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People Share Their Most Shocking Secrets They'd Never Tell Their Friends And Family

People Share The Most Shocking Secrets They Know About Their Friends And Family
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Everyone has secrets -- those facts about themselves that they're either ashamed of or want to keep to private.

Some secrets are harmless and not even meant to be a secret -- it just so happens no one knows.

Others are shocking and may even make people look at your differnetly.

Redditors have some shocking secrets of their own, and they are ready to share them.


It all started when Redditor Difficult-House6853 asked:

"What’s a secret that would change how the people around you look at you if they knew?"

What Happened To Just Say No?

"In high school I kept my DARE pledge in my stash box until one day when I ran out of papers and used my pledge to roll a J."

– DanManKs

"How DARE you!!!"

– OkVolume1

Time To Leave

"All of my friends and family are Jehovahs witnesses, they think I am but I plan to leave. 85% of them will shun me when I leave."

– Allegedlystupid

"I hear you, left evangelicalism 20ish years ago. It’ll be scary and lonely at first but as you become the person you were meant to be instead of the person they told you to be, you’ll bond with others over shared interests and build new relationships. It takes time, be patient, but it’s worth it."

– Mr_Lumbergh

I Don't Wanna Know

"People think that I’m a good listener, and that just makes them say things to me that they really shouldn’t. I’m only listening because I don’t want to be rude, not because I care. Don’t tell me your family secrets, please."

– A_Guy_From_The_ME

No Rhyme Or Reason

"A few years ago, I went to the zoo during their Halloween celebration month where costumes were allowed. I dressed up as a zoo keeper. I told people that the penguins were animatronic. That when the giraffes get sick we feed them to the lions. I told a group of children that scientifically speaking, snakes and apples are cousins."

– Binder_of_chains

"I love how bizarre this is."

– Pickingupthepieces

The Horror!

"I like Cheese Whiz"

– Peckerhead321

"Not going to lie, I put that on an apple cider donut once as a gag... sh*t was soooo good. Like... I finished it. And thought about more. Never did it after that, but I think about it every now and then."

– BludgeIronfist

The Travesty!

"I’m a Philadelphian and I think cheesesteaks are soooo f*cking stupid. They’re really not that good. It’s the most okayest sandwich and people around here will steal your catalytic converter if you don’t succumb to their Philly cult."

– asking_for_it

"Can't argue with this but as a "born in Philly" guy, I get irrationally angry when food places serve "Philly Cheesesteaks" and their default toppings are green peppers and onions."

– MarcusAntione

Social Media Is Beneficial!

"How normal I've felt since I started using TikTok. I've learned so many things I berated myself for and told myself I was a freak are in fact things many, many other people do. There's really no unique life, everyone has something in common with someone."

– LordyIHopeThereIsPie

Superhero! Or A Dog...

"My sense of smell is off the charts. I can usually tell if someone showers in the morning or at night by the way their hair smells. If someone ate a yogurt in an auditorium hours prior but threw out the container in the trash and I walk in on the other side of the room I can smell the yogurt. My memory is also sense-driven. I remember people by their voices or scent, not their faces, or if there is something different about them (odd gait, odd body proportions, etc). My touch memory is also weird. Did I lock the front door? I focus on my hand and go through what my hand has felt in the past 20 minutes and if the feeling of locking the door is there I’m good. I’m literally a freak and if people knew how much of their behavior/body-oddities/scent I actually have no choice but to remember, everyone would look at me like I’m a monster."

– crashmurph

Alien! Or A Frog...

"I’m from a different planet… I just don’t want to be stereotyped as having big eyes and skinny legs and green, I’m not anything like that."

– AdditionalCheetah354

"You just described a frog"

– MN_Hotdish

"Do you have a waggy tail and floppy ears? Do you lollop when you run? You may be a labrador."

– The_Queef_of_England

"This is fascinating! The closest thing is I don't read by letters, but by shapes. So if two words have the same peaks and valleys, I have trouble reading it. It's also why I can read upsidedown at the same speed as right-side up."

– hobbes8889

Net Worth

"I’m a janitor. But I’m worth over a million dollars because I own real estate."

– Flashy-Weather3529

"Thats awesome. I work in Wealth Management, and one of the most surprising things I have learned is how people seem as though they are poor, but are just humble people living a simple life. A guy I work with regularly lives out of his van with his dog, drives all over the US and Mexico but has millions. One of my favorite people to interact with because he is so kind and mellow."

– ItsbeenBroughton

Check The 'Yes' Box

"I’m a convicted felon. Nothing violent, a white collar crime."

– PhotographIcy600

"F*ck people who disrespect felons. In the face or the law, you have served your sentence and redeemed yourself. The moment you step out of jail, your criminal record should not interfere with your life in any way (unless special security checks). Everyone deserves a second chance, and anyone who thinks otherwise is an absolute idiot with no empathy."

– S0crates420

Woof Woof

"I get more of a rush out of training my dog than any experience I've shared with humans. Dogs just feel more intense and genuine. when you look at them you know they are there, present, with you. There's only a handful of people I can say have ever even come close to that level of understanding and none of them managed to achieve it without words the way the dogs I've worked with can."

– Avengerwolf626

"As someone who always had a dog growing up and not that many friends or people around, the connection you get with a dog is probably the most honest and pure form of love one can experience. I can't have a dog right now and I miss that connection very much"

– JoStormBorn

It's all about the love!

Do you have any secrets you're to get off your chest? Let us know in the comments below.

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