Redditors Spill Their Best-Kept Secrets They're Too Proud to Say Out Loud

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Sienna Varady
Jun 30, 2024 6:00 AM EDT

Everyone has a secret or two they try to hide. It could be a small, harmless secret that most people would overlook, or it could be a major secret that has the ability to fundamentally change someone's life and perspective.

That being said, while browsing Reddit, I stumbled onto a post that sparked my curiosity. The question is: 'What secret are you currently hiding from someone that you're willing to share on Reddit?'. There's no doubt about it: none of the comments, despite their mixed bag of amusing and depressing sentiments, were meant for millions of people to read. So, if you're like me and find yourself with a minute to pass between afternoon meetings and a natural curiosity for learning people's deepest secrets, be sure to have a look at the screenshots below! Additionally, after you're through, don't forget to read the post where Redditors share their best-kept life tips for handling the daily grind!

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    Secret CarlosAVP For years, I've have always jokingly said that "I'm not a people person". I really mean it. If I could get through a day without any kind of human interaction, I would be a very happy person. The thought of actually having to talk to people or be around them kind of ruins my day.
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    What secret are you currently hiding from someone that you're willing to share on Reddit?
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    . keelhaulrose 17 hr. ago · edited 11 hr. ago My husband has large feet, large enough that there are only a few places I can buy him shoes and since the in person place near me closed down they're pretty much all online. All this to say: his shoes are $$$$. He also grew up poor. Like the kitchen floor was his bedroom poor. He stopped being able to find his shoe size in stores before he was in high school, and before he met me he always only had
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    one pair of shoes at a time, and sneakers were his everyday/work/dress shoe. He even worked fast food jobs in regular sneakers because he couldn't find non slip in his size. And because getting each pair was so difficult and costly he'd often wear his shoes until they had holes in the soles before replacing them. When he was studying to be a mechanic I got him a pair of steel toed boots for his birthday. I splurged and got a good brand that would last for
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    years. He recognized the brand and knew what they sold for and he demanded I return them, he was planning on squeezing into cheaper, smaller boots and dealing with it. So I lied, said I had bought them months before during a sale. Got 'em at 40% off, then signed up for all their stuff for an additional 20% off. I had paid full price.
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    I've bought him "sale shoes" several times since then. One time he even cried because I had gotten him a second pair of sneakers well before his old ones needed to be replaced. His shoes kept getting wet from some yard work he was doing and he'd have no choice but wear wet shoes around. His last pair of work boots showed up with the first pair of sandals he has owned in over 25
    via u/keelhaulrose
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    years, because there was a "BOGO sale" that I totally made up, I just wanted to get him sandals because we camp a lot and him using camp showers without sandals always grossed me out, but I had never managed to find a pair in his size until then.
    via u/keelhaulrose
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    Perfect_Cup_272 . 17 hr. ago I've been homeless for a while and I have a job interview at cvs tomorrow at noon. I'm so godd n terrified. I need this job so badly. I'm desperate
    via u/Perfect_Cup_272
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    andrewsmd87 - 20 hr. ago I have rented a bouncy house water slide for my wife's 39th birthday. She has no idea
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    247mumbles. 17 hr. ago I told my best friend I won a holiday in a raffle and wanted her to come with me free of charge. We stayed in a nice hostel, did lots of fun activities and I paid for it all with a "pre paid credit card from the raffle”. I didn't win anything, I booked it all myself and paid everything for her because she deserved a break and I knew she couldn't afford it nor would she have accepted me paying for her. I would do it again 10x over, she deserves the absolute world.
    via u/247mumbles
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    • SQWRLLY1. 20 hr. ago · edited 20 hr. ago Every day, I fantasize about cashing everything in, leaving, and creating a new life for myself elsewhere... like a complete reinvention.
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    jazzandboats 20 hr. ago · edited 18 hr. ago I'm NOT colorblind. When I was very young I didn't understand what colorblindness was. My dad is colorblind and I thought that automatically meant I was too. And apparently everybody did. I was maybe in high school before I actually took a test and... I aced it. But by then all my friends had been buying colorblind compatible versions of board
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    games and we had all sorts of inside jokes about being colorblind. Honestly it's been a bonding moment with my friends. So I just haven't told them and I've kept up the ruse. For about 15 years now.
    via u/jazzandboats
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    Buns_Lover 19 hr. ago I split my cat's treats in half She's a girl... and she'll never know
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    roxykelly .15 hr. ago My brother bought chickens as his little organic farm was struggling. I had suggested an honesty box for the excess eggs - he spend hours making his own red barn shaped honesty box. Eggs went on sale, crickets. Not much business at all. He was so defeated. All of a sudden, once a week someone now calls by and buys all of his stock. Could be 10- 12 boxes of eggs. That someone, is me. I buy the eggs.
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    • Kindly-Article-9357 20 hr. ago I've started to on occasion "accidentally" (but on purpose) not hang up my phone correctly when getting off a call with my daughter-in-law. I then proceed to talk to my husband about how much I enjoy talking to her, how lovely I think she is, how glad I am that our son chose her, and whatever other boost I may think she needs. She doesn't have any family that uplifts her, just the kind that tears her down.
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    I started doing this after my son told me about his wife coming to him in full-on snot tears, because I had once dialed her while talking to my husband about her. She stayed on the line to hear what I "really" thought of her, expecting the worst because that's been her experience of family. Apparently she was quite touched by the things I said, and my son told me it gave her a confidence boost that lasted weeks.
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    So I do it more often now. Neither of them have any idea I do it on purpose, though. They just think I'm getting old and worse at managing my tech.
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    S n_takethewheel · 20 hr. ago • I can't tell if I'm in love with my partner or if I'm just comfortable... or if I'm just incapable of letting myself relax and be happy.
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    BoogieSmools . 21 hr. ago I used a credit card and spent $1000+ to fix my partner's car, I told her it was less than $300 so she wouldn't feel bad.
    via u/BoogieSmools
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    permabandisd k. 16 hr. ago I won the lottery last month. Nobody knows. I hired a money manager and invested it all. My wife's birthday is next month and I plan to surprise her with the news that we are debt free and can retire immediately.
    via u/permabandisd**k
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    LupitaScreams. 20 hr. ago I mixed leftover white and red wine and served it up in a rosé bottle.
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    eggplantsrin · 20 hr. ago I got into a show! I'm not allowed to tell anyone until they've notified everyone who auditioned and gotten confirmation of the cast.
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    PuraVidaPagan · 19 hr. ago I just found out 2 of my direct reports will be fired soon because of the restructuring and I have to keep it a secret. They are both excellent employees who do not deserve this at all. I've decided I'm handing in my resignation next week after 14 years and no other job lined up. I just can't look these people in the face. I'm not cut out for this corporate bu .it.
    via u/PuraVidaPagan
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    CarlosAVP 21 hr. ago For years, I've have always jokingly said that “I'm not a people person". I really mean it. If I could get through a day without any kind of human interaction, I would be a very happy person. The thought of actually having to talk to people or be around them kind of ruins my day.
    via u/CarlosAVP
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    ImNotR istBuuuut 19 hr. ago • My nieces and nephew think our house's Internet gets really spotty after an hour. It's always when they're watching cartoons or YouTube Kids on the tablet, too. They think they've got it figured out. I hear them explaining to eachother that it's just something weird our house does when too many devices are using the router, and it always comes back after fifteen minutes.
    via u/ImNotR**istBuuuut
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    "Yep, that's exactly it," I assure them, impressed with their technical proficiency, whilst pushing the block devices button on our router's phone app. They have absolutely no idea I can do that. And since that's the most effective way to put the tablets down and get them outside for a bit, I ain't tellin'.
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    T inasock10 21 hr. ago • I once ate an entire box of double stuff Oreos in one sitting
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    Most Likely ToYahtzee . 18 hr. ago My girlfriend has been bringing up marriage for the past year since we've been living with each other for some time. Her family anticipates it, my family anticipates it, some friends have even encouraged it. I have been very standoffish about it because I went through a not-so-great divorce a few years ago.
    via u/MostLikelyToYahtzee
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    The poker face is because I already bought the ring. She is completely oblivious, I'm going to keep it that way until I pop the question in a few weeks.
    via u/MostLikelyToYahtzee

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