ACCEPTABLE SECRETS IN A MARRIAGE

(November, 2024) Reddit asked, “What secret is acceptable to keep from a partner in a marriage?” Some of the responses:
– “Spoilers for a show you have watched before but are rewatching with them.”
– “I witnessed my son walking for the first time about a month before she saw him walk. She was struggling with postpartum depression and was worried she wasn’t the mom she wanted to be. I let her be the one to see it.”
– “I worked very hard with my kids to ensure that their first word was ‘Mama.’ When she wasn’t around, I was going, ‘Ma-ma-ma-ma’ to the kids. I wanted her to have that wonderful moment of being the first word they said. I will never tell her that.”
– “One day when we were in the first newborn weeks, I found a used diaper in the fridge, wrapped up, next to the mayonnaise. I know she was a sleep-deprived new mama, didn’t need to hammer it home, so I threw it away and didn’t tell her about it for about five years, at which point she laughed her ass off.”
– “When you don’t really care about something that they enjoy. Just smile and let them talk about it.
– “My secret is that a golf round doesn’t actually take 8 hours. I will take it to the grave.”
– “My husband has no idea how often I eat a cheeseburger on the way home from work.”
– “I’ve been playing Mario Kart 200cc by myself for a few years now. I’m really good. My husband beats me all the time, but it’s usually because I let him. It’s my deathbed secret.”
– “One day, I woke up with a blocked ear, so I took a shower and let the warm water run into my ear. A small spider came out, and my ear instantly unblocked. If I told my partner this, she’d literally never sleep again.”
– “Where I keep the emergency candy. I hide my chocolate in an empty box of Raisin Bran.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you have a secret you are keeping from your partner for their own good – or YOUR own good?