“I know a lady who worked at the state prison.

She was being trained to be a corrections officer.

Then, she threw it all away for an inmate.

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She was selling drugs for him and having a relationship with him.”

Keeping secrets is difficult, but keeping secrets that can destroy relationships is even harder.

“My sister and her husband have been in a sexless marriage for almost a decade.

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He cheated, and she took him back after some major drama.

They have separate bedrooms and live like roommates raising their kids.

Needless to say, I turned him down.

A woman sits in an airport waiting area, resting her head on her hand and looking thoughtful, holding her phone

He still propositions me a few times a year.

My answer is still no.

I never have, nor will I ever go through with it.

A man sits on a couch looking at his phone while a woman in a dress leans against a wall in the background

I am scared to tell her mom because it would break her heart.

And she would lose everything.

I just try not to be alone with him anymore.”

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carebear27203

4.

He met my aunt, they bought a house, got married, and had my cousin.

My cousin is 9, and the only thing keeping them together.

A man sits by the window on an airplane, wearing a blue blazer and holding a tablet.

Last year during family Christmas, they werent there, so we could gossip openly.

So, two relationships I could ruin there."

Plus, I hate to imagine their family collapsing, as I wouldnt want that for mine."

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Some people never grow up."

Their boyfriend is still sort of in the friend group.

comfysorcerer44

9.

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He reads all her texts and emails and acts like he doesn’t know anything, but he does.

He admitted all of this to me, plus more.

“I know a pair of ‘best friends’ where one of them actually hates the other.

A man and woman lie in bed; the woman looks at her phone while the man, sitting behind her, looks over her shoulder.

To the point where she openly talks about how much she hates her best friend.

Im keeping to myself because I hate the best friend too.

And theyre both moving to different countries next year.

Two women are sitting on a bench outdoors. The woman on the left is talking animatedly, while the woman on the right looks indifferent.

Theyll never see each other again.”

“I kissed and had frequent good sex with my boyfriend’s best friend for over two years now.

I spent a few nights over at a guy friends house to be in a safe space.

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Anonymous

13.

“My best friend doesnt know that I know her boyfriends been talking to and seeing other girls.

And he goes back home to her every night like nothing happened.

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Theyre about to get married, and theyre talking about kids.

I only know this because my sister was one of the girls he saw.”

I ran outside and found it under his seat.

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I felt sick and just gave the phone to my dad.

“Ive had an affair with a married man…and I would do it over again.

My husband would leave me in a heartbeat.”

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Hes been married to my aunt for 55 years, and they have a daughter and three grandchildren.

My uncle asked my brother to keep his secret.

Obviously, my brother cant keep a secret.”

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“I know that my best friend cheated on her long-term partner repeatedly.

The relationship already ended, but her partner believes it ended because I talked her into leaving him.

She never came clean with him and let me take the blame.

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aarushiahluwalia1331

18.

“They are now a former best friend.

They were going through some hard things in their own life.

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Her husband knows of one affair and is pretty sure of a second one.

Those are the only ones she confessed to me.

Even though we are no longer friends, I only wish for her to be safe and happy.

Sometimes I wonder if they would be better apart, but that’s not for me to decide.”

“My sister had an abortion early on in her relationship with her now-husband after sleeping with another man.

I’ve never told another soul.

They’ve been married for 15 years now.”

“I know a lady who worked at the state prison.

She was being trained to be a corrections officer.

Then, she threw it all away for an inmate.

She was selling drugs for him and having a relationship with him.

Then, she was caught and charged.

She’s been on probation for two years now.

She chose an inmate.

He’s free and she is on probation.

She had come into a large amount of money she spent on drugs and cell phones for him.

That’s all I’m gonna say.”

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