45 Times People Accidentally Learned A Secret That Changed How They Saw Someone Forever

Not so much a secret and pretty trivial, but it still sticks with me. I saw an acquantance who I thought relatively highly of not return their cart to the corral at the grocery store. I'm still in disbelief of how much that changed how I view them.

My roommate is an absolutely cool and considerate person but they’re 14 years older than they say they are.

I found out from a cousin nearly 20 years ago that my mom had been married and divorced before marrying my dad and having me. There were no children from the marriage and I don't know any of the details, but it must have happened sometime between 1969 and 1976.

My mom doesn't know that I know and I've never brought it up. I assume there's a reason she never talked about it and if she ever wants me to know about it, she'll tell me herself.

I worked with a guy for years and only found out he was an ultra marathon runner by reading the news about a race he won.

I had a weird feeling about a lady who started working with us a few months ago. I get along with everyone but I just did not like this lady even though she’s always been nice to me. I ended up finding out she is notorious for trying to sleep with her coworkers husbands.

A second cousin of mine projects the perfect family, life online with her amazing catch of a husband. I found out he was married and they had an affair. His poor first wife even confronted them in public and they had been married less than a year.

My mum and dad were really my aunt and uncle and my aunt and uncle were really my mum and step dad.

Got to know a friend has a hard relationship with her family due to her brothers’ use of illegal substances and attention seeking patterns. I stood by her through everything even when she needed me at 2 am to vent it all out. It’s been 7 years to us being best friends.

My best friend from my hometown called the Dave Ramsey show and it aired. I use to be an avid listener when I was trying to tackle my own debt. I recognized her voice immediately. I had no idea she was in so much debt.

I found out someone who always joked and smiled was quietly paying off a sibling’s medical bills.

I used to be really involved with the family of one of my close friends. Her father was one of my favourite people, he was just so funny and caring and the way he treated his wife was so special, there was just this charismatic energy that really drew you in… and then one day I found out from his daughter (my friend) he had been leaving love notes to his wife’s sister (who was also her best friend) about being in love with her and wanting to run away together etc. the sister told him never to send them to her again and get back to loving his wife. I couldn’t look at him the same after that. I started to see his charisma was a facade. Over time I slowly distanced from the family because I also couldn’t look at the mother the same. I don’t believe my friend ever told her mother. I don’t think anyone did. Theyre still married and the wife’s sister still spends all her time with them, I just cannot imagine it.

My grandad forced gran to abort their 3rd child for money reasons even though they were doing ok. She always wanted a girl. Then I was born and she helped my dad take me from my own mum and forced her way into raising me. She did a lot of damage but hurt people, hurt people.

I saw a friend of mine - who is a devoted Christian man who preaches the gospel and has a female partner - making out with a a transgender woman. Never said a word to anyone except today on Reddit.

There's a lady that is pretty big on the charity scene in my area. She has the image of a good Christian woman. My company cleaned for her and I overheard an incredibly racist conversation she was having. NDA bound or I would blast her publicly. Best I can do right now is quietly influence my networking groups and companies I work with not to use her or take her money.

I pieced together that my work friend who I have a crush on was sleeping with our mutual work friend, who is married. Going by some of her vague Facebook posts I'm pretty sure she also had a major feelings crashout over him. Feels bad man! She might actually suspect or at least wonder if I know, just because I'm friends with him too, but she and I are both super private and avoidant and would never, ever talk about anything like that.

Probably for the best I know about it, at least from my end, because I'm in no state of mind right now to get into a relationship anyway, and knowing she could even do some stuff like that made me realize that's no one I should be with even if she was interested. But sadly you can't logic your way out of a crush.

Found out someone I used to dislike was actually covering for a sibling all the time. Changed my whole read on their priorities.

Produce manager at the local grocery store never washed her hands after using the bathroom. Big nope.

Had a friend I met through an old job move to the city we both used to live in (I indirectly convinced her to move there some months after I arrived) and she had some bad habits, a drinking problem, could be a bit manipulative and reckless with the idea that fate or life would just cover for her b******t. Anyways, within just a few months of moving to the city she shaved her head and began partying too much she lost her wallet on K and a friend and I had to go searching for it in and around the venue we were at, she'd skip work a lot (I got her a job where I worked too, maybe a bad idea) and she got to the point she was dumpster diving for bagels from a local place because she couldn't afford groceries all while asking me for $10 for beers after work which I said no to.

None of this was the secret in question OP, but over a year later I found out she suddenly moved away back then and had shaved her head because she got caught stealing her neighbors amazon packages and she was worried she'd get arrested. She flew away in an emergency back to the city we had originally met in. It was a wreck. I knew she was messy, but it really flipped something in me that I found out she not only stole from people around her like this, but never said anything to me about it, and acted like such a victim and was so sorry for herself at the time everything was happening. She still doesn't know that I know. Found out through a mutual friend later on.

A friend of mine was dating an awesome dude. He was into… receiving number 2. Luckily I only had to see him once after learning that. .