to afford their house. So, long story short, me and my then 10 year old cousin were his latest and final victims. Thanks, Grandma.

bottle-of-smoke reply

My father used to secretly go to parks and highway rest stops to meet other men for anonymous sex. Just in case you're wondering, he really hated gay people.

“What’s The Darkest Secret You Found Out About A Family Member?”: 35 People Share Heavy Stories

I don't think he hated gay people. He hated himself and projected his own self hatred onto other people.

“What’s The Darkest Secret You Found Out About A Family Member?”: 35 People Share Heavy Stories

Dead people can’t learn lessons. Your grandfather is a criminal.

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Not necessarily a family secret but a weird story nonetheless. This happened around 2013 - Instagram wasn’t totally new but it was still a much smaller platform centered a lot around visual artists. Through Instagram - a friend of mine found a profile that was my goddamn doppelgänger. Like, this guy looked so much like me that I sent multiple photos of him to my mom and she was convinced it was me even after I told her. Now, for the purpose of the story I’ll just say I am incredibly unique looking. Dark brown hair, firey red beard, almost a full bodysuit of tattoos. Same for this guy. The brands of clothes I wore, even down to the gold and black RayBan Clubmasters. I am a professional Tattooer and he is a painter who owns an art gallery. So - keeping with how the internet worked back then - we said hey and joked about meeting and occasionally would call or FaceTime the other to prove a drunken point. Then, I got an opportunity to travel to NYC for work. This guy lived in NYC as well so we made plans to meet up! Bought plane tickets, made arrangements and even talked about how funny it would be to get a photo together. Then we started talking about how funny it would be if we were long lost brothers and he goes “that’s entirely possible! My Dad was never in the picture - he was a traveling biker that hooked up with my mom one night.” Which was weird because my dad was a tattooer and notorious biker who traveled in the area he lived when he was growing up. I thought it was a long shot but I said “hey! Ask your mom if his name is James Jobin! Wouldn’t that be crazy if we are brothers?!” He loled and agreed that would be funny - said he’d ask his mom the next morning before I got into town. Then he blocked me on everything. Instagram, Facebook, Text. Absolute radio silence. I’ve made other accounts to check up on him and see how he’s doing but I’ve never reached back out. The thought that I could have a brother is bittersweet for me - I wanna respect his right to have contact with me or not but it does break my heart a little every time I think about him.

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