27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families

There is a very real chance I wouldn't made it to 30 if I didn't have dogs in my life. They're more than just pets, they companions and quite literally save peoples lives in many different ways.

They really are amazing. Dogs, cats, parrots, lizards, fishies , etc. My 17yearold cat was my reason to live and he died last month. I have a 3year old cat he raised so she's sort of his legacy I have to take care of now. It's hell, worst fear realised itself and yet here i am 😿

My heart goes out to you and I'm glad you're still here.

We do not deserve dogs, thank God we get them anyway

It hurts so much when we have to make that decision even though we know it's the right one and you don't want them to be in pain anymore. I had a cat that was almost 18 and a dog that was 15.5 when I had to have them put to sleep about a year apart.

I don't have kids but if I did I think I'd rather they have the support to realize their ambitions and not be saddled with crippling debt but that's just me

You found a way, so you were independent.

how is taking out loans independent, but having somone love you and support you not? you're independent if you expect the bank to help you, you still have to pay them back in the end (i guess thats the independent part)... so sad that you're not living a life of debt that might be passed down to future generations.

Ask them what would have been better: having a loving partner and no, or only low student debt, or being five figures deep into debt?

so your parents would rather you rack up big student loan debts for your education than have your boyfriend/now-husband pay your way? Not sure how having huge debts makes you more "independent"

Agreed. My mother was an alcoholic and d**g addict my entire life. I cut her out of my life for eight years, in which she got herself clean and came back into my life four years ago. She fried her brain from the d**g abuse and doesn't remember much of my actual childhood -- she tends to fabricate memories based on what she has seen in movies. But she is a wonderfully witty and loving person now and my two children absolutely adore her. I will never correct her version of the past. It would serve no purpose other than to hurt her. I am proud now to call her my momma.

Unfortunately they're right, it wouldn't make a difference. Someone so deep in denial will never take responsibility for their actions.

Same thing with my mom. I figured that my shoulders were strong enough to carry the weight of her mistakes because, as you said, I didn't see what good it would have done to throw it in her face (like she always did to me). After she passed, that weight went with her. *Hugs to you*

Same.

OP is the child of a boomer, huh? I relate to this post a lot. After more than a decade of counseling and psychiatric intervention I am finally in a place where I understand that my mom always did the best she could with the resources she had available and had the best intentions in providing my siblings and i with a better life than she had. It does not make my trauma less-than, but the forgiveness and understanding grants me peace and the ability to navigate our relationship as adults now.

Well, it depends on whether OP is an only child. If he/she is, then the parents don't just suspect, they know.

Does she think it costs more to use 'the big light'?? LOL

I turn on all the lights all the time... with LED lights now it's barely any power.

This is a common ADHD trait.

Laughing at this one because my family all know how much I hate “the big light” on in our front room. I haven’t gone so far as to take out the bulb, though.

Connect the light to some hideous sound too

Sorry for what? You shouldn't use sorry for things you have no reason to be sorry for, that is all.

Don't be sorry for who you are.

You be you. NO SORRY

Never be sorry for who you love ❤️

why are you sorry

Got a funny story for you about that. Early 80's, I was 20 & about to leave for college after doing community college. I told my mom (a school nurse) "I'm leaving home and am reasonably sure that I'm going become sexually active soon, what types of birth control would you recommend?" She spent over half an hour trying to get me to save myself for marriage. I went to Planned Parenthood instead.

Well she must have had sex to have had you so you should've responded "guess that means you're worthless then"

I don't fully get this one. It seems to me that, in a roundabout way, she's doing what her mother wants.

This was my parents. Horrible!

Well, that will sure teach her.

I understand where they're coming from but she may not have considered how they'll feel when they find out. She's taking away their chance to support her, to prepare for her death and for so many other things. Sometimes when we try to protect people we end up hurting them.

I honestly don't think that's the right decision, but it's your decision to make.

Unless they will use the info to harass or bully you, they deserve time to adjust and grieve. Losing a child (or parent) with no warning is a major blow. Knowing about the terminal status gives us time to begin grieving, to cherish our time together.

Oh, no. You should tell them though. A) you'll need that support and B) they should be able to make peace with it instead of receiving a shock of your death. Furthermore, your parents will always worry. That's what good parents do, whether you're healthy or not.

…I have had loved ones hide and lie about health conditions, one of them died. It fúcking sucks.

I let mine near my kids. That was a mistake.

Nparents are the reason I had no kids. They were totally freaked that it was something they couldn't control.

Soft White Underbelly on Youtube has an interview with a woman about leaving a narcissist and she talks about her upbringing.

Yep. I think it would absolutely terrify my husband if he knew about all of the moments each day where I think about leaving, running away, or just quitting life altogether by lying down somewhere and refusing to get up.

Have a look into adhd symptoms

I'm becoming increasingly aware that there are a lot of us out here.