I Lied About Graduating

Okay, this is going to sound so stupid. I’ve been carrying this around for like, ten years. I never actually finished college. I was so close, just a few credits short, but I panicked after a bad breakup and just…stopped going. My parents were so proud, telling everyone I was a ‘college grad’. I didn’t correct them. Then I got a job, and just kept pretending.

Now, I have a good career. No one suspects a thing. But every time my mom brags about my ‘degree’ to her friends, I feel like a total fraud. I feel guilty all the time. I don't know how to tell them now. It's been so long. They'd be so disappointed. I just want to get it off my chest, even if it's just to strangers online.