Marriage is a big step in any relationship, and it’s natural to learn new things about your spouse after the wedding.
A user asked the forum, Married People, what’s one thing you didn’t learn about your spouse until after your wedding day? Here are the common responses.
A BREAD CRUST SECRET
“I have a friend who was born and raised in Romania in a relatively poor family. His favorite section of a loaf of bread was the crusts on either end (possibly even his favorite food in general), so when he got married (to a woman from Australia), he started leaving the crusts for her because they’re the best so he wanted her to have them.
Well, typically in Australia, we throw away the end crusts, so when my friend left them, she assumed he didn’t want them either and threw them away. They were married for years before he caught her tossing them and got confused.”
YAWNING WITH SALIVA
“She often shoots a thin stream of saliva out of her mouth when she yawns. Apparently, she more consciously covered her mouth beforehand.”
GOOD AT HOUSEHOLD CHORES
“He’s really good at doing household chores. Between us, I do all the cooking, and he cleans up. He even makes sure the cutlery air dries on a cloth before wiping down the water stains. He developed a cleaning procedure to make sure the black marble kitchen top is spotless. He never ever leaves the dishes for the next day, no matter how late the dinner ends (which can be really late when we entertain guests)
Also, he has a fondness for the latest household gadgets. The robotic vacuum cleaner was a really good buy – now he’s eyeing an electric lock so we will never need to carry our keys again.”
LOVES FISH
“He likes to eat fish. Somehow in our six years of dating, I got it into my head that he didn’t like to eat seafood. My parents would cook dinner and invite him, and I’d constantly tell my mom, “No, can you make something else? He doesn’t eat fish.”
My husband loves most seafood, with the singular, random exception of coconut shrimp. We joke about that to this day, and I unintentionally kept him from some of his favorite foods without so much of a conversation about it.
That’s a lighthearted answer. I’m sure there are many more. Eleven years in, and we are still learning things about one another.”
SHE NEVER UNDERSTOOD A JOKE
“Been together 20 years. Married for 17. I’ve been telling the same “dad joke” since I was about 17. Whenever someone says something is “intense,” I always respond with, “Like the circus?”. My wife has been rolling her eyes at it for nearly 20 years…until about six 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.”
HE LOVES SPORTS
“That he lives and breathes sports. I knew he liked sports when we were dating, but I didn’t realize that’s all he liked. I didn’t know he would rather watch football games on Sundays than go to family dinners or anywhere else. I didn’t realize he wouldn’t want to watch anything but sports on tv. I didn’t know that he would want to play or watch basketball/football/baseball/golf every waking moment.”
CAN NOT READ ANALOG CLOCKS
“My wife cannot read an analog watch/clock for time. Married for four years and been together for seven years in total, and somehow that came up only a month ago when I asked for the time of a watch during a power outage.
I don’t give her a hard time about it, but that was a fun fact to learn.”
HOARDER WIFE
“I discovered my wife is a hoarder and doesn’t want to throw anything away. She’s gotten better over the years, but it’s still an issue.”
COMPULSIVE LIAR
“My mom found out my dad was a compulsive liar when his twin sister didn’t show up to their wedding. When questioned about it, he said she must have imagined the dozens of stories he had told about his twin sister. He is an only child.”
CANT HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION
“What an absolute goofball he was. He was always so serious when we were dating. Now he can’t carry on a serious conversation. Definitely some pros and cons there.”
LYING IN LITTLE THINGS
“My ex told me his middle name was James. I saw afterward on his driver’s license that it was John. He would lie about random stuff all the time for no good reason.”
HE GOT KIDS
“Not me, but my mom. She found out that my dad already had a kid when they got married.”
LOVE FOR CARS
“His addiction to cars. I never knew how much he really enjoyed until after we got married.”
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
“How insane his mother is. He was clear that they had a difficult relationship when he was growing up and that he was really close with his dad because of her behavior. Since we’ve been married, she’s been diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder, and her health professionals say it’s likely she has genetic degenerative neurology (Huntington’s).”
SWIMMING
“She’s a great swimmer. One day, after we’d been married for about seven years, we joined a gym with a swimming pool. She challenged me to a race. Ok, I thought, I’m a pretty good swimmer.
I was surprised when she offered me a half-length head start, and then doubly surprised when she beat me easily despite my massive head start. Apparently, she used to be a competitive swimmer at school. She’s basically half-dolphin. But she’d never happened to mention it before.”
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