But do you know who else withholds deep, dark secrets?
They have a vault of their own, filled with personal things they rarely share with men.
Note: Some submissions include topics of suicide.
c’mon proceed with caution.
It’s some of the best sleep I’ve had since she started snoring super loud many years ago.
Once we recover, I don’t know if I want to sleep together again."
u/c_c_c__combobreaker
2.
“We treat men with kid gloves.
So, we end up coddling all men for our own protection.”
christonacracker
3.
“Most of my anxieties and insecurities.
I don’t know how much is ingrained in her personality, but she can’t handle it.
After decades, I’m resigned to the fact that it just is what it is.”
u/Sax-Offender
4. kittitude
5.
“How sad our sexual situation makes me.
She knows Im not satisfied with it, but I dont think she realizes how much it depresses me.
Im reluctant to tell her because I dont see any good outcome from doing so.
Our frequency has dropped more since then.”
Nothing good could result from that.
So, I never initiate (and talking about it would be one more form of unwelcome pressure).
I continue not to share my feelings with her."
u/MyNSFWside
“I left my marriage because of this.
Lack of intimacy brings about so much emotional damage.
You dont feel loved, and you envision yourself with other people because of it.
I’m currently with my new girlfriend and her libido is sky-high compared to mine.
We just had a son, so its slowed down a bit, but Im not complaining.”
u/ThatChillGuy_18
6.
“Ive never once had a man make me orgasm better than Ive made myself.”
10cali90
7.
“Women have more hair than you might think, and we hide it pretty well.
I’m talking about the stray hairs on our chin, nipples, and butt .”
isaura844
8.
I also can’t tell her how much of a hypocrite she is.
Our son is six months old I don’t want him to grow up without a father."
u/lanneretwing
9.
“When I was married, I had suicidal ideations frequently.
Crying in front of her got me an earful of grief about not being ‘a real man.’
So, I did my crying in the bathroom.”
“Also, when I was a stay-at-home dad, we had a two-year-old and a newborn.
I was struggling with keeping up with housework and cooking and all that.
She didn’t understand why it was so difficult.
A couple of years later, when the kids were older, we switched and she stayed home.
She eventually apologized for what she said to me.
I said it was okay, but I never forgave her for that.”
u/Prior_Accident_713
10.
“How much I compare their actions to my father’s.
If I see something too similar, it raises a red flag for me.
I’m married to a great man who is the opposite of my dad.
u/KatilynKat
11.
I stopped communicating that way to her, and then she’s upset about that.
I can’t fucking win.”
u/DernTuckingFypos
12.
“While I love my spouse deeply, I struggle to share my childhood traumas.
The memories are painful and sometimes I feel like shielding her from that darkness.”
I forget that what Ive become numb to isnt always relatable to a lot of people."
u/Gemmedacookie
13.
But when shes around, hes combative, whiney, rude, and a little terror."
u/d00deitstyler
14.
“That sometimes I can be jealous of a platonic relationship.
It occurs more with male friends than with female friends.
u/young_s_modulus
15.
“Sometimes the things she says to me in arguments break my heart.”
u/justVinnyZee
“I use, ‘When you said X, I heard Y.’
u/Life-Coach_421
16.
“Im scared of not being able to provide a half-decent life for her and my kids.
Lifes getting so expensive and challenging.”
u/arent_they_all
“I definitely feel you, brother.
I’m only 22, and even I can see significant changes from inflation.”
u/Funkeysismychildhood
17.
I do it because it feels like putting on armor, another layer of protection against being vulnerable.
nicolettexiv
18.
“She’s always in the way.
If I’m working outside, she’s always in the next place I’m going to go.
If I’m trying to leave a room, she’s always in the doorway.
u/Lonecoon
19.
I know it will happen eventually, and I know I will completely fall apart when it happens.
But until then, he’s not going to know.
I’m just enjoying it while it lasts.”
u/[deleted]
20.
“Literally anything that isn’t within the realm of her personal interests.
Otherwise, she clarifies that she’s not interested in what interests me.
u/ChefBillyGoat
“I feel this.
Her eyes just start to glaze over, and I can see she’s mentally checking out.
I end the conversation and go do a chore or something.
She doesn’t ask questions or find gifts that align with my interests.
It’s a little maddening.”
u/IsaacB1
21.
“Deep down, I really just want to be lazy.
u/LeutzschAKS
“I feel this one.
Im only happy when Im sitting on my ass.”
u/jordanmc3
22.
“We generally are not impressed by your ham-fisted attempt to play the bass guitar.
Take the non-specific compliment and put the guitar down.”
retrocrebbon
23.
Meanwhile, the entire house is her canvas for heraesthetic.
It makes me feel really lonely and small sometimes, and she doesn’t care.
u/Kimblethedwarf
24.
“How much I don’t want them talking to me when I don’t know them.
Most other women don’t either, believe me.”
“That she almost ended the relationship.
I spent years raising her children as my own.”
u/YYC-Fiend
26.
In reality, Im praising the lord for a day or two alone.”
Id go play cards once a week if I could!”
u/Defiant-Telephone-96
27. rnd13001
28.
“When she says she feels like I’m not listening, it’s because I’m not.
“I’m very abundantly aware that sometimes she just wants to be heard.
This way, they can pretend they’re having sex with someone else.”
u/Oktapooose
Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
