“His Mother Is Insufferable”: 50 Things People Keep Secret From Their Partners For Their Own Good

My fiancés grandfather always had a thing with dimes. My fiance says every time he sees a dime it makes him think of his grandfather.

For years I have been putting dimes in random places for him to find. I hope finding them makes him happy. He loved his grandfather so much.

Shortly before we got married, both my parents (separately) tried to convince me to call off the wedding because they didn’t like my (then) fiancée.

It really shattered me because I admire my parents and typically would trust their judgement, but they were absolutely wrong.

I would never tell my (now) wife because she has severe anxiety/depression and is constantly struggling with believing everyone thinks the worst of her. No good would come from confirming her fears.

We’ve been married 6 years and still going strong, so take that parents!

When my best friend found out she had cancer, my first thought was, "Oh God, I can't live without her."

It's been a really long time, if ever, since I thought I couldn't live without my husband.

Sometimes I just want alone time and pretend I’m busy or tired so I can just chill by myself. It’s not that I don’t like hanging out, I just need a break sometimes.

I have no clue what he's talking about when he rants about his nerdy superhero comics and shows and games but I love to see him take his time to enjoy anything at all. Past that though I don't care about any of it. I ask questions because he clearly wants to talk more about it though.

I know he kisses my cheek every day before he leaves for work. I’m usually still asleep when he has to leave. Ever since we started spending nights together, if he had to leave while I was asleep he would give me the sweetest light kiss.

I’ll never tell him I know bc I don’t want to ruin the sweetness of it all. But I’ll cherish every kiss as long as I live💖.

I heard our baby say Dada before anyone heard her say Mama. I let my wife think Mama was her first word.

Family life is the most cognitively unfulfilling thing I have ever done. In addition to being constantly exhausted, overstimulated, and overwhelmed, I am so bored being a working mom and wife. And loving my husband and child does not lessen these feelings at all. .

I absolutely love it when he sings. He doesn't do it very often, and when he does, it's always really quiet. But every time I hear it, I stop what I'm doing so I can hear him better. The only reason I won't tell him is because I know he would stop if I brought attention to it, lol. I love this man 😌.

His mother is insufferable, but harmless to adults with self confidence and assuredness.

I don’t trust her with my kid unsupervised and I don’t want her to have 1 on 1 time when he’s old enough to comprehend her incessant spew of negativity and complaints about stuff that doesn’t matter because she’s afraid of silence.

I no longer believe in our religion . . . In any religion.

I don’t want to be his everything. I want him to reconnect with friends and have a life outside of our kids, myself and his job.

Her singing voice is... not good. Like really not good. But she's so happy singing in the car that I told her years ago she has a "unique tone." Now she thinks she could've gone pro. I will never tell her the truth.

I bought a backup of my wedding band incase I lost it, which I did less than a year after marriage.

I absolutely loathe his brother. He’s the worst and I try to find all the excuses to bow out of family events.

When he is playing certain video games and he gets stuck at a spot I will look up the answer on the internet and then vaguely say something or ask something to help prompt him to figure out the solution. He doesn't know that I do this and he just thinks I'm clever.

He still talks about a time when our former roommate ate his candy without asking. I think I may have been the one who ate it. .

I keep a backup gift and cards hidden at all times so I never forget a special day. I rotate it out every couple years.

Haven't had to use it yet, but I won't be caught without.

I don’t like going to my husband’s friend’s weddings or any weddings where he knows a lot of people. Not because I don’t like his friends (and honestly I love dinner, speeches, etc) but because I think the time between an hour after the dance party begins and last call to be the longest hours of my life and I know he’d want to stay the full time.

My husband is an extrovert and is a lot of fun at parties so those hours blink by for him. Whereas, I can’t handle much alcohol at all (I go directly to sleepy, itchy AND need to puke—there is no “fun” tipsy stage for me). I really do want him to have fun so I spend the week mentally prepping to get through 1 late evening and then needing a whole day after to recharge my social battery. Luckily, my husband suspects nothing cuz he’s hungover 😆.

Her lasagna tastes horrible.