People often think they know a lot about their family and loved ones, only to have their beliefs shattered when a deep and shocking secret comes out. This collection has stories of brave people who, instead of letting these revelations weigh them down, bravely shared their stories on the internet with people all over the world.
Whenever my mom and I had parent-teacher conferences at school, she always looked frowny. It seemed like she felt bad about being poorer and less educated than the other parents. But after a meeting one day, I caught a glimpse of her shadow on the school grounds, kneeling behind a tree.
As I walked up quietly, I saw the father of a student standing there with a straight face. He was being begged not to leave my mom. She was crying and telling him she would leave her husband, my dad, for him because she couldn’t live without him. That day, everything in my life turned upside down. I learned that my mom had been seeing another man’s father for four years while I was away at school. He was married too and wanted to end things for good, but she was heartbroken. After that, I couldn’t forgive her. She hurt my dad badly, and he didn’t deserve it. He was a kind and good person. Before we were born, Grandma had a family with three daughters that we didn’t know about. She ran away from her husband and never told anyone about it. This wasn’t known to us until we got a letter from one of her daughters after she had died. Reddit and CBate
I just found out that the person I thought was my dad is actually my uncle and not my biological father. From TXVelcro on Reddit
My dad had an affair and had a child with the woman, but I’ve never met the child. When I was 21, my mom told me this in case the daughter ever showed up. He agreed to do what she asked so she could stay with him: he would never see that woman or the child again.
From Devmax1868 on Reddit
My grandparents put a lot of pressure on my mom to adopt her second child, who was born after me. If she didn’t do what they said, they would kick her out of the house and keep me. She was scared because she was 19 and not married. After more than 30 years, my sister and mom got back in touch. © ambiveillant / Reddit
I learned that the fire at my grandparents’ house wasn’t an accident. My grandfather really wanted to build his own home but didn’t have the money to do so. He messed with some things in the basement, which set the house on fire. He built a new house with the money from the insurance. Through reddit user bluedinosaursocks
My grandmother really tried to get my mom to have an abortion. In a strange way, she’s always been the nicest old lady to me, so it was very shocking to learn that she once wanted me not to exist. Through Veronica_Is_A_Nerd on Reddit
It’s not my mom’s. They didn’t tell her, and she didn’t find out until she was 41 years old. When she was trying to get a passport and had trouble with her birth certificate, officials told her to go to the adoption agency. She finally found out the truth about her adoption after looking for about a week. Drakay on Reddit
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