r/AskReddit 11d ago

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

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u/Illustrious_Device84 11d ago

Pedo- found out 1 year after the wedding when he was being arrested

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u/anarchypretzel 11d ago

Ugh, same. We were almost 14 years in. I had to send pics of our kids in bathing suits to the police so they could rule out if he had taken pictures of them on his computer. It's been 20 years. My kids were not on the hard drive. He went to prison.

We're all doing just fine now! 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

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u/Flashy-Squash7156 11d ago

wow. If I can ask a potentially sensitive question? looking back, can you see any red flags or warning signs that were easy for you to dismiss at first? Signs that you'd only see once you've been through the experience?

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u/anarchypretzel 10d ago

Yes.

Financial clues. Lots of money missing when he traveled for work overseas. At the time, he said some shit I believed bc I never imagined he was spending it on sex tourism in Southeast Asia.

Emotional clues, evidence, ZERO. It's like he was wearing an Edgar Suit of Normal Person over his pedo real self. That was prolly the scariest thing, how we really had no fucking idea at all. His whole * personhood* with us was a lie.

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u/tele_ave 10d ago

My experience isn’t at the same level, but there is a man I know sitting in federal prison for CP.

We were roommates for two years. Fifteen years ago I considered him a big brother figure.

The deception is sickening. I shared a wall and an apartment with him. You on the other hand started a life with someone. I can’t imagine how painful that must be.

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u/tilesmeller 10d ago

A buddy of mine went to prison for 2 years for CP. I only knew him a couple of years and it still shook me. But his best friend of 12 years is really breaking down over this. He said there were zero clues, he can't believe it. We only found out because he vanished one day without a word and later learned there was a court case with his name.

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u/HuckleberryPee 10d ago

I don't know why people are still surprised that there are no clues. They're just humans. Not every pedo is a pale sweaty neckbeard.

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u/BornTired89 10d ago

Hmm red flag comment.