People Share Things They Didn’t Know About Their Spouse Until After The Wedding

"I discovered my wife is a hoarder and doesn't want to throw anything away. She's gotten better over the years, but it's still an issue." — JeffcoSteve

Hoarding is a really serious condition and can be more prevalent in people with conditions such as anxiety, depression, and other mental conditions. Hopefully, she continues to get better as time goes on!

"She's a great swimmer. One day, after we'd be married for about seven years, we joined a gym with a swimming pool. She challenged me to a race. Ok, I thought, I'm a pretty good swimmer. I was surprised when she offered me a half-length head start - and then doubly surprised when despite my massive head start she beat me easily. Apparently she used to be a competitive swimmer at school. She's basically half-dolphin. But she'd never happened to mention it before." — CiderDrinker

At first, I was amazed by this and thought, "How could you not know how good a swimmer your wife is!?" and then I realized that I have absolutely no idea whether my girlfriend can even swim or not.

"I have a friend who was born and raised in Romania in a relatively poor family. His favorite section of a loaf of bread was the crusts on ether end (possibly even his favorite food in general) so when he got married (to a woman from Australia) he started leaving the crusts for her because they’re the best so he wanted her to have them.

"Well typically in Australia we throw away the end crusts, so when my friend left them she assumed he didn’t want them either and threw them away. They were married for years before he caught her tossing them and got confused." — thats_cripple_to_you

Right, this is a constant debate that me and my friends have (we don't have many interesting things to talk about), is the end piece on a loaf nice or not? I think it's amazing, and everyone who disagrees with me is wrong, but I'd still like to know what other people think in the comments!

"That he plays video games. For 10-15 hours a day. Even when he married. And has kids. And has a full-time job.

"With marriage counseling, he cut back to five hours a day. It’s now (year 22) back up to about 7 hours a day on weekdays. I never knew marriage was going to be this lonely." — JustDiscoveredSex

No one should spend that much time on video games if it is impacting negatively on the more important aspects of your life, such as your significant other or your kids. The relationships you have with your family are more important than a video-game — and that includes the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild!

"My husband completely undresses from the waist down to go #2. He says he needs the freedom." — launab

What could he possibly be doing with his bowel movements that require that much freedom of mobility? Dear Lord, I wouldn't want to go in after him!

"He dunks his Oreos in water instead of milk. I still don't know why." — Kiwi222123

This answer caused a hurricane of controversy. The person who wrote it took to the comments to explain that her husband is not lactose intolerant, nor is he vegan, nor was he poor growing up, he simply likes dunking them in water!

"My wife cannot read an analog watch/clock for time. Married 4 years, been together 7 years total, and somehow that came up only a month ago when I asked for the time of a watch during a power outage." — chunderzone

I was actually the other way around until an embarrassingly old age, I always struggled with the 24-hour clock. And now everyone else knows this... what have I done?

"She makes PB&J sandwiches by mixing the PB and J in a separate bowl before spreading it on the bread. Pure savagery." — RexBarbarossa

The idea of mixing peanut butter and jam together in a bowl into a paste actually made me retch, so thanks for this one.

"My wife can't whistle, and she's never had a sloppy joe."

Well, I mean, it sounds like you now know what's for dinner!

"A friend of mine eventually told his now-wife that he didn't actually know French. He had been teaching her jibberish phrases." — undefined_protocol

This man could be my new hero. I'd have been booking that trip to France to see her put those phrases into action!

"She's always leaving the lids on everything un-screwed, and guess who is always breaking jars because he always picks everting thing up using the lid?" — apex18

I never understood why people pick things up by the lid, so I can't say I'm completely on your side. However, who doesn't put lids on things properly?! That's how things go off! (I'm very passionate about getting the most out of condiments.)

"Not me, but my mom found out decades later my dad was married when he married her, so yeah, my dad’s a bigamist." — Biteme178938281

There was a remarkable amount of people who commented on this one saying that their grandparents did similar things!

"That he lives and breathes sports. I knew he liked sports when we were dating, but I didn't realize that's all he liked. I didn't know he would rather watch football games on Sundays than go to family dinners or anywhere else. I didn't realize he wouldn't want to watch anything but sports on tv. I didn't know that he would want to play or watch basketball/football/baseball/golf every waking moment." — Bleu_Rue

Yep, sports, all of the sports, I totally get you. I can't go a weekend without watching the sports, the one with the oval ball and such oh yeah that's the best sport.

"During the second night of our honeymoon, we decided to stay in and get some takeout. My beverage of choice at the time was Crystal Light Raspberry Ice which contains aspartame. While we were eating she wasn't thinking and she asked for a sip.

"About 5 minutes later she became extremely ill and started having issues breathing. After a few minutes, she read the ingredients on my beverage and yelled at me "I AM ALLERGIC TO ASPARTAME!!!". Me...being the loving new husband I am yelled back "SINCE WHEN!? YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT!" She never bothered to tell me because she grew up in a household with no artificial sweeteners because she was allergic." — maxxian

I mean, if I was allergic to artificial sweeteners, a drink called "Crystal Light Raspberry Ice" would be sending up red flags! It sounds like the fakest drink on the planet!

"That my husband's anxiety is as bad as my own. It's actually refreshing because we know exactly how to help each other out when the other one's anxiety gets bad." — otherm0ther

While it must be difficult to find out how much your partner is struggling, it is great that you are able to help each other. Being able to support one another in every aspect is an important part of marriage.

"That the whole Mr. nice guy, Mr. sweet kind, generous, compassionate thing was a mask, an act, a disguise, and camouflage in order to lure me in, in order to possess and control me. Then after we got married the mask came off. I was too naive to recognize the red flags beforehand and fell into the trap. He faked being exactly the type of person that I wanted him to be, it was devastating to discover that the person I fell for never actually existed. Thank goodness I escaped. He was a true horror underneath." — Elin-Calliel

No matter whether you are married or not, you should never let yourself be controlled and manipulated in a relationship. It is good that this person managed to get away because it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that things will get better and sticking around when you know deep down that they won't.

"She owns Hanson's entire discography." — bzj

This is almost as bad as owning the entire Sugar Ray back catalog. Yeah, I'm coming for you, Mark McGrath! Stop constantly reminding me that the '90s happened and let me forget it!

"We moved to New England after we had been married two weeks. When we got there, I found that my husband's name there is "Larry", not Jim, as I had always known him. Because there were so many men named Jim in his family, they called him by his middle name. Now, 49 years later, I still haven't gotten used to that name." -pineywoodrooter

"What he looked like without a beard." -frenchbostonoodle

"That he previously had an addiction to Oxy, and decided to pick it back up shortly after we got married. I just found out two weeks ago after two years of marriage.

He knew this would have been a deal-breaker for me. I feel as though I was tricked." -Murderino42069

"That my husband sings a different song every morning. We had lived with each other before we were married but it wasn’t until after we were married and moved into our new house that I started to realize he sings every single morning and it’s always different songs from all different decades. It’s one of the things I love the most about him.

I look forward to hearing what song he has chosen to shape his day around." -WeedWifey

"After the wedding, it took a while, but I learned she had crushing debt. Of course, it crushed me too since I became her husband. It really cramped our lives for some time (years) and I've still not recovered after over ten years. My takeaway is that debt laws in the United States are really crummy and debt should not be passed to other people like this." -Ranger-Racoon

"My husband didn't know that lemons and limes were fruit. I told him that my coworker had a weird pregnancy craving for lemons and this is how our conversation went after that:

Him: (with a weird look on his face)"uhh is that okay for pregnant women to eat lemons?" Me: "Ummm? Yeah, I mean it's just a fruit." Him: "WHAT?! NO, THEY'RE NOT!"

He seemed genuinely shocked and for some reason a little bit angry lmao. Not the craziest thing, but he's pretty much an open book so there haven't been any wild surprises." -lindseydeen

"I knew my wife had an estranged sibling. At the wedding, someone casually mentioned it was her identical twin." -Whaleballoon

"My ex-husband hid four kids from me. I didn't know they existed, two months after marriage, it was 'Surprise! you are a step-mom!'" -DAngelle

"He is more wonderful than I could ever fathom." -Instantflip

"My mom found out my dad was a compulsive liar when his twin sister didn't show up to their wedding. When questioned about it he said she must have imagined the dozens of stories he had told about his twin sister. He is an only child." — AdmThrace

What could he possibly have gained from making up a twin sister? This guy has some serious issues!

"That he would make a fantastic father." — LuuluSoul

Yep, I'd like you to give LuuluSoul a round of applause for writing perhaps the most wholesome thing that has ever existed on an AskReddit thread!

"He has aphantasia. It's a neurological condition where you can't recall memories as pictures or create images in your mind. He cannot and has never been able to picture what he is reading in a book or say, conjure an image of a forest or person in his mind. He can't imagine my face when I'm not there, though it's not like he forgets it. I'm the total opposite and always picture everything in my mind- I'm an artist and my job would be hard if I couldn't- so to me it's like in a way he's blind. It's just a different way of experiencing life I guess, but I was really sad for him when I found out." — Nyx_Shadowspawn

I had never heard about this condition until I read this post, and I cannot imagine how strange and difficult that must be for him. It must be tough not being able to picture the faces of those you love when you're away for long periods of time.