People Who've Taken Ancestry DNA Tests Explain Which Secrets They Uncovered About Their Family
January 19 | 2021
Be careful what you wish for, you just may get it. That is one of the wisdoms of life that people are always throwing around. It can be especially true when meeting your idols, finding your dream job and searching down blood relatives you knew nothing about. The DNA discovery craze has been all the rage the past decade or so. Everyone is running around contacting family they never knew they had. That can be quite the Pandora's box of family secrets and scandal.The outcomes have been all over the place. Though one of the best led to the discovery of the Golden State killer so that's a win.
Redditor u/VideoFork wanted to know who would be willing to give up some salacious tea about their blood tie discoveries by asking..... People who have taken an ancestry DNA test and accidentally uncovered a family secret, what was it?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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It's Me!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQ5ODc1My9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMzY1NzM4NH0.sljm7MeMIsDj2e_K6sGigmvoPQn8W8GdgWqO650hayo/img.gif?width=980" id="2ca35" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="19bedcd39bc2172fa2b04579ff146e3a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="269" />Alexa Bliss Reaction GIF by WWEGiphy<p>I am the family secret, family discovered their brother/cousin/son and his wife had 3 children and gave them all up for adoption - after matching with me through a DNA test.</p><p>They were shocked to say the least, but we're all pretty close now. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzwvgo/people_who_have_taken_an_ancestry_dna_test_and/gjqj1mm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> _orange-soda_</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzwvgo/people_who_have_taken_an_ancestry_dna_test_and/gjqj1mm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">_</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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That Type of Guy
<p>My aunt discovered that her mother cheated on her father and she was a product of that affair, meaning she was actually only half-siblings with her 4 siblings.</p><p>The rub was that my aunt's husband was married before he married her. The woman he was married to is the daughter of the man involved in the affair. So no one knew this, but my uncle got divorced and then married his ex-wife's half-sister. I guess he has a type. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzwvgo/people_who_have_taken_an_ancestry_dna_test_and/gjqq9ar?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Herd_That</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Zulu Forever
<p>I was adopted and always knew I was adopted. My parents told me that I came from a family that had already had all of their kids. They lived several towns over. I was a surprise.</p><p>Three years ago my wife decided to take some DNA tests. I figured what the heck? Maybe I'm part Zulu warrior. That'd be cool.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>When the tests came back, I found out I had a first cousin. They had listed a public email. I emailed them, started comparing notes, and wham! I was in for quite a surprise.</p><p>First, I was not born into a traditional family. Instead, my bio mom was single. Second, I was not a late addition. I had four sisters and one brother. I was the baby, but only by a couple of years. Third, most all of them lived nearby. Finally, nobody knew I was alive!</p>
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<p>My biological mom had passed. She had kept the pregnancy secret from everybody else. Before she died, she had confided in one of my bio sisters that she had a baby a long time ago, and she had put the baby up for adoption. She told nobody else.</p><p>When my sister told the rest of the family? They didn't believe her! So when I finally looked them up, she was like "See! All those years! I told you so! We have a baby brother!"</p><p>It was an amazing experience. I had no idea what I was getting into when I sent that DNA test off. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzwvgo/people_who_have_taken_an_ancestry_dna_test_and/gjqx86y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ExistentialismFTW</a><span></span></p>
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The Line
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQ5ODc1NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNjA1ODQ0MH0.lKWcUjFW9D6Apy82iY-9dIK1XxgD5EvJXabfisHYnq0/img.gif?width=980" id="e2253" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="27752de2a06fc055814c254bf91ec9eb" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="468" />ramsay bolton creepy smile GIF by Game of ThronesGiphy<p>Found out I have a different father. My dad also took a DNA test at the same time and found out his father, of 52 years, was not his biological father either.</p><p>As it turns out, I come from a line of bastards. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzwvgo/people_who_have_taken_an_ancestry_dna_test_and/gjqnsw9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Benevolent_Burrito</a></p>Bad Mom
<p> I was given up for adoption by my bio mom and none of her family knew about me. However, i was not her first or last child. I was her second of 4 kids. My older half brother (we all have different dads. I don't know who mine is and i don't think bio mom does either) was adopted by my bio moms parents. Her whole family found out about me when i found her when i was 19 and went to visit. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>It was pretty weird. I feel like the lucky one who got out. I don't talk to my bio mom. She is not a good parent to my 2 younger brothers and i hate that she pretends to know me or be my parent. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzwvgo/people_who_have_taken_an_ancestry_dna_test_and/gjs4z4c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">mladyKarmaB**ch</a></p>
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That one time....
<p>Not me, but a friend never knew who his father was (mom had a weekend fling in college and never contacted the guy after) and his wife helped him use ancestry.com to try and track him down. My friend reached out and the guy was obviously surprised, but flew across the country to meet him. They have a great relationship now, the dad attended his wedding, and they try to get their families together a couple times a year or so. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzwvgo/people_who_have_taken_an_ancestry_dna_test_and/gjqktaz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">djsquidnasty</a><span></span></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
What a Man....
<p>My FIL was married to at least 2 women at a time. Nice guy but a man wh*re, and I think he just didn't want to let each woman down when she got pregnant and/or started bringing up marriage. My MIL says that he was already married when they got married, but we also know that he has a child 3 months younger than my husband and the woman and child both go by FIL's last name (and that's NOT the woman MIL claims he was married to when he married her). So he might possibly have had 3 wives at the same time. My husband has upwards of 10 half siblings from his dad. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzwvgo/people_who_have_taken_an_ancestry_dna_test_and/gjr84gq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> froglover215</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/froglover215/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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You're Fired....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQ5ODc1Ni9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MTA2NjA0MH0.kpHQWgXjSP8hxHVaDe5maZQGTHHhd2DlzaCBqwtVnrs/img.gif?width=980" id="8a9c4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="620ba7ae18cc58755d9e361353870552" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="500" />howie mandel omg GIF by America's Got TalentGiphy<p>My wife is adopted (but found her bio mom) and did one of the genetic tests. Someone matched with her and asked if she knew such and such a name. She found out her bio dad wasn't married to the bio mom.... it was her boss. oops. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzwvgo/people_who_have_taken_an_ancestry_dna_test_and/gjqj7me?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">valeyard89</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Favor
<p>My male cousin did one and found a female cousin we did not know about. He reached out to her and apparently our deceased uncle was good friends with her mother. Mom wanted a baby so uncle got her pregnant simply as a sperm donor.</p><p>Female cousin lived a few blocks away from my grandmother. She had met her a few times going around selling Girl Scout cookies or something. My grandmother had no idea that she was buying cookies from her granddaughter. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kzwvgo/people_who_have_taken_an_ancestry_dna_test_and/gjqfjd4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">OrangeTree81</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The 3
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Look back far enough in your ancestry, and you're liable to find something dark.
<p>But for some Redditors who posted in a recent thread, the dark secrets didn't require much digging to find. In fact, the perpetrators--or victims, as some of the stories showed--are still alive today, complete with sealed lips and awkward family gatherings. </p><p>Bloodshed, adultery, and societal shunning were common themes ringing through many of the secrets shared under the cover of internet anonymity. </p><p>A look at some of the best posts may leave you feeling like sensational movies and novels aren't actually so far off from how this stuff really goes down. </p><p>Al-Anka asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"What is your darkest family secret?"</a></p>
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A Key Detail Comes to LightÂ
<p>"My grandfather was killed in a bar when my father was still a toddler. The official story was that he was murdered over a pinball game (back then pinball was pretty serious, I guess)."</p><p>"It wasn't until recently my grandmother confessed, on her death bed, that my grandfather actually killed someone and buried the body, days before his own demise. So he was actually killed in retaliation for a murder that he committed."</p><p>"My grandmother kept this secret for almost 65 years."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimqqep?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">itsovermyhead</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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For One Person, An Impossible Secret to Keep
<p>"It's me. My dad never told his family I existed. I was shameful, maybe he was more ashamed."</p><p>"After he died they found out about me and kindly asked me not to come to the funeral. I get why he never told them."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gims2ms?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ninetiesluddite</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Nepotism With an Extra Red FlagÂ
<p>"My dad gave a job to a cousin. I remember as a kid that this cousin I'd never heard of just suddenly popped up out of nowhere without explanation but I was a kid so didn't really think of it, but everyone made a big deal out of how great it was for my dad to give him a job."</p><p>"I found out 20 years later that the cousin had been in prison for having a relationship with a student."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gim6cuq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dj_baberahamlincoln</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Some Stones Are Better Left Un-Turned
<p>"A year or two after her adoptive mother died, my mom went looking for information about her birth parents, and found that her birth mom and her husband had been gruesomely murdered by a drug cartel."</p><p>"There was an article about their murder in Rolling Stone magazine that had gory pictures of their bodies."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimq0r3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">hemulaformis</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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She Lived to Tell
<p>"My cousin, once removed (my parent's cousin) was kidnapped and tortured by a serial killer. She was (after many days) dropped off near a running path with her neck slit."</p><p>"She lived (unlike the other 3) and she could lead the police to his home. He is still in prison."</p><p>"As a child I heard whispering of it and didn't find out the whole truth until I was older."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimgrpq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">instrangestofplaces</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Capitalizing On Your Resources
<p>"I had an uncle who moved far away, worked in a boiler room at a huge casino, decades ago. He was always sketchy, and he had way more money than a simple boiler room employee ought to have had."</p><p>"Rumours that the boiler room was a really useful thing for the mob, due to boilers doubling as incinerators for certain purposes. Hence the money. Many unanswered questions there."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gim3dwm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">UtopiaForest</a></p>Sounds Like Classic 1930s Stuff
<p>"My great grandfather shot and killed a man in his grocery store back in the 30s over a poker game."</p><p>"He ran a speak easy out of the back of his store and lost almost $2k so as the guy was walking out the front after the store closed he shot him and got away with it by telling the police the man robbed him."</p><p>"It wasn't until he was on his death bed he told my grandfather what had happened."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gim6d0x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CowMajorAU</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Based On True EventsÂ
<p>"In the film Driving Miss Daisy, when the chauffeur (played by Morgan Freeman) is driving Miss Daisy to worship service, they get stuck in a traffic jam. He gets out to see what the hold-up is."</p><p>"When he gets back in, he says 'you won't be going to service today, somebody done bombed the temple.' (Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple, Atlanta, 1958)."</p><p>"She says 'What - who would do such a thing?'"</p><p>"My uncle, that's who."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gim6d0x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Igotthesilver</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Cool as Cucumbers
<p>"Father won the lottery and we've been pretending to be poor so our family doesn't try to ask for money." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimuz2l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">holyydiver32</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Safest bet. Family turn at even the chance of running someone else into the ground for money. Your father is a clever man" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gin34bs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Pudgeysaurus</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"That's a solid strategy especially with family who believe that NO is a suggestion and not a statement." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gin7zon?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Goinghame</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
An Unfortunate Thing To FearÂ
<p>"One family member killed another by leaving a bag of poisoned donuts on the front steps. We are now 'hesitant' about accepting donuts." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimnqjc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">grouchycyborg</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Where do you live with such frivolous donut dispersion?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gimwijj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Sigg3net</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I'm just imaging your whole family being sceptical about ever being offered a donut and it has made me chuckle. Sorry for your loss tho." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kthqw8/what_is_your_darkest_family_secret/gin006d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MonsterMunch86</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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When you become a parent a certain amount of wisdom flows through you... well so they say, some people ignore the knowledge, good parents embrace it. Of course a lot of knowledge comes with age and life experience. The whole "been there, done that mantra is life gold." So we really need to listen harder and check ourselves when our parents sit us down for a chat. There is so much to learn and then more to share.
Redditor u/mjorcasiver wanted to know who learned from their parents wisdom that could help us all by asking....
What's a lesson you've learned from a parent that you wish others would know?
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Not One Thing.
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzQwMDAyNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0OTU0MzQ0M30.t4j-nTLPb5Q5Sb2Yacip-txmMoBgXqlUON5GBU7B9Q0/img.gif?width=980" id="90e8c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2476c5a4393167813057dbb9bd8f6180" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="281" />Giphy<p>You cannot allow one aspect of your life to define you, no matter how important that aspect is.</p><p>If you let your job become who you are, or your politics become who you are, or any one piece of your life supersede all else, it is a short trip to an identity crisis.</p><p>Allow yourself to be varied. It's fine to have a central focus, but be sure to allow some portions of your life that are entirely separate from it. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9wpsn/whats_a_lesson_youve_learned_from_a_parent_that/fuzekz9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ligamentary</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Justice/Fairness....
<p>"You can screw up a lot of different ways with a kid, but the absolute most important thing is that they always feel loved." <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9wpsn/whats_a_lesson_youve_learned_from_a_parent_that/fuze8g9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Sandvick</a><span></span></p><p>I'll add to this, your kids often need different things to feel loved: Your entire focus, Play, affection, Food & Gifts/Material things. One kid might be a hugger and the other needs you to listen to a a detailed re-cap of their video game boss-kill.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>But you have more than one - clear displays and acknowledgement of Justice/Fairness is the most important way to show you love each of them. Without fairness you are telling one kid they are lesser. Your kids might need and want different things, but on the whole, making sure things are reasonably equitable/fair is one of the most loving things you can do as a parent. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9wpsn/whats_a_lesson_youve_learned_from_a_parent_that/fuzxbjh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">dainty_flower</a><span></span></p>
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The Flirt.Â
<p>If someone flirts with you, and you don't like them back, say no. A good person will accept that no and move on. If they don't, feel free to create a scene, get help, or what ever you need to do to feel safe.</p><p>And that they will have my back. Always.</p><p>There was a case when I was in my late teens when a friend mine started bringing his friend around to hang out. Guy was a douche, leered at the girls and insulted the guys. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>So we, told him he was not welcome. (but our friend still was, as long as he left the other guy out of it). Dude keeps trying to come over to my house, follows my girlfriends and cat calls them, sh!t like that. My mom AND dad went out the front door to where this guy was idling his car and told him that he was not welcome in our house or on our property, just as their daughter had said, and if he did not wish to comply with this, police would be called. Never saw that fool again. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9wpsn/whats_a_lesson_youve_learned_from_a_parent_that/fuzeo93?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> FlutterByCookies</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FlutterByCookies/" target="_blank"></a></p>
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Bye Blood....
<p>That family isn't always blood and it's okay to walk away from them for your own mental health. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9wpsn/whats_a_lesson_youve_learned_from_a_parent_that/fuze4kg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">mperfectphoto</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/imperfectphoto/" target="_blank"></a><span></span>If only they didn't ruin my life and left me unable to fend for myself. Currently severely injured, jobless, broke and depending on the good will of my parents to be able to live.</p><p>I don't want to live this pathetic existence. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9wpsn/whats_a_lesson_youve_learned_from_a_parent_that/fuzu67e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">mike117</a></p>Be All In.Â
<p>A solid work ethic is more valuable than pure intelligence. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9wpsn/whats_a_lesson_youve_learned_from_a_parent_that/fuzcdhw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">andcat789</a><span></span></p><p>I really like this bit of advice. I was one of those kids who could easily ace every test in middle school, and I didn't spend a minute studying. Then I started high school, took a bunch of advanced courses, and got sh!t on because I had no idea what studying even was. I didn't even know about the very concept of studying. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9wpsn/whats_a_lesson_youve_learned_from_a_parent_that/fuzgd7v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">r34_content_creator</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Work and a Smile.
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Positive Only.Â
<p>Some advice I read somewhere was to not make the thoughts appear from your head/mouth/face. As stupid as it might seem you can actually make it seem like your thoughts are voicing itself from other parts of your body, and moving it elsewhere kinda helps suppress them. Whenever I get negative thought I move it to my butt. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9wpsn/whats_a_lesson_youve_learned_from_a_parent_that/fuzirip?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> poopellar</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/poopellar/" target="_blank"></a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
A Good Leader.Â
<p>When I got my first management job my dad gave me 2 pieces of advice.</p><p>"You serve at the will of your subordinates. Treat them well and you will all succeed."</p><p>"Your employees' success is theirs. Their failure is yours." <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9wpsn/whats_a_lesson_youve_learned_from_a_parent_that/fuzesjq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">HoopOnPoop</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It's Not Just You.Â
<p>Consider others feelings. Don't dump your crap on them, because (a) it's your crap not their's- take ownership and don't pass the blame, and (b) you don't know what kind of crap they could be dealing with. If you just pass it onto them they will just throw it back at you with more crap and can make you feel worse. You won't grow as a person always blaming others and you could potentially damage your relationship with someone or at the very least piss someone off. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9wpsn/whats_a_lesson_youve_learned_from_a_parent_that/fuzekl3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Lightmareman</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Thanks Pops.
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<p>Sometimes, adults lie to kids to make things easier for themselves. Instead of explaining upsetting family issues or arguing over going to the park, adults will make up stories or rules to get children to submit and not ask any questions. But children grow up and become smarter. A basic grasp of logic can break through any stories they were once told.</p><p>Redditor u/jagenton25 asked people, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gla49y/whats_a_fact_that_was_hidden_from_you_as_a_child/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">"What's a fact that was hidden from you as a child?"</a> Adults looked back on the stories they were told that were meant to hide the painful truths from them.</p>
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10. These unofficial amusement park rules
<p>"It is actually not the official policy of Wonderland (large amusement park outside of Toronto) that you are only allowed to visit once per year.</p><p>I'm not mad, I actually think it was hilarious that my parents convinced us of this."</p><p><a href="It is actually not the official policy of Wonderland (large amusement park outside of Toronto) that you are only allowed to visit once per year. I'm not mad, I actually think it was hilarious that my parents convinced us of this." target="_blank">pm-a-surprise</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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9. The many stories of this dad's life
<p>"Info about my biological dad. Like at first he abandoned me cause he didn't want me, then I was told he was dead, then I was told he did leave but not because he didn't want me but because somebody put a hit out on him and that one turned out to be true."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gla49y/whats_a_fact_that_was_hidden_from_you_as_a_child/fqw6slq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Senplis</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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8. This family's idea of a "birthday suit"
<p>"Birthday Suits are not real suits</p><p>Growing up in a household where the attire was a cross between business attire and church clothes I always assumed the term <em>Birthday Suit</em> was a special tailored suit that was given to you in your birthday."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gla49y/whats_a_fact_that_was_hidden_from_you_as_a_child/fqwato3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">brokenturle</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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7. This cover for a lego thief
<p>"There isn't a trade-in program to bring in old legos to get new ones. Some ****** just stole all my legos from our parked car and my parents told me this so I would not be sad."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gla49y/whats_a_fact_that_was_hidden_from_you_as_a_child/fqwbqe9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Buroda</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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6. This mom's health issues
<p>"That my mom was anorexic and died as a result. Wasn't exactly hidden but no one talked about it. Didn't find out until I was well in my twenties.."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gla49y/whats_a_fact_that_was_hidden_from_you_as_a_child/fqwc9ss?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Scanpony</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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5. Learning about all of their half siblings
<p>"That i wasn't the first child from my father. I was number 4."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gla49y/whats_a_fact_that_was_hidden_from_you_as_a_child/fqw6lgw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">SinisterParad0x</a></p>4. Finding out about all of their relatives
<p>"I have a whole half family living in the same town as me - found this out one day by talking to the lady who was doing my nails. Turns out she was my half cousin."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gla49y/whats_a_fact_that_was_hidden_from_you_as_a_child/fqwc3gm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">a_little_sunshine</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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3. Mom's way of keeping the kids clean
<p>"My mom told me and my sisters that McDonald's stopped serving honey with the chicken nuggets. Later as we became adults we were astounded to find out that they did in fact had honey and never stopped serving it. (Her reasoning was the sticky mess)"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gla49y/whats_a_fact_that_was_hidden_from_you_as_a_child/fqwe4sh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">50shades_of_red</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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2. That mom wasn't crazy about kids
<p>"My mom didn't want to have kids. She just went along with it because my dad wanted to."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gla49y/whats_a_fact_that_was_hidden_from_you_as_a_child/fqwbh4t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">llvndr</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
1. All parents tell kids this lie
<p>"That ******* around with the interior lights while in a moving vehicle is actually legal... It's just annoying."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gla49y/whats_a_fact_that_was_hidden_from_you_as_a_child/fqwc9f0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Atomic_Chad</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p class="">You can't always get along with your family members. Even if you have a good and happy relationship with them, there are some things that can happen in your personal life that you would never tell them about. Or maybe you know them well enough and expect them to have a terrible reaction.</p><p>Redditor u/marybroadmore asked <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">people about things they would never confess to their families</a>, and some shared the darkest parts of their lives that they feel safer to share with strangers.</p>
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What they do in the bedroom
<p>"I have a few fetishes that sounds werid so I keep that away"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fpnaj30?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">BobaTheLesbian</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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They don't feel tough enough
<p>"I am terrified of being in a fight . im so ashamed that i get scared just thinking about it . so many times a person has gotten in my face and i back down in terror . i see the ufc fighters and wish i had the nurve to defend my self like that . school was a terror because i was always picked on . a woman stud up for me and i never got over the embarrusment of that ."</p><p>thomas4004</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Who they're really talking to online
<p>"Talking to men about sex on the Internet"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fpgzlzv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Luna0829</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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How much they hate them
<p>"Something I would never confess is that I really wamt my older brother to die. He says he wants to change but I dont see it. He says he wants to be in the military but nothing happened. He keeps getting into trouble. I just dont believe him and I wished he was kicked outta the house years ago. I also feel no sympathy for my oldest sister. She cheated on her husband and got caught red handed. She also hit her huaband and honestly I just dont give a **** about her...or even my family for that matter. Im so done being with family. I found out not to long ago. Something about my dad but I wont get into detail. But lets just say im done."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fpeojd6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">CaptainWinter24</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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How tough things really got
<p>"I went thru anorexia, depression and self harm when I was 12 y/o, only my therapist and 3 close friends know about that time. I deleted all the pictures from that year that I could find so no one could suspect a thing and it's better like this bc they would never forgive themself to not have noticed, but our family went thru some financial problems back then and other things that put me into depression then anorexia and self harm. Now Im 20 and ok but I will keep it to myself, its better this way."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fpawshm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Mono_Bleu</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The plans they had for their future
<p>"The reason I dropped out and did whatever drugs I could was because I never wanted to make it to 18. I tried to kill myself many times and was never successful."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fp94w2k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">surfthepacific</a></p>Their relationship with drugs
<p>"That I'm a drug dealer. Most of my friends know and I also do drugs with them, and I have my boyfriend who sells with me. I can't ever let anyone in the family know because I will be disowned.</p><p>The thing is, I don't really think it's bad, selling and using, as long as you're responsible. And nothing injected or scarily addictive. It's only 'bad' in a sense because it's illegal. But I'm of the opinion that not all things that are legal are good, and not all illegal stuff are bad."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fp94uyn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">boonmoongoon</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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How much they hate religion
<p>"I lowkey hate organized religion.<br></p><p>I was brought up in a Christian family and kinda took the religion for granted. the most annoying, cringiest, most stereotypical 'white people' are Christians that i have to talk to and pretend I care about after church for hours. Don't get me wrong, i value and respect my elders, its just that the way they can ramble on for hours about stuff they tell me all the time over and over again gets on my nerves."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fp8gnya?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TaiwanNationalist</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Their plans to move across the ocean
<p>"They think that I'm joking when I say I want to emigrate. In the future, I've decided to move to Northern Italy (in the Lombardy region) and will only visit them when it is required. I've already almost committed suicide because of how my father treats my sister and I, and intend to go to university and leave just so that I might have some kind of control over my life."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fp5klac?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ShreksThickTiddies</a><br></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
That college is not right for them
<p>"That I am failing my college. I love them to death and I just can't break their hearts. They are convinced education is mandatory if you want a high quality of life, but I can't find an ounce of strength to go to classes and take exams. I simply hate it, the college, the people, the profession, the teachers. I am having nightmares and can't sleep right because of it, but I will never tell them."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fp3mpuo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">anihc3</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The reason they're happy to live far away
<p>"I'm really happy to only see them once or twice a year due to living 3,000 miles away. I just can't stand them. They all gossip and talk **** and spin their wheels so much you can't even have a normal conversation with any of them. It's all drama and always has been. I never understood how and why I was so depressed my entire life, found escapism through alcohol and partying. Since I've lived across the country I'm sober, have a super awesome family and I barely ever see them, it's great."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fosd4xc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">GreenQueenDrama</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Hiding how alike you are
<p>"i'm a recovering alcoholic and drug addict at 24. They all warned me that my entire family was full of them but i thought i was different. 105 days sober."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fosqzq2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">LegendOfBlainer</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Yeah, best not to say that one
<p>"That my mother, who always said time and time again that she will NEVER turn into her mother....has turned into her mother."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fos8kiw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">myfoothurtssobad</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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That school is actually tough
<p>"That I am about to fail university. I struggle but can't tell them because they are proud of me."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fos8tgf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Karalewina</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The food ain't good
<p>"I would never tell my mom that I dont like her cooking"</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fos2tz1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">BigTiddyGothChick</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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How they wish they could leave
<p>"That I don't feel like part of the family, I feel like I don't belong and like I am just a substitute for when my brother isn't around. I don't feel respected or wanted, I feel like my girlfriends family likes me more than they do and if I had the funds too I wouldve moved out long ago and they probably wouldnt have seen or heard from me since apart from maybe Christmas and that is only because of my cousins."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fosg7o9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ThatGuyIsGeneric</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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How it feels to be the black sheep
<p>"I really don't enjoy spending time with them. I've been the black sheep since I was a child and it sucks when the entire family thinks of you as 'the mean one', then wonder why you don't have any interest in spending time with them."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fos4hi9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">DeadSharkEyes</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A dietary betrayalÂ
<p>"That I accidentally got her (my mom) a non vegetarian hot dog one time. I just didn't think when I was ordering. She thought it was the best veggie dog ever and had a great nights sleep that night. I will take that to the grave with me."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fos38oq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MedievalHag</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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About their side business...
<p>"That I handcraft/cast in silicone, nerdy sex toys and pay bills with dong money."</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g98cd6/what_is_something_that_you_would_never_confess_to/fosmm6b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">HeartstringTuner</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Do you have something to confess to George? Text "Secrets" or "<img alt=":zipper_mouth_face:" src="https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/vqCZ2YHgqv4xs0nHo-016QozqxknBwysY9Vcgz0KmtHiAcuzS-Z6Cm7gjRs27UyqxMrW9A4htzL3z0GZC6Yv8i39S8gQW9TwGpT1xwRW00NzfedaEUS1VifV0Tk3htRT3gn8dFCVUcvwhhI=s0-d-e1-ft#https://a.slack-edge.com/production-standard-emoji-assets/10.2/apple-medium/1f910@2x.png">" to <a href="tel:+13102999390" target="_blank">+1 (310) 299-9390</a> to talk to him about it.</p>
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