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DEAR MARGO

Dirt on family seems too bad to be true

Dear Margo: I’m dying. Should the family’s secrets die with me? For three generations, I have been privy to the immoral, unethical and, yes, illegal behavior of some individuals in my family. Before I die, should I tell my niece-in-law that her husband has had a 30-year sexual relationship with her brother? Does my own brother need to know that his youngest son is not his, but the result of his prim and proper wife’s affair with a neighbor? What would the family think of sweet Aunt ”Flo” if they knew she’s been embezzling from her employer? Should Grandma be told that her stolen silver is in her granddaughter’s attic? Does the family need to know that Uncle ”Ed” exposes himself in the mall parking lot? How shocked would the rest of the family be if they knew Junior, the Eagle Scout, is also a drug dealer? Would home-wrecker ”Sally” be interested in knowing that her new husband is still married to his first wife?

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