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My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more relationship stories and if you do

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Now today's first story comes from Secret Messenger Girl who says, am I the asshole for hiding from my mom that I've been messaging her birth daughter.

Sorry for the weird title, but when my mom, 46 female, was 21, she was married to some

guy in the States who was cheating on her when she was

pregnant. She hated him and hated that she was having his baby. Had a traumatic pregnancy,

was really depressed and didn't like being a parent. Then so signed away rights to Alyssa,

25 female, some months after she gave birth.

Alyssa was adopted by her father's affair partner and raised by her.

My mum moved up north here to Canada, fell in love with my dad and married him when she was 30.

She's had nothing to do with Alyssa besides demanding she never contact her again after she tried to.

Last year my mom finally told me about Alyssa but made it clear that she didn't see her as her daughter and that Alyssa's mother was her father's wife.

She also demanded that we not try to get them into any contact. So that's cool and all, but I was

really fascinated by the idea of a sister I never had. So I secretly started

messaging her and even though she was hesitant at first, we'd become good friends and I really

want to meet her. She's also become really successful in her field and works at the University of Toronto,

which is where I want to go. Not going to lie, I really look up to her

and would love to follow in her footsteps and Toronto's a lot better than the city we live in.

The problem was that I left my phone unlocked yesterday and my mum freaked when she saw that I was

talking to her. She pointed out that she didn't want a reunion or me talking with her,

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