Secrets can make or break a relationship. Sometimes, it can bring people together. Other times, it’s the reason why people never speak to one another again. In romantic relationships, for example, trust is essential. Yet one in five married people say they’re keeping a secret from their spouse.

Still, we like reading about the times some juicy secrets get revealed. Especially when they don’t involve us. One person online recently prompted others to share their best-kept secrets, when they asked: “What’s the most disturbing secret you’ve ever been told?”

From heartbreaking ones like secret affairs and deathbed confessions to more chaotic evil ones like feeding vegetarians meat and never washing jeans, people shared all kinds of secrets.

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#1

My stepdad confessed on his deathbed that he’d spent thirty years with my very difficult mother just to be sure I could have a normal life. He passed away from cancer about a week later.

For what it’s worth I’m married to a wonderful woman, have two amazing kids, and a fantastic career.

Thanks Dad.

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#2

My cousin was a nanny for a wealthy family in the upper west side for three years. They had one daughter who had dairy allergies. My cousin thought she could ease dairy into her diet and make her allergy disappear. So she did that, slowly adding dairy into her diet. The poor little girl had allergic reactions, and her parents could not figure it out. Of course, my cousin didn’t fess up. And of course, the allergy never disappeared. That poor girl, having such bad reactions and all because of my cousin’s psycho way of thinking.

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#3

I remembered another one. I used to hang out with a ex-Mormon friend. There was a condom commercial on and she shook her head saying she’d never had to use them before. I was like, “What? You’ve had like 3 long term ex boyfriends I’m aware of?” Then she told a few stories about her and her oldest brother and the yearly at-home abortion methods and the 3 children I didn’t know existed that survived her attempts. I’m just sitting there staring at the wall while she’s digging deeper and deeper into her childhood and late teens. She mentions things between her brother started when she was 8 years old and her brother was in his 20’s and blamed herself for being so attention seeking. Obviously her brother is a predator and made her feel this way. The one time she tried to tell on her brother her dad ended up taking the fall for his son. The Mormon church made it all go away and nothing became of it.

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#4

A co-worker told me her 2nd child wasn’t her husband’s.

Did not need that information.

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#5

My ex would feed vegetarians meat and not tell them.

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#6

Not as crazy as others’, but I found out that my dad is actually my stepdad and my real dad left immediately after I was born. 18 years and still haven’t met the guy.

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#7

A friend of mine told me she is having an affair with one of our friend’s father.

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#8

i slept with a guy who was a civil engineer once, and he worked on a multimillion dollar high rise building he ultimately had to quit working on because they wanted it built under dimensions that weren’t safe for the soil conditions. so they said either say its safe or we find someone who will. and when he refused, they did.

supposedly, that building [which he wouldnt specificy for obvious reasons], ended up in fact being built the way they wanted, and it will likely face significant structural issues and lawsuits in future years. it may even be dangerous for residents.

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#9

A friend of mine who is married told me that before he was married he was teaching English in Thailand and they he was in a relationship with a ladyboy for three years he says if it’s a wife ever finds out she will definitely break up with him.

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#10

Someone once told me literally where the body was burried.

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#11

My mother told me that my father physically hurt my brother as a toddler. She said dad had grabbed him by the back of the neck in a rage, and my brother held his head crooked for weeks.

She finally took my brother to the doctor. My brother was fine, but mom asked her little boy to lie, and not tell the doctor what dad had done to him.

I wasn’t even born yet, but my father was a violent man throughout my whole childhood. I wish my parents had gotten a divorce much earlier.

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#12

My mom got pregnant her senior year of highschool. She have the baby up for adoption to one of my aunt’s friends. My mom told me last year. I’m 41 now. My half sister is 47. Several family members have taken the secret to their grave.

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#13

My grandma told me that before I was born my mother had an affair with my dad’s married brother. She apparently cheated a lot. When I was out of the house and married my dad got a letter in the mail telling him she was cheating again and going on trips with this guy. They finally got divorced.

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#14

I knew my moms grandpa had died young (like 50-55) but never knew how. apparently, a cop was driving drunk and way over speed limit, hit his tractor from behind which flipped over and slid over 200 feet, killing him instantly

the cop had to pay around 1000 dollars in todays money as compensation, but did not get sentenced to jail or anything else for that matter (very small town and the cop was buddy buddy with the town leaders)

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#15

Ex-Coworker “has a few bodies to the list” and that he was an ex gang member/door knocker. He also told me when he was on “vacation” back home in “Samoa”, he was really back in Utah getting revenge on the dude who shot up his apartment when he was living there. Amazing family man and great guy but after hearing all that , I couldn’t help but see him in a new light and take him a little more seriously since he was really goofy and free going, almost like a class clown type. He’s got my back like a brother but me and him are of two different worlds and mindsets after such a revelation.

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#16

Chicago detective told me how they would wrap a dry cleaner bag over someone’s face to get them to sign a confession.

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#17

So, I once had a friend confess to me that they had a secret relationship with their married boss. It wasn’t just a fling either; it went on for years. They’d sneak around, have secret rendezvous, and even go on fake business trips together. The worst part? The boss’s spouse had no idea and thought everything was perfectly fine.

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#18

Someone confessed they never wash their jeans. like ever. still can’t decide if it’s genius or gross.

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#19

My boss faked his qualifications entirely.

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#20

A friend once confessed they enjoy eating pizza with mayonnaise on top.

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#21

Had a roommate show me an article in the local section of the city newspaper, it was about a young man killed outside of a club. He had gotten into a fight and the other person punched him and he then fell and hit his head on the curb and later died. The incident had happened a year prior and they were still looking for the suspect.
Roommate told me it was him, he had punched the dude. He had a bad temper and I believed him.

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#22

When my dad was younger, he joined the air force. His mother, my grandmother, who I couldn’t stand, almost had a nervous breakdown because she was afraid he would go over seas.

I found out, from a very reliable source, that she actually prayed that something would happen to him to him to prevent him from going over seas.

About 6 months into his enlistment, he was struck with a crippling disease that caused him to have to spend the rest of his life in a wheel chair.

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