It's naive to think we can know everything about other people. Behind closed doors, all of us carry secrets—big and small—that we keep even from family, friends, and spouses. Sometimes it’s out of shame, sometimes fear, but the possibility of being misunderstood can be reason enough to stay silent.
This time, let’s focus on parents. Recently, we were digging through the internet and discovered a few threads where children of all ages confessed what they’re hiding from their moms and dads. Here are a few that stuck with us.
#41
I blew a six-figure inheritance from my Grandma on living the good life and some bad investments.
17points
#43
They don't know about the time I got arrested.
15points
#44
I may or may not be in a lesbian relationship with my "best friend" but idk cuz its not oficiall or anything.
15points
#46
When i was 15, i got shot by a 22. Bullet didn't go in, but it did ricochet into my eye. Made a blood oath with my friends to say i got hit with a branch that got flipped into my eye. Totally plausible. They died, not knowing the truth. 37 years before both were dead.
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15points
#47
That my wife is pregnant. They want a grandkid bad, but we're waiting until 14 weeks to start letting people know. We have a trip coming up with both my folks and her folks, so we'll spring the news then. I cannot wait.
Pumkin_Girl:
Did the same - told our folks at just after 12 weeks. I got a lot of playful telling offs from my mum as I'd had really bad morning sickness (from weeks 6 to 16, thankfully I'm at 25 now and out the other side!) and lied through my teeth that it had been a very bad virus :)
It really is such a wonderful feeling telling them, and so exciting the waiting period!
Good luck and enjoy it! :)
Pumkin_Girl:
Did the same - told our folks at just after 12 weeks. I got a lot of playful telling offs from my mum as I'd had really bad morning sickness (from weeks 6 to 16, thankfully I'm at 25 now and out the other side!) and lied through my teeth that it had been a very bad virus :)
It really is such a wonderful feeling telling them, and so exciting the waiting period!
Good luck and enjoy it! :)
14points
#48
My wedding was really just a big party for family and friends (because we secretly got married at a courthouse weeks beforehand). The only person who knows is my best friend, who officiated the (symbolic) ceremony. .
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14points
#49
That I (probably) got someone pregnant when I was 14. Either she had an abortion, was lying, was mistaken, or had a miscarriage. Whichever it was, no baby ever came about.
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14points
#50
I smoke weed and I just lost a job opportunity I really needed because of it.
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10points
