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It's no secret that we all have secrets. Some of them we hide from the whole world, while others just from certain people. For instance, maybe we spill our guts about something to our friends, but hide it from others in our lives.

Some time ago, Reddit users asked folks to share what kind of secrets they never told their family members. Many people joined in with their stories. Apparently, sometimes secrets you hide from your family don't have to be hidden from the online world.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families That my dog saved my life. When I was 14 I was pretty depressed, and after a particularly difficult day at school (I was not exactly popular) I grabbed some rope from my garage and planned on hanging myself. I started getting it set up, but my dog came running in and wanted to play tug of war with the rope.

If he didn’t do that, I wouldn’t be here today. It’s hard for me to type this because I’m putting him down in a few minutes. He has been living in pain for a long time and has reached the end of his life. I’m crying really f*****g hard right now but I know it’s the right thing to do.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a very real chance I wouldn't made it to 30 if I didn't have dogs in my life. They're more than just pets, they companions and quite literally save peoples lives in many different ways.

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They really are amazing. Dogs, cats, parrots, lizards, fishies , etc. My 17yearold cat was my reason to live and he died last month. I have a 3year old cat he raised so she's sort of his legacy I have to take care of now. It's hell, worst fear realised itself and yet here i am 😿

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doggo Angel: My job here is done, I have to go now. Please continue to live a good life, master T_T

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mostly correct, not the master part though. I imagine it would go like "My job here is done, I have to go now. Please continue to live a good life, furless sibling on two legs who makes good food and pets me."

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He'll still be with you in spirit form. Our beloved furbabies never really leave us. Sending you a big hug.

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It hurts so much when we have to make that decision even though we know it's the right one and you don't want them to be in pain anymore. I had a cat that was almost 18 and a dog that was 15.5 when I had to have them put to sleep about a year apart.

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Losing a fur baby is so hard, he gave you life, and you gave him a good life. While it hurts, it isn't fair to let them suffer. You are doing the right thing.

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I wouldn't be here except I knew no one could take care of my kitties well enough. Our furbabies are too precious for this world and leave us too soon. U are giving him the most wonderful gift by not making him suffer, and he knows u love him. Only good part is we are reunited eventually.

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He saved your life, you made sure he didn't suffer too much. If there is a Heaven, you two will be reunited there.

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I'm sorry for you. Nothing can make it right at this moment. I'll be thinking of you.

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I am sorry for your loss, but the idea that you and your dog saved each other is priceless

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Better to let go than to have them suffer just so you feel better. There's a company called Paw Prints, they will take a clay print of your dogs paw, a clipping of it's fur and return them with it's ashes. Then you can buy a relicquary that holds a small amount of ash and have them with you forever. I wear Hera everyday.

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Think about what he taught you about love and life and happiness then think what you can now give to a rescue dog in time. He has given you a gift to pass on and bring joy to another life xxxx in time like I said, grieve first. Check out DABDA stages of greif xxx

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Find yourself a new buddy. Not saying to REPLACE your furry best pal, but because you might allow yourself to go down that ropey path again.... nothing will replace your Boi, but keep the love going inside your heart. Don't let a void occur.

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Why would you let a pet live in pain for a long time?? Never let pets suffer.

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Onion ninjas coming on. I am glad you didn't go through with hanging yourself.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families That my now-husband supported both of us completely while I was in med school (we were only dating 1 year when this arrangement started, we got married 2 weeks after graduation). My parents think I took out loans to cover rent, books, food, etc...but the husband and I had a serious conversation about it and he made enough money to support both of us without more loans.

They'd be disappointed because they always wanted me to be independent, but it worked out in the end for us.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families My mom does this thing where she remembers my youth way different than it happned, mostly to protect her psyche I think. So really I don't hide anything from her so much as I don't confront her with the awful reality of it all, how many emotional problems she saddled me with, how unprepared for life she left me.

I mean don't get me wrong, I want to. But I just don't see what good it'd do.

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Nearly all of us have some sort of secret. In fact, some say that the average person has around 13 secrets at any given time. 

While some secrets can be quite extreme, others don’t have to be daunting. It can be something that is simply no one else’s business – for instance, an insignificant detail about their character a person doesn’t like telling others about. 
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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families So everybody wrote kinda depressing things in here... but for the past two years I’ve been pulling a “Santa” on my parents by buying gifts for them (going to the mall w/ my friends) and then putting them under the tree when they are all asleep... its still a family secret and I don’t know if they suspect me. But it’s really funny, highly recommend if you are a good liar. Make sure you buy new wrapping paper too, so they don’t recognize it.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families My mother is incredibly militant we never use "The big light" in the front room, we must only ever use lamps. To the point where she took the bulb out of it and for years we haven't had one in there.

Well last time they went away on holiday I put a bulb in there and she still hasn't noticed.

I never use the big light, but I could, I could...

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families I'm gay, sorry mom.

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Today’s list is a perfect example of this. In it, you can find plenty of secrets people have kept hidden from their families, and they range from wholesome to frankly a little bit disturbing or sad. 

Here, an individual saying that he secretly leaves Santa gifts for his parents is wholesome. Then, there are those in the middle, quite common secrets, like skipping classes, smoking or orientation. And then there are those about hidden hatred, physical and mental illnesses, and so on. 

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families That I refuse to date boys until she stop putting such a high value on my virginity. She flat out says 'a woman is worthless once she loses it', so guess what b***h. Not grandkids untill you leave me the f**k alone and let me go be a normal 21 year old that isn't ashamed of even being in a room alone with someone.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families That I have stage 4 terminal breast cancer. I just turned 40 and am the youngest of their three children.

My parents are in their late 70s / early 80s with plenty of their own health problems. Worrying about me would serve no purpose. Lying to them sucks though.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families Pretty much everything. No contact for 16yrs now. But means I have to strictly filter anything I let my grandparents know, because my life and family details are not something I want them to let my parents know. Anyone raised by a narcissistic personality and an enabler will relate. Screwed me up enough tyvm, you do NOT come near my kids.

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There are quite a few reasons why people keep secrets. Actually, the main one, which basically covers all of the others under its umbrella, is to protect oneself. 

After all, some actions a person has done and now is hiding can be viewed as socially unacceptable or even immoral. Like if they did something criminal – like theft, harming someone, consuming something, or something else. 

Then, people also could be simply ashamed to disclose what they’re hiding. Maybe they’re feeling something for someone and they’re afraid to get rejected, or perhaps they have done something embarrassing, and so on. 
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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families How much I struggle with my life , mainly with anxiety and how I struggle to recognize my emotions and to communicate them or to handle them in general.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families My mother cooks a turkey so dry it could be a middle eastern state.

Oh wait, I've already told her that. Thank goodness I got to spend American Turkey Day with my professional chef brother in law.............it was so so so good.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families That I'm an atheist.

Living in the south, they're both extremely conservative, highly religious people. My dad has actually recently become a pastor. I was raised in church and sent to a private Christian school. It k**ls me to spend time with them because the only thing they seem to be able to talk about is church gossip.

They're the kind of people that make personal choices like this about themselves. I don't think they have any idea, and if they were to ever find out, I don't think I would ever hear the end of how they believe that they failed as parents. I think they would just spend the rest of their lives trying to "fix" me.

So, I just avoid speaking to them as much as possible. It's sad, really.

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Another reason why people keep secrets can be because it can ruin their existing relationships.

Like a kid being afraid to come out to their parents or peers, as they might react very poorly, or a person being fearful to confess romantic feelings to a friend, possibly ruining their friendship. Confessing to a lie can also negatively affect a relationship and, in the process, the person themselves. 

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And that’s just a few mentioned reasons – there are plenty more. Ultimately, people are complicated, which sometimes makes providing explanations for their actions complicated as well. 
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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families I quit my job with the cable company a year earlier than I told them. The pressure and stress from that job became overwhelming and it was right around the time my grandmother died and I legit dropped everything and worked at a car dealership for a year before I got my insurance licenses.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families I told everyone that my phone was stolen. In reality I gave it, on a train, to a guy who wanted to make a phone call real quick. He did not return. I'm an idiot.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families This is kinda really stupid but I hide my online friendships cause they're kinda closed minded and A) dont believe that you should talk to people "you dont know", B) internet bad, and C) if you talk to a guy online, it must be a sexual thing.

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What makes the whole secrets deal even more intricate is the fact that while revealing them can hurt a person, keeping them can too. For instance, it can make a person upset or even stressed, which negatively impacts their mental health. 

Stress can also hurt physical health too – boosting blood pressure, inhibiting sleep, and even increasing chronic pain. Doesn’t sound good, does it? 

Well, it’s always important to look within yourself and figure out whether it’s more beneficial for you to share the secret or hide it. Or perhaps figure out who to share the secret with. Like in this list, they hid these things from their families but didn’t shy away from spilling them online. 

Do you have some secret that you want to share on the internet? You can do that in the comments!
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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families I don't respect either of them in the slightest and I think they're some of the most passive, unthoughtful, closed-minded people I've ever seen.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families I'm not trying to hide it but I'm not going to just tell them out of nowhere but I used to skip like half my classes my senior year of high school and slept in a secret room in the school.

Fun fact: That secret room had a lot of our rival schools old trophies in it. I spent a whole day one time going through them.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families My family have a rough background, a lot of violence and substance use problems. I left home at 16, haven't spoken to them since, and after seven years of university have a pretty high-paying job.

I have to constantly ask websites to take down my full name because if my family found out, I'd be swamped with messages asking for money that would go straight to alcohol and ice. They already have an idea after I didn't catch a result fast enough, so it doesn't really matter and I loosened up my social media. But I still hide my income.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families They'll never know how depressed I really am, because, I cannot and do not want to burden them. They are the best thing in my world, and do make it better. They are responsible for what joy I do have.

I watch my kids closely, mental issues I'll deal with at the root and start if they exhibit themselves. My wife knows about my struggles, just, not how present they are, so it's not a complete secret. But it's the one thing I won't tell them.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families That I have a lot of tattoos, as in my spine, back, sternum, both hips, both sides, and my leg. She has no idea and it's been 5 years.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families This is going to sound REALLY stupid, but i have always been hiding the fact that i do want a relationship/family one day. It started out with being young and finding that kind of stuff awkward so i never showed any interest in boys. But now i'm in my early 20s, i still keep quiet about it because i dont want my mother to think that im sad about missing out on relationships, because that would make HER sad. I have always suffered from very severe social anxiety, and depression for years, so i dont see myself ever having a relationship. I'd rather have her believe i'm immature/asexual than for her to think i feel lonely and sad. It's the weirdest secret ever, i know. Then again, expressing my desire to become a crazy cat lady instead of having a family isnt THAT much of a lie...i just leave out the part that i wanna be a crazy cat lady WITH a family.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families That I don't plan to make it to my 30th birthday at this rate. I love them but I don't love life.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families I am no longer a virgin.

Not that my mom cares, but the way I lost my virginity was really bad and I know I'll disappoint her if she knew even if I feel upset about it.

Also, all the names of my social media accounts. No way in *hell* my fam gets those.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families I've hidden from my dad that I was a smoker. I have quit, but I still can't bear to tell him that I used to smoke.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families I'm not sure why, but I always hide the anime tab when they enter my room. Also self harm.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families I dropped out of college. It was never-ending, and I was exhausted. They forced me into Graphic Design, and while I don't mind it, I'd prefer to never do it professionally- I'm more of a freelancer.

They wanted their only kid to go to college and graduate, and I couldn't even give them that.

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27 Juicy Stories Of People’s Secrets That They Hid From Their Families I'm mom's favorite.

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