We all have our secrets, from the ones we intend to take to our grave to the ones that may not be a big deal, but are super embarrassing.
It's awkward to share a secret with a friend or family member, but it's surprisingly easy to share one online. The r/AskReddit thread, "What's something you're willing to admit to the people here on Reddit but not to most people in real life" has alllll the secrets.
"I learned not long ago that I was my late grandfather’s favorite grandson, but until that time really didn’t think a lot about him, to the point where I thought that him dying the first was the best case scenario. Now I’m just trying to find him again in my memories and I feel like a pure a-hole."
"I feel like the most boring person in the world. I can see why I've lost all my old friends and can't keep any new ones. Also, I'm really bad at maintaining relationships. I'm pretty happy, but I'd be all alone after my parents are gone."
"That I’m constantly at a loss for words. Literally. I feel like those around me are smarter than I am. I struggle to get my words out, although I have clear and concise thoughts in my brain.
"I just can’t articulate them into meaningful sentences that keep people interested in listening."
"I feel absolutely stuck. I took a new position at work to implement a new project 2 years ago. It's all up and running and is self sustainable with the right people, but I've grown so incredibly sick if it.
"I've completely lost my passion for it and I'm really struggling to find something else."
"One time on vacation, I was hiding in a closet that didn’t have a door and my unsuspecting husband was getting ready to walk by. I jumped out at him and scared him harder than ever before. He literally s*** his pants."
"In 4th grade, it was pizza day at lunch. I wanted an extra slice of pizza but didn’t have an 'extra lunch chip'. If you had one of those, you’d put it in a bowl and you get a second helping.
"I pretended to put a chip in with convincing sleight of hand. The lunch lady was fooled and gave me that extra slice.
"As I’m eating my pizza, one of the lunch ladies yelled, 'who took extra lunch without a chip?!' I said nothing."
"I want to be back in love with someone and I'm trying my best here, but we haven't been speaking to eachother [sic] for sometime and it's really bumming me out.
"At the same time I'm trying to build a life for myself. It's been a slow progress but sometimes it feels like I'm still in the same place."
"That I'm afraid of losing my looks as I get older. It's the most regressive, immature, and self-absorbed attitude to have... but I still worry about it. Every new wrinkle, every sag or droop just unnerves me way more than it should."
"I am not an introvert, I am an extrovert, I like being with others, and it fills me with energy, but I am not invited to much, so I just pretend that I don't even want to go anywhere."
"I'm jealous of anyone wealthier to me in a similar fashion. More towards anyone who never needed to work for anything. I don't even want a lavish lifestyle. I just want to never need to work again and continue to live a happy existence doing whatever I want. I guess retirement is my only hope for that though."
"I lie...like a lot. Never with malicious intentions though. I think it stems from this deep-rooted insecurity of being boring. I'll lie about everything from friends to grades.
"Once I made up a whole story about how I visited Bali just to seem interesting in a conversation I was having with a friend."
"That I'm actually pretty dumb despite the high IQ that I got as a score from the test.
"I also admit that I actually do have feelings and am not as emotionless as I lead people to believe.
"Lastly, I admit that while I have actually been looking for a job, I haven't actually been looking that hard for one."
"I'm cheating on my exams. again. It's an online exam and yet I know yes that cheating is bad but I don't understand a single portion. I'll try and stop being academically dishonest in the 2nd term of the school year. I promise. I hope I can keep my promise."
"Trust me I feel guilty for saying this. The pandemic was one of the best parts of my adult life so far. I got to work alone in my office. I got a huge promotion (healthcare) and I got to exist in the world where there was no pressure to go outside."
"I’m almost 30, have constantly dated the wrong men and none of them have soberly told me they loved me and I’ve never told any guy I loved them. I only just realised I actually loved my ex after we broke up."
"My Entire family are Christians. My closest friends are Christians. I have gone to the same private Christian school my whole life. I am not. I also have recently discovered that I enjoy crossdressing. I am scared."
"I just want compliments :( I’m ugly and fail at everything I do. I just want to be complimented, in fact I often find myself craving it. The few times I’ve been complimented made me feel like I was worth a damn. Like it was ok to keep on going. I’ve never told anyone my desire for compliments lol."
"I have a dog.....who's invisible to everyone else. I talk to him when I take him for walkies....and he talks back. I don't particularly care who knows this in real life any more, I am who I am. I find it gives me company. I know what's real and what isn't, but somehow it helps me so laugh all you want."
"When I'm in the bathroom at work if someone else comes in and finishes their business before I leave the stall that I'm in I wait until they leave the bathroom before I flush and then wash my hands."
"Getting engaged to my current partner is one of my deepest desires right now... I've never thought anyone would ever want to marry me, so when he brings it up saying he wants to propose it makes me dizzy with excitement."
