Story 6:
My mom hid me from my dad my whole life. She made up a random guy, provided photos of him, and created a story on how he died. Apparently, my dad and my grandmother would find ways to try and contact me, but my mom and my grandma on my mom’s side would shut it down and threaten them if they did.
At 20, my world fell apart when I got a Facebook message from a man saying he was my real dad. He told me the whole story, providing pictures of the two of us together when I was barely a toddler, as well as pictures of him with my mom.
Apparently, they had a falling out, and my mom wanted absolutely nothing to do with him. The whole story
is absolutely heartbreaking, especially for my dad’s mom. She wanted to get to know me so desperately, and only did in the last two years she was alive. My dad and I text once a week, and it’s pretty grand when it happens. © TannerThanUsual / Reddit
