20 People Reveal the One Secret They'll *Never* Share With Their Significant Other
Being in a relationship can be great. But the relative lack of privacy can also drive you absolutely nuts. It can often feel like you have no secrets left from your partner after years of sharing your lives and being around one another near-constantly.
But some people have secrets so big that they've decided on taking it to their grave, like these romantically involved Redditors who opened up about the things they will never – under any circumstances – share with their significant other. Between the funny, tongue-in-cheek answers and more serious reveals that could change the foundation of a relationship, these are the best responses.
1. "That when I married her, I didn't actually have any emotional attachment to her. My antidepressants took away ALL emotions I had, so I mostly married her because I was afraid if I didn't, I would be alone my whole life. I stopped taking them years ago now and can honestly say I do love her with all my heart, but there was little to no emotion in the initial decision." -ktron42
2. "I am pregnant and recently discovered that two small pale freckles on my torso are actually accessory nipples. This became apparent and indisputable when they grew, darkened and started lactating a tiny bit. They are still not huge – went from sesame seed sized to grain of rice sized – so it is not obvious unless you know what you are looking for. I know my husband either (a) won't be able to handle it or (b) will handle it by never letting six hours go by for the rest of my life without laughing hysterically in my face about this. Therefore, I will never tell him." -FakeBabyAlpaca
3. "That I'm ticklish. It started as a gag, claiming I was immune, but she's so adorably gullible that she now believes I can't be tickled. If only she knew the self-restraint I've had to exercise to keep up the charade. Or how bad she is at tickling." -m4ttr1k4n
4. "That she had lipstick on her teeth during our wedding vows. I remember thinking during that moment, 'Huh, so this is the secret I will take to my grave.'" -monocledfalc0n
5. "That I feel like I'll never be as good as the other girls he has dated or fucked." -masturbathe
6. "I was crushing on him for a whole year before he remembered me existing in high school. I don't need him to start thinking of me as some stalker weirdo cause of that." -phox389
7. "The true extent of my abuse as a child. S.O. knows some stuff... but not everything that happened to me." -Bigrubba87
8. "What my sister's ex-husband said about him. He used to make fun of my husband (to my sister, not to my or my husband's face) questioning his masculinity, calling him a girl's name, and he repeatedly told my sister that they had to do something before I married him – that they had to find me a 'real man.' My husband is stereotypically manly in a physical way (tall and hairy) but is also gentle, softly spoken, emotional, and empathetic. And apparently that makes him less manly in my sister's ex-husband's eyes.
"Well, fuck you, Kim. All the things you ridiculed about my husband are why I love him and what makes him an amazing husband. And maybe if you had realized the value of those traits you would have been a better husband yourself, instead of an abusive arse-wipe. I've never told my husband any of this, as I think it would crush him. But I still feel rage about it everytime I come into contact with my sister's ex." -Allthefoodintheworld
9. "How I make certain foods. She could probably watch and figure it out, but I think that she likes it when I make some things for her and uses the excuse 'I never seem to make that as good as you.'" -unknown
10. "The really weird fetishes. The man was uncomfortable when I asked him to slap me. He feels like the greatest sexual deviant in history for having a threesome. Our sex life is great, but I'm never bringing up the really fucked up shit." -FerretsRUs
11. "The number of ex-partners, their names, and/or frequency of relations. They might not care at first but, man, that information sits with your S.O. and festers like no other." -Occums_Chainsaw
12. "That I've had a few suicide attempts. Nobody else needs that kind of weight in their life." -zapizoid
13. "The only reason we matched on Tinder is because I swiped right on 20 guys straight no matter what they looked like because I was bored. He ended up being one of the 20. I went on a 'pity date' with him, because he isn't the best looking but was fun to talk to. I didn't think I would actually fall for him. But we ended up hitting it off incredibly well and became official not too long after." -crispiicrunch
14. "My passwords. I've known my wife for 10 years, yet I've never shared my passwords with her." -Lunacy182
15. "I leave for work early, not because I have an appointment at the beginning of the day, but because I want to read on my own/have 'me' time at the office where for the next 45 minutes, I can just tune things out and get lost in a book." -csjohnson
16. "That she's not a very good kisser." -calimemez
17. "That my previous ex was pregnant and took pills to have an abortion. Regret it, but still feel it was the right decision at the time." -xcpain93
18. "About a year ago, I was in San Diego for business and rented a beach house in Mission Beach for our stay. One of the guys in our group noticed that there were a bunch of middle-aged women staying in the unit under us. They were there for a bachelorette party. He was talking to them and came back upstairs and said he just agreed to strip for them. My gay friend and I were pretty drunk as well, so we decided to join. We put on our uniforms and did the worst strip they could have asked for. We all had a blast, but I would never tell my wife that story." -ImNotEvenJewish
19. "The people I have thought about while masturbating. My ex begged me for 20 minutes one time to tell her. She wanted to know if I masturbated thinking about her. I hate lying, but I couldn't tell her. Thinking back, it was kind of weird what she did." -OkArmordillo
20. "I rarely tell her about the things that stress me out. She has anxiety issues that have been made worse by post-natal depression, and I don't want to dump on her. Internalizing it all ends up making me feel pretty shitty from time to time, but when she feels good, I feel good. It works out, in the end." -The_Only_Griff
Answers have been lightly edited for spelling and grammar.
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