They’re truly baffling, and I, for one, am taken back people revealed them.
Note: Some submissions include topics of drugs, violence, and sexual assault.
kindly proceed with caution.
“One of my uncles almost beat a guy to death with his bare hands.
He had walked in on a friend molesting a kid.
u/SausyKat
2.
She killed her boyfriend, then said she would kill me if I told anyone.”
u/MatchPoint5
3.
“My old coworker was an ex-gang member/door knocker.
u/Stoic_hawaiian808
4.
Apparently, a cop was driving drunk and way over speed limit.
It’s a very small town, and the cop was ‘buddy buddy’ with the town leaders.”
u/fiposu
5.
“When my dad was younger he joined the air force.
u/charlotsa
6.
She gave the baby up for adoption to one of my aunt’s friends.
I’m 41 now, and my half-sister is 47.
Several family members have taken the secret to their grave.”
u/Ryanmh1983
7.
She was a registered nurse and had sex with him every night.
She never stopped, and now she’s the director of a nursing home.
She never got in trouble for it, and she never lost her nursing degree."
u/Mediocre_Method_4683
8.
She apparently cheated a lot.
They finally got divorced."
u/Gwayeveryday
9.
“My father told me a story about his ex.
u/Unlucky_Grape11
10.
“I had a roommate show me an article in the local section of the city newspaper.
It was about a young man killed outside of a club.
The incident had happened a year prior, and they were still looking for the suspect.
My roommate told me it was him he had punched the dude.
He had a bad temper, so I believed him.”
u/splitip86
11.
“My coworker would trauma dump on me.
I’m not talking about weed I’m talking the white powdery kind, and theynevergot caught.
There I was on the straight and narrow when I could have experimented.
With my luck, I would have been caught some people are just born to be lucky.”
u/Plane-Chemist-3792
12.
“My cousin died of an overdose several years ago.
He was awesome and I loved him very much.
She couldnt reach my aunts, so she called my dad.
When he answered, she was obviously really emotional and worked up.
She said, ‘[My son] just overdosed and is on the way to the hospital.’
He never apologized when he found out my cousin didnt make it.
My dad is a really complicated person sometimes hes a good dude and sometimes hes a complete bastard.
Its so hard and confusing having a parent like that.”
u/Apocalypstick1
13.
There were reports of child and spouse abuse and alcoholism.
My family looked at it as if he was protecting his siblings.
u/Mimi_Jess
14.
I’d ‘burn in hell’ and all that.
Because of this, I’ve rarely had a sex life in a romantic relationship because of this trauma.
One that is focused on me, moves at my own pace, and is about working through everything.
We both agreed there are no feelings, just learning and education.
I was told they passed away before I was born, or I was too young to remember them.
Last year, I started looking into my family history and found things that did not add up.
After constantly asking my dad, he finally told me everything.
Apparently, The Deadly Eighties was true for my family.”
mistie22584
Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
