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I’m a Regular Guy Who’s Sick of Being Villainized for My Secret Second Family

This has all just been really hard on me, ok?

Caroline Horwitz
Frazzled
Published in
3 min readAug 22, 2024

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You might not want to hear this right now, but lying about having a second family for over a decade doesn’t make me a bad person.

Sure, I expected everyone to be temporarily miffed with me, especially my wife, but I certainly didn’t expect my adult children to cut me off. I thought my son would have at least high-fived me or something. I see I was correct in my initial assumption that my first family just wasn’t understanding or mature enough to hear the truth.

All of my decisions have been made out of love. I loved my second family too much to abandon them, and I loved my first family too much to be honest with them until I got caught. I mean, I have enough love in my heart for two whole families. No one will give me credit for that?

How was I supposed to know a pregnancy would result from having unprotected sex? I suppose you think I should’ve worn condoms? I’m a CFA, for God’s sake. I can’t be expected to debase myself like that.

It’s important to remember that I would’ve been spending the same amount of time away from my family anyway if I’d had a real hobby like golf or woodworking or…

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Caroline Horwitz
Caroline Horwitz

Written by Caroline Horwitz

Caroline is a humor writer from Pittsburgh. You can read more of her work at carolinehorwitzwriting.com. She hates writing bios but enjoys reading them.