30 Deep, Dark Confessions From People Who Never Intended To Tell Their Loved Ones The Truth, And As Entertained As I Am, I'm Suddenly Suspicious Of Everyone I Know

“My aunt and uncle said I cannot tell the other family members because it would devastate them.”

"The whole family knows, and if she were to ever find out, well... we might be on the news for a multiple homicide. My younger brother was once tasked with picking up her pint and didn't know the secret. He called her up and told her, and she called me up freaking out. I had to remind her that SHE ordered it first, so obviously they have it, and he must be reading the menu wrong. I called him up and yelled at him for almost fucking us over. 

My son and I once got into a heated argument, and he threatened to tell her. It was the funniest argument ever because that would have been the biggest betrayal of the family. We are all a part of this lie, and we have to keep it! Now you all must keep this secret. You all are now responsible."

"Absolutely nothing wrong with this. As someone who watched her grandfather and now father go through the same thing, they themselves are suffering and will be better off when they are gone. The fact that we put them and their caregivers through torture so they can live out a few years with an unbearable standard of living is cruelty and insanity. For people with neurological degenerative conditions like dementia, at some point death is mercy."

Note: Responses have been edited for length/clarity.