12 individuals who discovered a brutal truth that shook their reality. Read the story in the comments.
When it happens that we discover a hidden truth or unravel the genuine reason behind a puzzling memory, our world can turn upside down. These revelations, although related to something that took months or even years ago, can have a strong impact on our presence and how we start to perceive reality. This experience can easily mess up with our psyche and make us question everything.
At best, they can teach us life lessons and make us better individuals.
Below are twelve incredible stories shared by people on Reddit.
1. One of my old schoolmates lived with his mother in a single-parent household. The father wasn’t around because he was in a very peripatetic line of work and didn’t come home too often.
Well, that was the official story. The actual truth, as known by parents and the school, was a long prison sentence for some kind of serious fraud, embezzlement, false accounting, etc., and the mother put her family back under her maiden name, so nobody would make the connection.
He’s out now, although I’ve never met him. © Eddie_H***er / Reddit
2. My best friend and his wife had been trying for years to have a second child, with no luck. Then one day, he found out his wife didn’t want a second child and had been secretly taking birth control. © squirrel-phone / Reddit
3. My father’s ex-wife, with whom we lived for seven years (I was 14 when they separated), stole my father’s key (they separated and tried to have a relationship but lived apart) and had it for half a year. Apparently, she used to enter the apartment when we weren’t home or when we were sleeping. We found out one night when dad couldn’t sleep and caught her unlocking the door. © blackeyedb***h / Reddit
4. I found out that my dad still takes his ex-girlfriend (from when he was 16–22 years old) out to dinner when he travels to his hometown to visit his dad. He still calls her Junebug, his pet name from when they dated… And he has never told my mom. © doggonfreshmemes*** / Reddit