My dad recently told me that he wasn’t laid off from his job. He just stopped going to work because his ex’s dad was working the same shift as him. Instead of asking for a transfer or talking to a supervisor, he just stopped showing up.
We lost our home back in ’05 or ’07—I was 10 or 11 years old at the time—and he told me back then that he was laid off. I only found out the truth recently. I’m 28 now, and I’ve lost almost all respect for him after learning this. © MrTumorI / Reddit
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My maternal grandmother was married to a widower who had four children from his previous marriage. She made him give up his kids before she married him. I guess she didn’t want to take care of his children.
She became pregnant with my mother, and when my mother was about five years old, her parents (my grandparents) got divorced. He just couldn’t live with my cold-hearted grandmother any longer. My mother didn’t tell me that—I found out by coincidence that I had four uncles.
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My brother had an affair with one of my friend’s mums. She used to give him a lift to work when he was 18 years old. This went on for over six months. She ended up getting obsessed with him, and he blocked her on all social media and his phone, basically burying his head in the sand. Her husband is a huge, intimidating guy, and her son is a lifelong friend of mine.
None of them know. My brother only told me because she, seemingly, didn’t tell anyone. It’s pretty weird carrying such a heavy secret. © kicksjoysharkness / Reddit
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My grandmother allegedly had an affa:ir with her sister’s husband and ended up pregnant. She had the baby, left her with a family member, and a couple of weeks later, the baby di:ed.
I’ll never know what actually happened. When my grandma was still alive, I asked her about it directly. She didn’t give me a straight answer—she just danced around it. It would make sense, though, considering she and that sister had a very adversarial relationship. I was told this by their brother, who happened to be schizophrenic, so who knows what the truth is.
