Darkest Secrets Exposed
Admit it: Everybody has a secret. We all know it's true that there are things we keep from our parents, spouses, and friends. Sometimes, these are small secrets, hush-hush things that we hide to make our lives a little easier.
Other times, though, the skeletons in our closet are so big and loud, they have to get exposed eventually.
1. Escapism For Moms
My sisters and I found my mom's fantasy love letters that she wrote to other men besides my father. I know they were fantasy because she didn't even know half of them and some were happily married. They were the saddest things I've ever laid eyes on. She wrote about how she wanted to run off with these men and have their babies.
She would write them, ball them up, and just throw them wherever. I'm surprised my father never found them. My youngest sister would scream at her, "ARE YOU INSANE, MOTHER!?!"
We just thought she was unhappy with my father and never said anything to him about it.
2. Way To Leave Us Hanging
A long time ago, back when I was still in middle school, my mom's best friend passed. She wouldn't tell me how she passed. Only that it was sudden. When I asked why we weren't going to the funeral she told me that there wouldn't be one because "
her body was being donated to science". I didn't ask any more questions. That was the last time we ever talked about her.
Well, five months ago my mom handed me her phone to find the number for Domino's and as I'm scrolling through her contacts, I made the most chilling discovery.
I come across the phone number of the deceased best friend. Biggest "what the heck" moment of my life. The next day I called it from a payphone at Waffle House and she picked up. I instantly recognized the voice and accent. She's STILL ALIVE.
Second biggest "what the heck" moment of my life.
Turns out, my mom had been lying all these years about her BEST FRIEND BEING DECEASED. It was beyond messed up.
3. You’re Not Welcome Here
My father passed when I was 17. At the funeral home during a viewing, a young lady and her boyfriend showed up. She was probably two or three years older than me. Nobody recognized her so she was asked why she was there. Her answer shocked the room.
She stated she was there to see her father. My siblings and I are naturally confused, and our mom is just standing there shaking her head. My uncles ask her to leave, and she leaves crying in her boyfriend's arms.
Our mother then takes us to a private area and explains that our father had an affair years ago and that was our half-sister. I never heard any more about her, never learned her name, and have never met her.
I would like to meet her and apologize for my family.
Seeing her rejected and crying because she couldn't even attend a viewing for her father bothers me to this day, and this was over 40 years ago.
4. Bills, Bills, Bills
My dad told me how my mom forged his signature to remortgage the house so she could go shopping. When he found out, all my mom could say was: "It's only money". But that wasn't the worst part.
My Dad also bailed her out of her credit card debts, which were in the tens of thousands. He even had to refinance part of the house to pay for a multiple credit card bill of close to $50k.
When I was clearing out my parents' house to sell it, I found a sheet of paper with the math working out how much my mom owed. She had nothing to show from her spending. My dad said the only reason he didn't leave was because of me and my brother.
I never told my mom because I knew she would lie about it. My dad passed two years before my mom, and I miss him a lot.
