I’ve Been Lying to My Husband for the Past 8 Years, but It’s Not What You Think

A woman decided to turn to social media to get off her chest a secret she’s been carrying for 8 years from her husband. However, her story stunned people, who quickly jumped at the chance to praise the woman for her actions.

This confession isn’t like others you may be used to reading online.

The woman wrote:

«I met my husband on April 1, 2011. When his birthday rolled around that November, I asked him what his favorite flavor of cake was, so I could make it for him.

Yellow cake with chocolate frosting.

I went all out. I made everything from scratch and decorated it as best I could. He loved it. I promised him I’d make him a yellow cake with chocolate frosting every year for his birthday, and I have. Eight yellow cakes with chocolate frosting. He’s loved every one.

Flash back to March 3, 2012. My birthday, the first one I got to spend with him. He made me a delicious dinner, and when it was finished he proudly brought out what he had made for dessert.

Yellow cake with chocolate frosting.

He was so proud of it. He had spent so much time on it, and it was one of the sweetest things anyone had ever done for me. I finished my first slice, and he offered me another. So I ate that one, too.

I hate yellow cake with chocolate frosting.

He’s made me seven yellow cakes with chocolate frosting, one each year. It is our birthday tradition and I actually look forward to it in a weird way every year.

Today is March 3. When I was helping him unpack from the last shopping trip I saw it all there: the sugar, the vanilla extract, the cacao powder. I asked him if he was baking something soon, and he just beamed at me.

I love this man so much. I’ll never tell him how I feel about yellow cake with chocolate frosting. They may even grow on me one of these years.»

The lie being wholesome took people by surprise, but they still questioned the woman.

In the comments of the post, a few users decided to ask her why she didn’t just come clean to her husband, particularly because a lie is always a lie and it can have negative consequences. Although it isn’t about something major, it was wondered if her husband wouldn’t actually be hurt once he found the truth.

«Why haven’t you told him what your real favorite is? Maybe he can make that as well as he can make yellow,» one wrote and a reply quickly came.

«I don’t know why I haven’t told him yet. I just find the gesture incredibly sweet,» she said. «And he gets to have his favorite cake twice a year this way, so I really don’t mind.»

As for when she might tell him or how her husband would react, the answer is simple.

«I’m thinking when we’re in our fifties I’ll break the news,» she joked. «I’ll tell him someday, and he’s the kind of person who will laugh with me about it. Then we’ll poke fun at each other over it for the rest of our days. But for now, I’ll eat the cake and enjoy the memories. He lets the kids help him make it now, and they look forward to it too. I’m in no rush to end the reign of yellow cake,» she added.

Others took the opportunity to share similar stories.

• This is adorable and I completely understand your position. When I met my wife and her family, they drank skim milk. My mother grew up on a dairy farm, so we were strictly whole milk or 2% my entire life. Since I spent summers at her family home during college when my wife and I moved in together, we obviously stuck with skim milk. I love my wife and I loved her then, so I just dealt with it.
  Fast-forward 9 years later to when we had our first child, and we brought whole milk back into the house for his benefit, and my wife shared this gem with me one night: «God I’ve missed whole milk.»
  I was shaken — I obviously asked «what» multiple times, and she conceded that she was drinking skim milk cause she thought I liked it. I was drinking skim milk cause I thought she liked it. Her family had only recently transitioned to skim milk when I first met them, but I never expressed my interest in whole milk because I didn’t want to be difficult as the guest in their home.
  Now, we only drink whole milk like a couple of irresponsible adults who pay their own bills and stuff. Life is better now, though I still find it funny we never brought it up to one another. © TheOtherPenguin / Reddit

• Every year for my Mom’s birthday, Valentine’s Day and anniversary, my dad bought my mom Russell Stover Assorted Chocolates. It happened for over 50 years.
  When she was diagnosed with cancer in 2012, I decided when I went to visit her in hospice care, to buy her a box of Russell Stover Chocolates. I got to her room, gave her a hug and handed her the box of chocolates. She laughed, looked at me and said, «Thank you, but please don’t tell Otosan, but I’ve always hated these chocolates.»
  I miss her and my dad every day. I never told my dad and until his dying day he always brought those chocolates to leave on her grave. © Unknown author / Reddit

• My grandparents did this to each other. My grandpa absolutely HATED burnt toast, but we never knew until he was about 70. My grandma, bless her heart, tried to cook but was a bit of a scatterbrain and always managed to burn his toast. The man never said a word for almost 40 years. I miss him every day. © michaelz_gurl / Reddit

• I was in a marriage enrichment weekend encounter with my wife in 1979. The leader said, «Tell us something you do to make your spouse know you love them.»
  A wife says, «Every morning I get up and make my husband eggs over easy.» They’d been married 20 years. The husband says, «I hate eggs over easy.» The wife, completely floored, says, «Why did you eat them then?!» He answered, «I thought that was the only way you knew how to make eggs.» © phil8248 / Reddit

Real life relationships can be just as beautiful and exciting as an on-screen romance. We might think the magic is all left for the movies, but plenty of people online have proved the opposite with their adorable love stories. Fill your heart with joy and warmth by checking them out here.