It is no secret that a lot of us have hidden things from our parents at one point or another. Whether it was that one time you snuck out to a party you weren’t allowed to attend, or opened that box of chocolates you weren’t supposed to touch, it is very much inevitable that parents won’t know everything about what their children do.
Someone online, in the r/AskMen subreddit, decided to ask men about the secrets they’ve hidden from their parents, and they delivered plenty. The question went viral, collecting 13.8k upvotes and prompting 5.4k comments. Scroll down for the whole list, consider upvoting the entries you found the most interesting and leave a comment!
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#21

Im the one that made all the leprechaun movies disappear throughout my childhood. I took them to granny’s house & made sure they’d never see the light of day again.
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125points
#22

I used to drive the family car when they were away at work. Like everytime. Just drive around the neighbourhood. I was 15.
122points
#23

That I watched Ben 10. Growing up, I said that Ben 10 was stupid and then I watched an episode and loved it. But not wanting to be a hypocrite, I would put a sign on my door and say don’t come into until 10:30 which was what time Ben 10 ended on Saturday mornings.
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107points
#24

I once took my dads motorbike on a 4 hour round trip because I woke up late for a scuba diving trip when I was 18.
I was being picked up by the instructor and just overslept by about 45 min and didn't hear them at the door. My parents were away so I put on all my dads bike gear (we are pretty similar in size) and drove about two hours up the motorway and spent the day diving before driving home. Filled up the tank on the way home to cover my tracks!
I didn't have a license or insurance (although I could drive a bike).
I don't think he would even care now (I'm 33) but I've just never had the right moment to tell him.
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98points
#25

In high school, the melted floor mats in my mom's new car were because I sprayed febreeze on dog c**p that a friend's shoe brought in and it "reacted like that".
In truth, it was a firecracker that someone tried to chuck out the window and it bounced off the glass and landed inside the car. They forgot the child safety windows didn't go all the way down.
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96points
#26

Those 20 beers that were stashed under my bed..I was NOT holding them for a friend
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88points
#27

Back in high-school, we went on a family vacation to Hayward Wisconsin. Me, my brother, and my cousin had these under water fire crackers we'd been lighting and throwing in the lake. Well, I convinced my cousin to light one and throw it in the toilet of the cabin we rented. Sure enough, it cracked the bowl and all the water spilled out. When it came time to fess up, none of us had any idea what happened and my uncle had to go buy a new toilet to install. I think we told them the truth about a decade later.
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76points
#28

That I was a bouncer for a night club for about a year and that I took a personal loan for my classes.
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76points
#29

When I moved across the country 2 years ago my car broke down in the middle of Texas. I ditched it there and took a rental the rest of the way and bought a used car on Facebook 2 weeks later. They still think I’m driving the same car I had when I left.
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76points


