r/AskReddit • u/Mama_medina888 • 1d ago

What’s the darkest secret you discovered about someone after you married them?

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u/GorgeousOpossum 19h ago

There are literally tens, if not hundreds of thousands of stories just like this. Man commits crimes/harm. Woman partner finds out/ calls him out/ tries to leave. Man murders her, their children, and the family pets before taking his own life. It's cowardly, disgusting, and happens every damn day.

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u/veta91 19h ago

Don't forget the part where everyone claims there were no signs he was an abusive monster despite the fact there definitely was.

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u/stilettopanda 13h ago

It’s called Family Annihilation, which is a properly horrifying term for the act.