How well do you know your partner; can you ever really know them at all? The truth of the matter is that we all have baggage and each and every one of us has a secret.
Below are 15 dark secrets people have been keeping from their partners for a long time. Have a look as they open up and get a load off their chest.
"I have anxiety attacks when my SO is away. We joke about me believing he's dead when I don't hear from him often enough, but it's real. Like hyperventilating, heart racing, crying, rocking back and forth-real." - Reddit u/serume
It's remarkable how well certain people can hide the worst aspects of their character. All I can say is that if you or someone you know is struggling with addiction to please seek help.
"So I went and bought a small bottle of shark teeth from the gift shop, spread them out all over a strip of beach we were hanging at and marveled at every shark tooth he brought me. " - Reddit u/BarbarianTHEdarian
Reddit user Thejibblies says that they once hooked up with their college professor. Instead of keeping a lid on things, his prof arranged for sexual encounters to take place between him and her colleagues/friends.
"I freakin HATE Dungeons & Dragons. It bores me to tears. Yet I've orchestrates an elaborate lie that gives the illusion I love it as much as he does and once a month I have to spend 5 hours sitting through a session bored to tears." - Reddit u/VoiceFromTheVoid99
Reddit user Important_Scratch_72 says that he hates being compared to his wife's ex-husband. He's tired of paying for someone else's mistakes and being forced to carry a burden he never helped create in the first place.
"I never told my wife that her mother tried to have sex with me. It was early in our marriage when we were living with her to save money for our own place. Her marriage of 28 years had ended badly and she was emotionally fragile." - Reddit u/46from1971
All I can see is been there, done that. Got the t-shirt, got the hat. The tricky part isn't coming to terms with your own gluttony, it's figuring out how to hide/replace an entire bag of cookies without arousing suspicion.
"Just how much I depend on her. For our first eight or so months of marriage, my wife and I were never apart due to moving around and being in lockdown. Even now we're hardly apart since we both work from home." - Reddit u/solojetpack
My wife asked me not to pee in the shower. I told her I wouldn't but I do it every time I shower," Reddit user Character-Respond-38.
Who pees in the shower?! That's absolutely disgusting!
In all fairness, aren't we all a little codependent at this point? A global pandemic is bound to do that to a person, at least to some degree. I'm sure we'll all get back to the way we were soon enough.
You couldn't be more wrong my friend. You need to burn your computer, immediately. Delete your account, scrub every file wherein you even suggested you didn't like the look of her dress. Believe me — she'll come for you.
"Exactly how bad of a person I used to be before I met her. She knows I was into drugs and some other dumb stuff, but she doesn't know the depths of depravity I delved to in order to fit in with the people I mistakenly wasted my time with." - Reddit u/boondockslasher
I can't even begin to imagine the emotional toll that keeping a secret like this has on a person's mind and body. If you don't feel that you can tell your spouse, I do hope there's at least someone in your life who you can talk to.
"I once pooped in their garage because I was waiting for her to come home and let me in. Blamed it on the raccoons," writes Redditor Ellpo1318.
h/t: Reddit
