His diaries contain some real gems, and by “gems” I mean things that made me mutter, “Wow, what an asshole.” On January 9, 1663, Pepys tore apart and burned his wife’s diary because he didn’t like that she “wrote in English, and most of it true, of the retirednesse of her life and how unpleasant it is.” Yes, this dude who is famous for writing diaries destroyed his wife’s diary because he didn’t like the true things she wrote about him in it. Also! On June 3, 1666, the still-married Mr. Pepys wrote in his diary of what he did with one Mrs. Martin: “Did what je Bourdais avec her, both devante
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