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We all know l<a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/parents/parents-kids-hiding-secrets/">ittle kids</a> can be brutally honest. Here&#39;s an example of a kid&#39;s innocent honesty torpedoing their parents&#39; marriage, but saving their dad from a lifetime of infidelity.A Reddit user <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/cnnwuj/tifu_by_asking_about_my_parenta_divorce_and_found/">posted on the TIFU (today I f***ed up) subreddit</a> about how she learned that a conversation with her dad was the catalyst for her parents&#39; divorce.The user&#39;s mom was a serial cheater who was messing around with other people while dad was deployed with the military &mdash; and the dad found out because of an innocent conversation in the car one day when he got home from serving.She found out about the conversation when talking to her mom:<blockquote> Me: &quot;So I was talking to mom about your divorce and she brought up a ride in the car with you that initiated the divorce&quot; </blockquote>Mom wouldn&#39;t tell her the full story (talk about a toxic person...) so she went to her dad &mdash; who raised her after the mom left &mdash; to learn the rest of the deets.<div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> Dad: hesitantly &quot; Yeah, you, me and your sister were in the car when I came back from overseas and we were talking about what you guys wanted to be when you grew up. Your sister said something and you said &quot;I want to be a nurse like, [insert his name here]&quot;. I pulled over to the side of the road and you spilled the beans&quot; </blockquote>OP was gobsmacked by this news: she&#39;s the one who exposed her mom&#39;s philandering.<blockquote> Apparently, at 7 or 8, I informed my dad about a guy staying in OUR house in HIS room sleeping in THEIR bed while he was gone for months for military stuff. I told him EVERYTHING. How mom told us he was an &quot;old friend&quot; who needed &quot;help&quot; and who would be staying with us &quot;to protect us while Daddy is gone&quot;. How he watched us for a week while mom disappeared, took us to movies, dinner, etc. There was a point of him asking if I would move to California with him and my mom (they got married 2 weeks after my parents divorce was finalized and moved to California) </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>She seems happy that the conversation catalyzed her parents&#39; divorce.<blockquote> I never remembered this occurence. He said he went home, pulled phone records, emails and even the chat messenger history (this is like 2004 or 2005 idk). I&#39;m not blaming myself, but, damn. Little me saved my Dad&#39;s ass from being used any longer by her. </blockquote>The people of Reddit rallied around the poster and reassured her that her mom&#39;s cheating was the cause for the divorce, even if the conversation is what set the wheels in motion.&quot;3 remarriages in 12 years makes me believe you were probably not the problem,&quot; wrote <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/cnnwuj/tifu_by_asking_about_my_parenta_divorce_and_found/ewca7k3/">Beef__Master</a>, referring to additional information about OP&#39;s mom.&quot;It is very much not your fault that your mother behaved like that,&quot; wrote <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/cnnwuj/tifu_by_asking_about_my_parenta_divorce_and_found/ewcedju/">ChongusMcBigDick</a>. &quot;You did your father a complete solid purely out of innocence and probably saved him years of heart ache.&quot;<div className="ad-splitter"></div>Other users weighed in with their own stories of innocent kids exposing cheaters. Here&#39;s <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/cnnwuj/tifu_by_asking_about_my_parenta_divorce_and_found/ewd7r3y/">Thecodedawg</a>&#39;s:<blockquote> I was driving my 7 year old son home from soccer practice. Son: &quot;Dad, do you like it if mommy kisses other guys?&quot; Me: &quot;No, son, why do you ask&quot; Son: &quot;I don&#39;t like mommy kissing other guys. She was kissing her new friend &lt;asshole&gt;&quot; </blockquote>And <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/cnnwuj/tifu_by_asking_about_my_parenta_divorce_and_found/ewdtp5l/">animalisticneeds</a> has an even more wild tale:<blockquote> My mom was having an affair and would take us on her dates with this guy, we&#39;ll call him John. We were young (4ish). Seeing as we were four we&#39;d talk about our time spent with John. My dad apparently had suspicions and would ask who John was. My mom would step in and say it was my sister&#39;s imaginary friend. End of conversation. Well one day my mom took us to a store and we met John there and got out of our car and into his and left. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div> <blockquote> When we got home my dad was home and asked to speak with me. He asked me where we were. My mom being crafty already groomed us to tell him we were at the store if he asks. So I told him we were at the store. He said no you weren&#39;t I went to the store and you guys weren&#39;t there. I then broke down hysterically and started crying because I had no idea what to do from there. It was one of the most painful memories I have. I lied to my dad because my mom asked me to. Just please for the love of everything, if you have an affair DON&#39;T involve your children! </blockquote>Moral of the story: don&#39;t cheat on your spouse. And if you do, for the love of God, don&#39;t introduce your new side piece to your kids???<div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman finds out she outed her cheating mom to her military dad when she was 7.

We all know little kids can be brutally honest. Here&#39;s an example of a kid&#39;s innocent honesty torpedoing their parents&#39; marriage, but saving their dad from a lifetime of infidelity.A Reddit user posted on the TIFU (today I f***ed up) subreddit about how she learned that a conversation with her dad was the catalyst for her parents&#39; divorce.The user&#39;s mom was a serial cheater who was messing around with other people while dad was deployed with the military &mdash; and the dad found out because of an innocent conversation in the car one day when he got home from serving.She found out about the conversation when talking to her mom: Me: &quot;So I was talking to mom about your divorce and she brought up a ride in the car with you that initiated the divorce&quot; Mom wouldn&#39;t tell her the full story (talk about a toxic person...) so she went to her dad &mdash; who raised her after the mom left &mdash; to learn the rest of the deets. Dad: hesitantly &quot; Yeah, you, me and your sister were in the car when I came back from overseas and we were talking about what you guys wanted to be when you grew up. Your sister said something and you said &quot;I want to be a nurse like, [insert his name here]&quot;. I pulled over to the side of the road and you spilled the beans&quot; OP was gobsmacked by this news: she&#39;s the one who exposed her mom&#39;s philandering. Apparently, at 7 or 8, I informed my dad about a guy staying in OUR house in HIS room sleeping in THEIR bed while he was gone for months for military stuff. I told him EVERYTHING. How mom told us he was an &quot;old friend&quot; who needed &quot;help&quot; and who would be staying with us &quot;to protect us while Daddy is gone&quot;. How he watched us for a week while mom disappeared, took us to movies, dinner, etc. There was a point of him asking if I would move to California with him and my mom (they got married 2 weeks after my parents divorce was finalized and moved to California) She seems happy that the conversation catalyzed her parents&#39; divorce. I never remembered this occurence. He said he went home, pulled phone records, emails and even the chat messenger history (this is like 2004 or 2005 idk). I&#39;m not blaming myself, but, damn. Little me saved my Dad&#39;s ass from being used any longer by her. The people of Reddit rallied around the poster and reassured her that her mom&#39;s cheating was the cause for the divorce, even if the conversation is what set the wheels in motion.&quot;3 remarriages in 12 years makes me believe you were probably not the problem,&quot; wrote Beef__Master, referring to additional information about OP&#39;s mom.&quot;It is very much not your fault that your mother behaved like that,&quot; wrote ChongusMcBigDick. &quot;You did your father a complete solid purely out of innocence and probably saved him years of heart ache.&quot;Other users weighed in with their own stories of innocent kids exposing cheaters. Here&#39;s Thecodedawg&#39;s: I was driving my 7 year old son home from soccer practice. Son: &quot;Dad, do you like it if mommy kisses other guys?&quot; Me: &quot;No, son, why do you ask&quot; Son: &quot;I don&#39;t like mommy kissing other guys. She was kissing her new friend &lt;asshole&gt;&quot; And animalisticneeds has an even more wild tale: My mom was having an affair and would take us on her dates with this guy, we&#39;ll call him John. We were young (4ish). Seeing as we were four we&#39;d talk about our time spent with John. My dad apparently had suspicions and would ask who John was. My mom would step in and say it was my sister&#39;s imaginary friend. End of conversation. Well one day my mom took us to a store and we met John there and got out of our car and into his and left.   When we got home my dad was home and asked to speak with me. He asked me where we were. My mom being crafty already groomed us to tell him we were at the store if he asks. So I told him we were at the store. He said no you weren&#39;t I went to the store and you guys weren&#39;t there. I then broke down hysterically and started crying because I had no idea what to do from there. It was one of the most painful memories I have. I lied to my dad because my mom asked me to. Just please for the love of everything, if you have an affair DON&#39;T involve your children! Moral of the story: don&#39;t cheat on your spouse. And if you do, for the love of God, don&#39;t introduce your new side piece to your kids???

We all know little kids can be brutally honest. Here&#39;s an example of a kid&#39;s innocent honesty torpedoing their parents&#39; marriage, but saving their dad from a lifetime of infidelity.  A Reddit user posted on the TIFU (today I...