Curiosities
day ago
Grace J.
Sometimes, keeping asecret feels like holding your breath underwater—tense, risky, and bound tobreak atany moment. Inthis collection, you’ll find short stories where hidden truths didn’t stay buried for long. From quiet confessions toexplosive reveals, each one unfolds with the kind ofdrama that belongs inamovie.
- Istarted tofind hair ties inmyhusband’s pockets (myhair isshort). Itold mybest friend. She went pale and went quiet for amoment, then said, “Well... Did you check his phone? Check it!” Idid, expecting tofind some woman’s trace.
But whatI discovered was way more horrible. Isaw hewas texting mybest friend. There were flirty texts, romantic messages, and even photos ofthem together. There were somany ofthem. The oldest was 5months ago.
Iscrolled tothe top tosee how itall started. But Ialmost fainted whenI discovered that itwas mybirthday that started itall. Hehad texted her innocently inDecember toask how they could plan asurprise party forme. But then gradually itevolved into anaffair. Idon’t thinkI will ever get over this double betrayal.
- When Iwas 16, Iwent toabookstore toget some books and noticed this guy and girl shopping. The guy looked familiar tome, and when heturned around, Irealized itwas myfriend’s dad, and hewas not with his wife.
Henoticedme, andI started freaking out since helooked pissed. Hetried tobribe mewith afew hundred bucks, soI took the money, lied, and saidI wasn’t going totell anyone. However, Iended uptelling his wife and myfriend.©Unknown author/ Reddit
- Igrew upthinking myfather abandoned meand mymom. But years later, far into adulthood, Ilearned from mygrandma that mymom left mydad and didn’t allow him tosee mesoshe could get money from him. Tothis day, Istill don’t have arelationship with him.©12Fatcat/ Reddit
- Mygrandpa cheated onmygrandma with her sister. Allegedly, achild came from that affair, but mygrandpa never claimed him.
Ifound this out when mydad died, andI saw apicture ofmydad, his siblings, and a“cousin.” Isaid, “Wow! Helooks just like you guys. He’s definitely kin.”
One ofmyuncles was like, “Yeah, hemight beour brother.” ©space_apartment/ Reddit
- Ialways knewI was adopted asaninfant. When Iwas 26, Ireceived ananonymous letter inthe mail containing myoriginal birth certificate and acard from mysister’s funeral. Igrew upknowing her asacousin.
Itturns out mygreat-uncle adoptedme. My“aunt” isactually mygrandmother, and mymother ismy“cousin.” When Iwas young, weoften visitedmy (great-)grandparents, who lived about four hours away. Mybiological parents lived next tomygrandparents—which meantI saw them regularly and played with myfull brother and sister, but had noidea atthe time.©l***nessie15/ Reddit
- Inhigh school, Iapplied for ascholarship and got afull ride toastate university. Ithanked mycounselor, who helped with mypaperwork. Four years later, Igot aletter saying myscholarship never existed.
Turns out myolder brother had been paying mytuition anonymously. He’d dropped out ofcollege himself and never told anyone. Hemade upthe paperwork tomake itseem legit. Hedidn’t want metofeel guilty.
Icried harder thanI did atgraduation. Ioffered topay him back. Hesaid, “Just dobetter than Idid.”
- Itwas our fifth wedding anniversary, and heleft his phone downstairs. Hesays now that heknew, and that’s why heran down once herealized that hehad leftit. But hehad had videos ofmycloset—my designer bags and luxury items—videotaped byhim, and offering all ofmybelongings uptowomen hewas seeing.
That night, heleft, and two $100 bills were missing, along with aPrada bag I’ve never seen again. Hehad aSnapchat storyup, and was gone for only about anhour and ahalf becauseI waited upafter nursing our newborn.
Iwas done. Seeing his hand gothrough myclothes, mystuff... showing astranger... itwas soshocking. Iwas disgusted.©funpartofdysfunction/ Reddit
- When Iwas akid, mydad cheated onmymother and had akid with the new woman who would become mystepmom. Iwent over occasionally and never paid itmuch mind, but my“sister” had blond hair her entire life. Mydad said itwas because hehad blond hair asakid.
Fast-forward 10years, and surprise—she more than likely wasn’t carrying his child. Big surprise that the woman you cheated onyour wife with wasn’t faithful either, huh? ©Boomerwell/ Reddit
- Mygrandma lost her wedding ring in2009. She searched for itfor months, heartbroken.
Last year, she passed away. While cleaning out her house, wefound asmall box inside the air vent. Ithad the ring, plus aletter.
She had hidden itherself after finding out mygrandpa had cheated in1987. She never confronted him. Said she didn’t want tobreak the family. But she also never wore the ring again.
Ikept the letter. Noone else knows.
- Acousin informed methatI have along-lost sister myparents had given upfor adoption before they got married. We’ve actually connected now, butI was 50years old whenI found out.©Callahan333/ Reddit
- Ihad always felt like the odd one out inmyfamily. Ididn’t look like mysiblings, didn’t share many interests. But Iworked hard, and graduation day finally came. Atthe ceremony, they called myname, and myfamily erupted louder than anyone else’s.
Afterward, mymom pulled measide and gave mealetter. She saidI was adopted, and they never told mebecause they didn’t want metofeel “other.” She said love, not blood, had always made metheirs.
- Mygrandma found out afew years ago that her dad doubled upand had two children with another woman. This absolute joker named the kids the exact same names asmygran and her brother, sohenever had toworry about mixing upnames.©Ok-String6517/ Reddit
Some people find themselves insituations sostrange, disturbing, orunbelievable, they could easily make front-page news. Like the 13short stories wehave here.
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