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It would probably be impossible to go through life without keeping a single secret. We hide certain information about ourselves from others to protect our privacy, avoid unnecessary judgment, and navigate complicated social circles. But if we commit to someone, we sacrifice a bit of that independence. Or at least we should—on the matters that concern the other person.

However, when TikTok user Gessica (@gessicaplessofficial) asked everyone on the platform to share the worst things they discovered on their partner's phone, the replies made it clear that some people aren't ready to do that. Instead, they choose to conceal a side of themselves that could greatly affect the relationship. To show you that you can't truly know what is going on in another person's head until you see what's on their device, we put together a list of the most memorable stories from that thread.

#1

A thoughtful woman, possibly contemplating worst things people found on partners phone. I was married for almost 40 years. He went to heaven 14 years ago. I am now thrilled the only texts I didn’t like on his phone were when he’d forget to say thanks after asking me to bring home beer. All of y’all’s heartbreaking experiences are why I’m never ever ever trying again.

Sindy Lynn , Ron Lach Report

Chuck the Cat
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20 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m sorry but why is female Keir in a stock photo?

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    #2

    A man holding a baby, depicting one of the worst things people found on partners phone. Hours after giving birth my husband sent a couple photos of our son to his side chick and said “I wish I could have had my son with you instead”

    XShanB , Helena Lopes Report

    #3

    A woman with a disgusted expression, reflecting worst things found on partners phone. Trying to find movie theatres on his phone, I see Stepfather and Stepdaughter [adult videos]. I had two daughters when we got married

    sol_from_stardust , Anna Shvets Report

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    #4

    A woman sitting with a phone, illustrating the worst things people found on partners phone. A girl's [bare] picture, so I made it his screensaver when he woke up

    Amber Carson , Liza Summer Report

    #5

    A woman with her hand over her face, showing distress, possibly after finding things on her partners phone. Selling pics of himself in my lingerie to MEN off Craigslist 🙃 (this was 2015)

    Amanda Mills , Valeriia Miller Report

    Alecto76
    Community Member
    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I found out my partner was making money doing this, I'd ask 1) how much he's making, 2) can he make more with different lingerie, and 3) what other lucrative ideas he has.

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    #6

    A young woman with a disgusted expression, furrowed brow, and bared teeth, looking at things found on her partners phone. My ex had a video of him touching and grabbing his mom's tattas while she was sleeping and she didnt know about it until I showed her. The moment I saw, I broke up with him. there was so much more too

    Maria🌻 , OSPAN ALI Report

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    #7

    A calculator app showing 11-7=4 on a phone screen, symbolizing the worst things found on partners phone. Probably this

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    #8

    A couple holding an ultrasound image, potentially one of the worst things people found on partners phone. He had a kid with my sister.

    Kaileen Shriner , Gustavo Fring Report

    #9

    Two men looking out a window, contemplating worst things people found on their partners phone. a video of him... and his brother...

    josie mae , Mizuno K Report

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    #10

    Close-up of a person holding a phone with text messages, revealing worst things on partners phone. chatgpt with every single conversation we had being typed in so he could get a response to send to me. every single text he sent came from chat, even good morning messages. i was dating a robot

    naomi 🍄♓️ , RDNE Stock project Report

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    #11

    A man sleeping soundly in bed, unaware of what his partner might find on his phone. A photo of me in my sleep, we don’t live together and she doesn’t have a key…

    kraken the cracker , Ron Lach Report

    #12

    A woman with curly hair looks shocked, hands near her head, reacting to things found on her partners phone. We were together for four years. We lived together. I found that he was married and had four children. 🤯 I had met her before. She introduced herself to me as his sister. Apparently they had an open marriage, but we didn’t have an open relationship.

    Emily Vasile , Roberto Hund Report

    Janelle Collard
    Community Member
    Premium
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, you *did* but you didn't know it.

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    #13

    A couple celebrating with a cupcake, looking at each other. They found some worst things on partners phone. A picture of him and a girl celebrating their 2 year anniversary… even though we had been together for 8 years

    Victoria Phipps , Katerina Holmes Report

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    #14

    Sad woman sitting on a hospital bed, looking away. She found the worst things on her partners phone. He was messaging his ex telling her to come over. Worst part was I was in the hospital all alone getting prepped to have a kidney transplant the next morning.

    amb3rlyns , Getty Images Report

    Craig & Vonda Schmidt
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeesh. Get your mom, she’ll always be there to punch him. Or your dad.

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    #15

    A pregnant woman cradling her belly, a serene image that could be contrasted with things found on her partners phone. I was pregnant with our second baby. Recently discussed baby names. He suggested the name of the girl he was DMing

    biig.snoww , Anastasiia Chepinska Report

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    #16

    A pregnant woman holding her belly, reflecting on the things people found about partners. I was 5 months pregnant and found a message that said ‘congrats to you and Gemma on having a baby’ …..my name isn’t Gemma….but Gemma was 6 months pregnant with him 🫠

    Hollie , Natalia Blauth Report

    #17

    He had a hidden folder in a hidden app and it had MILLIONS no joke MILLIONS of women’s pics (nakey) Including mine while I was asleep… I deleted them all, deleted the app, left before he woke up and never spoke again

    kelss Report

    #18

    A second family. With a ring. A dog. And a kid on the way. He was living with me and we were having a baby.

    Alyssa Zanotti Report

    Meyrin
    Community Member
    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've no idea how people manage to handle 2 families I barely manage one and I'm exhausted

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    #19

    Texting another woman while I was asleep (a couple months after having a C-section) telling her “I wish she wasn’t the one next to me”

    Saban• SAHM💗 Report

    #20

    Was going to say learning he ordered food without me but I’ll keep my mouth shut and sit down.

    Lyn Report

    Earonn -
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tell myself that's what most of us would find. I want to believe!

    #21

    Him and his ex were texting and trying to come up with a plan for her to come stay at our house and they were going to tell me they were cousins that just got back in touch

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    #22

    he texted his coworker “what do you want for valentine’s day” while i was pregnant w our child & he hadn’t even asked me what i wanted for valentine’s day & spoiler i didn’t get anything either 🥹 (not my current man)

    maddi Report

    NapQueen
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is some Love Actually s**t!

    #23

    A woman with a frustrated expression, possibly reacting to things found on her partners phone. he sent an [intimate] pic to his MOM for "approval" before sending the same pic to me. 😒

    thewordslinger , Polina Zimmerman Report

    #24

    Close-up of a wooden dresser with three drawers. Perhaps this is where they hide their partners phone. Not on his phone, but he had a dresser i was absolutely NOT ALLOWED TO GO IN, it was full of his exes stuff from trinkets to underwear

    little.lab.rat7 , Charlotte May Report

    Senjo Krane
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Red flag when you are not allowed into anything of someone you have made a life with.

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    #25

    a groupchat with my two best friends talking about how much they hated me 🫶🏻

    numberonemeower Report

    NapQueen
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope you weren't hurt by this - I'm trying my best to love myself more, and my Dad said to never apologise for being who you are! So I hope you dumped their arses and found better friends!!

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    #26

    “I’ll find my way back to you” to another girl, one week before our wedding. However, I only found this 3 years later as we were divorcing and he was off spending time ~catching up~ with her. ✨ so, yes! he did in fact find his way back to her!

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    #27

    A smartphone displaying a chat app, symbolizing potential partners phone discoveries. I found that he uploaded our entire text history into ChatGPT using an extraction app and then asked it to analyze how I communicate and would then paste screen shots of our current messages and ask it “How should I respond to my wife? Make it sound like something I would say.” I found so many messages that I had received that were directly copy/pasted from ChatGPT. I’m basically in a relationship with A.I.

    sparcher23 , Airam Dato-on Report

    #28

    Man proposing to woman in a beautiful landscape, capturing a moment that could lead to partners phone discoveries. I found him messaging him someone saying he regretted proposing to me. I bought a flight home to my mom the next day

    kristenfair8 , Jonathan Borba Report

    Beef Brisket
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What the heck is she holding in her hand? It looks like a d**d pheasant.

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    #29

    He texted a girl asking to chill in his apartment, meanwhile it was MY apartment, I was working extra hours at the time

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    #30

    A woman secretly looking at her partner's phone in bed, finding the worst things. He had a notes list about all the things he hated about me 😭 it was three pages long

    Rae_0883 , Ron Lach Report

    NapQueen
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, guess what? That'll be three pages of something that someone will LOVE about you!!

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    #31

    A person casting a vote, symbolizing things people found regarding their partners. That he voted for [the current president]… twice.

    claudywithachance._ , Getty Images Report

    Lukas (f​u​ck/tra​ns​pho​b​es)
    Community Member
    Premium
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are we actually censoring Trump? I went to the effort of scrolling to find the original comment to see if OP had used a different word to describe him, but no, the comment was "That he voted for Trump… twice." We can't say Trump on BP anymore? He's f​u​c​king awful, but really?

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    #32

    lol not the worst but using ChatGPT as a therapist to vent about how much he missed his ex. 6 years into our relationship.

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    NapQueen
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, he couldn't help how he felt and at least he was trying to do something about it.

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    #33

    a video of him and a girl in the backseat of MY car

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    #34

    A woman with wide eyes covers her mouth in shock, representing finding worst things on partners phone. a video of some other chick with a cucumber ON THE HOOD OF MY CAR in the parking lot of the pizza place he worked at.

    Hope , Andrea Piacquadio Report

    Sara Frazer
    Community Member
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this didn't happen in Florida I'll go outside and swallow a rock

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    #36

    A person reviewing financial documents, possibly revealing partners phone secrets. A highly detailed Excel spreadsheet of every argument we ever had, color-coded by 'who was right'. I was never right.

    Matteo Chelonda , Mikhail Nilov Report

    Sparky
    Community Member
    14 hours ago

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    I could see this as a fairly innocent way to release his emotions.

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    #37

    A bride and groom on a beach, holding hands and reading vows, a moment contrasting with things found on her partners phone. he wrote our vows with chatgpt and told the literal AI to make it less emotional

    vic :) , Alexander Mass Report

    #38

    A recording of himself twerking , his very hairy [behind] pics, him finding gay hook ups with old men on reddit and tik tok , convos of the 3 other relationships he was in (1 male, 2 female) and messages between him and his sister gettin nasty

    Lexi Report

    Caffeinated Ape
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "What is wrong with you and why is there so much of it!?"

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    #39

    Man in a blue jacket looking at his partners phone. He looks like he found some worst things on the phone. He would respond to bot automated texts or dms thinking they were real

    Varriaa , Anete Lusina Report

    Caffeinated Ape
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After everything else on this list, this one's almost a relief.

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    #40

    3 years into our relationship I found a list of reasons in his notes about why he didn't like me 💀

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    #41

    A woman looking shocked while holding a phone, representing the worst things people found on partners phone. We were talking to the same guy.

    ant_verse , Alex Green Report

    Megalodon Meg
    Community Member
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So both of you were cheating just with the same person?

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    #42

    A woman sitting outdoors, looking at her partners phone with a surprised or upset expression, gesturing with her hand. He posted me on his story but hid everyone from it but me 😐

    alizelhayward , Helena Lopes Report

    #43

    A mother holding a baby while looking at her partners phone in bed, indicating a discovery on the phone. I was never allowed to be on his phone. EVER. But I got that “hey girly” text while I was 2 weeks postpartum breastfeeding our son in the living room🥰

    Brooke , RDNE Stock project Report

    #44

    Moms: she found a bank statement with a mortgage of about 26k where it listed a house that wasn’t under her name with my stepdad; turns out the house we was in was the his and his mistress’s house…

    Mercury gatorade Report

    Karma Black
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh? Am I that darn tired, or is this hard to read?

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    #46

    Woman with a shocked expression, representing the worst things people found on their partners phone. Pictures of me and my family through our windows

    Faith Marie 🫧 , Vitaly Gariev Report

    Earonn -
    Community Member
    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be his family, too, if he was the partner of OP.

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    #47

    Grilled sandwiches cooking in a pan, unrelated to things found on partners phone. I told my husband to make the kids grilled cheese when I was leaving.. randomly went on his phone to look something up and saw the last thing he googled was "how to make grilled cheese" 🤦🏼‍♀️

    Rebecca , Ahmad Khan Report

    Cerulean
    Community Member
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a legit question! Do you toast both sides first, or just one? Do you add mustard or (😱) mayo? Do you grate cheese or use slices? And he gets points for not asking HER to tell him.

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    #48

    A woman is shocked by what she found on her partner's phone, reflecting the worst things people found. A girl sent a screenshot of her Flo chart it said 3days late

    Kelseytherealest , Andrea Piacquadio Report

    #49

    Videos of me in the house just living my life not knowing I was being recorded.

    cowboybelly Report

    #50

    A couple watching TV, the man laughing and the woman looking displeased, possibly due to things found on her partners phone. He was secretly watching The Walking Dead while I was at work. Then would rewatch with me and “predict” what was going to happen. SMH that’s when I lost all trust in humanity. He even won a “bet” when Negan outed Glen.

    JovisGarcia , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

    Earonn -
    Community Member
    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How weak must someone be to cheat like that just for "look how clever I am"? Honestly, I'd get rid of that person just because such weakness will cause problems when something serious comes up.

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    #51

    My EX husband decided it was a wonderful idea to drunk text his half sister 😭 Divorce was quick..

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    Senjo Krane
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The truth comes out when we get drunk.

    #52

    a Tinder account with a lot to sift through

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    #53

    A screenshot from a video game, possibly a distraction from partners phone issues. Old partner. I hope he doesn't see this but I found his wattpad collection and it was just Undertale. I didn't know he liked Undertale.

    Lynxstalker , tobyfox Report

    Magnell
    Community Member
    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I understood partner and collection.. .I'm too old for internet

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