We all have things that we don’t want to share with those close to us. Secrets that may not be as bad as we thought. Other times those secrets can be doozies. Here are some of the more disturbing things people on one online forum learned about their nearest and dearest.
Who Are You Talking To?
It’s always a sad time when someone in the immediate family gets sick and then dies. What makes it more of a shock is when you learn a dark secret such as this person did when scrolling through the father’s cell phone and discovering “My dad has been chatting with this girl hourly for the last 24 hours and as far back as I could scroll.” The father used to be her school bus driver, and they started dating when she was 17. He was 64.
We Lied
Adoption is a good choice for people that either can’t have their own children or want to provide an unfortunate child with a better life. However, there can be times when controversy arises when the adoptee wants to learn about their biological parents. As one person recounts, “I have a sister that’s adopted too…my sister’s bio mom tried to abort her, and it didn’t work, so she was born very very prematurely and has issues from it.” Many kids who are adopted struggle with abandonment issues. Learning that your natural mother wanted to abort you only fuels the fire.
Surprise
Some secrets are taken to the grave. It’s only through another family member a person confided in that you may learn the truth. Here is a classic example: “I discovered last year I have an older brother. After my mother died, who I wasn’t close to, my younger sister just said by the way, you’ve got an older brother who was taken to South Africa before you were born.”
Time For A Beating
When we see a moral injustice it can make out blood boil. One person who said that their uncle is quiet and kind was surprised to find that there was another side. As they explain, “An uncle beat a guy almost to death with his bare hands. He had walked in on a friend molesting a kid.” Never judge a book by its cover
What’s Wrong, Grandma?
Grandmothers are stereotypically sweet, loving, and gentle. However, don’t let that facade fool you. One person discovered that their “grandma moved away, when my dad was still a baby, to a big city, more than three days away from her family, because she stabbed her stepfather and almost killed him (it was a very small village). Later she told me he was a ******.” Behold the wrath of a woman scorned.
What Are You Doing?
There are times when you react to the moment. Afterward, you pay for the consequences of your actions. A user shares, “One of my friends did jail time. Dudes stepfather has been in his life since he was 14, and they had a daughter (15-year age gap).
My friend went over unexpectedly (has a house key) and walked in on his stepfather violating his sister. In a rage stabbed him, and he died from wounds. The mother knew it was happening but did nothing about it and was more angry at my friend for murdering her partner than at the partner for violating a 6-year-old.” Sadly, there is this kind of evil in the world.
What’s In The Basement?
Basements can be scary places. Horror movies portray them as dark areas in the house. Perhaps it’s because the truth is more terrible than fiction. A case in point: “I found out that my aunt, who was 13 at the time, was violated by her uncle (my great-uncle) and had a baby in a cellar in the basement of her house. The baby didn’t make it, so she and her little sister buried it there.” Such a tragedy. You can feel the fear and confusion the aunt experienced.
Don’t Tell Your Father
Cheating in a relationship isn’t cool. What’s less cool is cheating and then hiding the truth from your partner. As one user explains, “My mom cheated on my dad for 20 years and still hasn’t told him to this day. I’m still trying to figure out what to do and how to go about the situation and expose the truth about her to my Dad, but I’m afraid he would die of a broken heart. The worst thing is, she cheated with my Godfather, who used to come to the house and drink coffee with my mom and dad EVERY DAY.” It’s not always the postman that your mother is getting it on with.
You’ve Got The Job
When nailing the dream job, enhancing your resume with a bit of fiction can be tempting. But the lies will come out at the end, as recounted by a community member. They explain, “A work colleague appeared on the front page of a national newspaper for a life of fraudulent qualifications. He claimed medical and law degrees, was a brigadier in the army (reserves), and was the CEO of a major health fund. He was a Brigadier in the army reserves, but that and the health fund role were largely built on fraudulent qualifications.” The icing on the cake is that the guy’s wife didn’t even know the qualifications were faked.
Let’s Hook Up
Some people think that they will get away with their immoral deeds. Sadly, in a world that is becoming increasingly connected online, you can unwittingly turn into an infamous individual. A guy shares such a tale in which “One of my best friends was caught trying to meet up with a 13-year-old and was filmed and uploaded to YouTube.” That’s not the kind of video you want to appear in.
I Like You
As imperfect people, we can succumb to our more immoral desires. Here is a typical example “A former friend of mine from childhood was a youth pastor at a summer church camp. Turns out he was grooming young girls and teens both at camp and online after the camp was over.” The guy got his comeuppance through a police sting operation.
Where’s Uncle?
There can be secrets that bring shame to the entire family. One person close to their uncle discovered “he was running a CP ring and had served 16 years in federal prison. He’s out now and my family pretends nothing happened.” The question a lot of people may be wondering is why the family acts as though it never happened. Did they forgive and forget?
Who’s That Guy?
When it comes to relationships, some blossom and others fizzle out. It can be devastating for those left heartbroken when a romance ends. Coming across a scrapbook that belonged to their mother, a community member says he found a picture of her with “a guy I didn’t recognize from her immediately post-college days. He was a long-term boyfriend who took his own life when she broke up with him. My grandfather found his body. I learned at age 20 by finding the book/shrine to him.” Imagine how upset the mother would have been when she knew she inadvertently caused this guy to end his life.
Mysterious Grandpa
There can be times when we want to cover up or bury our past—numerous reasons crop up as to why someone would want to do so. Let your imagination run wild with inventing different scenarios. One individual said, “When my Grandfather passed away, we discovered he did not exist. His name was not in any government registry. He was a normal citizen, paid taxes, had a license and everything… Still, to now, no one knows who he was and why he had a false name.”
Don’t Judge
It’s not fun being bullied. The act can leave deep emotional and psychological scars for those on the receiving end. Yet, how often do we stop and think that the bully has issues and uses the less fortunate as an outlet? Here is such a case in which a bully’s father was “SA him and his brother throughout their childhood.” Let’s reach out to these people with understanding and compassion.
Dark Secrets
Families are made of people. Imperfect people It takes courage to admit when you have made a mistake. Yet, some individuals don’t even think their actions are wrong.
Secrets arise when we can’t admit to our faults. However, the truth always comes out eventually.
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