All girls in my Family Died at 18

I remember the exact moment when I realized my life was in danger for weeks it had been building up and suddenly I was sitting there and it dawned on me if I didn't take drastic measures to ensure my safety I would lose my life never in a million years did I think I'd only get to live for eighteen years there was still so much I wanted to do with my life I mean I barely even kissed a boy and I hadn't even gone to college yet this couldn't be happening and it's not like I had the most carefree life for one I'd never met my mom she died while giving birth to me and I felt like I must be this constant reminder for my dad that I'm the reason mom died I know these things happen but I couldn't help feeling responsible so when my 18th birthday was approaching I decided to pace carefully every birthday I had was bittersweet I always had cake and presents but at the same time we always visited mom's grave and took her flowers she died so I could be born honestly it's the biggest burden I'll ever carry turning 18 felt like a big deal because that was the age my mom died yep she fell pregnant very young and her death was so tragic I knew this birthday would be particularly difficult for my dad so I didn't even mention it he asked me how I wanted to celebrate and I said I was happy to just go out for dinner or something pretty quickly my dad started acting kind of strange he's always been a quiet reserved type of guy but this was next-level I came home from school one day and found him sitting on my bedroom floor holding some of my old teddy bears crying I was so shocked I saw my dad cry often but this was different he looked really really sad I went over to him to ask what was wrong and he pulled me onto the ground and he wouldn't stop hugging me that was just the beginning throughout the next couple of weeks he wouldn't leave me alone he was so clingy it actually got a bit much at one point when he wouldn't even let me walk to school by myself he insisted on walking with me and he even tried to hold my hand when we were crossing the road I pushed his hand away and said dad stop it I'm almost 18 I'm not a kid I can cross the road by myself he looks taken aback after I shouted at him and he apologized and walked away there was a lot of traffic but I could have sworn I heard him say something like that's the problem you're almost 18 I was feeling tired so I started walking upstairs towards my room it was so hot so I opened my window and flopped down on my bed I could hear my dad and my cousin outside talking but I wasn't really paying attention suddenly I heard my name and my ears perked up listen you really need to tell her orally is turning 18 this week she has a right to know I mean when was the last time any female in this family made it past 18 it's like a curse uncle James curse what was my cousin talking about what did I have a right to know I ran downstairs as fast as I could but my cousin was already in his car driving off I screamed his name but he just waved and then was gone as I turned around my dad was standing in the doorway dad what's going on is this why you've been acting so weird am I about to die or something or a lead no don't don't be stupid your cousin has clearly been watching too many movies it's just a coincidence that your mom my sister and your cousin all died at the same age but what do you mean your sister I was too quick for him and that's how I found out that my dad had a sister who drowned when she was 18 I had never even heard of her before no wonder my dad was so emotional about me turning 18 he lost his wife and his sister at that age it was crazy it felt like something out of a movie a family curse and then my cousin she died last year in a car crash and she'd been 18 - that night I didn't sleep much the more I thought about it the more it made sense I couldn't remember the last time a woman in our family had lived past the age of 18 how had I not thought of this before this whole time I'd been excited to turn 18 because I'd go off to college but how would I even make it to college what if I died tomorrow my mom died giving birth my aunt died drowning and my cousin died in a car crash well I could definitely avoid swimming and I didn't own a car and there was no chance I was about to have a baby but I could die just walking down I was turning 18 a day later that meant I had 24 hours to do all the things I wanted to do but what if I died doing them no I couldn't even risk it I spent the last day of being 17 curled up in bed watching movies I didn't even want to eat in case I choked and died my dad kept asking me to at least join him downstairs but what if I fell down the stairs and then no but there was one thing I knew I couldn't skip it was our tradition after all dad was watching TV and I crept behind him and went out to the garden to pick some flowers mom always loved tulips and we had them in every color I came back inside and tapped dad on the shoulder he turned around and I thought he would cry from happiness come on dad you didn't think I'd forgotten did you we drove to the cemetery and it was pitch black we left home late to be honest but better late than never we made our way across the path towards mom's grave it was too dark so I ran back to the car to get dad's flashlight suddenly the ground gave way beneath me and if it hadn't been for a nearby gravestone which I quickly grabbed onto I'd have fallen about 3 metres into a freshly dug hole I got such a fright I just started screaming dad came running and saw me standing an inch from the hole luckily dad had already put the tulips by mom's grave because I wasn't about to spend a second longer than I needed to in that place on the way home i sat there shaking he didn't speak a word to each other as we pulled up into the driveway I still AM the door and turned to dad and said see it is a curse I could have died back there I was shaking as I walked carefully to my room I decided it was no longer safe out there I couldn't die I was too young I locked myself in my room and I made a promise to myself not to leave it again I'd pretty much almost fallen into an open grave the curse was real dad eventually gave up trying to get me to go anywhere summer vacation had arrived and I was adamant that I would not leave my room there were dangers everywhere I could get stung by a killer bee or slip in the shower after weeks of not going outside I started to feel really weak one day my friends came over with a picnic and tried to get me to go outside but I refused they ate their picnic on my bedroom floor while I sat in bed and ate some leftover soup after they went home I felt relieved who knew what bug they might have brought into my room but that night I started to feel really sick I woke up and there was sweat pouring down my back my skin felt clammy and hot and suddenly I had to run to the bathroom the whole time I was running there I kept thinking what if I fall and hurt myself it was only when I was throwing up into the toilet that the realization washed over me oh my gosh I could die from being sick it kept getting worse and my dad found me slumped across the bathroom floor and rushed me to the hospital I had to take a big bucket along as I couldn't stop throwing up the whole ride there we were both freaking out dad kept apologizing saying he was sorry and maybe there really was a curse which definitely didn't help the matter we reached the hospital and dad had to basically pick me up and drag me through the doors that's how weak I was then to make matters worse the doctor who had saved my life when Mom died was the one who was on duty which of course just brought a whole lot of emotions back for my dad could this knife get any crazier I think the nurses on duty weren't sure which of us was the sick one dad looks just as pale and upset as I did after some tests the doctor confirmed that I wasn't dying I just had a severe case of food poisoning from the soup I'd eaten and also a bit of malnutrition from staying indoors for so long and refusing to eat properly you mean I'm not going to die doc what about the curse at this the doctor started laughing okay orally you need to get some rest and your old man - you're both a bit delirious I think after a couple of days of rest in the hospital I was ready to go home I'd survived had I beaten the curse on the drive home out of nowhere dad just burst out laughing orally I think you actually cursed yourself how ironic is that you refused to go outside and you refused to eat the food your friends cooked and still you got sick it's all in our heads I think let's just put this all behind us it's all just coincidence okay there's no such thing as curses and you know what dad was right I've become so fixated on keeping myself out of danger that I'd actually brought it on myself it's like I drawn this bad energy towards me well this is at least what I tried to convince myself with because honestly a small part of me still believes that I have avoided a curse rather than it not ever existing I mean I did kinda almost die a couple of times coincidence maybe yes maybe not I'm 23 years old now and sometimes I still fear for my life oh and when it comes to kids of my own maybe I shouldn't even have any I mean what if there was a chance it was real and my daughter would be stuck with a stupid curse especially after seeing how hard it was for my father to do with it No thank you what do you think of my story please share your comments below and don't forget to like this video and subscribe to this channel for more stories

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Published: Sat Nov 02 2019