'I pretend I have a seven-day period so I can avoid sex': Married people reveal the BRUTAL secrets they keep from their spouses - including one wife who regularly STEALS from her husband
- 16 people revealed the biggest secrets they keep from their partners to The Cut as part of its Marriage: An Investigation series
- Several respondents revealed secrets they keep from their partner regarding their love life
- One woman said she doesn't tell her husband how many pregnancy tests she regularly does, and another said she pretends she has a long period to avoid sex
- Others revealed secrets they keep from their spouse regarding money, including one woman who regularly steals money from her husband
- Another respondent said he buys and sells things on Ebay while his wife sleeps
- A woman, who has been married for one year, said she has lost her wedding ring
A number of married people have revealed the biggest secrets they keep from their spouse.
As part of its Marriage: An Investigation series, The Cut asked a total of 16 married people to reveal the deepest, darkest secrets they keep from their partners.
Not knowing what their partner does for a living, despising their mother-in-law and stealing money from their significant other were among the responses given to the publication.
Yikes! A number of married people have revealed the secrets they keep from their partner, including stealing their partner's money and hating their family members (stock image)
While many respondents revealed minor, lighthearted secrets they keep from their partners, dozens revealed some pretty intense secrets.
43-year-old Anton, who has been married for five years, said he never told his wife how much he loved the woman he cheated on her with.
He said: 'My wife knows I had an affair, but doesn't know how much I loved the woman I cheated on her with.'
Married for 40 years, Laurel, 65, said she regularly steals money from her husband without him knowing.
'I've always stolen small amounts of cash from my husband and hidden it. I once got up to $1,300 and bought a couch,' she said.
Another respondent, Vincent, who has been married for 18 years, said he 'stalks' his partner's emails, texts, and bank account.
'On some days I follow her every move,' the 60-year-old added.
Another respondent, Panos, said they lied about the cost of their wedding.
The 39-year-old, who has been married for just two years, said: 'I lied to my husband about how much our wedding cost. It cost close to six figures. He thinks it cost half that.'
'I buy and sell things on eBay all night while she's sleeping,' 35-year-old Avi revealed about his partner of six years.
A reoccurring theme in some of the respondents' answers revolved around their loves lives.
'I don't tell my husband how many pregnancy tests I take each month. We've been trying to get pregnant for two years, and I take the tests compulsively,' 33-year-old Andrea, who has been married for seven years, said.
Alexa, 30, who has been married to her partner for two years, said: 'I pretend I have a seven-day period so I can avoid sex a little longer.'
'When we met, I told my mother and sister and all my friends about his big penis,' added a respondent named Carolina, 55, who has been married for 20 years.
50-year-old Jeff said he 'despises' his wife's mother, while Dana, 43, said she 'refuses' to tell her husband about a threesome she had.
Dana, who has been married for six years, said: 'I refuse to tell my husband the details of my threesome. I won't say who it was with, or when it was, other than it was before we met.'
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One respondent, Nava, 38, said she 'literally' has no idea what her husband's job is, other than the fact is is 'something with computers'.
Despite being married for only one year Beau, 30, said she misplaced her wedding ring one month ago, she she has 'no idea' where it is.
Another revealed her husband doesn't know much about her eating disorder.
Carrie, 40, who has been married to her husband for eight years, said: 'My husband doesn't know that I’m a binge eater. When he's on work trips or gone for several hours, I eat until I'm sick to my stomach.
'He knows I go to therapy, but he doesn't know it focuses on my eating disorder,' she added.
Appearance was another recurring theme through the respondents revealing secrets they keep from their spouses.
'His teeth make me sick. They are yellow and patchy,' Jill, 39, who has been married for 11 years, said.
Meanwhile, 41-year-old Erica said she lied to her husband of four years about having a nose job.
She said: 'Early in our relationship, my husband and I were looking at old photos and he said I looked different.
'He asked if I'd had a nose job. I flat-out denied it. I wanted him to think I was born this cute,' she added.
