20 Secrets That People Are Desperately Hiding From Their Partners but Are Ready to Share With Strangers

Having secrets can be a pretty good thing sometimes. Whether it is a simple white lie or just not revealing the truth, keeping things from other people can have a big impact on the relationship and is actually really healthy.

5-Minutes Crafts has made a compilation of 20 stories that people shared with strangers.

• I wake up before my alarm and just watch my wife sleep for a few minutes. It helps center me before going to work. I’m so thankful that she is in my life. © DaddyNinjaWolf / Reddit
• When I was 14, my grandma passed away. She gave me $300 for a gold necklace in her will. I had it around my neck for 17 years before I met my wife. It was off my neck maybe 3 times in those 17 years. My wife (then girlfriend) knew how much it meant to me and asked to wear it once. Well, it never came home. She lost it somewhere or it got stolen. I was distraught like crazy for 3 or 4 days while we turned our house upside down looking for it. Inevitably, I gave up, but she was very bothered by it all. So, I decided to go to a pawn shop and buy the closest I could get to an exact duplicate, and then I told her that I had found the necklace in the couch cushions. To this day, she thinks that I found my necklace from my grandmother, but this is actually version 2. © tygloalex / Reddit
• When my girlfriend and I go out to eat at a restaurant, they will sometimes let us order food through our phones at the table. I’ll insist on ordering because it lets me write in their “special instructions” box where I request if they could compliment her outfit. Honestly, I think I get just as much enjoyment seeing her reaction. I can never let her know. © Fhoenix / Reddit

• Our youngest son’s first word wasn’t “mama.” She was having a busy time at work and already felt guilty about not being home as much. Naturally, he spent the most time with me, so his first word was “papa.” I kept my mouth shut and waited until he said “mama” and celebrated that as his first word. © TinusTussengas / Reddit
• I went to a custom jeweler to have her ring made. It’s a beautiful piece, and she loves it dearly, and it certainly wasn’t cheap — appraised and insured for around $10k. The jeweler was dealing with a lot of family issues at the time and was incredibly disorganized. I went to pick up the ring and brought my checkbook to pay for it, and when she handed me the ring, I took it out and asked her who to make the check out to. She said, “Oh no, don’t worry about it right now, just send me a check in the mail!”. I thought that was strange, but sure okay. She then hurried off to help another customer, and I left. But she never told me what the final price was. For the next 6 months, I texted and called the jeweler asking, “Hey just tell me what amount to put and I’ll mail you the check!”, and there was always a reason she couldn’t tell me, saying things like, “Oh sorry I’m out right now, I’ll find it and text you later!”. Her shop was a few hours away from where I live, so it wasn’t feasible to stop by and handle it in person. I tried for 6 months, but after that, I stopped calling/texting and just figured I got the ring for free. I wouldn’t tell my spouse, because I don’t want her to think I took advantage of the situation or that somehow the ring isn’t as ‘meaningful’ because I didn’t pay for it." © Decayd / Reddit
• " My husband loves talkative cats. When we first got our kittens, I gave them a treat every time they made a meow or chirp. Since I was working from home, they ended up becoming very vocal. He still goes on about how lucky we are to have such talkative cats on a weekly basis." © KasKat35 / Reddit

• That I purposefully wait to close the door or announce I’m home so I can hear him talk with our cat and dog! He’s a big/burly/tatted “tough guy” on the outside, but he’s so soft and gentle. It makes me so happy to hear him talk so sweet with the animals. I can’t wait to marry him in a year. © kartoska549 / Reddit
• That the thing that made me realize that I was in love with her is when I was taking a shower and got done, I walked into the room, and she must not have heard me get out. She was lying on her side on the bed with her eyes closed, and she was picking her nose. I didn’t want to embarrass her, so I stepped back out and, from a distance, asked where I set my clean clothes as I was walking back in, to make it seem like I was just coming in. She was visibly startled and quickly stopped, but continued to lay there with her eyes closed. I pretended that I saw nothing, but I couldn’t help but smile. It was such an innocent and human moment. I have no idea why, but it made me realize right then and there that I loved everything about her. As silly as that moment was, there was beauty in it, and I cherish that memory. © dfgthree3 / Reddit
• I take advantage of his bad memory because I love the way he tells stories. I’ll have heard the same story 5 times but will bring up something that I know will launch him into telling that story again. I love the grin of nostalgia that spreads across his face, the voices he uses to imitate people, and how animated he gets. © thornyartist / Reddit

• I wish I could tell her to be cleaner. Her hygiene is good, but the way she lets her house get... I won’t even eat anything out of the fridge and absolutely refuse to walk around barefoot. It took me forever to tell her I thought her toilet needed to be cleaned, and when I did, I could tell she was offended. I keep telling myself maybe I’m just too clean. I just feel like if something obviously has dirt/grime on it, just clean it. Why would you let it sit for weeks? © shhhhhxz / Reddit
• My girlfriend of 5 years has been deaf since she was 6. She reads lips pretty well but prefers Sign Language. I didn’t know a single sign when I met her, but I could tell right away there was something between us, so I started learning after I got home from our first date. Fast forward a few years, I’m now fluent in ASL, and we use it to talk almost exclusively. When she’s not looking though, I talk to her even though she can’t hear me or see my lips to read. I tell her how much I love her, how I’m going to marry her someday, how beautiful she is, etc. I’ve even been practicing proposing, so it’s not so terrifying when I actually do it. She has no idea, and I plan to keep it that way. © JustADude183 / Reddit
• I re-fold the towels and re-wash the dishes (or re-load the dishwasher) after she does those things because if I don’t, the linen closet is a wreck, and the dishes aren’t clean. We’re both 15+ years into our careers and have 2 kids, and while we don’t really care about traditional gender roles, I can tell it bothers her that I do all of the domestic shit. She obviously hates spending time cooking and cleaning and rushes through those chores. So, I just wait until she’s not around and re-do them. © thats_not_gravy / Reddit

• I used to have a massive, years-long crush on one of my closest friends. Those feelings are long gone now, but I am still really close with that friend and we talk and message often. My girlfriend has no idea about the old crush. © Ryoukugan / Reddit
• I have at least 3 other kids, being happily raised by other men. And they’re all in Texas — somehow, some way. None of them were cheating or anything, I just so happened to have mutual agreement breakups with 3 different girls who ended up being pregnant and just never had any problems. It’s nice to see happy, healthy families like that, though. They’re all wonderful women, and I’m sure they make excellent mothers. I’m sure they made great choices for fathers as well. © HughGedic / Reddit
• My husband gets so happy when the dog greets him at the door. I have to hype the dog up when I hear him pull up so that the dog will be excited that he is home. He always comments about how happy he is that he came to the door like a normal dog. The dog goes crazy when I get home, without being prompted, so he appreciates when he gets the same response. © Imaginary-Struggle34 / Reddit

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