They say what you don’t know can’t hurt you but some of the secrets we are keeping from our partners are heart-breaking, hilarious … and in some cases downright disgusting.

Men and women anonymously confessed the things they are hiding from their other halves in a survey by research company OnePoll. The unmentionable facts and feelings included:

Couples anonymously confess the secrets they'd never tell their partners

(Women)

“My husband has no idea that I’m bisexual”
“I have another child from a casual fling long before we met”
“I was a costumed extra in Star Wars Phantom Menace. He is obsessed with Star Wars and I just like knowing that I was actually in one of the movies and he has no idea”
“I was once arrested for peeing in a shop window display”
“I have a moustache and have to remove the hair when he is out of the house”
“My partner does not know that I once dated a member of the Stereophonics”
“That I have an ISA just in my name. He thinks it’s joint but he’s totally out of touch with our finances”
“I regularly look at houses in my home town to move into on my own”
“I know he’s cheating on me”
“I’ve been suffering from depression and anxiety for the last 18 months”

(Men)

“I hate her cooking but can’t bring myself to tell her”
“I like to be spanked”
“I have only ever loved one woman, and she’s not her!”
“That I was a virgin when we met”
“Sometimes I pick my ear and eat it”
“I once dated a porn model”
“I volunteer to go away with work even though I tell her my boss says I have to go”
“I can’t stand her parents”
“We’ve been together for a year and I’ve taken Viagra every time we’ve had sex”
“I gamble on the stock market”