Is there anything your parents don't know about you that they really ought to?

dd4483

I mean serious things, like getting into trouble with the police, being in a relationship, smoking, being gay etc...

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Reply 1

TheSownRose

I once came very close to committing suicide - very close, I was persuaded not to hours before I intended to do it.

Reply 2

username91207

Original post by TheSownRose

I once came very close to committing suicide - very close, I was persuaded not to hours before I intended to do it.

Same here. Not even my boyfriend knows this :frown:

Probably my address, I'd say...

Reply 3

sandys1000

I haven't got round to telling them I'm an axe murderer.

Reply 4

dd4483

Original post by TheSownRose

I once came very close to committing suicide - very close, I was persuaded not to hours before I intended to do it.

I should have included suicide in my original post...

How does it feel, knowing your parents have no idea?

Reply 5

katyness

I dont think my mum really knows me, we're just not that close :s-smilie:

Reply 6

CalB92

My parents don't know that im gay.

Reply 7

lonely14

Yes a hell lot of them! and I refrain from posting here, in case it ever gets out. :afraid:

Reply 8

Terpsikhore

Well, there's lots of things they don't know - like the fact I'm bent as the proverbial nine-bob, or that I've smoked cannabis.

Whether any of those things are things that they OUGHT to know, on the other hand, is questionable.

Although I do get what you mean. One of my brother's friends has three tattoos that his mother doesn't know about. She's my driving instructor. Even when we're talking about completely unrelated things, the urge to tell her is sometimes nearly overwhelming. "Yeah, Southampton did look like a pretty nice uni. By the way, did you know your son has a tattoo on the back of his leg and that's why he wore jeans on the hottest day of the year?"

Reply 9

Rhiani-ani-on

Nothing for my parents.

BUT

My boyfriends parents don't know we are back together as the have a major problem with me, which is actually why we spilt up in the first place. Not a good situation.... :frown:

Reply 10

TheSownRose

Original post by dd4483

I should have included suicide in my original post...

How does it feel, knowing your parents have no idea?

At the time I felt bad, but remembered the reason I kept it from them is it was their actions that pushed me over the edge (they didn't cause it; that was extreme bullying and every day seemed so dark.) Over time, the fact that I didn't, that I stopped myself, became more important as well - it would only upset them.

Also over time, it became irrelevant until now, when it doesn't matter anymore.; I was in a different space at that time, and it's not something that I consider now. I have a lot more to live for now than I did then, so it would be a bit strange to come out, "Oh hey, when I was fifteen I almost killed myself and you were part of the problem. Now, would you like slippers or gloves for Christmas..?"

It has no bearing, so there's no real reason to discuss it. They probably should have known, but I persuaded myself there was a good reason to keep it from them until now, when it would be inappropriate to discuss it.

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Reply 11

Broderss

there are things they don't know about me but they aren't thing i would say they should know (ie smoking drugs).

Reply 12

APonderingMind

Uh... being sexually active - sex before marriage is totally forbidden by my mum. So she would go MAD if I told her.

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Reply 13

Excandersham

My parents don't know i'm bi.

Or that I smoke.

Reply 14

Persephone9

That I like girls too, but I will probably eventually tell them. If it happens that I'm in a relatively long term relationship with a girl, I probably wouldn't tell them about a relationship with a boy either unless it was also relatively long term.

I also have 3 piercings they don't know about.