okay y'all so i found these on tumblr and y'all know how crazy tumblr can be so most of these are just like wtf so fair warning just brace yourself.
i tried to delete all the bad ones but likeeee a secret is a secret. i just deleted the sexual ones completely, that's something y'all can think of by yourselves lmao.
lighthearted: these secrets aren't very harmful, but they're still secrets. they're for characters you can't exactly imagine being bad human beings on the side.
family: these are family secrets, etc. these are the things nobody outside of the home is supposed to see.
involving others: these are secrets you could request a character for or get another character involved with the secret. these are any group secrets, etc. THIS HAS SUBSECTIONS OF ROMANTIC & PLATONIC.
hardcore: these are very hardcore secrets. these are your dirty, life ruining secrets. these could be the ones to get someone accost from their friend group and family.
criminal: these are for those types that love to do illegal things. there definitely are illegal things in the hardcore and maybe some other sections, but this is where the real root of illegal activity is.
embarrassing: these are for the personal dirty little secrets. these are mostly harmless, but embarrassing. this is more for those who still have silly little habits rather than life ruining secrets.
other: this is anything that doesn't fit into the above categories.
LIGHTHEARTED:
i cheated on every test i've ever taken.
i cry out of fear of going to hell every night.
i troll people online constantly. i have nothing better to do.
i never give my real name at any stores/starbucks/etc.
i tell people i donate all the time, but i ever have.
i cry whenever i have to leave my pets.
i inherited a lot of money, but haven't told anyone.
i make fake ouija boards that move on their own.
i pretend not to speak english constantly to avoid being bothered.
i go to car shops constantly & take cars out on a test drive for fun.
i have to google how to do everything for my job.
i read peoples texts over their shoulder constantly.
i dropped out of college, and never told my parents.
anytime i do drugs i pretend its my first time doing them so people will pay attention to me.
i work in IT & know everyone's secrets because i can see what they do at work.
i lie to people about what i'm doing all the time so i seem more interesting.
i only do basic courtesy things when non-strangers are around (hold doors open, say thank you, etc)
i lie about my first kiss to make it seem more excited.
i pretend to be colorblind to seem more interesting.
i buy 2 movie tickets so the clerk won't think i'm going alone.
i cry constantly over problems that aren't even mine. i'm scared i'm too soft for life sometime.
i text people in the middle of the night & say its because i can't sleep, but i'm really just scared they died.
i can never "stop" in the middle of a fight and decide to talk later because i'm petrified of the person or myself dying in between now and then.
i lie about voting because i'm scared i won't know how to work the machine.
i run an anonymous tumblr blog about something i'd never tell anyone irl.
i pretend to like things all the time just because other people do.
i got plastic surgery, but haven't told anyone because i want them to think its natural.
i'm starting to form religious beliefs, but i'm scared my atheist friends won't approve.
i go to aa/na meetings to make friends. i don't excessively drink or do drugs.
i go to a pet psychic whenever my pet is in a mood.
FAMILY:
i pretend to have religious beliefs because i want my parents to love me.
i didn't tell my parents i'm in recovery from drugs/alcoholism.
nobody talks about my relative that is special needs. we pretend they don't exist.
i want my family dead.
i found photos of my parent(s)/sibling having sex and put them on the dinner table during Christmas for everyone to see. (a/n, okay wtffff)
i almost let my younger sibling get killed by setting them on a ledge of our balcony. i caught them moments before they fell.
my parents had me drop off my sibling at a fire station. i've never heard from them again. i barely remember them.
my parent is a serial killer. i know. i haven't told anyone.
my father committed a hit and run when i was in the car. this was ten years ago. i never told anyone.
my distant family is in a cult. i didn't find out until a year ago when i pushed to ask more about my non-immediate family.
my dad/mom is gay. i caught them with someone of the same sex. my other parent has no idea.
my parents don't know i'm gay/bisexual/a lesbian/pansexual/etc.
one of my parents is living with a double life. i found out about their other life, family, kids, etc. i haven't told them i know, and haven't contacted their other family.
my parents used to be drug dealers. i found out when my friends parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me....because their parents bought drugs from me.
my parents killed their animals growing up when they annoyed them.
i wish my family was less perfect. i feel bad when they talk and i can't relate at all.
i constantly feel in debt to my mom. i was an awful child.
INVOLVING OTHERS:
i catfish people frequently.
i check my partners phone when they're in the shower.
i made my best friend/partner hate me by acting awful because i knew they'd leave me first.
i will never love anyone as much as my first love. they're second best.
i cheated on a past partner.
i'm cheating on my current partner.
i only hate my enemy because people expect me to now.
i keep all major secrets from my partner so they don't leave me.
i hate my partner. they're a pain on my life, and drive me nuts constantly.
my best friend is a compulsive liar. i just ignore it because i love her so much.
i know my best friend runs a hate/gossip blog. as long as she doesn't talk about me - i don't care.
i only stay with my current partner because i don't want to be on the dating market again.
i stopped dating with someone because they wouldn't hold the door open for me.
you know how when talking about best friends you talk about which friend would help you bury a body? my best friend kept that secret.
i'm secretly unhappy with all of my friends success. i feel left behind.
i really dislike most of my friends. they're all annoying. i just need people to talk to so i deal with them.
my partner buys so much useless shit then forgets about it. i sell it all online.
i have sex with my best friend.
i'm secretly in love with someone else.
i'm crushing on my best friend super hard. i don't know how to tell them.
i love my straight best friend.
HARDCORE:
i know the killer in a murder, but i'm too scared to say.
i pretended to have a mental illness to fit in.
i forged my transcripts to get my current job.
i accidentally killed someone by not properly fixing their carbon monoxide detector like i said i would.
i took the fall (or had someone take the fall) or a crime i/they didn't commit.
i run an anonymous hate site/hate blog/gossip blog.
i ratted out a criminal so i wouldn't get in trouble for the drugs they sold me.
i found a dead body when i was a kid, but didn't know it till later in life.
i paid someone to beat this girl/guy/person up because i hate them.
i falsely accused someone of assault.
i lie about everything all the time.
everyone thinks i live a completely life then i do. i lie about my likes, interests, hobbies, and history. i don't want to seem boring.
i gambled every cent of my savings away.
i tell people my family are very rich, elite people but they're actually drug addicts.
while everyone else was going through normal teenage drinking rebellions - i was extremely violent.
i'm 200k in debt.
i break into hotel rooms to sleep some because i'm homeless.
i pretend to be blind so people will give me their seat on the train.
i go to random peoples funerals constantly for the free food. if people ask - i make up some vague connection to them based on what i see around their funeral.
i tell people that my mom died from cancer. i just don't talk to her anymore. i'm ashamed at how awful she is.
i found out one of my friends died. so the first thing i did was go to their house, into their room, and stole a bunch of their stuff.
i pretend to be sick and hurt all the time to get the attention of those around me.
i started something as a prank, and its gotten out of control. i spray painted weird symbols on the road, and now everyone in town thinks it has something to do with the random murder on the other side of town.
i lie about being wealthy so i can hang out with rich people. i use buy resold fancy clothes online.
i stole money from a homeless person.
CRIMINAL:
i used a prostitute to lose my virginity.
i do drugs.
i hired a hit on someone i hate.
i steal non-necessity stuff constantly from stores despite being able to pay.
i committed a hit and run.
i hack for fun. i don't do anything malicious. i just like finding out secrets.
i broke out of prison.
i steal from grocery stores all the time. i do the self checkout, click 'cancel', and walk out.
once my friend was speeding 80 in a 65. when i got pulled over - i forced myself to throw up so he'd think my friend driving was speeding because i was sick. we got out of the ticket.
when i was a kid i used to steal cars - drive around them for a bit, and then just dump them somewhere. they almost always got found.
i've stolen from every national park i can.
i used to rob graves.
i embezzled a few million dollars.
i've never paid property tax.
the only reason i have a "normal" job is to cover up my illegal job.
i've stolen from a church.
EMBARRASSING:
i go to a psychic for every decision, but don't want to tell anyone about it.
i'm scared of the dark.
i spend all day on neopets/gaia online/etc.
i cried when club penguin shut down.
in my head i still pretend inanimate objects talk to me.
i still run up the stairs whenever i turn a light downstairs off.
i sleep with stuffed animals because i'm scared not to.
hate this one so much but i know people like secrets in their stories without it being typical so go ahead and make y'all story juicy hopefully non of these are offensive bc there was so many ugh.