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“My Family Thinks I Make My Money Crocheting”: 30 Secrets People Won’t Ever Tell Their Families
When I was a teenager, I kept countless secrets from my parents. I concocted elaborate stories about where I was and who I was with to conceal the truth many times, and it’s probably best that they never find out what I was actually up to. Nowadays, however, I feel like I can share almost anything with my family. We’re all adults, and I don’t have anything to hide. But if you do, you’re not alone…
Redditors have recently been exposing the juiciest secrets that they’ll never reveal to family members. Some of this information is concealed because it’s not exactly PG, and other secrets are kept to avoid hurting Mom and Dad’s feelings. But there’s nothing wrong with sharing these truths anonymously online! Enjoy reading through the replies, and be sure to upvote the ones you’d keep from your parents as well.
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#1
I actually enjoy pineapples on pizza. There, I said it. It's not a phase, it’s just who I am now.
Dusty's mom 8 months ago
Me too! Pineapples, BBQ sauce, onions, ham, peppers, mushrooms, stretchy cheese, and anchovies (if just for me).
Lee Gilliland 8 months ago
I LOVE Hawaiian pizza. My only complaint is they usually forget the green peppers.
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#2
That I’m in debt because my business is struggling (clients are struggling too so paying bills late) they think I’ve lost so much weight because I’m dieting when in reality it’s because I can’t afford food. Any money I get in I buy my dogs food so he never goes hungry. He always has a full belly and that’s the only thing that matters. .
Dog Mom to Zoe 9 months ago
Pasta is cheap and filling. It's sad to think that anyone goes to bed hungry but so many do.
Liz Mary 8 months ago
Pasta might be cheap and filling but does not provide the necessary nutrients to live a healthy lifestyle, aka vitamins, minerals & proteins.
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FreeTheUnicorn 9 months ago
Speak to your local animal shelter, most have food banks for animal food. Go to the human food bank for yourself if you haven't already. And don't be afraid to look into bankruptcy. There's support out there, I hope you are able to access it.
Catlady6000 8 months ago
Need to remember the plane crash rule. You have to take care of yourself first so you will be able to take care of those you love.
Lee Gilliland 8 months ago
Find a food bank and qualify. Saves a fair amount of food - not necessarily the food you'd prefer you usually get what you get may not be your preference, but the price is right and you won't go to bed hungry, which is what's important.
Richard Iachetta 8 months ago
You are a wonderful person, but there are cheap and filling foods besides pasta, rice potatoes etc
#3
That I love my dogs more than I do some of my brothers and sisters.
john doe 8 months ago
I'd be sad if my brother died, it would suck, but I haven't even seen the guy in 2 years and we talk on the phone about every 6 months. If my dog died I'd be a wreck that dog is a huge part of my life and feels like a person to me, so not such an unusual thing I think.
Karl 8 months ago
I haven't seen my brother in 20 years. I'd be much more concerned about my cats' welfare tbh.
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That's probably because your dog is nicer than your brothers and sisters
Gen X Feral 8 months ago (edited)
I'd throw myself on a live grenade to protect my feline fids, but everyone I know can drop dead for all I care.
LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
I love my cats - they're my world. I say "I love you" to my family, but it's just an automatic response - I feel nothing behind those words. Sad, but true.
#4
My buddy Jake invited me to his church’s trivia night, and I figured, “Sure, I’ll pretend to know Bible stuff if it means I get unlimited slices of pepperoni.” Things were going great until one trivia question asked, "What’s the fastest-growing Christian denomination?"
Being the self-proclaimed king of useless knowledge, I muttered, "Probably the Mormons. Those guys are grinding harder than a Call of Duty streamer."
Turns out, I was right. Pastor Dan, the youth pastor , overheard me and started asking questions like I was some Mormon historian. Now, I’m not Mormon, but thanks to a deep dive into Wikipedia after watching The Book of Mormon musical, I had random facts locked and loaded. So I started rambling about Joseph Smith, golden plates, and how Mormons don’t do coffee but somehow still have the energy of caffeinated squirrels.
Apparently, Pastor Dan was fascinated. He started asking me more questions, and since my brain is 80% trivia facts and 20% anxiety, I just kept going. I figured he’d forget about it.
Fast forward a few weeks: Jake tells me Pastor Dan has been deeply researching Mormonism... like, full-on studying their theology, reading the Book of Mormon, and apparently vibing with it.
Then, last week, Jake drops this bomb: "Dude... Pastor Dan just announced he’s converting."
I went to church for free pizza and accidentally built a Mormon.
TLDR Got free pizza, dropped some random Mormon facts, and now there’s one less youth pastor and one more guy preparing to bike across America in a white shirt and tie.
Karen Bryan 9 months ago
As someone who grew up Mormon but abandoned it when I was about 20, I gotta say this is a great story.
Leekier 8 months ago
My mam became a Mormon because it was raining. Normally she’d have sent the missionaries on their way but decided they could come in and dry off🤦🏼♀️
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Ambrosius 9 months ago
HOW???? 😆😆😆😆😆 THEY DON'T DRINK COFFEE, SO WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO JOIN THAT CULT?????? 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Pferdchen 8 months ago
I can see how "Those guys are grinding harder than a Call of Duty streamer" might be a persuasive argument, especially for someone in a more chaste denomination.
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Littlemiss 8 months ago
Well done you! I knew someone who just about had a couple of JWs convert to Satanism.
MaxMi 8 months ago
Happens to me, sort of, with buddhism. Whatever gathering Im at, where normally half of the people practice buddhism and the other half is rightfully curious about that, Im apparently strongly talented in the practice to help people understand how it works, they’re fascinated and willing to get into it.
#5
I make my living owning and running a small business that designs and sells custom plushies and apparel.
My family thinks I make my money crocheting, and I do make a few bucks here and there from my yarn work, but the absolute vast majority of my income comes from the custom made latex fetishwear and kink gear I produce.
Janelle Collard 9 months ago
Hey, you're a small business person, fulfilling a need. Nobody needs to know *everything* you do. 😁
KombatBunni 8 months ago (edited)
Never gonna tell my folks that I’ve designed and sold 18+ figurines with my 3D printing business, or made leather f3tish gear! 🤭
MaxMi 8 months ago
Given that you earn way more than them sum up all togheter, and assuming you don’t invest your money in immoral activities, how people lives their life playing with your products should be no worries for anyone. Selling kinky lingerie instead of fetishwears’n’gears would be any different, say you sell leather thongs ?
#6
Nothing makes me happy anymore and I wish I would just not wake up.
Italian-Swiss Panda 9 months ago
This. I feel you. I have better phases, but who am I kidding. Nothing brings me joy, I feel numb and don't get excited anymore about stuff I used to love and made me happy. And still I struggle to get help, knowing that I need it, but how can I get help if I can't even get out of bed sometimes.... you're not alone, and I hope you find the strength to get help soon!
Sergy Yeltsen 9 months ago
I feel you. Been like this for at least 3 years. Don't want to tell my mother I inherited the maternal depression gene.
Donna Peluda 8 months ago
I feel like that since my dog died in September. She gave me joy, I took her everywhere, work, pubs parties, festivals..I just love her so much. Just taking her down the beach and watching her run ahead looking back with a smile as she cooled of in the surf made me happy.
LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
The only things keeping me going are my cats - if not for them I'd chuck the whole thing in. My 48th birthday is tomorrow and I have no clue why I even exist.
Dusty's mom 8 months ago
Depression is a spiral I'm desperate to escape. I get you. Hope you escape your whirlpool.
#7
That sometimes I wish my parents were divorced so that I could visit my mom without having to see my dad at the same time.
EDIT: Holy c**p, had no idea so many people relate to this! I feel a bit less like a freak.
Lee Gilliland 8 months ago
I was relieved when my parents finally divorced. They really shouldn't have been married in the first place, but they stayed together until my little sister graduated university. It did not make for a happy childhood.
CD Mills 8 months ago
My parents had a bad Yo-Yo marriage, together, apart, together, apart. Lots of screaming and throwing of things. When I was 8 a song came out and I was 100% sure he had written the song about me. It was the song 'Skip A Rope' by Henson Cargil and the lyrics he wrote were: Skip a rope, skip a rope Oh, listen to the children while they play Now ain't it kinda funny What the children say Skip a rope Daddy hates mommy, mommy hates dad Last night you shoulda heard The fight they had Gave little sister another bad dream She woke us all up with a terrible scream Skip a rope, skip a rope I was little sister. Luckily for all of us, they divorced when I was 10.
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LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
I tried to convince my mom to divorce my dad when I was 11. She almost did, but was too scared.
Microwaved Robot 8 months ago (edited)
Back in the early 70's, mine stayed together for 'the kid' when all along the Kid wanted them to get divorced as that would (and was) better than the H3ll we were all living in 'for the kid'
Gen X Feral 8 months ago
I wish my parents had divorced. I'd have grown up so much more well adjusted instead sociopathic insecure mess.
weatherwitch 8 months ago
Hell yes!!!! Both passed away now, but I did not attend my fathers funeral
Shortstuff 8 months ago
Take your mother out for a meal or coffee ...tell your dad it's a special treat just for her.
lovemy suffolk 8 months ago
I'm so sad to wonder what Dad did that the kids would wish this. Not wondering too hard...the list of possibilities is so ,unfortunately, frequent. 😒
#8
I draw furry kink smut for a living and make more than I would if I worked full-time retail.
I'm my own boss, I work from home, and the clients are generally FAR kinder than when I worked for firms as a designer.
I just tell them I'm a freelance illustrator/graphic designer and "I'm working on" posting my work online.
Ididthings 8 months ago
I don't get why there's such a stigma around lewd art. Grow up, ppl are allowed to like stuff.
LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
Start drawing. Post discretely edited finished pieces of art online with the appropriate tags and, boom! Client base established.
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cj be like 8 months ago
Welp whatever works. i'd love to have a job as an online artist so good for you! as long as it's not hurting anyone
#9
I was a s******r for two years. Paid cash for college. 25 years later, no one knows.
Philly Bob 8 months ago
LOL! yeah, if I did a striptease, they'd yell "put it on, put it on!!"
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Joshua David 8 months ago
My friend also did this! She started dancing in 1997 and by 2002 she paid for a college education and home in cash. She was smart. She had an accountant and paid her taxes. Today almost no one knows. She got married and moved across the country.
ABC NrTen FCK CENSORISM 8 months ago (edited)
STRÌPPER, BP. Please, take that stick out your árses and shove your censorism up there deeply.
LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
If I had the body, you'd better believe I'd consider stripping - there's no shame in it.
Laura Sloan 8 months ago
Very prestigious lawyer I went to school with paid for her law degree like this !!!
weatherwitch 8 months ago
They don't have to know about it. Equally there's no shame in it either. Paid Cash for college is a Superb achievement ❤️
#10
The reason I didn’t have my mom come with me after I miscarried my baby was because after surgery I knew she would have asked for my pain killers. She made it always about her and she’s the reason I have so much trauma.
Anne Young 8 months ago
Well they miscarried so um. Not a good thing to say when someone has.
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Holly Hobby 7 months ago
I didn't tell anyone but my dad I was pregnant. Actually, he guessed lol. The day after I gave birth they showed up to my house. Oy vey
#11
That I don’t really enjoy life but rather just existing when I’m not in their presence so essentially putting on a happy face when I’m around them. I would never self harm since I know how much that would hurt them but damn do the days feel long sometimes.
Trisec Tebeakesse 8 months ago
Ouch. I had the stunning realization last holiday season that looking around the table and wondering who might not be sitting there next year.....it might just be me. I was strangely good with that thought. I am so very tired of everything, and there is little joy in my life right now.
Kat Alison 8 months ago (edited)
I don’t want to unalive on purpose right now….but sometimes I think it will be kind of a relief when life is finally over.
Disgruntled Pelican 8 months ago
Had to make sure I didn't write this. Before the medications, I was ready to die. Now? I'm here, but I don't feel like me. I'm "better" but I still slip constantly.
Binny Tutera 8 months ago
My best friend years ago told me the only reason she was still around was because she knew if she tried to end it she would mess it up- as always- and be disabled and need someone to help her. She is in a much better place now and has found a good life. I am grateful she didn’t hurt herself, it would have devastated all those that love her.
Magenta Blu 8 months ago
Me. And "them" are my daughters. But I wish this ends soon, I can't pretend no more
#12
That I make a lot more money than they think I do. Worked in education for years and then went into consulting. I live beneath my means, rent a modest house, and have been able to build my savings. They all still assume I live on a similar salary and I just let them think that.
#13
That I literally hate them all. They’re soul sucking leaches whom don’t care about anyone other than themselves. I’ve been there for them all emotionally and financially, as soon as I got a separation after a 9 year marriage they all disappeared. I’m starting my life over with absolutely no support. I just got into medical school and I haven’t told any of them because they wouldn’t give a s**t….
Lisa the 7th 7 months ago
They'd care if they needed more money from you. I'm sorry you have a crappy family. Make your own with people you choose. Family doesn't have to be made of biological relatives.
#14
I secretly made millions and will never tell them..
oktopus 8 months ago
This is exactly what I do. Err, will do. Checking the project timeline, I still need the "millions" part of the plan to be fulfilled.
#15
I do not believe in God and I smoked weed with my youth pastor on Wednesday nights when you made me go to church.
Shoutout to pastor Dave.
Kristy Marion 9 months ago
Relatable. As soon as my brother got his licence we started going to Sunday night mass instead of in the morning with our parents. Instead of attending, we sat in his car smoking and listening to grunge. We really couldn’t stand each other back then, but we hated mass more
#16
Getting a vasectomy at 24. Sorry mom and dad, you can’t pressure me into giving you grandkids now.
Multa Nocte 9 months ago
And we women have tried for so many years to get equivalent birth control at the same age but were never allowed. At least some progress is being made somewhere.
pterodactowl 8 months ago
This. My sister wanted her tubes tied years ago in her early 30s. She was denied because "you might change your mind". She already had four kids and was certain that was ample. But nope.
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MaryHadaLittleLamb 9 months ago
I can't believe the doctor didn't refuse, citing the possibility of a future wife wanting children. Oh wait, apparently they only use that excuse when a woman wants sterilization.
Skip Reynolds 8 months ago
Got mine at 21, my wife and knew I never we never wanted to be parents. 54 years later we have *never* regretted that decision.
Richard Iachetta 8 months ago
If you ever change your mind there are way too many children waiting for adoption, you can always adopt one and make the world a little better place
weatherwitch 8 months ago
Awesome. I just wish women were allowed the same autonomy. 51 child free but Always told I'd change my mind, far too young to know what I want. Bollocks. Never regretted for a microsecond not having kids
#17
I was a s*x worker for 2 years to help pay my husband's debts, buy a new car and get out of where we were living. More specifically men paid me to breastfeed them as I was 8 months post partum.
It's our dirty little secret because it got us to where we are now.
Lila Allen 8 months ago
Hey you are debt free and doing well. It's no one's business how that came to be.
ABC NrTen FCK CENSORISM 8 months ago (edited)
SÈX, BP. SÈX. Suck it up, without fúcking SÈX we all wouldn't exist. It's the most NATURAL thing in the world.
Anne Young 8 months ago
Long as people aren't forced into s*x work I'm fine w/ it. Otherwise it's trafficking. Which I didn't know for a long time.
weatherwitch 8 months ago
I'm seriously impressed with this, it's such an unusual way to bring in an income. It shouldn't be a dirty little secret. You achieved so much by this, wonderful ❤️
Sarah Pryde 8 months ago
thats a pretty interesting kink - i bet those men had a lovely time (im not even being sarcastic)
#18
Wife and I were swingers for a time . Went to a large weekend party. At one point we see my parents checking in. Needless to say we made a quick exit.
weatherwitch 8 months ago
Well that was unexpected... Especially as they'd already seen your car outside 😉😂
#19
That I’m attracted to black women……I come from a racist family.
Lila Allen 8 months ago
Dump them and make a new family who loves you just the way you are. You deserve that :)
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Anne Young 8 months ago
I've had bad in person experiences w/ word. No just so people know why and it's not a random thing. Offline I'm not mean to them or anything. Or online really.
Ididthings 8 months ago
explain how bc I don't know how you got this conclusion.
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If I’m being totally honest, I’ve probably skipped a few family gatherings just to binge-watch shows in peace. Like, you know when you just need me time? Yeah, I’ve used that as an excuse a couple of times. My family would lose it if they knew, but hey, sometimes you gotta recharge!
#21
Most of them know I did escorting. Most don't know that the majority of my customers were lonely middle-aged gay men. I was not out banging tons of hot chicks or lonely hot mammas.
#22
That as a straight guy, secure of my sexuality and gender, I already used eyeliner, lipstick and painted nails. Nothing to write home about, except I felt WAY too comfortable in that, more than just looking goth. I'm a long haired guy, so we all know where this is going.
Taking this to my grave, when it comes to my family knowing. Basically, I am SO into women that I felt kinda comfortable looking like one for a couple hours.
Rafael 9 months ago
The thing that bothers me most about make up/nails is not the gender role issue, is just that I can't stand things on my skin - paint, make up, grease, nothing. Irks me so much the idea that there's anything "sticking" to my body. My wife (who actually would LOOOOVE to se me in drag) says that I probably would think the same way if I was a cis woman, it is not about gender, just about skin. P.S. at least wigs don't bother me, and as a balding guy, I would love for them to be as socially accepted as hats (and also cheaper).
LauraDragonWench 8 months ago
Honestly, I'd love to be with a guy who looks gorgeous dressed as a woman and who enjoys doing it. If I can't be pretty, then he should!
weatherwitch 8 months ago
I grew up with Punk, Goth, New Romantics all the guys wore makeup and my stars they looked super hot for it 😊 And I'm Asexual! Be yourself and be happy ❤️
Binky Melnik 8 months ago
Adam Ant still revs my engine when I think back. 😀
Load More Replies... El Dee 8 months ago
These days we hear so much about trans sexual people (who are extremely rare) and less about transvestitism and related stuff. Apparently it's much more common than we know and certainly more than transexualism. There's room in this world for everyone, none of you is doing harm to anyone else. Most of us know this but a small hard core of bigots made it hard for everyone..
Cammy Mack 8 months ago
And you tuck it in and look in the mirror and say "I'd do me, I'd do me"
ABC NrTen FCK CENSORISM 8 months ago
So either you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about or you commented on the wrong post. Which one is it?
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After trying my whole life to believe they were decent people that loved me, I realize that my family is a bunch of self absorbed, idiotic, a******s that are too afraid to improve themselves for fear of losing their ideas of who they are.
#24
I know they like to gossip about me because they do it about each other, too. They're a big bunch of crabs in a bucket. Therefore, I lie about important things in my life sometime. It's hilarious to hear my dad's sisters talk like they know me when they are repeating a lie.
weatherwitch 8 months ago
Fantastic. Self protecting whilst amusing yourself too. Perfection ❤️
Just me... 8 months ago
Gotta remember..."They're a big bunch of crabs in a bucket.". That's fabulous!
AsylumWalker 8 months ago
Yep, means they pull down anyone who tries to get out
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I'd never tell my father that his alcoholic second wife (my first step mum), came on to me one night when he was out working, and she was drunk. I was 15 years old - less than a year after they were married.
weatherwitch 8 months ago
That is awful for you to live with, I'm so sorry for your having to live with not being able to tell him
Jill Rhodry 9 months ago
judging all the women for s*x work but quite familiar with p**n - you're a sad, sad man
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#26
These other answers are so much more intense than mine!
My little secret is that ever since i stopped using birth control (as i am both single and a lesbian, i no longer saw the point), my sexual appetite has gone trough the roof, i have never experienced this before.
For 1 week a month, i will just be going about my day, when suddenly i get insanely h***y?
It does make me feel lonely though, as i have no one to share this with. Hands and fingers it is!
Floor V 5 months ago
You did read she's a lesbian? Guess she's not thát into cokcs...
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Bec 8 months ago
I started birth control as a teenager and stopped in my twenties after a few years of marriage, then a few years later I went back on it temporarily. Wow! S******l thoughts, low s*x drive, birth control works great! I was barely able to have s*x when on it! I didn't really make the connection until going back on it. Can't help but wonder if my teens and twenties would have been less marred by depression if another option has been available
Petra D. 8 months ago
This! If only I knew of copper iud in my teens... 🥹
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Tropical Tarot 8 months ago
The title of this article is things you wouldn't tell your family
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That I quit college 33 hours away from my degree and never graduated. It was Mechanical Engineering, and I hated every bit of it. I was only in it because my parents paid the bill and forced me. Now I do really well financially in IT. But I feel like this lie coming to light would tear my family apart.
Patti 9 months ago
JFC, suck it up for 33 hours. Get the degree and keep doing what you like. Or refund your parents.
Nimitz 8 months ago
Spoken like someone who doesn't know what 33 class hours means. It's not actually a day and a half Karen
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weatherwitch 8 months ago
I didn't think this was particularly good until I read below that the 33 hours equates to a year and a half or more!! Absolutely get out, and do what makes you happy. I was blocked from sixth form and university by my father. I'd wanted to be an archaeologist since I was eight.
pypqktgqgj 8 months ago
Nah you did the right thing. The experience you had working towards the degree will have been formative in your ability to succeed in your chosen career. The piece of paper in an unrelated degree doesn’t define your ability to be good at what you do.
Fluffy Cat Sleeps 8 months ago (edited)
If you're able to support yourself financially, there's no need for you to compete the hated degree or tell your parents. Do what you like.
Deta Rossiter 8 months ago
how do you quit 33 hours befor your degree? Is you degree not done after writing your exams?
Kiss Army 8 months ago
It takes roughly 1 to 2 years for a full-time student to accumulate 33 course hours, depending on the number of credits earned per semester and if summer courses are taken.
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katherine roberts 9 months ago
That is really silly. 33 more hours and you'd have the degree and not wasted your parents money. SHould pay your parents back
Kiss Army 8 months ago
It takes roughly 1 to 2 years for a full-time student to accumulate 33 course hours, depending on the number of credits earned per semester and if summer courses are taken.
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#28
I like to occasionally sneak out of the house, and wear a speedo to the beach or pool to tan my legs better.
I’m an American man, married to a woman for 25 years, heterosexual, father, and shamed into covering my body from the waist down in as much fabric as possible in or near the water.
Feathered Dinosaur 9 months ago
Move to Germany then, older man dgaf and wear speedos whenever they like
Huddo's sister 9 months ago
Plenty of straight men in budgie smuggler's in Australia, of any age!
WalterWhiteSavannah 8 months ago
When I was in hs there was a very overweight unbelievably hairy man who rode around in a speedo every single day. It looked like he was wearing a thick white goofy sweater and some lime green underwear. Looking back on it dude was awesome. Living life happy with zero f***s to give about what anyone thinks.
FreeTheUnicorn 9 months ago
You're a grown man, tell them to mind their business. Not sure where in the US you are, but I assume the South because none of the places I've lived you would raise an eyebrow. Maybe move to somewhere where people care about more important things than swimwear.
BigCityLady 8 months ago
I agree!!! Americans are such prudes as they clutch their pearls and reach for their bibles as if they are not sinners in the slightest bit! I have traveled extensively south of the equator which opened my eyes to the beauty and the feeling of choosing not to wear my top. It felt liberating to feel the sun on my breasts!!! I missed out on all of those years never comfortable enough to enjoy the warmth on my breasts! But remember that that skin is not accustomed to the exposure and keep everyone heavily protected too! And yet as we are enjoying the Dominican Republic she is aghast at my small beasts!! fabulous beaches with a high numbered level of SPF across my breasts!! My daughter was even appalled that I was not wearing my top in the Dominican Republic and she was 30!” Prudes are everywhere, including my then 30yo daughter….
#29
I pawned my parents' wedding rings (they were divorced already and my mom kept them) to pay for college applications and an eighth of sour diesel. It eventually got them to stop having revenge s*x bc they blamed each other for the rings' absence and I'm 37 credit hours in lol I felt like a little s**t for doing it but god my parents hate each other til this day and im almost finished with my degre. Salubrious af for me.
Jill Rhodry 9 months ago
sounds like you grew up in a horrid house and got a little something that may've been available had it been stable
Lila Allen 8 months ago
Sweetie you do what you have to. Don't feel bad. They owe you better and you are going to have a much better life when they aren't in it.
Fluffy Cat Sleeps 8 months ago
They didn't pay for college. They paid for the college application.
Load More Replies... Gen X Feral 8 months ago
Ya know what really not cool? A kid having to steal to pay for college applications when their parents should have paid for it.
Load More Replies... #30
I had s*x with an exchange student my grandmother was hosting (I was 16, she was 17) a week before she met my uncle, whom she married soon after, thus becoming my aunt.
Edit: they are now divorced and she is a US citizen and small business owner. The small business is a B**M shop.
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#31
After the way, she treated me I’m not gonna be the one to take care of mom. I’m definitely not gonna do it so that my younger brother can inherit the house after she passes.
Janelle Collard 8 months ago
I imagine this happens a lot. "Always get the Golden Child to take of the awful parent(s)."
Kiss Army 8 months ago
I don't know why it is assumed that an a b u s e d, mistreated child should be expected to care for their elderly parent... in my book they are not owed anything. My parents were awesome human beings and I had no problem helping care for my father in his final days and am still helping my mother any way I can... to me they earned my love and assistance by being wonderful human beings.
#32
That I am broke.
My family always talk about how proud they are of me to be where I am, but I have not been to work in months struggling with ongoing mental struggles, and I am completely broke and struggling to buy food for myself.
katherine roberts 9 months ago
being prideful gets you no where. Your parents love you, reach out to them for help
Lady Eowyn 8 months ago
For everyone struggling with food costs, look into EBT/SNAP. Formerly called food stamps. Also food banks.
#33
I had s*x with a stranger on a train in France (🇫🇷 Paris bound) and we never spoke. Avoir!
MaxMi 8 months ago
You’re still commenting an article about things you don’t tell your family ?
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#34
Had an abortion at age 22 after getting knocked up (consensually, but was on birth control so BIG SHOCK) by the alcoholic, gambling a****t music pastor at my church. My family, and his, are both deeply religious. I’ll take this to my grave, thanks.
Chicken Mitten 8 months ago
You shouldn't feel you need to keep this a secret. Regardless of your age and consent, that pastor abused his position by preying on his 'flock'.
#35
That I really wish my parents didn’t have any children, including me. They are not bad people, but just really bad parents.
Sergy Yeltsen 9 months ago
I get that. I was someone who shouldn't have been born to parents who shouldn't have been parents. The number of times I wish I would just stop existing is reaching a crescendo.
Lila Allen 8 months ago
I am so sorry you experienced this. I hope you build a new family and get the love and support you deserve. I also hope you know it's them not you. They are lacking, failing, and broken...you never were
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#36
I'm still living with my husband even though they thought we split 7 years ago. They live in a separate town and don't really give a toss about me. We're just roommates as we're too old to start again. We share all the bills. It's easy this way.
Harry Gondalf 8 months ago
I did the same. Why did we have to divorce in order to become friend?
#37
I'm afraid.
i'm afraid that at 55 with cancer i am unemployable if i were to lose my job. i'm afraid that i won't make it to 67, and am afraid that i will lose my company life insurance, leaving my daughter with nothing.
i worry now that i have damaged my kidneys, i just want this to end one way or the other.
Libstak 9 months ago
It sounds like you are in Australia due to retirement starting at 67 for your age group. Please take advantage of any assistance the government provides in terms of social workers advice, and psychologists etc, you got this, don't just keep it all hidden, they can help.
1LittleGranny64 2 months ago
Sixty seven is the age of full retirement in the US now.
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#38
I'm a dad.
In the months before lockdown, I was in London for some work and I (23M) matched with a woman on Tinder (27F) and we ended up hooking up. to be honest i did fall for this girl but, after our thing she went quite for months.
then, 6 months later (by this time during-lockdown) i got a message from her confessing she was pregnant and married. she did not want anything from me and explained i was nothing but an unwitting s***m donor.
few months later i got an anonymous email with a picture of the baby, but have heard nothing since then.
Fellfromthemoon 8 months ago
My grampa had the same story: infertile couple was looking for a donor in natural ways. He didn't know and fell for the woman. It all happened about a century ago.
#39
That my older sister SA’d me when we were kids.
she passed away a few years back and my family kind of deified her. feels like they’d never believe me anyway if i told them.
Lila Allen 8 months ago
Tell them or don't but know you didn't deserve that and they should support you. It's not about them. It's about you deserving better
#40
The fact that the scratches and wounds on my arm are not from my cat, but from periods of absolute despair.
Huddo's sister 9 months ago
I really hope they do talk to someone about it. I had to tell my mum about my sister's self harm when she was in her teens. She is more than 5 years self harm free now.
#41
Had a summer job in college when I was 20. Hooked up with a woman who was 27, and who in hindsight was definitely lying about 1)being separated from her husband and 2) being on birth control. (I was really naive.) Next time I came home from college I found out *from my mom* that the woman had had a miscarriage, "which is weird because wasn't she separated from her husband...?".
#42
I used to hook up with the college girl nextdoor while I was a minor.
#43
I found my parents wills and steamed them open to see which brother gets the most and yes, the youngest (me) does.
katherine roberts 9 months ago
It's sad when parents do this. It should be equal between all siblings. A horrible way to cause animosity among your children
Debbie 8 months ago
Disagree. If one child is in and out of jail, dealing d***s, a child molester, beats up their partner...nope. Even for less serious things. Will it just be spend on partying and did they ignore you? Or water they responsible and care for/about you. I'd prefer to give the responsible child more. That said, I don't have money for them to inherit. I do have stuff, and would want the crafty one to get my crafty things. Etc.
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#44
The real reason I couldn't afford my motorcycle anymore and had to sell it is because in my new city I didn't have access to that mechanic I was sleeping with before.
Sorry dad.
General Anaesthesia 9 months ago
*e* and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
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#45
I was being SA and unwanted physical contact by some family members. i was too stunned and dont think their mom or dad believe in me if i told so.
Brian Droste 8 months ago
From what I read on here that if a family SA'd a family another member and they told a another family member, no one would belive that person anyway.
#46
That I am not as strong as they all think I am. Everyone counts on me, I am the head of the family, but not because I am the oldest.
#47
I've been hooking up with a girl who identifies as a lesbian and doesn't really respect men. She feminizes and dommes the ever living daylights out of me.
#48
I cannot and will not share with them the amount of pain I am in day to day. Long covid has impacted my life immensely. Getting care has been hard, but for them - I put it away, smile, and do the best I can to be happy and positive. I am hopeful I’ll be able to get help soon.
#49
I don't have it in me to tell my very Catholic mother I'm gay. I'm 34, and somehow, my mom has never questioned why my "girlfriend" is always at work when she visits.
#50
I can't really gripe to my wife and kids that my job is challenging, our fiances are precarious, and that meeting the considerable financial and time demands of modern parenting while meeting the constant demands of work are nearly impossible.
i feel like a could use an assistant just to reach all the email/text/voicemails from my kids schools and i could use a driver just to get everyone to all the places they need to be.
just grin and bear it.
Alexandra 9 months ago
Good question. It sounds as if OP is the only one handling everything. I'm not in favour of the traditional gender roles but as a team you need to do what needs to be done.
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1LittleGranny64 2 months ago
My son used to call me everyday on his way home from work to vent so he could put on a smile and be present for his wife and kids. Now he telecommutes and I miss the calls.
#51
My first wife had an abortion. It was mine. We were both alcoholics in a toxic codependent relationship and didn't want a baby to be part of that. We divorced a couple years later.
I'm sober and happily remarried now, but still no kids.
Dinklife. 🤷♂️.
#52
I’m Hispanic and I refuse to date another Hispanic because, well. You’d be scared to end up with my dad too.
#53
I started sleeping with a 50-60 year old when I was 20 and I still sleep with them once in a while to this day.
#54
I hate being a single mom, dating after divorce is a dumpster fire.
#55
Every few months when life is getting on top of me I make an excuse to visit my old city and just go on a multiple day class A d**g binge. Anything and everything except cr**k (I can't take the immediate need for more). I'm sure I come back to town looking haggard as f**k and usually tell a small part of the story and put it all down to drinking but no, I am indeed doing up to 5 d***s at a time in the worst possible accommodation I can find, and then wandering the city streets being a complete degenerate until the sun comes up.
I hang with the homeless, get into trouble, visit bars and clubs I'd never usually visit, lower my standards and inhibitions sexually and generally just risk my life and sanity for a few days before going back to my normal mundane life surrounded by boring people and pretending nothing ever happened.
It's literally full moon wolf mode s**t lmfao. As crazy and risky as it sounds, I used to think about s*****e ALOT. Now I would never consider harming myself (intentionally), I just plan my next binge lol.
Sometimes it's 3 months in between, sometimes it's 3 years - but it's always on the menu. Always an option. And always a better option than letting myself get so down I consider s*****e.
Lowrider 56 8 months ago (edited)
I use to do the exact same thing. That was a while back. Been clean and sober since 2014
Sven Grammersdorf 8 months ago (edited)
My wife doesn't know that I smoke m**h all day and night when she's out of town on business. You can get that stuff dirt cheap on the dark web. I just tell her that I sat around on the couch watching TV and taking naps the whole time. A 2-3 day binge once every couple months is enough for me to scratch the itch. I never touch the stuff when she's around.
#56
My partner and I practice a dom/sub relationship and are into B**M in the bedroom.
Lila Allen 8 months ago
Seconded... your parents do not need to know details of your s*x life any more than you need details of theirs
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OzzyTheMano (They/Them) 8 months ago
BP I don't know what B**M is (heard it from Hazbin hotel ironically) and I don't want to look it up. what is B**M plz??
#57
I "dated" my 55 yo landlady in college. I was 21. At the same time I "dated" her 25 yo (oldest) daughter, and her 22 yo (youngest) daughter. And when she came to visit, I also "dated" my landlady's 47 yo (younger) sister. It all came at me like an avalanche. It was like I never had a minute to myself. I barely had time to put my clothes on and go to school or go to work. I never tried to hide it, I just never talked about it, and it just kept happening. I just kept diving in and doing it, and it went on for three years. I kept wondering when the daughters would finally go get boyfriends, but they just kept showing up at my door. It didn't stop until I graduated college and moved away. I think it skewed my perspective on life, and I couldn't really have a serious genuine love relationship until I was in my 40s.
#58
I have a friend who visited me recently and stayed at my house. My parents think we met at a car meet in Canada because we both own the same model of car. We actually met on FetLife. No, we're not dating or hooking up, just regular friends who happened to meet in a non socially acceptable manner.
Debbie 8 months ago
A social media app/ platform for people with fetishes/kinks to meet. Like bumble/tinder, but there you can not "filter" on people with the same preferences. Sexual compatibility is important in a relationship but it's not something that is openly talked about. FetLife is a safe space to do so.
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#59
My husband cheated on me and moved out to go and live with his w***e for a week, and I took him back.
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 8 months ago
Oh please, you need to be mad at your hubby, he was the one who promised to be faithful to you. She promised you nothing and was probably told that your marriage was pretty much over anyway or that you are an evil witch.
#60
I do p**n? That’d probably make Christmas dinner a little awkward.
Lila Allen 8 months ago
Yeah if it's not hurting anyone and it's adults consenting then it's absolutely no one's business and also does not make someone less deserving a a person.
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 8 months ago (edited)
Did they finally censor p**n, or is OP doing päwn? P**n. P**n. Hmm. p**n. p**n.
Pyla 9 months ago
Stop judging s*x workers. It’s work. Respect that. D**n
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Had a full-on relationship of 6 years with the girl they thought was my best friend.
Edit: I'm a girl.
#62
When I was in college, I had a t*******e with two women that I met on a study abroad trip - in a hostel in Italy. I left the hostel and met another girl at a bar and ended up staying the night with her at her hotel and didn’t go back to the hostel until the next morning. I went out with one of the original two girls on dates several times over the next week and never told her about the hotel girl.
Looking back on that week - I feel like kind of a dirty a*****e and I also sort of which I could be 22 years old again! Haha
Sometimes I can’t believe how irresponsible I was at that age. I got married and started having kids a little later than average (late 30s). I would’ve been such a s****y parent at that age.
Sara Frazer 9 months ago
Wow I spent too long trying to decipher "t*******e" -it's thréèsòme- for fúcks sake, bp
Cindy Brick 8 months ago
I am really, really tired of trying to figure out what all these asterisks mean. Please stop, BP!
#64
I would never tell my family that I secretly like wearing womens panties.
#65
I write incest erotica for a living. They know I'm a writer, but not of what. 😅.
Ididthings 8 months ago
I apologise for my original comment, guess who didn't read the post properly
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Maples Dad 8 months ago
The majority of this stuff arent even things a normal person tells their family anyway. There is such a thing as too much info.
Susie Elle 9 months ago (edited)
That I'm deeply upset with them that I was so alienated within our own family that nobody noticed my eating disorder, crippling anxiety, depression and self-esteem issues. I feel like they still don't know who I am, anything I tell them about myself they seem to forget, and nobody ever really checks back with me about what's going on in my life. They care about me, sure, but I feel like they have no idea of me. EDIT: I came back with an example. As a teen and young adult, I used to straighten my curly hair every day. I stopped doing this somewhere in 2014, and have had a big head full of curly hair up until a few years ago (somehow the curls disappeared). A few days ago my dad said: "Your curls disappeared because of that constant hair straightening you're doing". I had to remind him that I hadn't touched a straightening iron in over a decade. Over the course of 8 years, somehow he never noticed.
Binky Melnik 8 months ago
As if your hair follicles know what’s going on with the old, dеad hair a couple feet from ‘em. 🙄 My dad comes up with idiotic theories for everything, too (though to him they are immutable facts and not theories). I feel you, Susie!
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Cosmos in your eyes 8 months ago
I no longer practice the faith I was raised in. I'll keep it a secret long as I can.
Ron Man 8 months ago
I gave up. Most of these are things you would never randomly tell your family to begin with. Sexual appetites, kinks, flaunting your genitals... I think people didn't really get the point of the question. I mean, unless they think people are going to tell their family that they like to shave their genitals because it makes them more visually appealing and help them get oral s*x.
Tom De Paul 8 months ago
You keep the secret because it's not their business, not to protect them. Life isn't (shouldn't be) the Jerry Springer show.
Re dacted (Ace) 8 months ago
Not to protect their feelings, but because some things just aren't their business.
Magenta Blu 8 months ago
Silence is always safer Why give information? So the others will use that against me again?. No I'm done
Littlemiss 8 months ago
I will never tell anyone what happened in band camp. Not even that one time in band camp...
Saphyre Fyre 8 months ago
this is how messed up people's thinking and mental health in general is. it's sad.
Maples Dad 8 months ago
The majority of this stuff arent even things a normal person tells their family anyway. There is such a thing as too much info.
Susie Elle 9 months ago (edited)
That I'm deeply upset with them that I was so alienated within our own family that nobody noticed my eating disorder, crippling anxiety, depression and self-esteem issues. I feel like they still don't know who I am, anything I tell them about myself they seem to forget, and nobody ever really checks back with me about what's going on in my life. They care about me, sure, but I feel like they have no idea of me. EDIT: I came back with an example. As a teen and young adult, I used to straighten my curly hair every day. I stopped doing this somewhere in 2014, and have had a big head full of curly hair up until a few years ago (somehow the curls disappeared). A few days ago my dad said: "Your curls disappeared because of that constant hair straightening you're doing". I had to remind him that I hadn't touched a straightening iron in over a decade. Over the course of 8 years, somehow he never noticed.
Binky Melnik 8 months ago
As if your hair follicles know what’s going on with the old, dеad hair a couple feet from ‘em. 🙄 My dad comes up with idiotic theories for everything, too (though to him they are immutable facts and not theories). I feel you, Susie!
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I no longer practice the faith I was raised in. I'll keep it a secret long as I can.
Ron Man 8 months ago
I gave up. Most of these are things you would never randomly tell your family to begin with. Sexual appetites, kinks, flaunting your genitals... I think people didn't really get the point of the question. I mean, unless they think people are going to tell their family that they like to shave their genitals because it makes them more visually appealing and help them get oral s*x.
Tom De Paul 8 months ago
You keep the secret because it's not their business, not to protect them. Life isn't (shouldn't be) the Jerry Springer show.
Re dacted (Ace) 8 months ago
Not to protect their feelings, but because some things just aren't their business.
Magenta Blu 8 months ago
Silence is always safer Why give information? So the others will use that against me again?. No I'm done
Littlemiss 8 months ago
I will never tell anyone what happened in band camp. Not even that one time in band camp...
Saphyre Fyre 8 months ago
this is how messed up people's thinking and mental health in general is. it's sad.
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