Marriage is a big step in any relationship. After all, committing to spending the rest of your life with someone isn’t a decision most people take lightly. That’s why couples spend plenty of time getting to know each other before tying the knot. From going on dates and meeting each other’s families to moving in together and getting engaged, there are usually quite a few milestones along the way.
But even after all that, there’s no guarantee you know absolutely everything about your partner. Redditors asked fellow users to share what they only found out about their spouses after saying “I do,” and there was no shortage of answers. From hilarious to heartbreaking, we’ve rounded up some of the most interesting ones. Scroll down to read them!
#61
He's very much like a llama. Upset him at just the right time and he'll completely lose his appetite and refuse to eat for a while.
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#62
Nothing. That's why it took us 7 years to get married. I told her I'm only doing this once so we better be sure. Happy together since 2000.
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#63
How shockingly alike we are.
We're going on year number 5 together and year number 2.5 married.
She and I think so much alike that it's scary. To the point where we say the same things at the same time in the same exact way on a daily basis.
If I didn't know for a fact that she wasn't my "Earth-11" or "Rule 63" counterpart then I'd be worried.
We're going on year number 5 together and year number 2.5 married.
She and I think so much alike that it's scary. To the point where we say the same things at the same time in the same exact way on a daily basis.
If I didn't know for a fact that she wasn't my "Earth-11" or "Rule 63" counterpart then I'd be worried.
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#64
I literally only discovered this the moment we were married -- that he has a very romantic side.
All the time we were together before, I probably would have said I would have liked a little more traditional romance, but I appreciated how straightforward and pragmatic he was about other things and thought I can't have it both ways. I could add that he is a theoretical physicist who works with engineers, and he has the personality to match. He always said he thought marriage was essentially meaningless. Eventually, for external reasons, we decided to do it (I proposed to him, by the way, with a new watch). We threw together a cheap little ceremony in a few weeks to "get it over with" as we both put it.
He put on his suit, I put on my pretty dress, we had the officiant there (that I found on Yelp two weeks before) and got started. However, when it came time for the vows and the ring exchange, I suddenly found myself facing a very sentimental man, who was clearly deeply in love with me and overjoyed to be marrying me. After that, the same man who took years to feel comfortable holding my hand in public for even five minutes was hugging and kissing me in front of everyone at every moment he could during the ceremony. Then he wanted to celebrate every "week-iversary" then every "month-iversary" with romantic dinners and having the same cake we had at our wedding. He starts celebrating at 12:01 AM on our anniversaries. He gazes lovingly at his wedding ring and always wants me to do the Wonder Twins thing with him by clicking our rings together. Who'd a thunk it?
All the time we were together before, I probably would have said I would have liked a little more traditional romance, but I appreciated how straightforward and pragmatic he was about other things and thought I can't have it both ways. I could add that he is a theoretical physicist who works with engineers, and he has the personality to match. He always said he thought marriage was essentially meaningless. Eventually, for external reasons, we decided to do it (I proposed to him, by the way, with a new watch). We threw together a cheap little ceremony in a few weeks to "get it over with" as we both put it.
He put on his suit, I put on my pretty dress, we had the officiant there (that I found on Yelp two weeks before) and got started. However, when it came time for the vows and the ring exchange, I suddenly found myself facing a very sentimental man, who was clearly deeply in love with me and overjoyed to be marrying me. After that, the same man who took years to feel comfortable holding my hand in public for even five minutes was hugging and kissing me in front of everyone at every moment he could during the ceremony. Then he wanted to celebrate every "week-iversary" then every "month-iversary" with romantic dinners and having the same cake we had at our wedding. He starts celebrating at 12:01 AM on our anniversaries. He gazes lovingly at his wedding ring and always wants me to do the Wonder Twins thing with him by clicking our rings together. Who'd a thunk it?
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#65
After the whole Chris Brown/Rihanna story broke, she said "I don't see what the big deal is. I'd slap you around too if you ever check my cell phone."
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#66
Currently living together engaged, but...
Anything she does has a mess left. She cooks, the pots/pans stay on the stove. Showers always have her old clothes left in the bathroom. Trying to find a specific shirt, you bet you there are clothes scatter across the floor.
Other than that everything's perfect.
Anything she does has a mess left. She cooks, the pots/pans stay on the stove. Showers always have her old clothes left in the bathroom. Trying to find a specific shirt, you bet you there are clothes scatter across the floor.
Other than that everything's perfect.
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#67
My wife has very strong opinions on natural foods, added sugars, preservatives, and organic growing methods. After we got married I noticed that several staples of my diet were slowly being phased out. The other shoe didn't fully drop until we had kids, at which point everything was evaluated for content before purchase, and many things were just barred from being brought into the house.
This isn't a bad thing, I'm healthier than I have ever been in my life, but she didn't show any of the signs of being this crunchy before we got married.
This isn't a bad thing, I'm healthier than I have ever been in my life, but she didn't show any of the signs of being this crunchy before we got married.
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#68
She's really strict about things and super Type A, but is also as lazy as me, so it doesn't actually get done.
Also, apparently she missed the part of our long conversations about adoption when I VERY CLEARLY stated that I didn't want to adopt babies because I don't like them and they are in high demand and it's the kids that need us. She recently informed me, "If we're adopting, we're getting a baby." So that's been great.
Also, apparently she missed the part of our long conversations about adoption when I VERY CLEARLY stated that I didn't want to adopt babies because I don't like them and they are in high demand and it's the kids that need us. She recently informed me, "If we're adopting, we're getting a baby." So that's been great.
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#69
Not married (thankfully) but I had a girlfriend and after a couple of months it came out that she thought the earth was flat.
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#70
So, to start. I like spiders. I don't particularly love them, but I don't mind them and I make it a point to try to let them live. I even let them hang out in the corners of rooms and later clean up their leftover houses and stuff. Afterall, they're just going to eat up all the other bugs that I don't want around like mosquitos and such.
Forward to last week- 10 years with my husband, 7 of which we've been married. I pull out a spider decoration for Halloween (it's a stuffed spider with wire legs that's about 2 feet wide) and he proceeds to calmly tell me to please take it away and he doesn't want to see it because he has- and apparently always has had- an extreme spider phobia.
I thought it was a joke and he was just doing a bad job at being funny so I threw the spider at him.
I won't do that again.
Forward to last week- 10 years with my husband, 7 of which we've been married. I pull out a spider decoration for Halloween (it's a stuffed spider with wire legs that's about 2 feet wide) and he proceeds to calmly tell me to please take it away and he doesn't want to see it because he has- and apparently always has had- an extreme spider phobia.
I thought it was a joke and he was just doing a bad job at being funny so I threw the spider at him.
I won't do that again.
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#71
The shedding. My god, the shedding. I'd like to put a long sleeve shirt on without getting one of her hairs stuck between my fingers on the way through the sleeves. Man, I remember what that was like.
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#72
How hard working he is. When we were engaged he was training in his field. He is naturally intelligent, so didn't study much and played a lot of games. Now that he's in his career, I've seen such a shift in his attitude and nature.
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#73
It took me 7 years to figure it out, and it was because of a post I saw on Reddit. She is a malignant narcissist.
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