My Father’s Fate
u/nightcrawler616: Recently, I made a disturbing discovery that my father had passed away two years ago, and no one deemed it necessary to inform me. Given his tendency to wander and possible Asperger’s syndrome, I had been actively searching for him. As his only child, this revelation was quite shocking. It came to light as I was researching my family history on Ancestry when I stumbled upon his gravestone listed as ‘beloved brother’ on findagrave.com. My aunts and uncles have shown an utter lack of consideration in not reaching out to me.
It’s disheartening to realize that he passed away alone, with the VA covering the burial expenses while I remain unaware of the circumstances surrounding his death.
From Hero to Zero
By u/SheWasEighteen: As a young child, I was under the impression that my parents had divorced mutually. However, it came as a shock to discover that my father had been involved in an affair with his partner’s wife, which definitely earned him the title of “biggest piece of s—“.
I also learned that my mother’s eyebrow injury wasn’t accidental but rather the result of her discovering the affair and a heated altercation between her and my father, during which he punched her in the face. The truth only fully unraveled for me recently, at 19 years old.
