I lived in a house with a guy who said his parents were recently dead.
He cried about them a lot.
When we kicked him out, his parents came and helped him move his stuff out.
Daniella Urdinlaz
None of the police were injured but he was shot in the foot apparently.
His true identity was exposed around 2010 and he went on trial for the shooting in California.
He was sentenced to a year in jail and about $8000 in fines.
Everyone loved him, but he was always a little standoffish.
Fast forward 3 years to graduation time.
His dad removed him from school and never let him return.
alnumero
Secret lives within secret lives
My sister-in-law had a second child.
She was still married, but separated with her husband (because she caught him cheating).
This all took place in China, while the one-child policy was in full effect.
So: to her parents, the separation and affair were secret, up until she had a baby.
Once they were looped in, they helped her to maintain the lies, because face.
It was all a secret from most, but not all of their close family (i.e.
cousins, aunts, and uncles).
That included the government.
Im not even sure how that worked.
She wasnt living another life.
She was living fractals of lives within lives.
Now Ive got a headache.
yiliu
Affairs
My uncle runs a business hooking up internet in hotels.
He travels all over the West coast for it.
Recently he asked my aunt to have an open relationship.
This business partner has even had two pregnancies with my uncle.
Both were miscarriages, but both were also INTENTIONAL.
My aunt and uncle have been married for 12 years, and have a five year old son.
My aunt also has terminal cancer.
Hes been introducing their son to his mistress as their sons new Mommy without my aunts knowledge.
Needles to say, that open relationship isnt happening.
We have a really long family history of alcohol use disorders.
He dropped out of school and spent a few years bouncing around treatment centers and sober living houses.
My entire family came from all across the country for his graduation ceremony on Friday.
Pre-ceremony none of us could find his name in the book.
Then we couldnt find him walking among the students.
About 30 minutes into the ceremony I got a call from him.
Turns out he never enrolled back into school.
No one knew this was going on.
He invested so much into this double life that he had his whole family and all his friends fooled.
Its hard to find hope with the level of deceit that went into his latest stint.
Hes hurt so many people on this path but hes my brother and I love him nonetheless.
Heres to a brighter tomorrow, thanks for letting me word vomit and process this a bit more.
Im talking he has kids that have kids, and one of his secret granddaughters has ANOTHER kid.
Dude is a great grandfather and nobody knew.
Her grandfather is nearly 90, so its unbelievable how much a quiet old man can keep from people.
Think frat house except no college/university.
Splitting the expenses worked out pretty well.
So one of the guys worked at a port in customs or something.
He had a uniform and ID etc.
Left for work at the same time every morning and hung out with us after work.
He was always down for attending social events with us and most of us liked him.
Unclaimed/seized property that apparently no one sweats about if just a few items go astray.
Everyone gave it a pass as it seemed sketchy.
Then one day we come home to one of our housemates in shock and bawling like a baby.
The customs guy had said he could get him a new car cheap!
The long long con.
Still creeps me out a little knowing I lived with a stranger for so long.
He cried about them a lot.
When we kicked him out, his parents came and helped him move his stuff out.
Onthisharvestmoon
Fake exchange student
My family hosted a number of exchange students while we were growing up.
So Irina arrives as our exchange student.
She goes to high school in our small home town on cape cod Massachusetts.
But at Christmas time she says she has to go home to Russia because her mother was extremely sick.
Going home during the exchange year is really unusual, really rare.
So Ok fine shes going to Russia for the Christmas break, nbd, shell be back in January.
Except she never comes back.
My entire family knew about it, so it was no big deal… or so we thought.
Just last October, my grandfather died.
We went to call his partner, and he was very surprised to learn that my grandfather had children.
Its amazing how he hid an entire family for decades.
Turns out he was fired on his first day.
She eventually found out.
They are divorced now.
CaptainStarkles
Drug lord
A good friends father was found out to be huge in the cocaine trade.
Not like a dealer on the streets, but smuggling into the country and helping distribute in California.
The dad was a real normal dude, and very family oriented/present.
Hes in prison now.
She is pulling 10-16 hour days (between interning and classes) plus being a mom and wife.
Turns out he was bringing a date that wasnt her.
Anytime he had been late or gone we assume he was with her.
Friend did her a solid and took a couple pics for the divorce lawyer.
