Love: Today, I was talking with my girlfriend. We both have family...

meltingturtle 2 August 2016, 03:25

Today, I was talking with my girlfriend. We both have family issues, so we'd agreed to open up to each other today. Turns out I'm dating my cousin. FML

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meltingturtle 24

2 August 2016, 17:42

OP here. Here's your follow up. My mom and her brother had a rocky relationship. She moved to the west coast some twenty years ago, and never talks about my uncle. I know of him, but never met him due to problems between them. I moved out of state for college, and met my girlfriend there. I'd only been told I had a cousin once, pretty much in passing. My gf and I were both talking, and she mentioned how her dad, named David, was bipolar and had several issues. I asked if she had any aunts or anything cause that sounded a hell of a lot like my estranged uncle my mom hardly talks about. She was all, 'yeah, but my dad never talks about her. Her name is Emily or something I think?' And I was like 'o shit that's my mom'. It was super awkward. I'd known my uncle had a daughter, and she knew her aunt had two. Thing is, I'm a trans boy who goes by a completely name, so we never really figured it out until now. Hope it makes more sense to y'all now.

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kusje 31

2 August 2016, 14:32

Hey, at least you have a lot in common with each other!

wheresmymary 22

2 August 2016, 14:34

Some things are better left unsaid

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KaylaTackett 18

2 August 2016, 18:17

So are you guys still together?

cavallo31 6

2 August 2016, 18:29

Incest is wincest

Mangascribbler 19

2 August 2016, 18:33

Well, the FML doesn't say where it was posted from, but if OP lives in the US, then there's a problem- it's illegal to marry your first cousin (if that's the intention of the relationship). Most states allow second cousin marriage though. If they're not in the US though, it might be fine?