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When I was 8, my mom di:ed suddenly. Many years later, I found old records from when she stayed in a psychiatric hospital for depression. In the notes, I discovered a disturbing detail—so disturbing that it made me question everything: the therapist mentioned that my mother never wanted to talk about me—not even once. She had never even acknowledged my presence.
After some time and persistence from the therapist, my mother confessed that she didn’t want me and that it was my father who insisted I be born. When I was two months old, she took me and left me in front of a hospital on a cold winter night. Luckily, my father found me and brought me back.
I always knew my mother was cold towards me, but I had always assumed the reason was other problems in her life. It turns out I was the reason for her depression. I wish I had never found those old records.
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I found out that my ex had an affa:ir with his brother’s wife, breaking up their marriage and making every family event… weird. I was the only one who didn’t know—for six years. They were all so secretive and strange until I finally figured it out. © prettysoitworks / Reddit
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We were living together, and I was pregnant. He pretended to go to work for months. He often had money on him, so I never questioned it. Come to find out, when I went to buy a house in my name only because he had terrible credit, there was a credit card in my name that I knew nothing about. He had been taking money from the card in place of a paycheck! Needless to say, I dumped him. He never paid any support to his daughter, and he died a few years later.
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The first time an ex of mine and I got into a big fight was when I didn’t come to see her and celebrate the day she was accepted to an Ivy League university. She had been talking about it for months, made a huge deal when she got in, and was angry that I didn’t rush right over.
I found out a few months later that she had not applied to Yale or any other colleges. It turns out she was a pathological liar and had made up countless other things throughout our relationship. © Unknown author / Reddit
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A childhood best friend of mine had a mother who constantly went on vacations alone to “Florida.” It turns out she was actually in the psych ward. © lokeilou / Reddit
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My ex and I were best friends, and the relationship was great. We were together for about five years when I found out I was pregnant. When I told him I was expecting, he informed me that he was married! © sweet_sin / Reddit
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My mom showed signs of Multiple Sclerosis at age 30. I discovered that my dad quickly opened a life insurance policy on her without her knowing. Sad. Maybe smart, but still sad.
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I found out that my dad paid his brother to break into my mum’s house when they divorced. He wonders why our relationship hasn’t been the same since, but I just can’t bring myself to tell him the reason why or that I know all about it.
Kids have ears and brains and can figure out way more than adults think.