1. "I'm allergic to carbonated drinks … beer, Champagne, soda … I can't have any of it." —Sarah B., 27, art director, Gold Coast, Australia

2. "But I just bought us a SodaStream the other day. Oops." —Matt M., 29, art director, Sydney, Australia

3. ~Guy Confession~ "I pee in the shower … that I share with my roommates. They don't know." —Anthony P., 21

4. "I nearly slept through my graduation. There was a big party the night before, so my alarm didn't wake me. My mom and friends were all calling me, but I didn't hear the phone. My roommate finally realized I was asleep and woke me. Let's just say I made an entrance." —Maya A., 23, publishing intern, Portland, Oregon

5. ~Guy Confession~ "I had sex with this hot girl on a bench in the backyard of someone I didn't know. We were totally in view of anyone walking by and definitely trespassing, but hey, how could I turn her down?" —Evan K., 22

6. "I put hot sauce on every meal. I even dressed up as a bottle of it for Halloween. Once, my friends dared me to put it on cereal, and I actually loved it. Now that's a staple for me." —Michelle I., 21, fashion publicist, Alpine, New Jersey

7.  "I'm so into playing Dungeons and Dragons… the original 1985 version." —Bijan S., 24, writer, Tyler, Texas

8. "My boyfriend and I were expecting his parents to come visit his place. While we were getting dinner ready, we started to have a quickie in the kitchen, thinking we still had plenty of time. His parents walked in on us and fully stared. I scrambled for my clothes, but it was too late. His parents will never look at me the same way anymore." —Michelle W., 21

9. "My friend hates pork. I've fed it to him without telling him." —Jessica W., 31, stylist, Los Angeles, California

10. "I have a thing for guys with man buns. Once I was checking out this guy because I noticed he had an amazing bun — I was wowed. Then he turned around, and I realized he was actually a girl. My bad!" —Jessica A., 22, media partnerships associate, Nanuet, New York

11. "My boyfriend came to visit me while I was working in Vancouver, and I was so excited to show him the city. My big plan was to go bike riding together — although I'm not great at it. First, I took him the wrong way on a one-way bike path. Everyone yelled at us, and I felt like an idiot. Then, once we turned around, bam, I completely wiped out. I was covered in gravel, and everyone in the park saw. So much for an adorable date! We had to abort and go back to the hotel." —Danielle Panabaker, The Flash

12. "I'd just started working at a fast-food restaurant, and I ordered something on my break. The cashier was this super-cute guy, and he asked for my number with my order. I blurted out, 'You want my phone number?' And he was like, 'Nah, girl, just the number you use to punch in.' I was so embarrassed!" —Tori D., 18

13. "I was working with this guy on a group project for business school. We met up and, instead of working on the project, wound up staying out until 4 a.m. and having sex on my living-room floor. When we got to class the next morning, our professor had a surprise. A well-known CEO was sitting in the front row, and our group had been selected to present our project first. The guy and I were still drunk from the night before, and he was bright red the whole time we were speaking. Awful." —Lindsay P., 27

14. "I've kept hooking up with this guy just because he has an obnoxiously cute Goldendoodle puppy that I love to play with." —Jordan F., 28

15. "I went to Vegas for a girls' trip and ended up falling asleep in my hotel bed our first night there. They went out and got crazy, and I ignored their calls and just slept. What can I say, it was a great bed!" —Ashka T., 23

This article was originally published as "Fun, Fearless Confessions" in the March  2016 issue of Cosmopolitan.