dramatic revelation? Options

[racoons > you]

hmm... so tonight i found out that my dad has been smoking since he was sixteen, which is interesting as i geniunely had no idea.

hav you eve rfound out anything like that, not necessarily bad, just like, oh, thats odd

[*[Filp]Essence*]

my mom's dog died. her disgusting brothers ate it, when she left. she found out when her dog was dug up. this was in the philippines, but that doesn't make the philippines look bad, that was like 30 years ago.

[racoons > you]

^

lovely.

we saw a video about the philippines where people ate a dog.
i cannot

[Heewee]

Hmm. I can't think of anything too incredibly odd but a few years ago, when I was doing a lot of family research, I found out a lot of intersting things about my family's past.

- My great-grandmother and her twin sister were "mistakes." Their mother was 50-something when they were born...their father, 62 I think. Nobody thought the mother would make it through labor with twins so when they were to be born, the family moved back to Tennesse so the mother could be buried there after giving birth. Turns out, she didn't die.
- My great-grandfather (husband to my great-grandmother above) worked on the Manhattan Project, desiging a specific part of the atomic bomb. I still don't know what exactly he did....he was never allowed to tell us.
- I'm related to Princess Diana and when she died, not only didn't we go to England to attend her funeral but my mom wouldn't let me wake up to watch it on TV either. I was little and she thought that I wouldn't understand a lot of the stuff that was going on. Plus, because of the time difference, the funeral was at like 2 AM our time or something crazy like that. I believe we did send flowers, though.

[*jooleeah*]

^
Whoa. You're related to Princess Diana? Woooow. Just out of curiousity...have you met Prince William/Harry?

I'm sure I have pretty odd stories too, i just can't think of them right now...

I'll edit this later.

[*[Filp]Essence*]

^

lovely.

we saw a video about the philippines where people ate a dog.
i cannot

we no longer eat dogs in the phillipines. it is illegal.
i've never eaten a dog. I've ate duck and frogs. Well duck eggs. Mmm.. Ballut.

[*tweeak*]

Eh? As in has been as in does still? how does one hide this for 16 years?

[*incoherent*]

james, i was thinking the same as nicki.

ive found out nothing weird about my family. i wish i could though.

hilary-where did you get those facts?

[racoons > you]

yeah, as in he still smokes now.

apparently he is a some sort of maser of disguise, which, perhaps inappropriately, i am inclinde to be somewhat impressed with

[parallel]

my mom's dog died. her disgusting brothers ate it, when she left. she found out when her dog was dug up. this was in the philippines, but that doesn't make the philippines look bad, that was like 30 years ago.

I'm sorry but. That is just sick.

[*lolita kitty*]

oh yes.
my parents got divorced when i was 6, and all this time they told me it was because they "didn't get along". sometime a few months ago, my mom told me that my dad cheated on her, which is why. i dont completely believe it, seeing as she has a tendency to excagerate things, but hey... it worries me...

[demolished]

My father’s family side has related hard of hearing problem. It could be genetic issue. Who knows? The reason I mention this because I’m hard of hearing too .. and i wore hearing aids. I’m very suspicion and aware of that situation due to the fact that my cause of hearing loss is unknown and my brothers seem to be hard of hearing.

Hmm. I can't think of anything too incredibly odd but a few years ago, when I was doing a lot of family research, I found out a lot of intersting things about my family's past.

- My great-grandmother and her twin sister were "mistakes." Their mother was 50-something when they were born...their father, 62 I think. Nobody thought the mother would make it through labor with twins so when they were to be born, the family moved back to Tennesse so the mother could be buried there after giving birth. Turns out, she didn't die. 
- My great-grandfather (husband to my great-grandmother above) worked on the Manhattan Project, desiging a specific part of the atomic bomb. I still don't know what exactly he did....he was never allowed to tell us.
- I'm related to Princess Diana and when she died, not only didn't we go to England to attend her funeral but my mom wouldn't let me wake up to watch it on TV either. I was little and she thought that I wouldn't understand a lot of the stuff that was going on. Plus, because of the time difference, the funeral was at like 2 AM our time or something crazy like that. I believe we did send flowers, though.

You're amazing.

[KissMe2408]

Yah...i kinda have a weird story.
Ever since I can remember I've been told I'm adopted from Seoul, Korea. My parents didn't try to hide it from me. When i asked why i looked different and where i was from, when i was a kid they would just say, "Seoul, Korea".
And a little bit ago i found out i'm not from "seoul". i'm from somewhere else in Korea...it came up in normal conversation the other day, and i was just like.."oh.."
lol i dunno, there you go

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Well, about 4 years ago I found out that I had never lived with my parents until I was 3 years old.

[ParanoidAndroid]

Essence,Oct 7 2005, 3:02 PM]my mom's dog died. her disgusting brothers ate it, when she left. she found out when her dog was dug up. this was in the philippines, but that doesn't make the philippines look bad, that was like 30 years ago.

my uncles and dad ate dog.... it's probably disgusting for you but it's the phillippine's culture... seriously man.. i felt really offended when you said disgusting as if you were hinting everyone who ate dog was disgusting

yeah when i found out my dad smoked when i was 6 i got a little agitated... but that's them and they're mistakes.. we shouldn't bother to make so much of a big deal out of it that we start to do the same

[Heewee]

Julia- No, I've never met Prince William or Prince Harry

Spencer- I found out this information from my grandmother and great-grandmother when they were still alive. Also, from my sister when she did a family history project, my mom's uncle (my grandmother's brother) who loves family history and knows just about everything there is to know about our family, and other family members who know a little about our family as well.

[PinkTrash]

Well,  about 4 years ago I found out that I had never lived with my parents until I was 3 years old.

Same.
I was taken care of by my Grandmother and Aunts and raised in China for the first three years of my life.. which I had no idea of. Not much of these stories in my life, but my godsister does. She still doesn't know, we're not really allowed to tell her, but she thinks that her parents are married right now, but they aren't. Infact, they were never married.. and there's some confusing explanation behind this that I'm not supposed to know about =)

[coconutter]

I found out my mom had sex before she was married. That's not much though.

[EddieV]

My father had sex with 20 people before he married my mother.

My mother only had my father.

[Hiphop d[-_-]b]

Breast Cancer runs in my family & my aunt had her breat cut off and she is depressed because she has never had a husband, never a boyfriend, shes getting old and just had her breast removed.
My mom has had lumps & my aunt too.

[demolished]

my uncles and dad ate dog.... it's probably disgusting for you but it's the phillippine's culture... seriously man.. i felt really offended when you said disgusting as if you were hinting everyone who ate dog was disgusting

yeah when i found out my dad smoked when i was 6 i got a little agitated... but that's them and they're mistakes.. we shouldn't bother to make so much of a big deal out of it that we start to do the same

no ... her brother ate her dog. that's very mean. It's like .. you're taking away someone's property and abusing it.

[Mulder]

i found out something that happened to my dad...

but im not going to say it.

[b0st0ngrl]

People on my dad's side of the family have bad luck with death. One had a ladder fall on them, one fell out of a window, one fell down some stairs, and they all died. And those are only a few examples.

[*tweeak*]

No, but seriously James, what the f**k?

[JlIaTMK]

My mother had 1 other child that she aborted..

//Edit//

Oh wait, I remember that now. I remember getting unsettlingly upset with her, ignoring her, and making her cry.

What can I say, I'm a devil child.

[TheReasonWhy]

i had a big fight with my mum one time, and one day when i back home from church, she made me said down and told me a bunch of things, that she and my father had thought of getting a divorce, and then i just went like, oh, so? =.=

[*tweeak*]

You know, James, I do remember finding the occasional cig butt in your yard, but we always attributed that to them always popping up in random places as they do, not that your dad smokes. My mom came into my room smelling a lot like smoke after a big fight with my stepdad one night, and so I asked her, and she avoided the question by telling me to go to sleep and leaving. It really bothered me, so I made myself completely forget about it until just now...

[Hiphop d[-_-]b]

i found out something that happened to my dad...

but im not going to say it.

.. then why post ?

Now im really curious. Please tell :D

[*tweeak*]

You know, I don't know why my parents got divorced...

My stepdad tells me really random things...about riding his bike up steep hills to buy ciggerettes to fit in because they actually had smoking breaks at schoool, but he quit because he didn't actually like it. And that he lost his virginity when he was like 20 or something (which equalled, err, kay, I didn't care to know that). my mom told me some odd story about dating some guy whoe wore small gold speedos who was twice her age and practically stocked her giving her gifts...and appanrently she was the only one in her family who never smoked, but she would occasionally with a drink, or cloves with her brother and she always used to say that she got her first kiss late, but uh, I'm older than that now and yeah...But so, I really wish they wouldn;t say these things and then not mention the things I actually want to know

[angelrevelation]

my great grandfather had 2 wives...

and my dad almost fell through a construction hole (long story) of a building many stories high.

[racoons > you]

OK SERIOUSLY. IT'S LIKE, DRAMATIC WEEK. MY FRIEND TOLD ME TODAY THAT HER PARENTS HAD FORCED HER TO HAVE AN ABORTION OVER THE SUMMER.

THE WOLRD HAS GONE ALL FUNKY...

No, but seriously James, what the f**k?

You know, James, I do remember finding the occasional cig butt in your yard, but we always attributed that to them always popping up in random places as they do, not that your dad smokes. My mom came into my room smelling a lot like smoke after a big fight with my stepdad one night, and so I asked her, and she avoided the question by telling me to go to sleep and leaving. It really bothered me, so I made myself completely forget about it until just now...

huh... i'd forgotten that too. its like the mystery books, wherewhen you find out the answer, it all makes sense

dont worry about your mom smoking once, you have no evidence that she has done it since

My mother had 1 other child that she aborted..

//Edit//

Oh wait, I remember that now. I remember getting unsettlingly upset with her, ignoring her, and making her cry.

What can I say, I'm a devil child.

lol. horny devil

[emazing]

oh yes.
my parents got divorced when i was 6, and all this tim they told me it was because they "didn't get along". sometime a few months ago, my mom told me that my dad cheated on her, which is why. i dont completely believe it, seeing as she has a tendency to excagerate things, but hey... it worries me...

I'd hate it, too, if my parents had revealed that to me. I have a friend, though, whose parents divorced when she was in the sixth grade. Her parents never told her though, and they still live in the same house now.
-
No dramatic revelation for me yet, though.

[ParanoidAndroid]

You know, I don't know why my parents got divorced...

My stepdad tells me really random things...about riding his bike up steep hills to buy ciggerettes to fit in because they actually had smoking breaks at schoool, but he quit because he didn't actually like it. And that he lost his virginity when he was like 20 or something (which equalled, err, kay, I didn't care to know that). my mom told me some odd story about dating some guy whoe wore small gold speedos who  was twice her age and practically stocked her giving her gifts...and appanrently she was the only one in her family who never smoked, but she would occasionally with a drink, or cloves with her brother and she always used to say that she got her first kiss late, but uh, I'm older than that now and yeah...But so, I really wish they wouldn;t say these things and then not mention the things I actually want to know

yeah i hate divorce, though i ain't a victim i hated the thought of it. my mom says a lot of couples divorce because they barely have time for each other. Now that i think about it, i remember my dad saying it's because they're not faithful Christians so they have bad morals (i don't believe that one)... but oh well...

one thing that really got me (now that i remember) was when i found out my grandpa had 2 wives and never divorced... the truth is i shouldn't be so surprised back then because he was a traditional, old-fashioned chinese dude

[misoshiru]

i couldn't believe when my greatgrandmother died. she was really healthy the last time i saw her before she left, and it had been only 3 months. but apparently she didn't die of natural causes. she committed suicide. now that part was shocking.

[me1issaaaa]

The fact that I'm in love with an accident. Haha. It was kind of funny when he told me.

But just about a week ago, I found out my undle had a stroke and he's only 35 or 36, and the left side of his face is paralyzed. Not sure if it will go back to normal, but we're praying.

[*tweeak*]

OK SERIOUSLY. IT'S LIKE, DRAMATIC WEEK. MY FRIEND TOLD ME TODAY THAT HER PARENTS HAD FORCED HER TO HAVE AN ABORTION OVER THE SUMMER.

THE WOLRD HAS GONE ALL FUNKY...

huh... i'd forgotten that too. its like the mystery books, wherewhen you find out the answer, it all makes sense

dont worry about your mom smoking once, you have no evidence that she has done it since

which friend is this? how incredibly awful...

the what the f**k was in reference to me wanting an explanation. i'm genguinely curious. both the finding out and the hiding of. I'm with you on the unfortunate fascination...

Oh, I'm not worried. I had actually forgotten about it.

[yummy_delight]

I've got tons of family drama.

My grandma has 2 families. She left the first family, married my granddad, had my dad and my uncles, then left THEM, and is now with my second grandpa who she didn't have any children with. I didn't find this out until a couple years ago.

My guess is she has an issue with kids.

[sprezzatura]

My mom drank alcohol when she was a little kid (sometime around elementary school) because her dad (my grandpa) made her do so.

Not dramatic enough huh?

[5ayuri]

I found out my mom was pregnant when I was little, but they(twins) died.
Also that one of my aunts killed herself.
One of my uncles killed his wife, kids and himself.
I have more, but I forgot.

[*grrfield*]

My super duper asian nerd mom was the best dancer in high school.

Uhh, SCARY

[racoons > you]

which friend is this? how incredibly awful...

the what the f**k was in reference to me wanting an explanation. i'm genguinely curious. both the finding out and the hiding of. I'm with you on the unfortunate fascination...

Oh, I'm not worried. I had actually forgotten about it.

Adele... grr. i hjate her parents anyway. and i hate Tom. Bastard.

anyway.

i dont really have an explanation.

[Julie Ann]

I dunno. I've seen a LOT of wierd stuff though. For instance: A old man in a dress, a dog walking a woman ( sooooo not kidding), a kid pulling down his pants in church to ask God to bless his thing so it would get bigger, etc

[*tweeak*]

Adele... grr. i hjate her parents anyway. and i hate Tom. Bastard.

anyway.

i dont really have an explanation.

who is tom? the impregnator? and when i ask for an explanation, i mean, how did you find this out?

[racoons > you]

^
oh, well, my mom told me.

andyeah, tom was the father

[vehvih]

Not really odd but .. I found out before that my stepdad* right now have had on and off relationship with my mother since 1989 which scared the fck out of me because I was born on 1990.

Right now .. I don't really care who made me.

edit:// Oh yeah, this is the odd thing: I was there back in 1993 when they both had sex in the room they were in.

*He's an ok person I guess but he's not a good father.

[Aoiro]

I found out my dad has porn on his computer.
And...
That...
One of my parents isn't my real parent.

[cfaye3char]

nothing much I am related to the president of the USA thomas Jefferson, he lived in Charlottesville, virginia where my father is from on my father side....he is like my great great great ect. uncle. I used to visit his home when I was little and went places in the house that other people could not go to and we got in for free to see his house.

[Heewee]

I was watching Access Hollywood the other day and my dad was in the room. They were talking about Brooke Shields and other celebrity moms. My dad heard them talking about her and said "Did you know that one of my good friends from high school went to Princeton with her and is still close friends with her today?" I was, "Ummmmmm......noooooooooo.....why did you neglect to tell me this?!?" It turns out that another one of my dad's friends (who is best friends with his other friend) dated Brooke Shields while she went to Princeton also. And I also found out that Brook Shields's grandfather is Ernest Hemingway...I never knew that either. It was quite an englightening experience. Heh.

[Taint3d soul]

When my mom found out she was pregnet with me, my dad wanted her to give me up to abortion


Luckily, she didn't have the heart to.