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<h2>It&#39;s pretty important to know the person you&#39;re choosing to spend the rest of your life with...</h2><p>Marriage is (supposed to be) forever. While the divorce rate is at an all time high and many people choose polyamory or open relationships as opposed to a traditional monogamous marriage, it&#39;s still good to know as much as possible about the person you say &quot;I do&quot; to.</p><p>How do they behave in restaurants? Which side of the bed do they prefer? Do they clean up after themselves or leave dishes with food stuck to them in the sink for days on end? Small domestic annoyances can add up and it&#39;s important to remember that people usually don&#39;t change their habits. Plus, of course there&#39;s the whole &quot;are they cheating on me with a secret family and potentially a serial killer?&quot; Always good to know...</p><p>So, when a recent <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dyefyw/married_people_of_reddit_whats_one_thing_you/">Reddit </a>user asked, &quot;Married people of Reddit, what&rsquo;s one thing you didn&rsquo;t learn about your spouse until after your wedding day?&quot; people were ready to submit their secrets about their partners...</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>1. Sneezing is hard, &quot;bzzybot.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>That she sneezes like she trying to scare the shit out of you (scream sneeze). I&rsquo;m still not used to it now (ten years later). Fuck, it&rsquo;s loud as hell. Our poor daughter gets scared and says mommy you&rsquo;re too loud. But in public she &ldquo;can hold it back.&rdquo;</p> </blockquote><h2>2. This is a big one, &quot;BurningGlass.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>Not me, but my mom She found out that my dad already had a kid when they got married.</p> </blockquote><h2>3. OH NO, &quot;jakbutt.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>Been together 20 years. Married for 17.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve been telling the same &ldquo;dad joke&rdquo; since I was about 17. Whenever someone says something was &ldquo;intense&rdquo; I always respond with &ldquo;like the circus?&rdquo;. My wife has been rolling her eyes at it for nearly 20 years...until about 6 months ago.</p> <p>I gave my lame response to her, but instead of rolling her eyes at me they got really big, like I saw the lightbulb go off, then she chuckled.</p> <p>She never got the joke until then.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4. Oops, &quot;apex18.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>She&rsquo;s always leaving the lids on everything un-screwed, and guess who is always breaking jars because he always picks everything thing up using the lid?</p> </blockquote><h2>5. Better than other addictions, &quot;mylla13g.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>His addiction to cars. I never knew how much he really enjoyed until after we got married. Also his obsessions with speed and how he wants his cars to go faster and faster.</p> </blockquote><h2>6. Terrfiying, &quot;AdmThrace.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>My mom found out my dad was a compulsive liar when his twin sister didn&#39;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.</p> </blockquote><h2>7. This is a fun fact, &quot;CiderDrinker.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>She&#39;s a great swimmer. One day, after we&#39;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&#39;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 competition swimmer at school. She&#39;s basically half-dolphin. But she&#39;d never happened to mention it before.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>8. Wow, &quot;launab.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>My husband completely undresses from the waist down to go #2. He says he needs the freedom.</p> </blockquote><h2>9. Damn, &quot;JeffcoSteve.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>I discovered my wife is a hoarder, and doesn&#39;t want to throw anything away. She&#39;s gotten better over the years, but it&#39;s still an issue.</p> </blockquote><h2>10. RUN AWAY, &quot;Bleu_Rue.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>That he lives and breathes sports. I knew he <em>liked</em> sports when we were dating, but I didn&#39;t realize that&#39;s <em>all</em> he liked. I didn&#39;t know he would rather watch football games on Sundays than go to family dinners or anywhere else. I didn&#39;t realize he wouldn&#39;t want to watch anything but sports on tv. I didn&#39;t know that he would want to play or watch basketball/football/baseball/golf every waking moment.</p> <p>I Didn&#39;t Know He Would Prefer Sports to Sex. I was gobsmacked.</p> </blockquote><h2>11. Scary, &quot;maxxian.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>My wife is allergic to all artificial sweeteners.</p> <p>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&#39;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 &quot;I AM ALLERGIC TO ASPARTAME!!!&quot;. Me...being the loving new husband I am yelled back &quot;SINCE WHEN!? YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT!&quot; She never bothered to tell me because she grew up in a household with no artificial sweeteners because she was allergic.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12. Adorable, &quot;QueenPooper13.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>My husband and I dated for 3 years before we got married. After more than a year of marriage, he let slip that he is lactose intolerant. He knew that I absolutely love ice cream and we would frequently get ice cream on our dates. But he never wanted me to know about the lactose intolerance so that I could be happy with my ice cream.</p> </blockquote><h2>13. Do they even teach this anymore? &quot;chunderzone.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>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 off a watch during a power outage.</p> <p>I don&#39;t give her a hard time about it, but that was a fun fact to learn</p> </blockquote><h2>14. Christmas is amazing, &quot;nifederico.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>Just how much she REALLY loves Christmas.</p> <p>We lived together before we were married, and it wasn&#39;t that bad. But the moment we said &quot;I Do&quot;...It changed. Now, she starts the Christmas train in fucking October. I&#39;m talking the tree, garland and god damn Michael Buble. When I asked her about this, she said &quot;Oh, we&#39;re married now. So you have to like this too.&quot; Purely joking but damn.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

14 people share things they wish they had known about their partners before getting married.

It&#39;s pretty important to know the person you&#39;re choosing to spend the rest of your life with...Marriage is (supposed to be) forever. While the divorce rate is at an all time high and many people choose polyamory or open relationships as opposed to a traditional monogamous marriage, it&#39;s still good to know as much as possible about the person you say &quot;I do&quot; to.How do they behave in restaurants? Which side of the bed do they prefer? Do they clean up after themselves or leave dishes with food stuck to them in the sink for days on end? Small domestic annoyances can add up and it&#39;s important to remember that people usually don&#39;t change their habits. Plus, of course there&#39;s the whole &quot;are they cheating on me with a secret family and potentially a serial killer?&quot; Always good to know...So, when a recent Reddit user asked, &quot;Married people of Reddit, what&rsquo;s one thing you didn&rsquo;t learn about your spouse until after your wedding day?&quot; people were ready to submit their secrets about their partners...1. Sneezing is hard, &quot;bzzybot.&quot; That she sneezes like she trying to scare the shit out of you (scream sneeze). I&rsquo;m still not used to it now (ten years later). Fuck, it&rsquo;s loud as hell. Our poor daughter gets scared and says mommy you&rsquo;re too loud. But in public she &ldquo;can hold it back.&rdquo; 2. This is a big one, &quot;BurningGlass.&quot; Not me, but my mom She found out that my dad already had a kid when they got married. 3. OH NO, &quot;jakbutt.&quot; Been together 20 years. Married for 17. I&rsquo;ve been telling the same &ldquo;dad joke&rdquo; since I was about 17. Whenever someone says something was &ldquo;intense&rdquo; I always respond with &ldquo;like the circus?&rdquo;. My wife has been rolling her eyes at it for nearly 20 years...until about 6 months ago. I gave my lame response to her, but instead of rolling her eyes at me they got really big, like I saw the lightbulb go off, then she chuckled. She never got the joke until then. 4. Oops, &quot;apex18.&quot; She&rsquo;s always leaving the lids on everything un-screwed, and guess who is always breaking jars because he always picks everything thing up using the lid? 5. Better than other addictions, &quot;mylla13g.&quot; His addiction to cars. I never knew how much he really enjoyed until after we got married. Also his obsessions with speed and how he wants his cars to go faster and faster. 6. Terrfiying, &quot;AdmThrace.&quot; My mom found out my dad was a compulsive liar when his twin sister didn&#39;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. 7. This is a fun fact, &quot;CiderDrinker.&quot; She&#39;s a great swimmer. One day, after we&#39;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&#39;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 competition swimmer at school. She&#39;s basically half-dolphin. But she&#39;d never happened to mention it before. 8. Wow, &quot;launab.&quot; My husband completely undresses from the waist down to go #2. He says he needs the freedom. 9. Damn, &quot;JeffcoSteve.&quot; I discovered my wife is a hoarder, and doesn&#39;t want to throw anything away. She&#39;s gotten better over the years, but it&#39;s still an issue. 10. RUN AWAY, &quot;Bleu_Rue.&quot; That he lives and breathes sports. I knew he liked sports when we were dating, but I didn&#39;t realize that&#39;s all he liked. I didn&#39;t know he would rather watch football games on Sundays than go to family dinners or anywhere else. I didn&#39;t realize he wouldn&#39;t want to watch anything but sports on tv. I didn&#39;t know that he would want to play or watch basketball/football/baseball/golf every waking moment. I Didn&#39;t Know He Would Prefer Sports to Sex. I was gobsmacked. 11. Scary, &quot;maxxian.&quot; My wife is allergic to all artificial sweeteners. 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&#39;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 &quot;I AM ALLERGIC TO ASPARTAME!!!&quot;. Me...being the loving new husband I am yelled back &quot;SINCE WHEN!? YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT!&quot; She never bothered to tell me because she grew up in a household with no artificial sweeteners because she was allergic. 12. Adorable, &quot;QueenPooper13.&quot; My husband and I dated for 3 years before we got married. After more than a year of marriage, he let slip that he is lactose intolerant. He knew that I absolutely love ice cream and we would frequently get ice cream on our dates. But he never wanted me to know about the lactose intolerance so that I could be happy with my ice cream. 13. Do they even teach this anymore? &quot;chunderzone.&quot; 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 off a watch during a power outage. I don&#39;t give her a hard time about it, but that was a fun fact to learn 14. Christmas is amazing, &quot;nifederico.&quot; Just how much she REALLY loves Christmas. We lived together before we were married, and it wasn&#39;t that bad. But the moment we said &quot;I Do&quot;...It changed. Now, she starts the Christmas train in fucking October. I&#39;m talking the tree, garland and god damn Michael Buble. When I asked her about this, she said &quot;Oh, we&#39;re married now. So you have to like this too.&quot; Purely joking but damn. 

It&#39;s pretty important to know the person you&#39;re choosing to spend the rest of your life with...  Marriage is (supposed to be) forever. While the divorce rate is at an all time high and many people choose polyamory or open...