22 people share the secret their spouse kept from them until after they got married.

As the saying goes, the key to a successful marriage is lying about who you are while you're dating and then once your partner is legally bound to you through marriage, your true self comes out from hiding, like 'surprise!!!!'

It's not actually a saying, I made it up. Kind of like how I made up being super outdoorsy, a big fan of Marvel movies, and 'super chill and laid back.' But please don't tell my boyfriend that.....

In a popular Reddit thread, someone asked: 'what secret did your spouse keep from you until after you were married?'

These 22 people share the surprising truths they learned about their spouses only after they committed to spending the rest of their lives together (some of them are actually pretty wholesome, others not so much):

1.) From seizetheday18:

How weird he really was. I knew he was off but not that bad. On our 2-hour trip home after the wedding he thought I was asleep and proceeded to talk to him self for hours. He would laugh at himself and ribbit too.

2.) From stormreddit:

We were together five years before we married and he never farted in front of me. Once we were married...... I had no idea someone could fart that loud and that often. Good lord.

3.) From Reveen_:

That she set up a separate account and started throwing money into it. She started saving the day I proposed and kept saving until after we'd been married for 3 years. She saved up the same amount of cash I spent on her engagement ring and surprised me with my dream motorcycle. Dream bike, dream wife, dream life.

4.) From throwaway81991:

That he likes to wear women's clothing. Not always in a sexual way either. I just came home one day and there he was sitting in my favorite pair of panties and my silk robe just playing video games. Now we sit around together playing video games in our panties. It's actually really great.

5.) From kokaneeranger:

Herpes. Found out from her obstetrician when she was six months pregnant and we went in for an appointment and his first question to her was, 'How's the herpes, any flare ups?'

6.) From dvs_me:

My husband and his friend came up with a plan to catch his friend's wife cheating. My husband slept with his friends wife and friend 'caught' them. She got pregnant and during the divorce found out the baby was my husband's. Found this out after 7 years and 3 kids.

7.) From afm0455:

I've been married for almost 12 years, together more than 16, and found out roughly three years ago that my wife has/still suffers from bulimia. It was so bad a few years ago that she had a nervous breakdown and we sent her to a program to cope with the disease. While there are relapses and I expect she will deal with this the rest of our lives together, she's doing great.

She's been dealing with this disease since high school, and mostly because she dealt with many insecurities as a result of my mother-in-law's inability to give positive feedback. She hid this from me for years, and while many may think that bulimics do this for the sake of vanity, I assure you it is not.

My wife, while beautiful on the inside and out, still deals with this daily....even a few days ago. We have three children and overwhelm them with praise about inner/outer beauty to ensure the same mistake isn't made again.

8.) From condimentia:

That his mother was alive. He gave me a sob story about losing his mother to a heart attack in a grocery store, and of course I was all about comforting him. We dated and eventually married, but what could he say -- 'I lied about my mother dying?'

So he just kept her a secret. I later found a card from her, to him, for his birthday, in the garage, wedged in some books. I was horrified to find out I had a mother in law, and, hadn't invited her to our wedding.

We divorced after 3 years. She was a lovely woman and treated me very kindly, knowing I had no idea and believing I was horrified by the circumstances. She wasn't surprised at his duplicity and later regretted not warning me about her son, but, she had hoped I'd be a 'fix' for him. I wasn't.

9.) From jordanupnorth:

She was an introvert disguised as an extrovert until we were married. Once we tied the knot she shut the blinds, locked the doors, and turned our house into a cave.

10.) From angelicvixen:

I didnt tell my husband that I was into the idea of pegging until we were married. I was embarrassed. It worked out.

11.) From [deleted]:

She's funny. Like, hilarious. I had no idea. She was holding back on me the whole time.

12.) From CustomMadeGJ:

I promise you this is legit. My wife just revealed to me she is terrified of Baha Men's 'Who Let The Dogs Out'. She says they sound very angry and it makes her very upset. I wouldn't say she HID this from me....but it's an interesting development

13.) From izziev:

My husband hid the secret that he wasn't actually taking his antipsychotics until our honeymoon. Innocent 18-yo me didn't understand how bad that truly was, or that it would lead to a slow build-up to a really horrible psychotic break where I would have to call the police. Good news is he takes them religiously now!

14.) From poop_squirrel:

My ex husband lied about a lot of things. That he was Catholic (not that it mattered - I was raised Methodist. Bfd). That he was a virgin. No, wait, his virginity was taken by his ex girlfriend who got him drunk. Never mind, he's never been drunk before. That he never met his father.

Actually he did once, but he was such a jerk. That the only time he had ever seen his father was when he was on the news after a tornado destroyed his trailer park. That his step dad is a sex addict. There is probably more, but damn.

15.) From [deleted]:

My wife had been sleeping with her ex while we dated. I found out just before the wedding. As in the day before.

16.) From gbimmer:

She started saving for our wedding 1 week after we met.

17.) From Ceemer:

That he hated the cologne I have been buying him for five years. He still wore it all the time but didn't want to hurt my feelings.

18.) From [deleted]:

My wife was actually 7 years older than she claimed to be. I was mildly surprised when I found out. Some people said it should be easy to tell..But she's asian and tiny (About 4'10') and looks young for her age. Yes, I still would have married her. Difference between 28 and 35 didn't worry me a whole lot. I was 44 myself.

However, if the difference had moved her into menopause...for example, from 40 to 47 .... then no, I probably wouldn't have. I actually wanted to have children. The topic never really came up. It wasn't until we were doing some paperwork for the children that the discrepancy came to light.

19.) From zoemckenn:

Big time sperm donor.......... I guess I'll be meeting my step children in 18 years or less.

20.) From tasty_unicorn_bacon:

He was a coke dealer. To all of our friends. I had no idea.

21.) From blastula_spatula:

My spouse came out as trans 3 months after we got married.

22.) Fro, kitkatbay:

That he is not comfortable with me wearing a two-piece swimsuit. He is a Muslim from Iran, I am an American living in Texas, he knew perfectly well I would not be fine with this. It has been our only serious fight.