Most people want to be accepted with all of their weird quirks, so finding a person you love and can be yourself with is basically hitting the relationship jackpot. Plus, when you’re serious with someone, you get to see all the little things that make you realize how amazing your SO is. Until those small details reveal a side of them you didn’t know even existed.
TheDuskDragon decided to find out what happens when people learn something deeply uncomfortable about their partners. So when they asked fellow married Redditors, "What is the creepiest thing your spouse has ever done?" hundreds of responses flooded in, each more unexpected than the last one.
Have a read through some of the weirdest answers we have collected from this thread and upvote the ones that surprised you the most! If you're feeling up to it, be sure to share your own unsettling stories in the comment section below.
#1
My wife speaks in a different language in her sleep. A completely formed language, with repeating words, clear articulation, sentence formation and proper cadence - but not of this world. She says that her parents told her she's been doing this since she learned to talk. She even responds to questions in her sleep... in the other language.
447points
#2
My wife suffers from very vivid dreams/nightmares.
One night, very late, she was dead asleep while I was reading in bed next to her. Snoring away gently, I'm perusing the newest collection of Stephen King stories.
In a blink of an eye, she goes from lying on her side to sitting up straight in bed, while making a noise of "nnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
She sat there panting for a few seconds, then looked over at my terrified face.
"What?" she said.
I was only able to speak once my balls had descended from out of my chest and my butthole had unpuckered from being the size of a printed period.
Report
414points
#3
My wife will hide for quite a while to scare the s**t out of me; I mean 10-20 minutes to catch me off guard. For awhile it happened when I got out of the shower.
It got so bad that I would creep out of the shower and look for her all over the house in nothing but a towel and a judo pose. There were a few times I searched all over the house only to find out she had left to go shopping.
Edit: Thanks for the upvotes! I'm glad to see I'm not alone in this...
Report
410points
We were raised to believe that finding love will be a smooth and exciting experience. But the truth is, relationships are complicated. When we start dating, we tend to look at our crushes with rose-tinted glasses, but their flaws come to light sooner or later. Maybe your partner has mild trust issues. Perhaps they have a secret hobby you're not aware of. Or maybe they have such odd habits that it sends chills down your spine.
Very few people like to admit that some of their behaviors are strange. But the truth is, "everyone has something about them that others may not understand and label as 'odd,'" New York and New Jersey-based psychotherapist Kimberly Hershenson told Bored Panda.
Sometimes it can be hard to figure out when a person is just acting weird, and when they are making others feel uneasy. If your loved one gives you a bad vibe that makes you feel uncomfortable, Hershenson suggested thinking about what drew you to them in the first place. "What are their positive attributes? Be inquisitive. Ask them about their behavior and try to understand why they do what they do."
#4
My wife has muttered in her sleep before. Nothing very intelligible. But one night about a year ago I came in after she was already asleep, and started getting undressed.
"Hi honey!" she says in the cheeriest, most awake voice you can imagine. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't faintly hoped, at this point, that I might be about to get lucky.
"Hi? What are you still doing awake? It's after midnight."
No answer. I put on my pajamas.
"Honey?" she says, as if to get my attention.
"Yeah?"
"You're gonna burn..."
I slept with one eye open that night. She did not remember in the morning.
Report
293points
#5
I woke up around 3AM after having a nightmare about a ghost. I woke my SO for comfort, but he turned to me and said, totally serious, "there are no such things as ghosts, just giant mothmen that take you away while you're sleeping." He remembered nothing the next morning.
Report
254points
#6
My girlfriend is incredibly talkative in her sleep. She usually says funny s**t like "tell that jalapeño to put some pants on!" But sometimes the stuff she does gets pretty creepy. One time I was on my iPad and she started laughing in this really thin, stiff, creepy horror movie kind of way and then jolted up (still fully asleep). She proceeded to look around the room pointing and laughing at things in the same creepy way. I could see her actually moving her head seeing something new each time. Then I asked her (since she is very awake in a lucid dream state) what she is laughing at...she says "all the little kids in the room are laughing at me." Typing it out it doesn't sound that creepy but I was so freaked out I jumped up and bolted to turn on the lights. Didn't sleep that well that night.
Report
235points
While misunderstandings and conflicts in relationships are inevitable, things usually get resolved through honest communication and discussion of boundaries. According to the psychotherapist, your partner’s behavior can affect your relationship only if you let it.
She asked you to think about your initial deal breakers when you were dating. "Most likely, this behavior wasn’t on there. What will help you to move past it?" What really matters is how serious and determined you are to protect your relationship and resolve this problem.
#7
My husband and I used to own Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock standups. Sometimes when he was in the shower, I would take the standup and quietly set it outside the shower curtain, so that when he opened it BAM there Mr. Spock would be. Kirk, being the creeper that he is, often stood over my husband while he slept, and hubby would wake up to Kirk's happy smirking mug right above him.
Man, I'm lucky to be married. I'm way too weird for my own good.
Report
220points
#8
I tend to talk in my sleep, and one morning my husband woke me up to tell me that in the middle of the night I had very clearly said, "they're in the next room...lets kill them." I guess I'm the creepy one.
Report
196points
Whether you see your partner acting suspicious for the first time or had to deal with such behaviors for years, it can be hard to know how to react. Hershenson explained that you shouldn’t hold your feelings back but remember to be kind. "Criticizing and putting a partner down is never the answer," she continued. "Share something about yourself that makes you uncomfortable and try and relate to your partner."
Just remember that "they are doing this behavior for a reason." Your partner may not even realize they are making you feel creeped out or they might not see it as a big deal. Whatever the reason, you should not feel this way in your relationship, so try talking to your partner and give them a chance to change.
#9
It seems like every time we get into a huge fight and I start crying he gets a boner.
Report
194points
#10
One night my spouse got up to get water just as I was starting to fall asleep. When she came back in the room she crawled around the bed to my side, and licked my hand, which was dangling over the edge of the bed. I woke up thinking a dog was in the room, saw her crouching down there and jumped out of the bed. I couldn't even speak for a minute because of how much it scared me, and she just rolled around on the floor laughing hysterically.
Report
193points
#11
Before we started dating, my wife stalked me. Once, she called me at 1:00AM, saying that she just happened to be on my street and found a lost dog, knowing full damned well that I have a soft spot for strays. When I came outside, she said the dog ran away, and we spent the next two hours trying to track it down. I'm starting to think that there was never a dog.
Report
185points
#12
My husband will do this thing where he gets naked and bends his knees and elbows and kind of shuffles toward me, rocking his pelvis and wiggling his fingers. It's the creepiest thing ever and he likes to chase me around the house doing it. The more I scream the more he does it. I don't think it would be as creepy if he had clothes on and his balls were in check.
Report
181points
#13
She'll gaze deep into my deep blue eyes and say how much she loves them...
Then quietly adds "I'm gunna cut them out and keep them when you die"
Report
174points
#14
My husband walks and talks in his sleep regularly.. The list of creepy things is endless, but the creepiest so far has been one night when he burst out in hysterical laughter in his sleep followed by, "Tell the janitor I'm sorry for the blood on the walls"
Report
169points
#15
My wife will sometimes mumble or talk very incoherently in her sleep. Usually it's more or less gibberish and can even be cute. BUT, one night about a year ago, I kinda half woke up in the middle of the night and rolled over and found my wife on her side facing away from me. I, of course, took this as a perfect opportunity to spoon. I scooted over behind her and just as I put my arm around her she shrugged me off, almost instinctively. So not think much of it, I waited for a second and tried again. Slightly re-positioning myself I went to scoop her up again, this time however, she didn't simply shrug me off. Nope, this time, just as I made contact with her, she threw my arm off as she sat up, turned to me wide eyed, and said in an almost demonic voice, "DON'T YOU F**KING TOUCH ME!" Then she immediately rolled back onto her side motionless. Nearly sh**ting myself I pretty much vaulted to the opposite edge of the bed where I stayed the rest of the night.
The best part? The next morning I awoke in a near panic to her trying to spoon me. Asking as to why I was so squirmy, I told her what had happened during the night. She began to laugh hysterically saying she doesn't remember. To this day, I always poke her before I try to cuddle during the night.
Report
169points
#16
I have night terrors. I also talk in my sleep. I also sleep walk.
In the past I have smacked my fiance's chest in a dead sleep and told him he was a bad gorilla. He has found me in the kitchen cracking eggs into a cup (and missing the cup). He asked me what I was doing and I responded with "Im preparing for labor". I've never been pregnant. Ever.
Report
157points
#17
My husband had fallen asleep on the couch when I went to pick up pizza. I tried to wake him up and this happened:
Him: "I'm sorry"
Me: "What? For what?"
Him: "The prisoners. They wouldn't tell me what I needed so I chopped their hands off"
Me: "No you didn't, wake up and eat your damn pizza"
Him: "I cut their hands off and they couldn't eat and they died"
Me: "Seriously, what the f**k. WAKE UP"
Him: "I drove the tank and squished people"
I actually recorded this 10 minute conversation. When I finally woke him up I played it for him and he was confused but thought it was hilarious.
He was military at the time and had never deployed....That I know of..
Report
154points
#18
She likes to hide under our bed when we are about to go to sleep. And when I stand right next to the bed she would grab my ankle and scare the s**t out of me, followed by an evil laughter and a face full of satisfaction for scaring me.
Report
151points
#19
Stood up every doll our girls own, in the kitchen on the counter, during the night…knowing full well I always get up for a glass of water. flipped on the lights, had a panic attack, and had doll nightmares for months
Report
146points
#20
My wife has long dark hair. She likes to hang it over her face like the girl from the Grudge/The Ring and lean on the outside of the bathroom door when I'm in there taking a shower. She usually sits down on the floor and waits. I'll open the bathroom door and she'll crumple in like a corpse without making any noise. So I'll see some movement out of the bottom corner of my eye, then my brain will kick in and think something is attacking my feet, then I'll scream like a crazy man and she'll die laughing on the floor. Then I'll be paranoid for a month or two, then she'll do it 10 months later when my guard is completely down.
Report
139points