The surprising discoveries range from affairs to ghosts.
The band was over when the drummer found out.
No one knew I was aware of the whole thing."
Alpha_Killer666
2.
No, they had not."
SinceWayLastMay
3.
I only found out about a year ago."
Russdad
4.
She was still married to my father but they were basically just married on paper at that point."
They were married for about two years."
oliferro
5.
I’m trying my best to mind my business, but this secret is eating me inside.
I just want to live peacefully."
Sparring_Jackdaw
6.
Healthy-Reporter8253
7.
I only know because I overheard it one night when my parents were talking to his ‘mom.'"
Goatiusman
8.
“My second ex-wife told everyone she had cancer, including our own kids.
Roughly two years later, I found that she did not have and never had cancer.
Immediate grounds for divorce.”
Daggertooth71
9.
Then, I moved into my own 100-year-old house and had a few encounters of my own."
peanutbutterprncess
10.
“My mother was dating a guy, but there were some sketchy things about him.
However, she ignored them because she was in love.
It turns out he killed someone and was lying about his identity.”
Arl0_Gr33n
11.
It was written in a contract that he had to pay the mother.
And that son lived on the same street as them in the house on the opposite side.
Apparently, grandpa was a player back in the day and got the lady pregnant."
My boyfriend’s dad looks like he cloned himself, to create my boyfriend and his sister.
It’s like their mom was never involved. "
biest229
12.
“That my American cousin was put in prison for 15 years.
I learned this by watching the news in France.
nmuncer
13.
“I found out my dad was bi after he passed.
He had five kids with my mom before leaving us for another woman and was a very charismatic womanizer.
I was surprised to come across this information in a journal he kept.”
yummy_mummy
14.
“My deceased father was cheating on my mother with his brother’s wife.
My dad’s brother was fine with it as long as he could financially scrounge off my dad.
This went on for more than 40 years.”
TelevisionKooky3041
15.
Moist-Beginning6180
16.
“After my mother died, I was given a letter from her to me.
I found out according to her letter, that she and my dad serial cheated on each other.
Every time she caught him cheating she would go find another man for a one-night stand.
This occurred in the early 1950s to the mid-’60s.
Towards the end of her letter, I learned that my father isn’t my biological father.
That is probably why I was worthless to him; he never taught me anything father/son related.”
pass-the-waffles
17.
“My grandma was never married to the father of her first child.
IHaventTheFoggiest47
18.
“My dad, a lawyer, did some work for the mafia.”
Mrrasta1
19.And lastly, “I have been pronouncing my wife’s name wrong for 10 years.
She only told me recently.”
New-Temperature-4067
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