We’ve all heard that honesty is the best policy, but that doesn’t mean we actually live by that motto. Even though our families are usually some of the people we can trust most in this world, they’re also the people we tend to keep things from. BuzzFeed asked readers to confess the secrets they’re keeping from their parents and they range from relatively minor to huge and life-changing.
- "That the reason I have so many followers on Instagram is because of the more adult content I post. I identify as a cisgender gay man, and I do porn/OnlyFans content creation. I am not ashamed of what I do and have a really great relationship with my parents, but they don't need to know about my private activities."
- "I have two tattoos!"
- "I found out through DNA testing that my first cousin was actually my uncle.
- "I confessed my romantic feelings over text to a teacher when I was 14."
- "I was sexually harassed at a job and fired for it. They've never asked why I stopped working there, and I won't tell."
- "I had my first kiss with the guy my parents said 'wouldn't be interested in me.' He initiated it and asked to see me again. We have been together for 17 years and counting. They also don't know that."
- "That I'm nonbinary. I tried to introduce my new name to them as a nickname (it's not too far off my deadname), and they lost it at the thought of me changing my gender. Yeah, back into the closet with that one around them."
- "I will never tell my parents that I had an affair during my first marriage. My current husband knows about that mistake, but my parents? Absolutely not."
- "I did ketamine therapy for my depression earlier this year. My mom knows I’ve been taking antidepressants since I was 17 and begrudgingly accepts it. But both of my parents would FREAK if they found out I had IV injections of ketamine."
- "I crashed my mom's car. Not really a 'crash,' but I was in college, and I backed into the car on the other side of the aisle. I got out and saw no mark on the other car, but my car had a dent. Years later, my mom signed the car off to me, and I still haven’t said a word about it."
- "I lost my virginity on their couch."
Source: BuzzFeed