She Accidentally Let It Slip That Her Dad Has Secret Children, And Now She Feels Bad
Have you ever learned something about one of your parents that you low-key wished you hadn’t?
One woman has found herself in a whirlwind of unsettling family drama, most of which stemmed from secret relationships and children her dad had during her childhood years.
Allison is 26-years-old, the eldest child of her dad, James. James and Allison’s mom, Casey, broke up when she was little after it had been revealed that he was unfaithful.
Recently, Allison spent the summer with her dad’s side of her family – his wife, Lisa, and their three teenage kids, Matt, Thomas, and Miley.
As it turns out, James had been seeing another woman between his relationships with Casey and Lisa. Her name is Pam, and he had two children with her, a daughter named Holly and a son named Max.
Being the oldest of her dad’s kids, Allison did know about Holly from the start but didn’t find out about Max until after he was 2-years-old.
When Lisa first became pregnant, she received a call from Pam, who told her she was pregnant as well. The complicated love triangle forced James into an ultimatum.
His options were to cut things off with Pam and her kids to be with Lisa or maintain a relationship with all his children but lose Lisa as a spouse.
Ultimately, he chose Lisa, which distanced his relationships with the children he had with Casey and Pam – that includes Allison and Holly.
When they were little kids, James would eventually take Holly, Allison, and Matt on outings as a group, but that ended as soon as he decided to cut things off with Pam.
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Things in Allison’s chaotic household settled for a few years until a couple of weeks ago when Matt learned something about his father’s past that shocked him.
Matt and his girlfriend, Mandy, lived with Lisa and James for a while until they left after Matt had issues with his siblings. Lisa wasn’t supportive of them, and they ultimately decided to move out.
When Allison met up with them recently, she told them something like, “Lisa was the reason me and Holly have never had good relationships with our father.”
Mandy asked her who Holly was, and she said she was their sister. At first, she was shocked as to why Matt wouldn’t tell his girlfriend about Holly. But as it turned out, Matt didn’t know Holly was their sister.
The only times he had met her, he was too young to remember who she was. He had heard her name in passing or when his parents would argue a few times, but other than that, he had no idea he was Holly’s sibling.
“Holly was essentially erased, and I was the only one who knew,” she explained.
Matt confronted her dad, whom she hadn’t heard from in months, given their almost non-existent relationship. Since the altercation with Matt, her dad has been calling her non-stop. Naturally, she doesn’t want to answer him. However, part of her feels bad for the way things went down.
“I feel bad for unknowingly exposing this, but I never knew it was some top secret,” she said.
Do you think she needs to apologize to her dad for bringing up Holly, or should she wait for his apology instead?
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