Today, I found out that even though my parents have been married for 21 years, our "family friend," who routinely accompanies us on family vacations, completes their threesome. Everyone in town has known for years, except for me and my older brother. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I just found out that my brother in law and his wife frequent a swingers establishment that me and the wife have visited. Which is OK I suppose (providing we never see each other there) but he told me his parents go there too. FML
Today, my boyfriend let me in on a little family secret. His brothers often swap girlfriends and wives. They insist it’s not weird because the siblings themselves aren’t doing anything together, just the in-laws. It’s still too close for comfort and too weird to ignore. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I introduced our parents to each other, and they seemed to have already met somewhere, so I asked them about it. At first they seemed shifty, then guilty, then admitted everything. They’ve actually known each other for decades as part of the same swingers group. FML
Today, due to my parents divorcing 30 years ago, marrying other people, and giving me a handful of half siblings, I found myself in the uniquely unpleasant situation of walking in on my sister having sex with my brother. (Stop panicking, they’re not blood related to each other, work it out!) FML
Today, I learned that not only is my husband having an affair with my own mother, but my whole family knew. They were keeping it a secret from me for 3 months. FML
Today, my dad's face flushed when I introduced him to my new boyfriend. I live in a small town, and it turns out my dad recognized him. He's the secret child from an affair two decades ago. He's my half-brother. FML
Today, I found out the truth about my parents’ divorce and why our family is so distant. Turns out my dad had an affair with not one, but two of my mom’s sisters. And that my youngest cousin is also my half-sister. FML
Today, I brought my new girlfriend home for dinner. My mom was being unusually quiet, so I thought she was trying to be polite. After dinner, she pulled me aside and asked why I'd never mentioned that my girlfriend had dated my brother. Apparently everyone knew except me. FML
Today, I found out that my husband has been cheating on me with his girl bestie for 4 years. I also found out he's been having threesomes with his male bestie. Both people have been around me and my family this entire time. We've been married for 15 years. Joke's on me. FML
Today, I discovered that my stepbrother has been telling his friends that I'm his girlfriend. FML
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Darth_Taco 14
Oh wow...what do you even say to that? Well, when it comes time to leave home, I suggest you and your brother go far away XP.
Smiley_70 22
OK - things like this - you don't need to know about your folks. Best thing is to realise it is their issue to deal with - nothing you can do. Just be glad you haven't walked in on them!
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Comments (146)
Nightfallz 0
how is this a fml? let me guess you are jealous because they won't let you in?
cruncheweezy 0
Alright, OP says that it was a family friend. I'm guessing that means the kind that comes over and barbecues with Dad on some nights, helps with some hard yardwork, watches the house when the family goes on vacation and he's not invited, etc. You know, a friend, not a 'creepy person.' Second, WHO CARES? Honestly, parents a welcome to have a sex life, even if it includes someone else. OP should just be thankful his parents aren't the town 'womanizer' and 'lady of the evening.'
jujubes88 0
To say that OP (and her brother) shouldn't care if her parents engage in a threesome is purely a western attitude (toward family and individuality), and it is this view itself that is narrow-minded. In my non-western culture, parents have a great deal of responsibility to raise their children in a conservative and traditional manner. When relatives (under the blanket of "everyone in town") know about your parent's sexual behavior, no matter how common it may be in western societies, of course it is shameful! It is cause for legitimate concern from the children, who have to deal with the publicly known sexual preferences of their parents This would be extremely embarrassing for me and my siblings, and it is utter ludicrous for someone to tell me I am being selfish and intrusive!
diet_otaku 0
everyone in town is your relative? what a large family you have. at any rate, your post is irrelevant, because the OP lives in the US.
lunaticsol 0
Just because in your "culture" your parents are expected to be close minded pricks, sorry "conservative and traditional" doesn't mean that's the only way to do things or how things should be done. To say people having a threesome is purely western is simply stupid, and to think that embracing a "western" attitude of to each their own is close minded, while supporting what sounds like a far more close minded attitude is both retarded and hypocritical. "Oh noes you don't think everyone has to be like to and you want to give people the freedom to do what they want. Why are you such a narrow minded prick?! STOP OPPRESSING ME!!" or some bullshit like that. Go back to wherever the hell it is that you're from so you can beat your wife and your kids for being themselves. I can't imagine what people in your "culture" do to homosexuals or women who want to be treated as equals.
lunaticsol 0
Also, I can see the kids being hurt for being left out or whatever, but saying that they're parents should do what they do because they might be oppressed is about the least American thing one can do. We don't bow to tyranny, whatever for it may take, we fight it. I suppose 50 years ago you'd be talking down about the same parents if they were a monogamous mixed race couple too, cause back then, that've violated the "conservative and traditional values" of the time, and even the laws in some places. Get off your high horse and STFU or back to your backward country.
jujubes88 0
What the **** are you talking about? 1. I never said I, nor anyone else, was oppressed. 2. I never said people outside of America or other western countries don't have three somes 3. WTF? You need lessons on reading comprehension. You don't make any sense. I was commenting on the fact that many people on this site don't think a child should express being revolted or ashamed that everyone else knows that their parents have been having a threesome with a guy who goes on family trips with them. FYI: I am American student at Berkeley. I can't imagine how immature you must be to write such a nonsensical and accusatory comment to an idea that challenges your stubbornly held beliefs. Why don't you try thinking outside the scope of American ideals for once?
texaswildflower 0
jujubes88, I'm sorry you got such nasty comments in reply. I really appreciate your giving your point of view from outside the USA/western culture. Shock and embarrassment would be a natural response for lots of kids.
alijacket 0
I feel ya. An old friend of mine found out the same thing 2 yrs ago. Her parents stopped doing it, but then her mom divorced her dad and continued to have sex with the woman. Now, she's decided she's 90% lesbian. And the family's going through hell. Adults can be such pieces of shit sometimes.
Naheelawhatwhat 0
You need to worry about your poor grammar first and then worry about your parents sex life which really isn't that big of a deal to begin with.
Naheelawhatwhat 0
You need to worry about your poor grammar first and then worry about your parents sex life which really isn't that big of a deal to begin with.
_Noon_ 0
Eww, that is disgusting.
Dalarsco 0
It's FYL for finding out anything about what your parents are into sexually. No one should have to know that.
Agenda_Suicide 0
I don't even know what to say to that. It's not an FYL but it certainly isn't a YDI. Tough luck.
btuwo 0
some of u are crazy, no way u wouldn't be disturbed if you heard this from your own parents.. get over urselves. FYL OP.