“Years later, I’m still not over her affair.

I have my reasons for staying, but the pain remains.”

Everyone has their secrets, and for some people, their partners will never know about them.

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Here are some of the secrets that might have you totally surprised:

1.

“I resent him for never making big, romantic gestures not even medium ones.

It feels like he doesn’t think I’m worth the effort.

A woman, with a pensive expression, lies in bed next to a man who is turned away from her, suggesting a possible relationship issue

It feels like I’m always compromising for whatever he wants, and it never comes back around.”

“We’ve been together for five years.

We’d get together on Sundays and watch the games with her family for years.

Woman in a closet holds a purse and a belt while smiling at a smartphone on a tripod

But the truth is that I’m not really into football.

u/Both-Outcome1586

3.

“I’m getting some of the worst sex I’ve ever had.

A woman in a black lace top leans back with her eyes closed as a shirtless man kisses her neck. Intimate moment captured, categorized as Sex & Love

I love them, but they’re just not good in bed.”

“I went to school with her sister and had a thing for her.

I had no clue my fiancee and her were sisters until we started dating eight years later.”

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u/liftoffsavage

5.

She still has no idea it was me, but it was worth every cent.”

“Years later, I’m still not over her affair.

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I have my reasons for staying, but the pain remains.”

That’s what I told her, anyway.

The secret is that I purposefully make stuff for her to take.

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“I’ve always known he takes Viagra.

I think he’d say his biggest secret is that he takes Viagra.”

u/WishfulWoes

9.

Man laying in bed covering his face with his hand, appearing stressed or frustrated

“He’s been eating veggie burgers for about two years now.

Now, he just eats them without me telling him.

I might’ve taken it a bit too far.”

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“I don’t think his youngest son is his.

The story about how this child came to be is very shady.

13 years later, my partner always brings up how similar him and his youngest look.

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I just agree, but his kid looks nothing like him or his other two kids.

My boyfriend is 5'7, with blue eyes, black hair, and a lean build.

His mom is very slim and has blue eyes and blonde hair.

A woman sits on a bed with a concerned expression, resting her head on her hand

It feels off.”

u/Cramit82

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13.

“Twenty-five years later, I still have nightmares about my abusive ex-boyfriend.”

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“On occasion, I send groceries to local people asking for food.

I know what it is to be hungry, while my husband never has.

I do not think he would understand.

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“I secretly hate the way he chews.

I act like it doesn’t bother me, but it drives me wild.”

u/xmimicute

16.

“I am so much kinkier than he could even imagine.”

“That I’ve learned to hate him.

He’s mentally abusive.

It’s exhausting, and I don’t deserve it.

Everyone thinks he’s the nicest man ever when he’s really a prick.”

u/Mamaofthreecrazies

18.

“That I am not okay in this divorce.

I miss her TERRIBLY.”

“The cancer is probably going to kill me.”

u/Dark_Energy_13

20.

“I dislike their parents.

They’re perfectly decent people, but I find them unbearably dull.

Like, to the point where spending any significant time with them is excruciating to me.

“That his father’s dementia is incredibly more severe than he thinks.”

u/MadonnaTheWhore

22.Lastly: “I’ve had an engagement ring in my closet for months now.

I’m traveling, and he’s supposed to meet me in Germany.

I’m going to propose while we’re there.”

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