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Do you have any secrets from your other half?

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Riverwalk Wed 28-Oct-15 07:59:40

If my ex ever commented another new outfit I gave the usual response this old thing .... I've had for ages.

Still I chuckled at the lengths you go to grin

But on a serious note, why do you have to do all that? I would resent having to keep up the pretence.

loopylou Wed 28-Oct-15 07:49:24

Wow stillhere that's beyond the call of wifely duty, replacing clothes labels!
DH knows better than to question, not that I have any secrets I can think of.

I do the same Bellanonna but that's not keeping it secret is it? again more because he's got no idea about the price of anything.

He does say that as I earn my money then it's up to me what I spend it on and I do pay for virtually everything anyway!

merlotgran Tue 27-Oct-15 22:09:27

Same here, jingl. If DH is happy to leave it all to me.......

#morefoolhim

Bellanonna Tue 27-Oct-15 21:07:50

I peel prices off stuff from the garden centre and get rid of till receipts from supermarkets. DH tends to live in the past pricewise

jinglbellsfrocks Tue 27-Oct-15 21:00:59

Oh that's nothing! (OP) I have much more exciting secrets that I keep from DH. Mostly monetary. Not my fault if he can't understand online banking.

Ana Tue 27-Oct-15 21:00:11

thlshock

stillhere Tue 27-Oct-15 20:49:58

I do lots of that sort of thing, you are not alone. DBH is a food snob, so I often buy cheap stuff and pop it in bags from somewhere else, he never notices. If I should die suddenly, he is going to wonder how on earth I ever managed to feed us as cheaply as I do. I used to do the soya mince things decades ago, it was so much cheaper. Now we rarely eat mince, but I buy very cheap coffee, make my own washing liquid but put it in old containers after he said mine wasn't as good, decant cheap biscuits into jars so that he won't notice, all that sort of thing. My very best one I think was when I cut out the Tesco labels in his new white shirts and sewed in some M&S ones I had saved for the purpose.

rosesarered Tue 27-Oct-15 19:09:14

Or bags of toffee!

rosesarered Tue 27-Oct-15 19:08:51

grin

Ana Tue 27-Oct-15 19:03:18

And I have this vision of a hoard of Tesco carrier bags under the bed...hmm

merlotgran Tue 27-Oct-15 18:53:43

Crikey! I thought this thread was going to be about a secret lover or hidden bank account not....mince!! hmm

Liz46 Tue 27-Oct-15 18:48:26

I would have said not but I remember now that, a few months ago, he discovered my hoard of bags in a cupboard under the spare bed.

Anne58 Tue 27-Oct-15 18:35:30

Not generally, no, although I will go to some lengths to try to keep some things as a surprise!

I think that what you describe may fall into the category of doing the "wrong" thing (i.e not being up-front about your mince substitute) for the "right" reason, therefore no blame, no guilt, job's a good 'un, as they say! wink

Luckygirl Tue 27-Oct-15 18:22:00

This seems to me a very minor transgression! - do not beat yourself up.

In the main I do not have any secrets from my OH, although I must admit to referring to a new outfit as "What - this old thing?" on one occasion. grin

neptune Tue 27-Oct-15 18:16:48

Reason I'm asking is in an effort to be healthy I've recently started putting half soya mince (the rest usual beef) in with our regular bolognese. OH hasn't noticed but would likely turn his nose up if he knew! grin