Don’t tell anyone we’re dating! Social media users reveal why they’ve kept their relationship a secret – from an illicit age-gap romance to concern over racist parents
- People from around the world revealed why their relationships are a secret
- Writing on confessions app Whisper, many said they feared family disapproval
- One said they were hiding from their colleagues that they were dating the boss
People who have found love often want to shout it from the rooftops – but now some love-birds have revealed why they’ve decided to keep their relationship under wraps.
Writing on anonymous sharing app Whisper, people from around the world revealed the reasons that they’ve kept being in a relationship from their friends, family and work colleagues.
One person said they were hiding their fling from colleagues because they were dating the boss, while another admitted they felt conscious about revealing that their partners was 12 years their senior.
Meanwhile others said they feared family disapproval, including one person who said she was worried about introducing her boyfriend to her racist parents.
People from around the world revealed the reasons that they’re hiding that they’re in a relationship, including a woman from Wisconsin, who fears that her racist parents wouldn’t approve of her boyfriend
Another anonymous individual, believed to be from America, said they were concealing a relationship with their boss from their colleagues and admitted they felt ‘crazy about him’
A man, from California, confessed he had struggled to end the relationship with his girlfriend, despite her abuse
Another woman, believed to be from the US, said she was nervous to tell her family that she was in a relationship with a woman, despite coming out as bisexual five years ago
A Christian woman, from Ohio, revealed she is keeping her relationship a secret from friends because her boyfriend is Hindu
‘My world would turn upside down’: An anonymous woman, believed to be from the UK, said she was terrified if her family would find out she was dating her father’s best friend
One woman, from Ohio, said she was hiding the relationship because she and her partner had ‘screwed up’ one but admitted the secret was ‘kiling her’
Scared to spill the beans: One person, whose location is unknown, said they were ‘so scared’ of telling their brother they were dating his best friend
A big age gap! One anonymous individual, whose location is unknown, confessed that their relationship is a secret because of their 12-year age difference
Another woman, from South Carolina, confessed she is hiding her relationship in fear of how her ex-partner would react if they found out
Thankyou next? One person, whose location is unknown, admitted they are hiding their relationship because their friends wouldn’t approve of them dating an ex