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Man’s Cruel Two-Year Prank Leaves Wife Questioning Their Marriage: “Can I Stop Distrusting Him?”
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Man’s Cruel Two-Year Prank Leaves Wife Questioning Their Marriage: “Can I Stop Distrusting Him?”

Man’s Cruel Two-Year Prank Leaves Wife Questioning Their Marriage: “Can I Stop Distrusting Him?”TikTok Trend “We Listen And We Don’t Judge” Leaves Woman Stunned After Husband’s Confession“Run For The Hills”: Woman Loses Trust In Husband After He Confesses To A 2-Year-Long PrankMan Thinks He’s Joining A Cute Trend From TikTok, Wife Realizes How Manipulative He IsMan’s “Funny” Prank Crosses Into Extreme Manipulation Territory, Wife Can’t Handle The Betrayal“We Listen And We Don’t Judge” Trend Makes Wife Doubt Her Marriage As 2-Year Prank Is Revealed“We Listen And We Don’t Judge”: Viral TikTok Trend Makes Man Confess Crushing Truth To His WifeWife’s Stressed About Husband’s 2-Year-Long Prank To Make Her Spend More Time With Him“Run For The Hills”: Man’s “Funny” Prank Crosses Into Extreme Manipulation Territory“‘We Listen And We Don’t Judge’ Trend Prompted My Husband To Reveal A Cruel Two-Year-Long ‘Prank’”
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If you’ve spent any time on TikTok lately, you’ve probably come across the viral “We Listen and We Don’t Judge” trend. The idea is simple: share a funny or questionable secret with your loved ones and have a great laugh together.

It’s meant to be harmless fun, except for one Redditor, it became anything but. When she decided to join in with her husband, his shocking confession left her questioning their entire marriage.

Read the full story below.

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    The couple decided to take part in the viral “We Listen and We Don’t Judge” TikTok trend

    Image credits: Blake Cheek / unsplash (not the actual photo)

    But when the husband made his shocking confession, his wife was left questioning their entire marriage

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    Image credits: Andrej Lišakov / unsplash (not the actual photo)

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    What experts have to say about the new TikTok challenge

    There are already hundreds of TikTok videos following the “We Listen and We Don’t Judge” trend, some with millions of views. And while people from all walks of life are trying it out—best friends, parents and kids, coworkers—it seems to be especially popular with couples. Perhaps it’s because it allows them to be vulnerable and see where their relationship really stands.

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    “Partners should feel that their relationship is a judgment-free zone where vulnerability and transparency are encouraged,” says Genesis Games, LMFT, a relationship counselor, in a conversation with Well+Good. “However, creating such a culture goes far beyond a viral trend. It requires consistent efforts to show respect, admiration, acceptance, and genuine curiosity toward one another.”

    Many of the confessions are playful, hilarious, and undeniably entertaining. But some are real tearjerkers or outright shocking, like the one shared in the Reddit story. “Watching, I could feel the small heart breaks that went down with the ‘truth’ being delivered,” says therapist Joy Berkheimer, LMFT, PhD, and chief sexologist at the sexual wellness platform SXWA.

    This means that when serious matters are aired publicly for everyone to see, the label “we don’t judge” can easily become an excuse to dodge accountability. Which in turn, could create significant trust issues and harm the relationship.

    That said, if handled carefully, it can also open the door to more meaningful conversations with your partner.

    “I think this trend has potential as a way to increase truth-telling in relationships,” notes Jenn Gunsaullus, PhD, a sexologist and relationship expert. “Sharing small secrets in a ‘public confessional’ setting like TikTok might be productive for getting out minor things that have been hidden, especially if it’s done with humor and mutual respect.”

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    “‘We listen and we don’t judge’ could become part of a couple’s everyday language, creating more opportunities for honesty and less defensiveness,” she adds.

    The most important takeaway is not to stop the discussion after one attempt at opening up. Instead, use it as an opportunity to address fears, hurt feelings, worries, and needs, and to work on improving communication and building healthier habits together.

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    The woman shared when they first started dating, sparking concerns from readers about their age gap

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    They were also horrified by the husband’s “prank” and urged her to consider leaving him

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    Gabija Saveiskyte

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    Hi there! I am a Visual Editor at Bored Panda. My job is to ensure that all the articles are aesthetically pleasing. I get to work with a variety of topics ranging from all the relationship drama to lots and lots of memes and, my personal favorites, funny cute cats. When I am not perfecting the images, you can find me reading with a cup of matcha latte and a cat in my lap, taking photos (of my cat), getting lost in the forest, or simply cuddling with my cat... Did I mention that I love cats?

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    Ace
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "He has PTSD from losing his job". No. He does not have PTSD from losing his job. He's a manipulative abusive fock.

    arthbach
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm just going to repeat it. These are textbook examples of abuse. This person is being manipulated. She is being cut off from family. He is damaging her education by crippling her computer. He is a leech.

    Ivona
    Community Member
    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Playing video games is not the best way of connecting to family. Calling them and writing them would take much less time and be much more informative.

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    KatSaidWhat
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP is being abused and doesn't realise it. Hope she gets out, hope the comments removed the blindfold a bit.

    Skogsrået
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm thinking OP is either naive, stupid or a troll because after all the people commenting and advising her she writes: "I know my post paints a very limited picture but he's hot AF."

    FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wow 🤦🏻‍♀️ Idk how I missed that part but OP is not either naive, stupid, or a troll, it's definitely all of the above, IMHO.

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    TribbleThinking
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He doesn't work, leeches off you and mummy and daddy, and THEN sabotages you so that you pay attention to him and only him? When are you going live your life, explore and develop yourself as the person you could be? Seriously, do you want to be 70, and nursemaid to a leechy spoilt baby be all that you've achieved and experienced in life?

    lenka
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. This is not a funny or questionable secret. This is straight up subversive abuse. He is telling you now because he believes you are sufficiently controlled and submissive that you will not leave him for this. This is on top of the very signficant age difference. Make no mistake... you have been groomed and abused. If you accept this behavior and do not leave, your life is about to get infinitely worse because he will believe that your acceptance gives him the power to do whatever the f**k he wants. He has literally shown and told you who he is. Run far. Run fast. Do not look back.

    Ace
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was going to say that the age difference per so is not such an issue, but the fact that she was 18 to his 28 when they got married does indeed support the idea that she is a victim of grooming.

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    Boo
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On second thought.....she commented "I know my post paints a limited picture but that he's hot AF" I really despair for the human race....

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    The_Nicest_Misanthrope
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So he groomed you, is a jealous psychopath, and hasn't worked for SEVENTEEN YEARS because he has 'trauma' from getting sacked? F**k right off! Run!

    Gwyn
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope this was a giant wake up call for her. She's only 24, she's so young and can easily start over. Can you imagine the daily frustration she went through with that computer, worried about missing deadlines, not able to play with friends, and him sitting there watching her suffer, and totally fine with, day after day.

    zatrisha
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is treating you like a Child - in an abusive way! Get divorced ASAP

    MidnightProphecy
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PTSD from losing a job? So insulting to people who actually do suffer traumatic experiences and have ptsd f*** off you predator

    PE is me
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know I could never trust someone who would manipulate me with so little remorse.

    William Teach
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe these young folks shouldn't be going to TikTok for relationship advice.

    DC
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you've married a 32 yo man when you were an 18 yo woman? Or an 18 yo girl? While with the younger one being of age, I don't see a generalizable problem, the likelihood of it being a problematic relationship that exploits - not only accepts - the gap in age, experience and so forth, still is pretty high. But, age alone isn't a problem, it just helps completing the picture here, as all the other factors check out as well, it may not be a problem as and of itself, but an indicator to look closer, and he really doesn't fail to deliver here, and then some. Leave that idiot. He's using you. Abusing you. Let me guess, if you'd ask him how to turn on the vacuum, he won't know? Ask him which brand of dish soap you have. Will he know? Sounds like you're working to earn money, and he ... just sits around all day? "Doesn't want to apply to avoid trauma from being rejected", oh my ... PTSD for being fired ... oh my ... what a loser. Sabotaging one of your major ways of contact to your siblings doesn't imply any good either, but quite the opposite. Talk to a lawyer. Call in sick at work to not set him off - is he violent? Not necessarily against you, but in general. Just keep in mind that evil, manipulative persons who don't respect you, but exploit you, may not have the most sufficient self-restrictive mechanisms to cope with being "disappointed", or however they call not having everything their ways regardless of how unhinged behaviour and/or demands are. That is, if OP and this story are even real. It's so many red flags, none of them mentioned as such, that I'm not really leaning to believe this is true. But, still, there's a lot of people ignoring red flags their partners are wrapping them into, .... anyway ...

    James King
    Community Member
    4 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think too many people rush to the "Divorce them!!!" answer. But not in this case. This is a manipulative abuser. Run.

    Ivona
    Community Member
    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It depends on how many hours OP had been playing video games instead of spending them doing couple-type things with her husband. To do what he did, he must've been extremely frustrated with her game playing. They should've had a conversation instead of him hampering her computer functions first, of course.

    Jaya
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a prank, this is an abusive relationship. He admits it himself: he sabotages the time she wants to spend with family, because he wants her to spend all her time on him. Textbook abusive relationship. She should not learn how to trust him, she should leave.

    Gen X Feral
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I swear some aholes deserve a toaster in their bathtub. I was be losing my ever loving mind! What a total narcissist sonofabitch!!! RUN GIRL RUN!!!!

    Richienotsorich
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You need to sack him off for being a grown man still watching TikToks!

    Leg less In Minneapolis
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The pole at the end needed the “She will end up D E A D in a ditch when she finally leaves him.” This girl needs professional help

    Broadredpanda
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is someone who has loads of time on their hands and he's manipulated your time to make sure YOUR time belongs to him. You can't EVER TRUST THIS MAN!!!! PTSD my a**e! That can happen if you lose a job that you think is for life but, that was years ago? This is mental abuse and can invade your mental health way deeper than physical abuse (I'm a saviour of both so please don't judge commenters) there's definitely things that he's done but you may not have realised, and because this MF isn't working, he's got nothing but a "how to ruin my wife's relationship with anyone" mentality disgusting. You need to leave! Please leave OP! I wish you well no matter what. X

    Broadredpanda
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Survivor not saviour lol. I always re-read what I write for this reason lol :) I'm not the lord ! Sorry!

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    Orysha
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She should kill this abusive bastard! Any judge in their right mind would find her not guilty.

    Donna Peluda
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago

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    Why can I never find a gullible woman like this to scrounge off.

    Ace
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "He has PTSD from losing his job". No. He does not have PTSD from losing his job. He's a manipulative abusive fock.

    arthbach
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm just going to repeat it. These are textbook examples of abuse. This person is being manipulated. She is being cut off from family. He is damaging her education by crippling her computer. He is a leech.

    Ivona
    Community Member
    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Playing video games is not the best way of connecting to family. Calling them and writing them would take much less time and be much more informative.

    Load More Replies...
    KatSaidWhat
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP is being abused and doesn't realise it. Hope she gets out, hope the comments removed the blindfold a bit.

    Skogsrået
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm thinking OP is either naive, stupid or a troll because after all the people commenting and advising her she writes: "I know my post paints a very limited picture but he's hot AF."

    FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wow 🤦🏻‍♀️ Idk how I missed that part but OP is not either naive, stupid, or a troll, it's definitely all of the above, IMHO.

    Load More Replies...
    TribbleThinking
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He doesn't work, leeches off you and mummy and daddy, and THEN sabotages you so that you pay attention to him and only him? When are you going live your life, explore and develop yourself as the person you could be? Seriously, do you want to be 70, and nursemaid to a leechy spoilt baby be all that you've achieved and experienced in life?

    lenka
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. This is not a funny or questionable secret. This is straight up subversive abuse. He is telling you now because he believes you are sufficiently controlled and submissive that you will not leave him for this. This is on top of the very signficant age difference. Make no mistake... you have been groomed and abused. If you accept this behavior and do not leave, your life is about to get infinitely worse because he will believe that your acceptance gives him the power to do whatever the f**k he wants. He has literally shown and told you who he is. Run far. Run fast. Do not look back.

    Ace
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was going to say that the age difference per so is not such an issue, but the fact that she was 18 to his 28 when they got married does indeed support the idea that she is a victim of grooming.

    Load More Replies...
    Boo
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On second thought.....she commented "I know my post paints a limited picture but that he's hot AF" I really despair for the human race....

    Load More Replies...
    The_Nicest_Misanthrope
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So he groomed you, is a jealous psychopath, and hasn't worked for SEVENTEEN YEARS because he has 'trauma' from getting sacked? F**k right off! Run!

    Gwyn
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope this was a giant wake up call for her. She's only 24, she's so young and can easily start over. Can you imagine the daily frustration she went through with that computer, worried about missing deadlines, not able to play with friends, and him sitting there watching her suffer, and totally fine with, day after day.

    zatrisha
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is treating you like a Child - in an abusive way! Get divorced ASAP

    MidnightProphecy
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PTSD from losing a job? So insulting to people who actually do suffer traumatic experiences and have ptsd f*** off you predator

    PE is me
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know I could never trust someone who would manipulate me with so little remorse.

    William Teach
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe these young folks shouldn't be going to TikTok for relationship advice.

    DC
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you've married a 32 yo man when you were an 18 yo woman? Or an 18 yo girl? While with the younger one being of age, I don't see a generalizable problem, the likelihood of it being a problematic relationship that exploits - not only accepts - the gap in age, experience and so forth, still is pretty high. But, age alone isn't a problem, it just helps completing the picture here, as all the other factors check out as well, it may not be a problem as and of itself, but an indicator to look closer, and he really doesn't fail to deliver here, and then some. Leave that idiot. He's using you. Abusing you. Let me guess, if you'd ask him how to turn on the vacuum, he won't know? Ask him which brand of dish soap you have. Will he know? Sounds like you're working to earn money, and he ... just sits around all day? "Doesn't want to apply to avoid trauma from being rejected", oh my ... PTSD for being fired ... oh my ... what a loser. Sabotaging one of your major ways of contact to your siblings doesn't imply any good either, but quite the opposite. Talk to a lawyer. Call in sick at work to not set him off - is he violent? Not necessarily against you, but in general. Just keep in mind that evil, manipulative persons who don't respect you, but exploit you, may not have the most sufficient self-restrictive mechanisms to cope with being "disappointed", or however they call not having everything their ways regardless of how unhinged behaviour and/or demands are. That is, if OP and this story are even real. It's so many red flags, none of them mentioned as such, that I'm not really leaning to believe this is true. But, still, there's a lot of people ignoring red flags their partners are wrapping them into, .... anyway ...

    James King
    Community Member
    4 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think too many people rush to the "Divorce them!!!" answer. But not in this case. This is a manipulative abuser. Run.

    Ivona
    Community Member
    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It depends on how many hours OP had been playing video games instead of spending them doing couple-type things with her husband. To do what he did, he must've been extremely frustrated with her game playing. They should've had a conversation instead of him hampering her computer functions first, of course.

    Jaya
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a prank, this is an abusive relationship. He admits it himself: he sabotages the time she wants to spend with family, because he wants her to spend all her time on him. Textbook abusive relationship. She should not learn how to trust him, she should leave.

    Gen X Feral
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I swear some aholes deserve a toaster in their bathtub. I was be losing my ever loving mind! What a total narcissist sonofabitch!!! RUN GIRL RUN!!!!

    Richienotsorich
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You need to sack him off for being a grown man still watching TikToks!

    Leg less In Minneapolis
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The pole at the end needed the “She will end up D E A D in a ditch when she finally leaves him.” This girl needs professional help

    Broadredpanda
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is someone who has loads of time on their hands and he's manipulated your time to make sure YOUR time belongs to him. You can't EVER TRUST THIS MAN!!!! PTSD my a**e! That can happen if you lose a job that you think is for life but, that was years ago? This is mental abuse and can invade your mental health way deeper than physical abuse (I'm a saviour of both so please don't judge commenters) there's definitely things that he's done but you may not have realised, and because this MF isn't working, he's got nothing but a "how to ruin my wife's relationship with anyone" mentality disgusting. You need to leave! Please leave OP! I wish you well no matter what. X

    Broadredpanda
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Survivor not saviour lol. I always re-read what I write for this reason lol :) I'm not the lord ! Sorry!

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    Orysha
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She should kill this abusive bastard! Any judge in their right mind would find her not guilty.

    Donna Peluda
    Community Member
    3 weeks ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    Why can I never find a gullible woman like this to scrounge off.

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