13 Secrets Women Haven’t Told Anyone But Are Proud Of Posted by Raven Ishak Last Updated: October 20, 2023 13 Secrets Women Haven’t Told Anyone But Are Proud Of Let’s be honest: We all keep secrets for different reasons. So when Reddit user Final_Designer5930 asked in the r/AskWomen community: “What secret are you most proud of and why?” I was pleasantly surprised on how wholesome they were. Here’s what they had to say below: 1. “I saw my son take his first steps, just me. I didn’t tell my son’s dad, because I knew it would have gutted him. He was working a lot at the time and missed a lot of ‘firsts,’ so when our soon took his ‘first’ steps, the look on his face was one I’ll never forget. I’m really glad I kept that secret.” 2. “Someone I knew through the local music scene posted on social media a picture of some crappy meal she made with the only food she had left in the house. Her boyfriend was on tour with his band, so she was having to make ends meet with only her income and couldn’t afford groceries. A couple hours later, someone ding-dong ditched her with groceries. She still doesn’t know it was me.” —u/weenertron 3. “I had a really good friend cheat on her boyfriend of nearly four years. She told me she loved him but he sucked at sex, so she had been sleeping with a co-worker. I ended up making a fake email and emailing her boyfriend to tell him to look through her phone and watch her closely. He ended up catching her. She told me, ‘He found out! He told me someone told him!’ And she was sobbing and hugging me. Little did she know it was me. LOL. Don’t cheat.” 4. “My dad loves to eat and enjoys take-out. However, he would never order anything for himself. My dad was born into poverty and he worked really hard for his success. He is well off now. He spoils me and mom, but never spends a dime on himself. He goes, ‘Buy anything you want, sweetie. Ask mom what she wants. I’m not hungry. I’m gonna eat leftovers for lunch.’ So, I order his favorite food for him and pass it off as a ‘Buy 1, Get 1 offer.’ The conversation usually goes like, “Hey, dad. I’m starving. I just won a coupon in the food app. I’d got a box of butter chicken with a plate of chicken biriyani. Can you polish off the biriyani?” 5. “I was a nurse in a chronic outpatient dialysis clinic. One of my patients was dumped by his wife over the stress of his illness. He had to move out with nothing. Without breaking HIPAA rules, I organized a ‘household’ drive-in my community. I got his permission to bring my husband and son by his new apartment. I delivered him everything from pots and pans, a couch, bed, dresser, TV, etc. Even things like paper towels and toilet paper. It completely shocked him and brought him to tears. I swore him to secrecy and no one at work ever knew. I guess I’m proud of it because I believe you should do generous or charitable things as quietly as possible or anonymously. You do things for the person who needs your help, not for praise.” —u/allminorchords 6. “I took the SAT’s and got a good score. I never told my family. I just wanted to see if I could do it. I don’t know why I never told anyone.” 7. “In high school, this group of ‘cool boys’ would call my friend ‘piggy’ because of her weight, snorted at her in the hallways, and just acted absolutely awful to her. I sold them weed pen cartridges weekly and decided I’d had enough with their shitty behavior going unpenalized. One week, I drained the concentrate out of the cartridge I was going to sell to them and refilled it with rose hip oil. I sold them the cartridge for $70, and they shared it between their grimy little selves all week, telling me it was ‘gas.’ My friends and I watched on as they acted belligerently high all week. We had quite the giggle, and I never told them.” —u/whatsupimju 8. “When I was 18, I was still studying and working at a supermarket to support my needs as a student. I became (and still am) extremely close with a girl my age working full time there. She is my best friend in the whole world. At the time we became friends at work, she opened up to me that her mother was in hospice because of having a terminal brain tumor. Her father had left them when the mum was diagnosed. I was speechless and didn’t know how I could help her. Her mom was slowly withering away and she used up all her vacation leave to spend time with her. When her mom was at the very end, it was a great heartache to see my friend in this state. She had to continue coming to work because they needed money. I kept thinking of how I could help her. And then it hit me.” 9. “One of the homeless guys near where I work was distraught one Monday morning because his dog got picked up by rangers after fireworks on the weekend. I called the local pound, found Rosey and tried to pay for her to be released. I suppose my partner knows so it isn’t a secret. The pound wouldn’t let me pay via phone as they thought I was under duress. So my partner drove an hour, got my card and went and paid the release fees.” —u/emjoy90 10. “Mine is really small: This year, my boyfriend’s birthday was on a weekend day and he spent half the day playing video games with his best friend from high school who now lives across the world from. I realized his best friend had forgotten what day it was, so when my boyfriend went to the bathroom, I picked up his headset and reminded his best friend that today was his birthday as quietly as I could.” —u/tawny-she-wolf 11. “I leave $20 bills in my mom’s purses or pockets of her jackets sometimes when she isn’t around. I know $20 isn’t that much, but I know how kind of exciting it feels to find some extra cash when you aren’t expecting it. I started doing it since my dad passed away earlier this year because I know financially it’s harder for her now, and again $20 here and there isn’t much but I hope it makes her smile.” 12. “I had a motorbike for years and my overbearing mother never found out, not even the slightest clue. Considering she inserted herself into every aspect of my life, I am super proud of that fact I had this whole hobby to myself, and bought, maintained (and hid) a motorbike for years. I know it’s a small victory but when you have a helicopter parent it’s very difficult to have things that are truly ‘yours’.” —u/d3gu 13. “I bought a bed for a friend in another state who just got off the streets and was sleeping on a ripped air mattress that kept deflating throughout the night. It was his first apartment ever deep in the projects, and he had absolutely nothing in it. The way he was prancing and hollering out of happiness and excitement well never leave my mind. My family and most of my other friends will never know, especially with how much money I owe everyone.” Is there a secret you’ve kept this whole time that you’re incredibly proud of? Tell us what it is and what happened in the comments below: Source link Previous Article An Acronym Guide for Romance Fans – Bloom Reviews Next Article 24 Of The Best Horror Books To Read This October
Let’s be honest: We all keep secrets for different reasons. So when Reddit user Final_Designer5930 asked in the r/AskWomen community: “What secret are you most proud of and why?” I was pleasantly surprised on how wholesome they were. Here’s what they had to say below: 1. “I saw my son take his first steps, just me. I didn’t tell my son’s dad, because I knew it would have gutted him. He was working a lot at the time and missed a lot of ‘firsts,’ so when our soon took his ‘first’ steps, the look on his face was one I’ll never forget. I’m really glad I kept that secret.” 2. “Someone I knew through the local music scene posted on social media a picture of some crappy meal she made with the only food she had left in the house. Her boyfriend was on tour with his band, so she was having to make ends meet with only her income and couldn’t afford groceries. A couple hours later, someone ding-dong ditched her with groceries. She still doesn’t know it was me.” —u/weenertron 3. “I had a really good friend cheat on her boyfriend of nearly four years. She told me she loved him but he sucked at sex, so she had been sleeping with a co-worker. I ended up making a fake email and emailing her boyfriend to tell him to look through her phone and watch her closely. He ended up catching her. She told me, ‘He found out! He told me someone told him!’ And she was sobbing and hugging me. Little did she know it was me. LOL. Don’t cheat.” 4. “My dad loves to eat and enjoys take-out. However, he would never order anything for himself. My dad was born into poverty and he worked really hard for his success. He is well off now. He spoils me and mom, but never spends a dime on himself. He goes, ‘Buy anything you want, sweetie. Ask mom what she wants. I’m not hungry. I’m gonna eat leftovers for lunch.’ So, I order his favorite food for him and pass it off as a ‘Buy 1, Get 1 offer.’ The conversation usually goes like, “Hey, dad. I’m starving. I just won a coupon in the food app. I’d got a box of butter chicken with a plate of chicken biriyani. Can you polish off the biriyani?” 5. “I was a nurse in a chronic outpatient dialysis clinic. One of my patients was dumped by his wife over the stress of his illness. He had to move out with nothing. Without breaking HIPAA rules, I organized a ‘household’ drive-in my community. I got his permission to bring my husband and son by his new apartment. I delivered him everything from pots and pans, a couch, bed, dresser, TV, etc. Even things like paper towels and toilet paper. It completely shocked him and brought him to tears. I swore him to secrecy and no one at work ever knew. I guess I’m proud of it because I believe you should do generous or charitable things as quietly as possible or anonymously. You do things for the person who needs your help, not for praise.” —u/allminorchords 6. “I took the SAT’s and got a good score. I never told my family. I just wanted to see if I could do it. I don’t know why I never told anyone.” 7. “In high school, this group of ‘cool boys’ would call my friend ‘piggy’ because of her weight, snorted at her in the hallways, and just acted absolutely awful to her. I sold them weed pen cartridges weekly and decided I’d had enough with their shitty behavior going unpenalized. One week, I drained the concentrate out of the cartridge I was going to sell to them and refilled it with rose hip oil. I sold them the cartridge for $70, and they shared it between their grimy little selves all week, telling me it was ‘gas.’ My friends and I watched on as they acted belligerently high all week. We had quite the giggle, and I never told them.” —u/whatsupimju 8. “When I was 18, I was still studying and working at a supermarket to support my needs as a student. I became (and still am) extremely close with a girl my age working full time there. She is my best friend in the whole world. At the time we became friends at work, she opened up to me that her mother was in hospice because of having a terminal brain tumor. Her father had left them when the mum was diagnosed. I was speechless and didn’t know how I could help her. Her mom was slowly withering away and she used up all her vacation leave to spend time with her. When her mom was at the very end, it was a great heartache to see my friend in this state. She had to continue coming to work because they needed money. I kept thinking of how I could help her. And then it hit me.” 9. “One of the homeless guys near where I work was distraught one Monday morning because his dog got picked up by rangers after fireworks on the weekend. I called the local pound, found Rosey and tried to pay for her to be released. I suppose my partner knows so it isn’t a secret. The pound wouldn’t let me pay via phone as they thought I was under duress. So my partner drove an hour, got my card and went and paid the release fees.” —u/emjoy90 10. “Mine is really small: This year, my boyfriend’s birthday was on a weekend day and he spent half the day playing video games with his best friend from high school who now lives across the world from. I realized his best friend had forgotten what day it was, so when my boyfriend went to the bathroom, I picked up his headset and reminded his best friend that today was his birthday as quietly as I could.” —u/tawny-she-wolf 11. “I leave $20 bills in my mom’s purses or pockets of her jackets sometimes when she isn’t around. I know $20 isn’t that much, but I know how kind of exciting it feels to find some extra cash when you aren’t expecting it. I started doing it since my dad passed away earlier this year because I know financially it’s harder for her now, and again $20 here and there isn’t much but I hope it makes her smile.” 12. “I had a motorbike for years and my overbearing mother never found out, not even the slightest clue. Considering she inserted herself into every aspect of my life, I am super proud of that fact I had this whole hobby to myself, and bought, maintained (and hid) a motorbike for years. I know it’s a small victory but when you have a helicopter parent it’s very difficult to have things that are truly ‘yours’.” —u/d3gu 13. “I bought a bed for a friend in another state who just got off the streets and was sleeping on a ripped air mattress that kept deflating throughout the night. It was his first apartment ever deep in the projects, and he had absolutely nothing in it. The way he was prancing and hollering out of happiness and excitement well never leave my mind. My family and most of my other friends will never know, especially with how much money I owe everyone.” Is there a secret you’ve kept this whole time that you’re incredibly proud of? Tell us what it is and what happened in the comments below:
