58 People Reveal The Secrets Their Partners Think They’re Hiding, But Have Been Obvious All Along

My now fiancé had my engagement ring hidden for almost 3 years. We picked it out together and he wasn't good at hiding that he bought it. He also wasn't good at hiding it because during one of our moves he hid it in one of my boxes... I told him I knew he had it once he proposed and he was so upset but it was really cute. He tried so hard to hide it but he really can't keep a secret.

Edit: I should add that I told him I knew about a week later. I didn't say I knew about it right when he proposed.

I know that he beats himself up constantly for the things he can't give us. Tonight is our anniversary and we can't do anything because we're broke. He's had our kids all day so I can do homework and has been eating himself alive about the whole situation. What he doesn't know is that I don't care. I'm just happy he's mine. He's a great dad and a great husband.

She secretly records and watches every episode of Maury - the Maury Povitch show. I have no idea why. She watches them every morning on her commute into work. I brought it up once and she angrily denied it. I said it wasn't a big deal and I was just curious. We haven't spoken about it since. It's been going on for a few years.

My boyfriend is bisexual. He won't openly admit it, but I've gathered enough clues over the past couple of years to put it together. I suspect he hides it because his parents have very strong opinions against being gay. He's probably afraid I'll look at him differently if he tells me, but I'm not pushing it. He'll tell me when he's ready to tell me.
Until then, he should at least do a better job at deleting the Internet history.

He smokes when out with friends.

I had some suspicions as he would come home smelling like smoke and, when asked about it, he would just say "Yeah a couple of the guys were smoking." I found out for sure when, on my way home from work one night, I ended up driving by the lounge he and his friends were at... and there was my fiance taking a long drag of his cigarette.

I honestly don't care (its actually pretty cute that he's hiding it badly)... but I guess he hides it because I mentioned early in our relationship that my ex smoked inside his apartment and the smell of it on his sheets turned me off.

Edit: It may be hard to believe... but there was no stalking or spying. He goes out every Friday night with his man friends and sometimes goes to a lounge that is on the street I use on my drive home from work. On Friday nights as I pass by the lounge I look over to see if he's outside so I can wave. Nothing creepy, I promise.

When my husband and I first started dating he didn’t know how to tell me he didn’t enroll for college this year so he would pretend to go to class everyday and go hangout with one of his friends. I started to catch on when I noticed a pattern of him always skipping class or if we were doing something and I remember he was supposed to have class he would always just say it’s cool, I don’t need to go. The final straw was when it was mid terms and he still hadn’t bought any books.

I never called him out about it and after a few months he finally came clean. We didn’t fight about it, I said I was disappointed that he didn’t think I would understand the situation. (He didn’t enroll because he was having some family issues, which he didn’t want to burden me with because we had only been together a few months.) He is a big ball of anxiety so I knew it wasn’t from a malicious place what so ever.

Still together and married and stronger than ever.

My wife and I spent about 4 months apart last year (pending divorce) but managed to get counciling and work it out. I found out through a mutual friend that she slept with 3 other people while we were apart. I can't bring myself to confront her about it becasue I know it would garuntee a divorce this time and I don't want to lose her.

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I might also add that we have a daughter, who was two at the time. Leaving a cheating GF is one thing, but causing a life of heartbreak for my daughter requires me to think it through. As I said before, we had counseling and therapy which allowed us to come back together. It's been over a year now and things are much, much better than they were.

That my SO has a blanket he sleeps with EVERY NIGHT, and that it's his security blanket. Just one of those things that he couldn't let go from his childhood. I don't mind because it brings him comfort. But, every time I refer to it as being his "security blanket," he gets really defensive and tells me that he just likes it because it blocks the light out of his eyes at night. Kind of cute, actually.:).

She text her ex all day every day..selfies, tells him he misses him, they have movie text dates where they watch the same movie at the same time, they fall asleep on the phone together. Worst for me is they talk trash about me and she refers to me as 'number three' as in her third boyfriend. She makes stuff up and will tell him somthing I did that never happened. She never agrees to meet up with him in person although he frequently tries. She will occasionally mention to me 'oh my ex is texting me hes so annoying,' meanwhile shes waiting for me to sleep so she can watch a movie with him. Sucks finding out through our kids tablet that is synced with her phone, im still not sure how or when im going to break it off.

I know every once in a blue moon he snoops through my computer for... something? I'm not sure what he's looking for but it's fine. Sometimes people have insecurity issues.

My wife tries to hide her farts by going into the bathroom and sitting on the toilet to do it. She thinks turning on the fan masks the sound but we have thin walls and I can always hear them loud and clear.

She'd be mortified if she found out I know. I think it's hilarious.

His last girlfriend who he was completely and totally in love with passed away while they were fighting, and that's why he's so apprehensive about getting serious with me. If he never tells me, I will definitely be concerned, but I can see how that is incredibly hard to talk about. I don't expect it to come up any time soon.

He really likes to get his back lightly scratched before bed, I generally do it to help him fall asleep. There has been many times he will go to bed early and fake going to sleep just to get his back scratched. I go along with it because I know it makes him happy but he thinks he has been scheming me this whole time...

I am fairly certain that my wife no longer wants to be married to me. After the birth of our child (almost four years ago), the bedroom has dried up, her interest in me as a partner (both physical attraction and character appeal) has dwindled to almost zero, and talk of future plans has all but stopped. I'm not sure why she hasn't given me the boot or what I have done to cause this change... Well that wasn't nearly as cathartic as I'd hoped it would be.

TL/DR: My wife wants to leave me, and she doesn't think that I know.

Edit* Thanks for the advice everyone. I think that it's time to have a talk with my wife. On our next day home together, the kid will go to the grandparents and we will have a talk. Thanks everyone. Wish us luck.

Broke up a few days ago, but she would send lewd snaps of herself before/after showering to her guy friend. One time I was just laying in bed and she went to shower, turned the water on, heard her clothes fall to the floor, then I heard the iPhone camera sound. Didn’t think anything of it. Weeks later, similar situation, I walk in to use the restroom and see her camera right as she takes a Snapchat of her. I couldn’t read the name of the recipient, but name had unmistakable emojis on it and I knew who it for. I just said “oookay” and did my business. She kind of fumbled some sort of excuse but I just didn’t say anything. Broke up the following week for a multitude of reasons, but that definitely didn’t help any.

Former SO. He was a closet alcoholic. I knew when he was drinking, I knew when he was drunk. Even called him out on it from time to time (never ended good for me so I stopped)
He swears he's sober now but I don't believe him. He told me he was sober before.

Ok I never planned to talk about this but the timing is perfect.

I have guinea pigs - 3, to be exact, and they live in a 2.5' x 6' enclosure, inside of which is an open cage and fun stuff to do. It's a captive rodent utopia compared to the alternatives.

One guinea pig is a jerk. I hate her, all she does is work the water bottle and floods the cage. I yell at the noise and she runs away for a minute and then she's back. If I thought my kids wouldn't notice, well, my solution to this problem would be quick and decisive I can tell you that.

So I set up my webcam one night to monitor the behavior in order to see if this is a "hate you, human" thing or "I am very sick and am screaming for help" kind of thing. Due diligence I guess, it was a one-night monitoring so I could get a good (and final?) recommendation from the veterinarian.

When I went to send the video from the night before I saw something that, like the flip of a switch, demolished my entire life up to that point, like an enormous explosion in my face. I saw my wife pass the camera at what must have been 2 or 3 am, with another woman chasing after her. They were both giggling. It was a very short clip but the girl running after her was younger and definitely more buxom.

That's all I have, this happened Friday. I didn't ask my wife about it and she played like she was asleep all night. I have no idea who the other person was.

He's embarrassed to bring me around his friends.

Not current SO but he had a 4 year old daughter that he never saw and didn't tell me. I found out via my STEP sister whose dad is best friends with his mom.

That he's gay and seeing someone behind my back.

We weren't official, technically... But, I know, dude.