'TIFU by lying to my wife for 13 years': Husband's little white lie to his wife about candy totally backfires

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Apr 11, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

This is one of those times that a little lie snowballed into a much bigger lie! 

To keep the peace in a romantic relationship, sometimes you need to fudge the truth. Not all the time, only for certain things, and it's best if you can avoid lying about anything big. However, once you're married for 13 years (!) like this guy was, even a small fib can quickly spiral out of control. 

After reading the OP's story below, check out a few comments, where people shared their own funny stories of lies that were uncovered. 

While we're on the subject of small things that could cause damage to a marriage, check out this story. This woman wanted to get a tattoo so badly, but after her husband's strong negative reaction toward her upon seeing the new ink, she's unsure what to do. 

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    Font - 'The look of betrayal was unreal.... She asked how long I've known, and I was honest. I told her as long as we've been married.'
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    Font - r/tifu Posted by u/Moocow870 Mod Award Award 3 2 3 238 223 5 @5 S 4 4 2 104 183 3 TIFU by lying to my wife for 13 years... TIFU by lying to my wife for 13 years... My wife hates orange and lime flavored candies. I love them. Well, love the orange, like the lime.
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    Font - So, she passes on the orange starburst to me. She passes the orange and green skittles to me. She passes the orange and green gummy bears to me. This has been happening for 13 years.
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    Font - What she doesn't know is that the green Haribo gummy bears are actually strawberry. Shortly after we married, for one reason or another, I looked at the back of the Haribo gummy bears package and discovered this.
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    Font - So I haven't said anything for 13 years. Every time we get gummy bears, she gives me the orange and green (strawberry). I've never said a word. I've enjoyed eating my little lies. Until last night...
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    Font - We had some gummy bears and she opened them and she started to hand me the orange and green ones. But after a few minutes, I saw her looking at the back of the bag. Then I saw her eyes get REAL BIG.
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    Font - She turned to me and asked if I've known that the green bears were strawberry. She always thought they were lime. I was honest and nodded my head yes. The look of betrayal was unreal.... She asked how long I've known, and I was honest. I told her as long as we've been married.
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    Font - She quit giving me the gummy bears she didn't like. She was even eating the orange ones out of spite. I don't think I'll get any more gummy bear discards after this. Time to buy my own.
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    Font - Edit: We don't eat these every day. A few times a year at most. I don't just get the "rejects." It's a shared bag. Whenever she grabs a few, she would pick out the orange and green and hand to me. Just like I would give the pineapple to her (bleh). TL;DR I never corrected my wife by telling her she gave me strawberry gummy bears. She thought they were lime. Now she knows and is spite eating my favorites.
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    Font - tomdrinkswhiskey Wait until she finds out the green skittles are green apple. 22.0k Share Moocow870 OP 24 57 Lol, I haven't brought that up yet. She doesn't know about those either.
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    In the comments, people shared their own funny stories of food-related lies that ballooned out of control

    Font - c_l_who +2 Every year, for her birthday, my step-grandmother received a gift of chocolate covered cherries from her husband. When he died and she married my grandfather, he thought it would be so thoughtful to continue the tradition. She took one look at the box, stood up, dumped it in the garbage, and declared "I'm not spending another 30 years pretending to like those disgusting things."
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    Rectangle - Paper-Great 2 7 & 14 More My Mom didn't know that a local pizza place gave free breadsticks with a large pizza. My Dad had been eating them on the way home with the pizza... for 10 years.
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    Font - moneybags729 Lmao this is such a legitimate marriage dispute it's ridiculous. I've been married since 2010 and my wife wouldn't be thrilled about something like this either.
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