Everyone has their fair share of secrets. Regardless of how hard you try to hide them, the truth has a way of coming out. While some secrets are harmless, others are so dark, they should be taken to the grave.\nFrom lying about enjoying significant others' cooking to making up stories to explain car damage, these people took to Reddit to share harmless secrets they swore they would keep hidden forever. You won't believe some of the things they revealed!","",""],"image":{"name":"gs244sgx43th6jic.jpg","credit":"Photo by Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Automatic-Tour-1489: \"My son was really into digging holes when he was 6. Had a 3ft deep one going in the yard because he was convinced he was on top of some old ruins. Kept bringing small old things into the house that he was so excited he discovered, and displayed them in his room after cleaning them. \nTo this day, he doesn’t know I’d been going to the flea market every Saturday and buying small bits of old looking junk and planting them in the hole for him to find.\""],"title":"Treasure Hunt","image":{"name":"in4l6x2xi9jxevti.jpg","credit":"Photo by Mats Hagwall on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":541},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":300}}}},{"text":["

U/Alimayu: \"I wrote almost all of my non essential or disposable income off for 5 years so I could afford electrical service to people in underserved communities of Atlanta. \nI did some in house finance deals where I did the jobs for the down payment at a loss to myself, elderly discounts at a loss, charity discounts at a loss, and so forth. I don’t tell people, but they usually appreciate it. It adds value and stability to their home so it helps me in the long run.\""],"title":"Power to the People","image":{"name":"ylhggizr3v9doebj.jpg","credit":"Photo by Fré Sonneveld on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/quichejarrett: \"At university, my best friend and I went to the bathroom on a night out, and as we were using the urinals he exclaimed how Greg (a slightly older guy at the same school) was such an a------. I pointed to a cubicle and mouthed how Greg was inside. \nMy friend went bright red and died inside, and permanently avoided Greg for the rest of our time there. Just the other day, about 5 years later it came up and I had totally forgotten. I finally told him I’d made it up.\""],"title":"White Lie","image":{"name":"0q4fqgwez7wtriwi.jpg","credit":"Photo by Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":506},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":281}}}},{"text":["

U/FunCommunication6: \"When I was in high school, I disappointed my mom by having a F in math. I’ve never been good at math, and I kind of hate math to this day. Anyway, my grandma sat me down and told me she was going to tell me a secret that no one ever knew, not even my mom. \nAnd she made me promise to never tell anyone until she had passed. She told me she, too, had gotten an F in math in high school. And so she wasn’t mad at me, and she understood, and it was okay. My grandma passed in 2020 and I’ve never told my mom that story. I don’t know if I ever will.\""],"title":"Adds Up","image":{"name":"g8ch5jeg3136lux5.jpg","credit":"Photo by Antoine Dautry on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/TheLonelyScientist: \"When my friend moved into her first apartment, she didn't have any tools for basic repairs. I spent a few hundred on a toolbag, socket set, screwdrivers, cordless drill, wrenches, level, etc. Took everything out of the packaging and gave her the bag of tools. \nI told her they were my extras and showed her how to do some of her repairs. She still doesn't know everything was brand new and, frankly, nicer than my own toolset.\""],"title":"Gifted Tools","image":{"name":"3yx3v98ogjm4qp0w.jpg","credit":"Photo by Tekton on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

\"My best friend streamed on twitch for 1 year, and I was all of her viewers. She regularly streamed to 1 viewer (me) so I made multiple accounts and pretended to be a stranger who would talk to us during stream. I gave them different personalities, different ways of speech, different backgrounds. \nI would even create discord chats to make them seem believable. Eventually she gained a following and I didn't need to anymore, and later she stopped streaming altogether. She still doesn't know.\""],"title":"Biggest Fan","image":{"name":"ond1o17kxoqrk919.jpg","credit":"Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/FluxKraken: \"When I had just got my license, I was kind of an i---- (as are most 16 year old boys). It was snowing and I thought I would try to drift my car into a mcdonalds parking lot from the road. I failed, obviously, and went down an embankment into another parking lot. Thankfully my car was mostly ok, I had to replace a quarter panel and a headlight, but nothing too serious. \nI told my parents I was avoiding a head on collision and hit black ice. I have never told them the truth even though it has been 20 years since that incident. I could tell them and they wouldn't care really, but I just haven't and probably never will. This is the first time I have ever told anyone the truth about that day.\""],"title":"Snowy Spin","image":{"name":"oobgxo4acxgc5gb9.jpg","credit":"Photo by Eugene Chystiakov on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":479},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":266}}}},{"text":["

U/Zoefschildpad: \"I was, in fact, too lazy to fill in and send the paperwork to sign up for university. I went to the introduction week knowing that and pretended it got lost in the mail and signed up on the spot.\nYes, that is how I got into a top 100 university. There was plenty of space. I wouldn't recommend it though.\""],"title":"Honor Student","image":{"name":"1ttymkk8euhxko1r.jpg","credit":"Photo by Charles DeLoye on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Wide-Ad8653: \"Me and my best friend work for the same company and our boss went on vacation, his 30ths birthday was coming up so I planned this massive buffet dinner with all of his childhood pals and distant family. \nI told his family that our boss was covering the bill and everything so they'd let me cover it. It cost me about 7 thousand. I've never told anyone and when they thanked my boss he played along. it's been 10 years and hes still my best pal and I'm wondering what to do for his 40th.\""],"title":"Check Please","image":{"name":"nj4e0qgyiniqk38r.jpg","credit":"Photo by Thiago Patrevita/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Plastic_Cranberry711: \"My wife lost one of her favorite pair of gold earrings her parents gave her. She could not find the other after weeks of trying. It had sentimental value as it was a 16th bday gift, so I knew she’d never want another set. \nSo I took the one she had around our big city to jewelers and shops until I found a matching one. Eventually found one, bought the pair. Dirtied it up at home and let her 'find it' in her sock drawer. Still have the other hidden in my desk in case she loses the other.\""],"title":"Earring Swap","image":{"name":"jml2z3bxcrhdwor2.jpg","credit":"Photo by Daihana Monares on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":900},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":500}}}},{"text":["

U/duke30011: \"My 6 year old nephew comes over and helps me do legos, do yard work, helps me bake and plant my garden. One spring he helped me start my garden but he left before we got to plant the carrots. I told him I would plant them later. Btw, he has a great memory. Well, fast forward to late summer and he called and wanted to know if the carrots were ready to pick. I never planted them. \nI went to the market, bought some carrots and put them all in the ground. He came over and helped me dig them out. He was so excited! My wife showed everybody! Facebook, friends, relatives. Grandfather said, ‘wow! Those are best looking carrots I’ve ever seen! Mine never come out like those.’ Lol. I never told anyone my secret.\""],"title":"Home Grown","image":{"name":"ho13idlh8c7vhfj4.jpg","credit":"Photo by Chidambara Kumar on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/rumblemumbles: \"My mum is a health nut…who wouldn’t let us have cheese in the house when I was kid. When I was mid 20s, I bought a unit and my dad was helping me fix stuff up so I provided lunch. I said to him - bet you’re going to hate going back to work next week and not have any cheese on your sandwiches. \nIt was then he told me his deepest secret, he had been buying blocks of cheese at work for years. I had no idea he was crafty. And my mum still doesn’t. Poor dad has been retired for years though so not sure on the current cheese consumption status.\""],"title":"Secret Cheese Lover","image":{"name":"ulito03l5wlx5c9u.jpg","credit":"Photo by Alexander Maasch on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":478},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":266}}}},{"text":["

U/04Z51Vette: \"In 1998 I had a friend who was stuck in a very toxic situation at her home. She had an opportunity for a new start across country in Oregon. She had a Dodge Neon that was hanging on for dear life and decided to pass on the opportunity for fear the car wouldn’t make the trip. I told her I had a friend that was a mechanic that owed me a favor and he would give the car a tune up for free. \nI didn’t really have a friend that was a mechanic. We were both 18 with not much money but I used all of my savings to pay to have her car made road worthy for the trip. She’s a mother of 4 now with a great job and thriving in Oregon.\""],"title":"Car of Kindness","image":{"name":"h48i0htcfywfxj5j.jpg","credit":"Photo by Praswin Prakashan on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/GladWalrus8068: \"When I first met my wife's 93 year old grandma about 13 years ago, she had me try her holiday dish 'congealed salad'. It's basically lime jello made with condensed milk, and it has pineapple, walnuts, marshmallows and celery mixed in, and it is poured into a bundt cake pan to set. It's a terrible, old timey southern dish. \nShe was so excited to let me try it that I panicked and said it was amazing. She absolutely lit up, and every year since then, she has exponentially increased the amount she makes because she knows ‘how much I love it’. The rest of the family knows I hate it, and it's just silently accepted that I will eat huge amounts of it each year instead of telling her the truth.\""],"title":"Grandma's Cooking","image":{"name":"946rniidbwu07wyv.jpg","credit":"Photo by CDC on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/SixFootSnipe: \"I was seven and we were moving from one farm to a bigger one. Mom was taking garbage out to the burn barrel and burning it. In the rural eighties we just burned everything. I started looking at the fire when she went back inside and discovered a burning ice cream lid. I picked it up and threw it like a frisbee and it did a nice arc and landed right at a large stack of hay that was quite a ways away. \nI was horrified and went running in and told mom some paper had floated up and onto the hay. Other than the huge stack of hay burning down there was no harm done. It was old hay anyway that's why it wasn't stored in the barn.\""],"title":"Hay Fire Panic","image":{"name":"q52vrdqjtaljwg8f.jpg","credit":"Photo by Kartabya Aryal on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":959},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":533}}}},{"text":["

\"My grandma passed away, and we read her will. She gave all her wealth to my siblings, and I didn't get anything except a gift card. I took it to the store. The receptionist saw it; her face turned white! She: 'How did you get this?' Me: 'My grandma left me this.' She: 'Meet me when the store closes down!' 'There is something you need to know about.'\n'The woman who left this told me she was my birth mother and she had proof. You see, I was adopted and never met my birth mother. She told me to wait until the person came in to redeem the gift card to let her know that. I am your aunt.'\""],"title":"Beyond the Grave","image":{"name":"vxtabirszbabvjsm.jpg","credit":"Photo by panyawat auitpol on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":500,"height":333},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":266}}}},{"text":["

\"I paid for my mom's rent for the last 7 years until she passed away about 4 weeks ago. She would write me a check for the full amount each month, not knowing that I paid it on my own and kept her money saved for a rainy day. \nAfter she passed I made a charitable donation in her name to continue her legacy.\""],"title":"Mom's Legacy","image":{"name":"xsslmy6s1ej7dj11.jpg","credit":"Photo by Andres Perez on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":844},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":469}}}},{"text":["

\"My grandpa, a rich man, spent his last days alone. My mom, despite her siblings abandoning him, took care of him. But when he passed, his lawyer gave his money to his uncaring kids, and all my mom got was A DOG-Grandpa's faithful companion. Lawyer: Your dad left you this dog, that's all. Oh, and there's a condition-he insisted on special bowls for the dog's meals. With a hint of sadness, my mom accepted the unique responsibility. She took me to the dog's house. When we opened it, we were stunned. \nIt was filled with bowls, which were all made from pure gold! My grandfather had been putting all of his savings into creating these bowls, so that only my mom would have access to the riches, instead of his very financially savvy, but uncaring children. We looked at each other with shock, as we realized what lay before us.\""],"title":"Striking Gold ","image":{"name":"9csmtoxmtey53gzc.jpg","credit":"Photo by Jingming Pan on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

\"I think I am the 'better than nothing' spouse. About a month ago, I found out. It was devastating. \nFor 17 years she settled for me despite not truly loving me. Life was hard, but we had each other—or so I thought. The moment we finally talked about how bad things had got between us, she asked for a divorce. My whole world had been a lie.\""],"title":"Living a Lie","image":{"name":"w97tklp0zrcr06ka.jpg","credit":"Photo by Karolina Grabowska/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":854},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":475}}}},{"text":["

U/taalleerling: \"I'm Canadian, and in high school, I had a crush on this girl who was originally born in the US. To try and impress her, I pretended I was an American who immigrated to Canada too. I was so committed that I even gave her the address of my old home: it was really just a hotel I had stayed in while on vacation in Florida with my family. \nSince it was the early 2000s, she never verified. We didn't end up dating, but to this day, I never came clean. I wonder if she still thinks I'm an American.\""],"title":"Identity Theft","image":{"name":"l5j5a7xwlgls1tt5.jpg","credit":"Photo by sebastiaan stam on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/CodeExtra9664: \"When I was a teenager I threw a relatively small house-party while my parents were away on holiday. The wooden floor in one room got scratched somehow during it and when my parents came home and noticed I 'confessed' by telling them I had tried using a skateboard on the treadmill but it slipped and damaged the wood. \nMy mom still brings it up as an example of how I'd be a terrible criminal and could never get away with anything.\""],"title":"Just a Scratch","image":{"name":"1e6ijgdjqneyqzv4.jpg","credit":"Photo by Khoa Huỳnh/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

\"I don't like popcorn. It's just not good. My wife LOVES popcorn. And she gets excited that it's something little that we share. She loves going to the movies and getting a big popcorn for us to share. Or making it at home and making sure we split it. \nI just love seeing the look on her face in the evening when she looks over and asks 'should we make a little popcorn?' Like it's a little…thing we're doing lol. It makes her so happy and I'll eat it until I die for that result.\""],"title":"Pop Off","image":{"name":"uy7a37u2oaok3qe2.jpg","credit":"Photo by Georgia Vagim on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":479},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":266}}}},{"text":["

U/dearlysacredherosoul: \"I was playing checkers when someone taught me what stealing was. Board games at day care had missing pieces sometimes so I asked where some went. My friend told me they were probably stolen. \nAt any rate I learned what stealing was and I took one checker. I kept it in my pocket until I got home and put it in my little kid safe my grandma bought me. Then the next day I took it out and brought it back because I was so scared I would get into trouble for stealing. I haven’t told anyone.\""],"title":"Kiddie Games","image":{"name":"n2evfn9j6lukc7j0.jpg","credit":"Photo by Tai's Captures on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Remarkable_Story9843: \"I convinced my sister I had entered us both in a blog giveaway, I won a coupon but she won the grand prize , a $300 gift card to Lane Bryant. My sister was a size 16, and desperately needed new clothes but would spend money on her baby grandkids and thin adult daughters. \nThis was the only way I could make sure she spent it on herself. It’s been 10 years. She’s doesn’t know. Edit: thank you kind strangers. I’m glad she doesn’t know what Reddit is, or she’d definitely figure this out !\""],"title":"Gift Card Ruse","image":{"name":"fkhcp6d1u6swd0nb.jpg","credit":"Photo by Rob Laughter on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":481},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Accurate-Trainer-210: \"My mum lent my now mother-in-law her trifle dish for Christmas Dinner. It was the last thing my mum had of her sister as she had died suddenly that year (they were super close and trifle was their thing). My mother-in-law dropped it and she replaced it with the exact same one (no idea how as the original was pretty old). \nWe decided never to tell my mum. It's sort of a running joke now at Christmas we wind my mother in law up and every time it's mentioned she is hysterical having to relive the moment she dropped it all over again!\""],"title":"Trifle Dish Riddle","image":{"name":"rrcxjp8tewr8mj64.jpg","credit":"Photo by jamie he/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":514},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":285}}}},{"text":["

U/maniccatmeow: \"I once paid my mom's phone bill when I knew she was low on money. I got on her account on her phone while she was doing other things and I know her passwords so it was pretty easy, added my card as a one time payment only so it wouldn't save to her account and paid. \nShe figured she just forgot she paid it and that's why she thought she was low on money.\""],"title":"Secret Payment","image":{"name":"bhsyo5nevqdd4okv.jpg","credit":"Photo by Matthew Kwong on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/ChickWhoReddits: \"My daughter lost her favorite stuffed animal and was devastated. I went online and found a replacement on eBay for an insane price because it turns out her stuffed puppy was a collector’s edition…the one I found was in mint condition.\nI then rubbed it in dirt, washed it a few times, and ripped off its leather on its nose and filled it in with black permanent marker, all so it matched the one she had. We then told her that her puppy had been found and the joy on her face made the expense and time it took crafting it well worth it. She is thirteen now and still keeps her puppy on her bed. I plan to take this to my grave.\"",""],"title":"Puppy Love","image":{"name":"pn85gkkhdmd8h8h3.jpg","credit":"Photo by Nicola Barts/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/landob: \"When I was dating my now wife, her son took my car for a joyride while we were out of town. When we got back from our out of town trip I noticed something was amiss on my car. When I got in it, I noticed the sunshade was installed backwards, I would never do that on accident.\nI then pulled the dashcam footage. He took it around the neighborhood. He didn't do any donuts, or burn any tires. Just a nice slow stroll through the neighborhood with the music playing and I assume waved and some people. I ended up just handling it man to man. he was like 17-18 at the time. I never told his mom about it.\""],"title":"Joyride Confession","image":{"name":"9sbja6virp7l99by.jpg","credit":"Photo by Hyundai Motor Group on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":483},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":268}}}},{"text":["

U/ExtensionBranch371: \"Only my immediate family know I threw a birthday party when I was 13 and no one came. I remember sitting at the window crying, looking out for any cars to come. I never told anyone else about this, because I didnt want to seem like a massive loser, still dont. \nEven the kids who didnt turn up, I told them my neighbours and friends from extra curricular came, so even they dont know.\""],"title":"Solemn Celebration","image":{"name":"u7roycm8i0y162rd.jpg","credit":"Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":433},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":241}}}},{"text":["

U/bfg8047: \"My best friend in high school worked hard after school and on weekends in a butcher shop to earn money. He had healthy savings balance and really wanted an Xbox so we could play Halo, but his parents wouldn’t let him buy one even though he’d earned more than enough… I knew HTML, so I made a fake website for a Australian gaming magazine advertising a competition to win an Xbox. He ‘entered the competition’ and ‘won’…We faked the email telling him he’d won. \nWe bought an Xbox from the local store, and went straight to the local post office and faked the sender’s address on the label. He showed his parents the website, the email and the postage and they believed him. We spent the rest of the summer hanging out playing Halo.\"",""],"title":"Don't Hate the Player","image":{"name":"rq3fqsawzdjsuyew.jpg","credit":"Photo by Sam Pak on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":481},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

\"Every Christmas I would write a fake 'Christmas newsletter' (like those letters some people send every year with updates about their life, family, etc) and send it to my parents. I made up this guy who was a huge blowhard, but believable enough that my dad thought maybe he had worked with him at some point in the past. \nI had a spreadsheet to keep track of his job, wife, children, grandchildren, holidays, etc. so that I could stay accurate from year to year. My parents would get so annoyed at his arrogant writing style but I was really proud of it lol! It went on for 6 or 7 years but then his twin granddaughters graduated high school and I stopped.\""],"title":"Fictional Newsletter","image":{"name":"c5n9t5ihw4bfsv3f.jpg","credit":"Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":481},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/griddles96: \"As a previous nanny, I've seen many first steps and heard many first words, but I never share that. When I leave I say something like, I think little one is soooo close to walking/talking! \nIt's a special moment parents deserve, who am I to take that from them? One baby was walking with me for a full 2 weeks before he showed his new trick to his parents.\""],"title":"Stealthy Support","image":{"name":"xcofoms8jle4s8oo.jpg","credit":"Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/llama_farmer00: \"When I was 20 I moved into a flat with two 30 year olds that were really selfish. They were charging double price for the 4th room (now that I think of it I was probably charged more than they were paying too) in the house so they both could pay less for their own rooms.\nI wanted to have a friend there to feel less alone and my guy mate was first year apprentice on low wages . I told him it was way cheaper and he moved in. I told the 30 year olds I would pay half his room if they let me have a friend move in. So yeah he got subsidized rent because I needed a companion after a bad break up.\""],"title":"Friendly Discount","image":{"name":"ys5a5wjink0qw39t.jpg","credit":"Photo by Leohoho on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":481},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/gueuze_geuze: \"Every thanksgiving in San Luis Obispo my best friend and I are in charge of pies. We go to the…Inn, a gloriously outlandish hotel/restaurant/bakery/resort, and ask for two of their pie boxes. We then go to [the supermarket] and buy two much cheaper pies and put them in the boxes. \nWe bring them to our large family gathering and everyone compliments the wonderful pies because of how amazing the…Inn’s reputation is for baked desserts. I’d like to say this is because of concerns about cost or because the [supermarket's] pies are better, but the truth is my bf and I have been doing this for about a decade now and it’s just become one of our favorite traditions together.\""],"title":"Pie Tradition","image":{"name":"3fl90qxrdzu8p9ay.jpg","credit":"Photo by Hugo Aitken on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1080},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":600}}}},{"text":["

U/dandylionhearts: \"Several years ago I was in a new relationship. In my grogginess in the morning while still in bed, I forgot my boyfriend had slept over the night before and I just let one rip super loud. Instantly, he is awake. \nThe bed creaks and I remember he is there and am somewhat mortified until he nearly immediately tells my dog, also in the bed, that he will take him outside to poo as I pretend to still be asleep. He takes him outside and later when I am awake, he tells me about my dogs crazy fart. I let my pup take the fall.\""],"title":"Doggone It!","image":{"name":"z44o2fvsrtl3cczv.jpg","credit":"Photo by Amy Humphries on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/minimegs2023: \"When my brother was 4 he won a stuffed animal from a claw machine and it was his favourite thing ever, slept with it every night for weeks he fell asleep on the couch and was carried to bed but left his stuffed animal on the floor and the dog decided to tear it to pieces during the night. \nI spent $40 trying to win another one and put it under his bed for him to find.\"",""],"title":"Stuffed Savior","image":{"name":"f92mnynwxfm76uqr.jpg","credit":"Photo by Ronen Sigan on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":960},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":533}}}},{"text":["

U/swaveyevaws: \"When I worked for Target there was a homeless family(truly homeless not scammers) that would come in and buy 2 packets of ramen(50 cents) and a big water($3) almost everyday because that’s all they had. I told security whenever they came in to tell them they can spend $25 on what they wanted and he’d let the cashiers know. \nI just asked to remain anonymous unless they really wanted to know. It went on for 3 years(met them after 2 months) their kids would draw things for me and I kept everything on my board at home or at work desk. Only people that knew were myself 2 security guards and the family.\""],"title":"Pay it Forward","image":{"name":"zm5yeto5s8dgq358.jpg","credit":"Photo by MART PRODUCTION/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/August-thecow: \"One day I came home late at night d---- and decided to walk my dog. Just when we arrived outside my house my dog attacked a racoon hanging around the area. I ended up wrestling my malamute and freed the racoon from his jaws. Here's the thing…the racoon kinda just stared at me…and I decided to try and pet the racoon. I got maybe one pet in before it took a chunk out of my finger. \nI ran into the house leaving a trail of blood up to my brothers room for help. A sleepless night in the hospital and 4 consecutive rabies shots later was the result. Everyone asked me what happened and I just told them while I heroically wrestled my dog to save the racoon I got bit in the process. They still don't know the real story.\""],"title":"Attack Dog","image":{"name":"45uvcy4w2c7cz2rw.jpg","credit":"Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

\"My dad is a doctor and a bone specialist. When my daughter was little she was terrified of hurting her ankle. Anytime she got the slightest twinge or rolled it slightly, she was convinced it was broken. My dad would take her to the office and run a fake test over her little ankle and tell her it was an X-RAY machine and her ankle was fine. My daughter ran to me again terrified.\nMe: DAD, Can you X-ray her tiny ankle? Dad: Aye, I will be right there. As he enters the room to take her, he goes pale and picks her up, runs towards the car shouting 'Her ankle is not broken but she has a rare condition with her leg muscles that I’ve never noticed before. She’s going to need surgery as soon as possible or she may never walk again. I can’t believe we didn’t see this before it might be too late'.\""],"title":"Too Little Too Late","image":{"name":"ilgk3f9nyy522i8u.jpg","credit":"Photo by Cara Shelton on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":430},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":239}}}},{"text":["

U/coldcurru: \"In 4th grade I farted so loudly it actually stopped my teacher mid lesson. We sat at desks that seated 2 kids and those were clustered in small groups around the room. Well that day the boy next to me had been having issues and when it got really quiet after my fart, he was like, 'that was probably me, I've been farting all day.' \nI couldn't believe he took credit. I made eye contact with another girl who sat near me and told her. Sorry, Andrew. Hope you feel like a boss for stopping a lesson with a fart you didn't let out though.\""],"title":"Let it Out","image":{"name":"jk1zwnrltvpfl563.jpg","credit":"Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/MissusPringle: \"My dad used to tell us that we needed to clear all the rocks out of the yard so he could mow because if one got thrown, it could break his leg. The reality is my sister & I were a handful and he wanted an hour of peace & quiet. \nWhat he didn’t know until literally the day before he died was that we used to plant good sized rocks where he had to mow. To see if we could break his leg. Sometimes I think it’s a miracle the two of us are still alive.\""],"title":"Rocky Start","image":{"name":"kpfip74fycxvgn3a.jpg","credit":"Photo by Jeremy Boley on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Samisoy001: \"In 2009 my best friend was struggling to pay rent when his TV broke. So I want and bought him an at the time 42 inch HDTV for over $1,000. I knew he would never accept me spending that much as a gift. \nSo I took it out of the box and put a few small scratches on the back of it and told him I bought a new TV and that he could have my old one that I didn't use anymore. Well, he's doing way better now financially, but he has no idea I did that and I will never tell him.\""],"title":"Secondhand Surprise","image":{"name":"8jd2v99xv81urp29.jpg","credit":"Photo by Nicolas J Leclercq on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Lulu_42: \"My little sister loved dragons and collected little inexpensive statues and toys. I was 15 years old and had my first job working at Friendly’s. I saved up my money to buy her something way out of my price range for her birthday - it was this tiny statue (over $100! A fortune for a teen) …a dragon just coming out of an egg. I was so excited to give it to her. \nMy mom…had no money and hadn’t planned. Two night’s before my little sister’s birthday she told me she hasn’t gotten her anything at all, so I gave it to my mom to give to her. It made me sad not to have much of a present for my sister…but I knew her heart would break if mom gave her nothing. 30 years later and I still haven’t told.\"",""],"title":"Mom's Mistake","image":{"name":"5y6b08sl42m65y6w.jpg","credit":"Photo by Matthew Ball on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/TypicalPrune7497: \"My dog ate half a cake my mom made. We teamed up with my brother to cover for the dog because he had chewed my mom's glasses not too long before and we thought that would be the last straw. \nMy parents were gone for 5 min when it happenned, we made it seems like we wanted to taste it but spilled juice on it to explain why it was cut bizarely.\""],"title":"Man's Best Friend","image":{"name":"qys8s6kixdawju52.jpg","credit":"Photo by American Heritage Chocolate on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":557},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":309}}}},{"text":["

U/Rescuepoet: \"I once told a girl I was dating I loved the dish she cooked for me. In reality, it was terrible. 25 years later, my wife is still cooking it at least once a month because it's my 'favorite.' I've never been able to tell her, but now I've let my 8 year old daughter in on it. \nShe'll prance up to my wife and say 'Let's cook Daddy's favorite tonight!' Then she turns around and looks me dead in the eye with a s----eating grin on her face.\""],"title":"Favorite Dish","image":{"name":"s4l409egjme4mygo.jpg","credit":"Photo by Farhad Ibrahimzade on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":720},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":400}}}},{"text":["

U/chernygal: \"My friend is a major, major, Death Cab for Cutie fan. They came to our city a couple years ago, and I knew she wouldn’t be able to afford the tickets to go. I bought tickets. Two days before the show, I told her that the friend I originally planned to take couldn’t go, and would she please come with me? There was no other friend. Told her I loved the band and would be sad to miss them. \nShe of course accepted, and had the time of her life. She’s doing much better now, but every couple of Christmases or Birthdays, she gets me some Death Cab merchandise because ‘she knows how much I love the band.’ I can’t stand their music. I literally have them blocked on Spotify. But now it’s gone too far where I can’t tell her.\""],"title":"Music to My Ears","image":{"name":"m77g56gwbaf50xg7.jpg","credit":"Photo by Yvette de Wit on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Nevergreeen: \"I pretend to like every video game my nephew loves. He is so sweet and he always asks me if I like X video game so I can play with him and I always pretend I do so that we can play together. \nI don’t give a fig about video games but I love spending time with him. And also…. It’s fun to pretend to be a kid and get excited about games. But it’s spending time with him that really makes me happy.\""],"title":"Quality Time","image":{"name":"fb0ibmpxog00m7lq.jpg","credit":"Photo by JESHOOTS.com/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/shake-it-2-the-grave: \"In 2015 my dad’s beloved German Shepherd doggo Zep died and he became quietly distraught, mum had almost never seen him so sad and was genuinely concerned about him. He ended up making a YouTube video about Zep and posted it online.\nI secretly went and bought him a few thousand views for that vid and another vid he’d previously made and over the next several days/weeks as the views came in he became very excited and started to smile again. I never told anyone but my sister (mum can’t keep a secret lol).\""],"title":"Smiles for Miles","image":{"name":"zyetw76qonr5p4v4.jpg","credit":"Photo by Anna Dudkova on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":405},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":225}}}},{"text":["

U/jenglasser: \"When I was about 15 or 16 I had a sleepover with about 10 of my friends and my sister. I decided to have some fun with them, and pretended to sleep talk. They recorded it on a cassette tape, and I figured it would just be a fun harmless prank. Well, nearly 30 years later, they still keep bringing it up.\nThey still don't know that I was faking and I don't know how to tell them at this point because so much time has passed. That tape is still floating around. I hate it when they bring it up, and they think it's because I'm embarrassed about sleep talking but the reality is it was just a stupid prank I played when I was a teenager and I just never in a million years thought that it would still be going three decades later.\""],"title":"Never Ending Prank","image":{"name":"8kj5miokxxk9ntxw.jpg","credit":"Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Jovian12: \"If anyone was at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, OH right before the Origins Game Fair in 2018, I have your white noise machine. You left it in the hotel room. I didn't even realize for half my stay…I was like 'oh this is actually really convenient!' figuring it was just a new thing the hotel was doing. \nThat is, until I visited my friends' room, where they didn't have one…then noticed I could unplug the one in my room, and realized it must have been left behind. I told the front desk about it, but they insisted it didn't need to be moved to a lost and found. Told them to tell me if anyone called looking for it, but no one did. So, thank you, forgetful stranger, it has actually helped immensely with my sleep.\""],"title":"Forgetful Stranger","image":{"name":"phhhwxtv2a4dzkba.jpg","credit":"Photo by Álvaro Bernal on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/tacobelmont: \"I can't remember why, but I was mad at my Dad for something. As revenge I added extra chili powder and hot sauce to our family chili. Turns out my family never really added enough seasoning to the chili as it was, and the food actually tasted a lot better as a result of my revenge tactic. \nI've overcorrected as an adult on seasoning food at times, but I do make a mean chili.\""],"title":"Spicy Revenge","image":{"name":"6jnm6rpcgpkmioa4.jpg","credit":"Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1048},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":582}}}},{"text":["

U/ihavebirb: \"I hid my tooth under my pillow for the 'tooth fairy' to find and give me money. I knew it was my dad giving me money. \nSo after he slipped cash under my pillow and threw the tooth away, i sifted through the trash and showed it to him and said I lost another tooth. I got an extra 20 bucks\""],"title":"Easy Money","image":{"name":"0vurlra4ov7ckk1z.jpg","credit":"Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

\"My dad is a doctor. When my daughter was little she was terrified of hurting her ankle. Like anytime she got the slightest twinge or rolled it slightly, she was convinced it was broken. My dad would take her to the office and run a fetal heart Doppler over her little ankle and tell her it was an X-RAY machine and her ankle was fine. \nShe’s 13 and still convinced that papa took actual x rays of her ankle. I’m never going to tell her otherwise.\""],"title":"Dad's Ankle Miracle","image":{"name":"8wt27cbns35a0v8i.jpg","credit":"Photo by Yasser Hernandez/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Alarmed_Pomelo7271: \"When I graduated college, we went to buy me some clothes to wear from the mall for the graduation. I am a guy who doesn’t like to shop, so I underestimated the cost. My Mom went with me, and she offered to pay the rest (like $200). I went to return the clothes after because of an Issue I had with them, and they put it all on my credit card since I paid the first half like that. \nMy Mom said I didnt need to give her the money back, but I went to the bank, withdrew the money, and dispersed it amongst her purses when she wasn’t looking (so she wouldn’t notice). To this day, she still thinks she paid a portion of my clothes for graduation, and that makes her happy, and Im happy knowing I didn’t let her throw money like that on me.\""],"title":"Shopping Spree","image":{"name":"p4f4hut3ftnrvxq7.jpg","credit":"Photo by Max Fischer/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}}]}; window.__cf = (window.__cf || {}); window.__cf.nextArticleData = {"meta":{"id":"cms-9220","title":"40+ People Reveal Things They Were Told Growing Up That Were Complete Lies","code":"colie","category":"Gallery","subCategory":"Community","lang":"en","version":"shz","fullCode":"colieenshz","lastTimePublished":"2024-05-22_22-00","createdAt":"2023-09-07T07:55:03.657Z","date":"2024-05-22","author":"Pie L","nextArticle":{"id":"cms-9023"},"originalSite":"parentztalk.com"},"blocks":[{"text":["

Most parents try their best to protect their kids, and sometimes that means telling a lie here and there. Oftentimes, children believe these lies well into their adulthood.\nFrom harmless fibs to outright lies, these people took to Reddit to share things they were told growing up that weren't true. You won't believe some of the crazy things parents told their children.","",""],"image":{"name":"n3ro4ymnotok9gwc.jpg","credit":"Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/ThatPumpkin4130: \"If you pick up a baby bird and put it in its nest your smell will stay on it and its parents will reject it and it will die. \nA few years ago I found a baby crow on the ground and called various aviary sanctuaries to see what I should do and ALL of the ones that got back to me (3) told me to get it safely back in the tree ASAP. I expressed my worry about getting my smell on the baby bird and they reassured me that it was not a problem at all and that it was a very common myth but held no truth.\""],"title":"Bird Myth","image":{"name":"26ocybqdjccdurbi.jpg","credit":"Photo by Håkon Helberg on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/thatonekidin_theback: \"For the longest time at my high school, many teachers would purposefully tell us to 'figure it out' if we didn’t understand something and claimed that it was how college was going to be for us. They also claimed that the amount of work they gave us was justified and that their course load was exactly like college. Fast forward to me being in college now and I have found both claims to be false. \nMy professors actually give a s--- about us students and are extremely helpful, especially during office hours. They also don’t give out nearly as heavy course loads because the curriculum isn’t standardized— they know what they can fit into a single semester. So for anybody out there that has doubts about college because of high school, if you’re on the fence and have the financial means to go, I say go for it.\""],"title":"Teacher Tales","image":{"name":"njs0oqg02tqxwqro.jpg","credit":"Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":448},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":249}}}},{"text":["

U/Jessiefrance89: \"I would grow out of childish things like video games, fantasy, etc and be interested in only ‘mature’ stuff. I’m 33 and I’m even more of a nerd and lover of games and anything fantasy. \nMy grandmother still occasionally says this…She asked me once when I was going to grow out of ‘stupid stuff like Pokémon’. ‘What’s the point of being grown up if you can’t act childish sometimes?' —Doctor Who\""],"title":"Eternal Childhood","image":{"name":"irftdwtz3f325d55.jpg","credit":"Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/trashyfridge: \"My electronics had to be charged to 100%, otherwise they would be confiscated by the airport security when they went through the scanner. My siblings and I would fully charge all our devices, shut them down and switch them on in the queue for security so we could 'avoid confiscation'. \nI’ll hand it to my parents - the car was pretty quiet on the way to the airport because we’d fall asleep or just listen to the radio lol.\""],"title":"Charger Scare","image":{"name":"vmvnb2umf2shjhvt.jpg","credit":"Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

\"I used to complain a lot about the tears while cutting onions so my dad once told me it helps if I keep water in my mouth. After five minutes I spat it into the sink and told him it doesn't work. \nHe just laughed and said 'I know it doesn't, but at least it shut you up for 5 minutes.' I don't trust that man ever since🤣🤣\""],"title":"Onion Tears Trick","image":{"name":"gcr0ut025b0sk7x7.jpg","credit":"Photo by vivek sharma on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":720},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":400}}}},{"text":["

U/N1cole_Nurko: \"My mom told me and my sister that when it was foggy outside it was because the frogs were singing and she would say 'it's froggy outside.' My sis literally argued with a teacher about what fog is and where it comes from. \nShe told a whole class it was because frogs were singing and then went home and told my mom that the teacher was crazy and teaching us wrong information.\""],"title":"It's Froggy Outside","image":{"name":"pq22s2k3mtonnhng.jpg","credit":"Photo by Samuel Ferrara on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":266}}}},{"text":["

U/snowpeaceplease: \"I asked my dad why there were always pieces of carrot and corn whenever I vomited or saw anyone's else's vomit, he told me it's because humans have a little carrot and corn sacks in our stomach that only get released when you vomit. \nI believed this until I was in a biology class at about 15 years old and told this fact to which everyone laughed at me 😅.\""],"title":"Carrot and Corn","image":{"name":"n0zm77z9dr9w0fok.jpg","credit":"Photo by She Eats/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":479},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":266}}}},{"text":["

U/Jinguuji: \"When I was a kid, in order to get me to brush my teeth, my mom would tell me that in just a year or two, there will be new technology implemented worldwide to make my teeth ‘invulnerable’ to tooth decay. \nSo, i just need to be a good boy, brush my teeth, and hang in there. After 24 years, I’m still waiting, Mom.\""],"title":"Invulnerable Teeth","image":{"name":"ckt12wbfwqehn4s1.jpg","credit":"Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unspl","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":520},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":289}}}},{"text":["

U/susanwilliams1222: \"Every time I would ask if I could skip school. Not join a club. Whatever was questionable to a 9-13 year old my mom would say, 'I will let you, but are you really sure you want this on your PERMANENT RECORD '? \nThey had me convinced that this record would follow me around my entire life in a giant book, and we be passed through all my schools, college, jobs etc. I was so worried that I missed out on some really exciting, perhaps life changing experiences.\""],"title":"Permanent Record","image":{"name":"5d672auagg45sl0b.jpg","credit":"Photo by Mike Tinnion on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":492},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":273}}}},{"text":["

U/Malibuu92: \"My dad would take my sister and I for bike rides in a forest nearby our house when we were growing up. In the forest there was a big tree we would always pass that had a small opening at the bottom, and sometimes we would find money in the opening. \nMy sister and I were thrilled every time we found a few quarters in there, which we would usually spend on gumballs. I was probably 15 when I found out that when my dad would go for runs he’d put money in the tree for us to find lol he’s been an awesome dad.\""],"title":"Money Tree","image":{"name":"xhz28c6dw1mzyxhw.jpg","credit":"Photo by Anders Nord on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":941},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":523}}}},{"text":["

U/janecantdance: \"As a little kid my mum told me that when the ice cream truck plays music that means they’ve run out of ice cream, so any time the ice cream truck came near our house i was devastated that he had no ice cream left… \nIt’s still a running joke in our family to this day any time we hear an ice cream truck.\""],"title":"No Ice Cream","image":{"name":"fk5rcvvn23fi4grv.jpg","credit":"Photo by Vincent Creton on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/bukusnoot: \"When I was 5 I rode in an airplane for the first time. I was apparently whining about my brother not letting me have the window seat so the flight attendant told me they strap kids who won’t stop crying to the wing outside. \nI stopped real fast and still remember it to this day. I don’t think my parents took it upon themselves to correct her since it was so effective.\""],"title":"Seat Threat","image":{"name":"tv2uebqgxh0cc7gq.jpg","credit":"Photo by Hanson Lu on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1080},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":600}}}},{"text":["

U/TheMarvelite: \"A substitute teacher once told my class that every time you peed, a tiny bit of urine was released into your mouth, so if you didn’t want to have pee breath then you should brush your teeth every time you go to the bathroom. \nI think the intent was to trick kids into being hygienic, but the result was a ton of childhood anxiety about having pee mouth.\""],"title":"Pee Mouth","image":{"name":"36khc96zm76xxioc.jpg","credit":"Photo by Jan Antonin Kolar on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":540},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":300}}}},{"text":["

U/TiogaJoe: \"Putting salt on your food to cools it off. By the time I was a teen I knew this didn't work. As an adult I asked my mom why she would say to me as a small child, 'Oh, your food is too hot. I need to put salt on it to cool it off.' \nShe said it was just to buy time for the food to cool off before I would try to eat it. (Note that we did not have a lot of food growing up so we kids were hungry when dinner was ready.)\""],"title":"Salt Cooling","image":{"name":"2fc0tkf0b4zvp3o7.jpg","credit":"Photo by Jason Tuinstra on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Pumpkinhit206: \"My mom used to say 'oh I think I heard a cough' and spray 'cough syrup' in my throat as a kid…. It was freaking melatonin. \nFor years I always thought man I must have bad allergies but reality was, I was a super energetic kid who also had insomnia and if my mom didn’t give me the 'cough syrup' I would be up until 3 am bugging her. I was 16 years old when I realized, years after the fact.\""],"title":"Bedtime Blues","image":{"name":"f0gpuj3auigg0qhn.jpg","credit":"Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Glubegus: \"As a child, I was told that there is a monster named 'Babaika', and if you go out late at night or when it's already dark, she will bite you. \nAs you understand, it was a lie. I think many adults in childhood frightened us with various fictional monsters that we would not do this or that. D---, I really believed them!\""],"title":"Babaika Monster","image":{"name":"tscwqpy3vv4rueft.jpg","credit":"Photo by Josh Hild on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1078},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":599}}}},{"text":["

\"My grandmother always told me that I was allergic to strawberries. For years, I avoided anything remotely strawberry-flavored, missing out on so many delicious treats. One summer day, I was at a friend's birthday party when they brought out a huge strawberry cake. As I politely declined, my friend's mom pulled me aside with a puzzled look on her face. \n'Allergic to strawberries? That’s not what your mom responded to the emailed invitation I sent out to everyone. Let me check for you, sweetie.' She stepped aside to make a phone call before returning, ensuring that my mom said I could eat strawberries. Later, when she asked my grandmother why she told me that, my grandma said it was because she didn’t like strawberry-flavored things and didn’t want me asking for them around her.\""],"title":"Sweet Tooth","image":{"name":"xnn7r16m8cizhr9e.jpg","credit":"Photo by Takuya Nagaoka on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

\"All my life, I believed I had a ghost of a twin, a sister who had passed before taking her first breath. Mom and Dad used to mourn her every year, every single birthday, their tears watering the flowers they'd lay on her grave. She was the invisible shadow I was always chasing. But then, in a dusty, forgotten corner of the attic, a box labeled 'Family Secrets' caught my eye. \nMy heart pounded as I pryed it open, curiosity gnawing at me. And there, hidden amongst age-old keepsakes, were photographs of my parents cradling a newborn baby boy. It turns out that they did have twins, but one was a boy and he didn’t die after all. My parents gave him up for adoption, and decided to tell me that the twin died shortly after birth. I still don’t know why they lied to me.\""],"title":"Lost But Not Forgotten","image":{"name":"mddm89thlkmu2n0m.jpg","credit":"Photo by Edwin Ariel Valladares/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":436},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":242}}}},{"text":["

U/oiseaudefeu_: \"Once had a music teacher who had beautiful hands and nails. I asked her what her secret was and she said she got them by doing dishes by hand. I did her dishes religiously for probably a half year before giving up. The penny only dropped a year or so ago, around 15 years after this occurred. \nWe were very close, like family, so I have to appreciate the humour of the situation. I owe my career to her so I guess a few dishes here and there were a small price to pay 😂.\""],"title":"Dishwashing Beauty","image":{"name":"bznkr11mnn5s6z5w.jpg","credit":"Photo by cottonbro studio/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1080},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":600}}}},{"text":["

U/FFJamie94: \"'You won’t always have a calculator in your pocket' The face we were taught this as late as 2003 is wild, considering calculators had been on phones for a while, and a couple years later, they would end up on things such as ipods. \nI get the sentiment, but there has to be a better way to get students to be taught mental maths.\""],"title":"Math Trick","image":{"name":"36ed1yu7znpcmjtg.jpg","credit":"Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":720},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":400}}}},{"text":["

U/Von2014: \"I got 2. When I was a kid, about 4, my dad decided one day that when cooking hashbrown patties, for breakfast, to call them 'monkey brains'. Hoping to gross us out. Of course, we didn't know what monkey brains were. So my siblings and I all wanted monkey brains. There were times, later on, that my dad would ask us what we wanted for breakfast. To no surprise, we ask for monkey brains. Sometimes, my dad would cook them. Other times, my dad would have to say that we're out of monkey brains. \nThe other was that when my dad would fart around us kids, at the time, he would say we have 'floorboard spiders'. To this day, I have yet to see any of that species of spider. 🤣\""],"title":"Monkey Brains","image":{"name":"uqv6ogvtbqssj6cg.jpg","credit":"Photo by Mia Dalisay/Pexels","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":960},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":533}}}},{"text":["

\"I grew up thinking I had a twin sister who died before I was born. My parents would visit her grave every year on her birthday, leaving flowers and shedding tears. It was a constant reminder of the sister I never got to know. But one day, while cleaning out the attic, I stumbled upon a box labeled 'Family Secrets.' Curiosity got the best of me, and I opened it. Inside were old photographs of my parents holding a baby girl, smiling. \nConfusion washed over me as I couldn't understand why they were holding my twin sister who died. When I confronted them, they told me they could only keep one girl and they decided to put her up for adoption. They haven't had contact with her since.\""],"title":"Secret Box","image":{"name":"09bb6w3m94nfspq0.jpg","credit":"Photo by OWN FILTERS on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/unplugged_toast3r: \"School prepares you for the real world. I once tried to 'escape my school' to get some food from the local shop. I received a 2 hour after school detention for 3 days. \nI recently tried sneaking out from my job as I didn’t have time to make lunch, my boss caught me. Boss: 'where are you going' Me: 'uhh I was going to the shop to get some food I’m sorry' Boss: 'get me some sausage rolls and one of those big 2L bottles of coke' I was shocked to say the least.\""],"title":"Lunch Escape","image":{"name":"grvrf1szpi9ie88b.jpg","credit":"Photo by Ferks Guare on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/eltaconobueno: \"My poor cousin was convinced by his mother that if he didn't brush his teeth even one time his teeth would fall out. He was also a germaphobe to the max. One night when we were about ten we were staying at my grandmother's house. \nHe forgot his toothbrush and absolutely lost his s---. My poor grandmother had to drive into town to buy a toothbrush in the middle of the night.\""],"title":"Brush it Off","image":{"name":"0e07kh2z0oidr52w.jpg","credit":"Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Lidzo: \"'You can dye your hair blue and get facial piercings when you're an adult and don't live under our roof.' I mean, yeah, it's kind of true except that most workplaces don't allow that so here I am, almost 40 and never got to have the hair color and piercings that I wanted during the time when it would have been cool and actually made sense. \nYou win, parents… I'm a nerdy government employee with almost no friends and no distinguishing visual traits.\""],"title":"Feeling Blue","image":{"name":"hq0lbm0sbiurh2br.jpg","credit":"Photo by elizabeth lies on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":720},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":400}}}},{"text":["

U/LIVERPOOLFC3333: \"I was told that i left the cage open for my pet rabbits i took care of as a child. I was beside myself. I only found out 15 years later that we ate them. I blamed myself for years. \nThat was little traumatizing. I was so angry why my whole family laughed. Now I’m 41 and my parents actually apologized.\""],"title":"Rabbit's Remorse","image":{"name":"azs09clz749thtg7.jpg","credit":"Photo by Aswathy N on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":540},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":300}}}},{"text":["

U/AngryTankTop: \"My dad told me 2 lies I believed longer then I should have: 1-when I asked why old shows were black and white. Was told that until the 1960 the whole world was black and white until the government found the color switch in the Grand Canyon. Hoover dam was build to hide the color switch so the world doesn’t go back to black and white. \n2-ATMs have small people living in them and they hand you the money when you use the machine.\""],"title":"Colorful Lies","image":{"name":"dazu4qwst2nryta7.jpg","credit":"Photo by Bruna Araujo on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":540},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":300}}}},{"text":["

U/Los_Skully: \"My uncle always telling me that the stuff in the entranceway/exit way was actually free so you could grab it and leave as a thank you gift. \nI believed this all the way up to middle school at which point I’d probably stolen hundreds of dollars worth of s---, and I was finally caught. Ofc when my uncle was called he thought it was f------ hilarious\""],"title":"Freebie Hoax","image":{"name":"v2l74oeica1d26rr.jpg","credit":"Photo by Michael Jasmund on Unsplashs","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":540},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":300}}}},{"text":["

U/skilletblast33: \"I can’t ride my bike to the park that was about a mile away because I needed a Bikers ID and a license plate for my bike and those where 'too expensive'. If I did it and got a ticket from the police I would have to pay for it myself. \nNever rode my bike to that park, but for some reason it never clicked that I could ride my bike from my grandparents to the ice cream store, even though it was further and never got in trouble.\""],"title":"Biker's ID","image":{"name":"91w959bt9u7xu7of.jpg","credit":"Photo by Marianna Lutkova on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Wooden-Selection517: “'Just work hard, and you too will earn hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.' -my dentist dad who made it look effortless to have a successful career. I didn’t realize until I was an adult that EVERYONE works hard and how hard you work doesn’t equate to how much money you make. \nI was a sheltered kid, and this realization was a difficult pill to swallow because my dad constantly ingrained that bs in my head growing up.\""],"title":"Hard Work's Reality","image":{"name":"f36cfofxlvlwk21b.jpg","credit":"Photo by Jordan Whitfield on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":405},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":225}}}},{"text":["

U/closetedskeletonz: \"That I was allergic to water parks. Not pools, just water parks. We lived by one and my mom didn’t want to take me so she just told me I was allergic. \nI was pretty young, and don’t remember how long I believed that. In my early teens, my other family members would take me on trips and we’d go to…. Water parks 🤦🏻‍♀️😒.\""],"title":"Aqua Allergy","image":{"name":"pv0xc5xw6t4lh5nu.jpg","credit":"Photo by Oswald Elsaboath on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1080},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":600}}}},{"text":["

U/colorOfsage: \"Many people, elders and my peers, always encouraged me to do my best in life, and they will always have my back and be there when I need them. \nI started my first successful business and came back to my hometown to share the knowledge just to learn that my name was being smeared after I hired old friends and relatives off the street, paying them the most they all ever made in cash per week doing work they had been doing for minimum wage for years.\""],"title":"Broken Promises","image":{"name":"ef4avdwrqrdzajls.jpg","credit":"Photo by Jeremy Beadle on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1080},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":600}}}},{"text":["

U/Bruskk: \"If I swallowed seeds that they would grow inside me and turn into a tree. There were times I accidentally swallowed seeds from fruit and was anxiously anticipating having to tell my mother what I had done, thinking something horrible would happen. \nSpoiler alert, nothing happened - but I still feel like I’m going to end up in hospital if I accidentally did 😂.\""],"title":"Feeling Seedy","image":{"name":"g4ndwav9aofq054d.jpg","credit":"Photo by Tamanna Rumee on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/DiscotheUnicorn447: \"I have Voluntary Nystagmus, meaning that I can make my pupils/irises shake rapidly on command (google a video if you don't get it). I can't remember how many times my parents told me that if I kept doing it my eyes would get stuck shaking back and forth. \nDid tons of research and found out that isn't true. Turns out it just creeped them out and they wanted me to stop. Fun times.\""],"title":"Eyes on You","image":{"name":"7hqg0t782k8vomq9.jpg","credit":"Photo by Kalea Jerielle on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":405},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":225}}}},{"text":["

U/PlantainRealistic123: \"My grandad was a farmer and as children we would help rear any orphaned lambs. I remember my brother and I having our first 'pet' lambs that we bottle fed and cuddled until they were big enough to go back to the farm. Every time I'd visit the farm I'd ask about my sheep and my grandad would look around the field, point at a random sheep and say 'there she be, doing well'. \nSometimes he'd even add a little tidbit like 'oh her's just had twins!' I honestly believed him every single time. It wasn't until years later as an adult I realised the awful truth about my sheep. My mum and brother were joking about it one Christmas and I had my lightbulb moment. RIP Kirsten, you were a good sheep. 🐑\""],"title":"Lamb Lies","image":{"name":"7yxezzjpwtxhbhsk.jpg","credit":"Photo by Zac Harris on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1080},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":600}}}},{"text":["

U/GOJOplaysEZ: \"Older sister was explaining to two year old me why I should wash my hands. She told me germs that lived in my b--- and feet migrated and crawled up to my hands. \nWhen I asked why I don’t have to wash my whole body since they had to crawl all the way up my legs and torso she just told me to wash my hands.\""],"title":"Germy Hands","image":{"name":"j2iz526252qqwe09.jpg","credit":"Photo by Noah on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1000},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":555}}}},{"text":["

U/Gandoelfchen: \"My mom used to tell me that if I watched TV for too long my pupils would start turning into squares - you know because the TV was squared. Young me was so afraid of this happening that I would panic after just 10-20 min of watching TV, run to the next mirror and actually believe that my pupils had started turning into squares. \nAs a consequence of this lie I primarily read books throughout the first 12 years of my life, while other kids would spend their time on the screen.\""],"title":"Squared Pupil","image":{"name":"1lsnwk2q4737h6l2.jpg","credit":"Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":479},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":266}}}},{"text":["

U/philodendronlady: \"That liquid and dry baking measurements were different amounts. My mom was told that so I always used a liquid measuring cup for liquids even if dry was inconvenient. \nMentioned this to a roommate and she blew my mind with the fact that they’re THE SAME. Had to physically measure water and pour it from a dry cup to liquid one for my mom to believe me lol.\""],"title":"Measure Misbelief","image":{"name":"x7kn73s7h5vrw695.jpg","credit":"Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1080},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":600}}}},{"text":["

U/dimpy: \"I was told that leftover food between your teeth turned into poison when you slept at night. This was my parents’ plan to get me to brush my teeth before sleep, and it worked! \nI never missed doing that even once growing up. Even on nights I forgot, I’d get jump scared in my sleep and then wake up to brush my teeth.\""],"title":"Nightly Tooth Scare","image":{"name":"kmksubq5cxao6bgn.jpg","credit":"Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":485},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":269}}}},{"text":["

U/michaelscott1218: \"For years, my dad told me that when I was born, I had a tail. He said that doctor's cut it off after I was born, and that it was being preserved in jar. I would always ask about it. Embarrassingly, I asked about it well into my teen years. My dad would tell me that I would get it when I turned 18 as some sort of token. It drove me crazy. \nAny time my parents would leave the house I would immediately begin digging through their closet to find my tail. My dad made it so believable - he never laughed when he talked about it, he never was scattered, and he always had an answer for every question I asked. I am now 23 years old and, although I am aware I most likely didn't have a tail, I still wonder about it sometimes.\" "],"title":"Tail Trail","image":{"name":"2mp01igbp97vnflm.jpg","credit":"Photo by Priyadharshan Saba on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":540},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":300}}}},{"text":["

U/fitzpsfrequency: \"My mother didn't want my brother and I to have motorcycles so she told us from a young age that you had to be 32 to get a motorcycle license. We just thought it was true and never questioned it until my brother went off to college and saw a bunch of kids his age riding bikes. \nHe went to the RMV and got his license. He called my mom and told her they must've lifted the age limit cause he just got his license.\""],"title":"License Limit","image":{"name":"5r4kbuk5wfy9h2s6.jpg","credit":"Photo by Harley-Davidson on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Stilldontknow917: \"I don't know if this applies here, but I'll tell it anyway My grandpa used to go out everyday during the afternoon, and would visit my house very often. When I was little, we would sometimes go to this parking lot (1 min from home, there wasn't a lot of movement so it was safe to walk around) and he would ask me to help him find coins on the floor cause people would 'lose' them there. \nAfter 1 or 2 minutes, I would find one and be super excited and tell him that I had found one. He was actually the one dropping the coins so I would find them. I believed this for a while until I saw him drop one. It's one of the best memories I have of him.\""],"title":"Coin Hunt","image":{"name":"ggrup6ay9esog565.jpg","credit":"Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

\"My parents lied about being able to afford things. Small things, like I wanted new clothes to feel better about myself (I was overweight as a kid). It was at best a half-truth, they could afford it but oftentimes prioritized their own wants over mine or my brother. \nThey were swimming in credit card debt, so it's understandable they were trying to keep expenses low, but then they'd go out to an expensive dinner or order takeout like 3 or 4 times a week for the whole family when cooking would've been so much cheaper. Suffice to say, I've since learned my parents are just piss-poor with money. Thankfully I didn't inherit that trait.\""],"title":"Spending Secrets","image":{"name":"648y9ohy7o8lzxy5.jpg","credit":"Photo by Two Paddles Axe and Leatherwork on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/oldhag255: \"My mum told me that the lyrics to lambada were 'I've got bigger b---- than you' and I had no reason to disbelieve her. \nSo one saturday I'm at my dad's and we are watching the chart show on itv and I proudly say 'dad I know what this song means' my dad was in stitches and I started to learn that everything mum said wasn't always right.\""],"title":"Misheard Wisdom","image":{"name":"d9fg86lhdg3dk7zc.jpg","credit":"Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":897},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":498}}}},{"text":["

U/jday057: \"This was told to my class in 3rd grade by our teacher. We were reading a chapter book about a family of mice, and there was a scene where one of the mice had to run through the human's house, and he was warned not to eat the tablets on the floor, which were rat poison, because they would make them sick. \nOur teacher explained that the tablets were aspirin and mice get tummy aches if they eat asprin, and that was why they warmed him. I believed for years that aspirin made mice sick to their stomach.\""],"title":"Misguided Lesson","image":{"name":"96xgkpa59jq0b5in.jpg","credit":"Photo by Dan Smedley on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1082},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":601}}}},{"text":["

U/blawndosaursrex: \"I had an I infinity mirror when I was about 7. Ya know the ones with lights around the edge that look like a tunnel going on forever. It was about a foot tall rectangle and had different modes. I loved that thing. Loved it. That was until one day my dad had the bright idea to tell me that if I fell in I would be lost forever. \nOH MAN was I suddenly terrified of that mirror. It couldn’t be in my room from that day forward. My brothers didn’t want it so it got thrown away. My mom was not happy with my dad for that one. I had nightmares for awhile and went into their room quite a bit after that. Mirror of terror. As an adult I wish I could have it though.\""],"title":"Mirror of Terror","image":{"name":"c84cjgspb1xb0rlb.jpg","credit":"Photo by Alex Lopez on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":720},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":400}}}},{"text":["

U/illstopthiscar: \"We had irrigation ditches around the home I grew up in. My mom always told us that if we went in that water trolls would pull us down and never let us come back. I believed this for an embarrassingly long time. \nBut my ma just knew how much we loved to play in water and that we could get swept away or obtain an infection. Also.. there were creatures in there.. not trolls but definitely muskrats.\""],"title":"Watery Muskrats","image":{"name":"d1tf3n3k8jlsum27.jpg","credit":"Photo by Jack Bulmer on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Neat-Enthusiasm-4884: \"From the time I was around 4/5, my mother convinced my brother and I that when the DVD has a scratch and pauses that the only way to play it again was to clap really loudly at it repeatedly until it would finally play. \nI’m nearly 22 and have been clapping at nothing for years and looked like a…fool on many an occasion (much to the amusement of my mother who thinks she is hilarious).\""],"title":"Magic Clap","image":{"name":"z4rdnfl8u8a0ekfv.jpg","credit":"Photo by cottonbro studio/Pexelss","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":1080},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":600}}}},{"text":["

U/LonelyTune224: \"My father told my siblings and I that it was illegal to talk while driving on the autobahn. We were all pretty young under 10 and it was our first time living in Germany. He loved taking us and our mother to travel around but three kids in a tiny car was too much for him at the time. \nWe fell for it for awhile. He is still so proud of himself 🤣 Harmless and very funny to look back on now that I have a little myself.\""],"title":"Autobahn Silence","image":{"name":"vqkt8aekqanlzlg5.jpg","credit":"Photo by Oli Woodman on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/Asleep-Jicama-7003: \"My primary teacher told me holding in your farts will make you explode from your stomach and so i never held one in i always let ‘em rip he also told me you can’t say thank you after someone blessed you for sneezing or it’s bad luck. \nSo i probably seemed like a snob for the longest time for not thanking the people that blessed me.\"",""],"title":"Bad Luck","image":{"name":"enkcgaq02aixp1cw.jpg","credit":"Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash","dimensions":{"desktop":{"width":720,"height":480},"mobile":{"width":400,"height":267}}}},{"text":["

U/blubonobo: \"My mom used to tell us that our dad was working in twenty nine palms. Every couple years he would pick up a big job there. One day my brother and I discovered some release papers from prison. So we looked deeper. Seems dad had a problem with rules. Seems its hereditary in the men in our fam. \nTo this day if we are talking about a cousin or nephew doing time and the littles are around we refer to them as being at 29 palms. 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