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What one thing would people never guess about you?

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Thisisit777 · 24/12/2018 18:51

Me - I was shy at school and rarely talked.

You?

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IndigoSpritz · 26/12/2018 20:23

I don't know why the gin bottle appeared in my last post. It should have stated my age as nearly 48.

putthesneckon · 26/12/2018 20:30

That i have slept with over 30 men, my DH knows.
Now I am reserved, quiet, middle aged and seen as a bit old-fashioned.

CeeCeeEnnEss · 26/12/2018 20:40

That my ex was horribly abusive, and there are some really simple triggers.

That I have PTSD related to childbirth.

That I love my coworker.

Ilikeknitting · 26/12/2018 20:51

When I was single, I used to visit a swingers club. (It was miles away from where I lived) I loved it there. I’m a very different person now.

ObtuseAngel · 26/12/2018 21:09

I've name changed for this as I feel uncomfortable 'saying' it out loud even on the relative anonymity of MN.

I'm very wealthy, not Richard Branson wealthy but very, very wealthy by most standards. DH and I would be very comfortable even without my family background, I had a well paying job until I stopped to be SAHM. DH owns his own company (it's owned by shareholders but he and I own about 60% of the shares between us) and gets a good income and great dividends, in the 1990s he was a consultant in a very niche area and was earning up to £1k a day so we saved a lot then. When he retires he will probably be able to sell the company and our share will be worth about £2m. We were very lucky with the UK property market, we started after the late 80s property crash and (by luck not design) every time we moved we went to an area that was just about to shoot up in value.

My DM's family have historically been very wealthy too, about a decade ago I inherited £2m. My DC also inherited a good amount (about £300k each). When my DM dies, which is hopefully decades in the future, I will inherit more, probably another £3m or so from her. My DC will get £500k each from her.

I don't think anyone except close family knows how really, really rich I am. Obviously friends and acquaintances know I live in a comfortable (but not huge) house in a very nice area, but they don't know that we bought it for cash, or that we also have a lot of other property all mortgage-free (riverside London flat worth nearly £1m, development land that we are trying to get planning permission for, a holiday house on a lake, a holiday flat in the Med that we let out but don't use ourselves).

hippospot · 26/12/2018 21:24

That we are as well off as we are. Not in the same league as the poster above! But we paid off the mortgage at age 42 and already have enough money saved up to put the children through university (they are primary age). DH earns six figures but I don't think anyone would guess from our lifestyle (12 year old car, rarely eat out, self-catering holidays, don't buy much "stuff" for the children). I don't feel at all deprived by our lifestyle, I feel incredibly lucky, and our instinct is to live more frugally than we need to in case one day something unfortunate happens (though we have good insurance and solid wills).

We have a lovely but ordinary semi-detached house and while we could comfortably upgrade, we don't really see the point because we have enough space and in a few years the children will presumably go to university and the house will be far too big for the two of us!

purplelass · 26/12/2018 21:31

That I'm lonely

RolandDeschainsGilly · 26/12/2018 21:36

That I have 4 children, with the eldest being 14.

Recently became a Science undergrad at a very naice University at the age of 32.

As of yet, not one person has guessed my real age.

Nor do most people know that I have Inattentive ADHD, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and I’m medicated up to my eyeballs for panic attacks/anxiety and my depression is almost treatment resistant now.

Stacelou18 · 26/12/2018 21:51

Found out Xmas eve I'm having twins they are non identical as in separate sacks with separate placenta.. but was looking at help and advice for the down syndrome screening in multiple pregnancies

LuluJakey1 · 26/12/2018 22:03

That I have suffered diagnosed clinical depression for 22 of my 39 years and been medicated on and off for about 16 of those in total. People think I am resilient, bright, bubbly. I can be but I am a pretender most of the time and really lack confidence in myself.

That I never wanted children. I was always career driven and very successful but DH really wanted them and I gave in eventually. I have ended up as a SAHM to DS 4 and DD 20 M and am pregnant again - 6 weeks. I love being a mum. I told DH yesterday and he is just over the moon. So am I, which amazes me. I gave him a packet of newborn disposable nappies wrapped up as one of his presents and told him it was something he would need during the summer holidays. He thought it was something for our holiday. His face was a picture. Grin Just wish I had done it when my parents were alive - they would have loved to be grandparents and never expected to be.

User098765 · 26/12/2018 22:27

Name change for this.
That I simply don’t want to exist and have felt this way for a long time.
That I met a woman earlier this year who made me feel alive in a way no one ever has.
Thanks for the thread.

sophisticatedsarcasm · 26/12/2018 22:35

I was very inquisitive when I was a child, now I hate asking questions unless it’s something really necessary and I hate being asked questions 😂😂

Rosie1976mini · 26/12/2018 22:36

I used to drive buses for Stagecoach (have 2 degrees and a very middle class life now)

spiderlight · 26/12/2018 22:42

That I have severe anxiety and depression and really, really struggle to leave the house on my own.

HarrySnotter · 26/12/2018 22:43

That I used to be married to a drummer in quite a well-known band back in the 80s and I went to various sleb parties back in the day. Spent a lot of time with bands of the time including Queen who had particular significance to us one of them produced an album for the band. I'm still very good friends with the (also) ex wife of another famous drummer.

Now I live in a tiny rural village and work in a school. Have my wonderful children with my second DH. Funny how we know little about each other in real life too, no one knows about my old life.

JoyceDivision · 26/12/2018 22:52

DH and I haven't had sex for nearly 2 years, I early 40s and whilst it doesn't hugely bother me Ifind myself looking at people we know and imagining being completely swept offmyfeet by them. And hot sex where I'm thinner.

I find family life hard,I'm quite introverted and have to force myself to deal with clubs,things for DC, people think I'm funny and confident and devil may care. I want to.live on somewhere like Shetland with a bearded quiet chunky grizzly bloke Sad

Plaiceholder · 26/12/2018 22:54

Many years ago I turned down a threesome and have regretted it ever since.

TheDogsMother · 26/12/2018 23:00

I mentioned to someone yesterday that I had recently experienced a real crisis of confidence to the point where I thought my self employed job was over. I felt i had lost my ability and knowledge, things had moved on and I hadn't kept up. She was astonished and she had me down as a confident, composed and able person. I have to hugely psych myself up to walk into a networking event or social gathering and beat myself up constantly. Somehow I seem to have hidden all this from other people.

You all sound like amazing people.

happymum12345 · 26/12/2018 23:00

I breast fed my dd until she was 5 1/2 yrs & still let her sleep in my bed aged 7. I quite worn out!

PanGalaticGargleBlaster · 26/12/2018 23:06

I had a secret fuck buddy for years. None of our respective social groups knew about about this. We met a few times a month and had utterly depraved filthy sex. Have still not told anyone about it years later.

Charley50 · 26/12/2018 23:10

That my dad raped my mum while they were 'dating,' that my mum only married him because she got pregnant by the rape and didn't know what else to do (That was with my older brother). That my mum thought it ok to share this info with me as a teen. That I may also have been the product of him raping my mum. I'm fairly open about by childhood but have never shared this with anyone.

Justgorgeous · 26/12/2018 23:34

Soontobe60. Why do you feel you can’t tell anyone ? This is a burden you mustn’t carry on your own., Please tell someone x

Iflyaway · 26/12/2018 23:36

Exhausted from being a single mum, working and taking care of my aging parents....

I'm a sociable introvert but only see a lonely life ahead of me...

Love cats but do not want to be a cat lady lol

Anothermothersusername · 26/12/2018 23:44

That I’ve been to a church service where Mother Theresa was present and have been to (although not climbed) Mount Everest.

ohyesnamechange · 26/12/2018 23:56

NC!

I have a secret YouTube channel that only my husband knows about! I can't be seen only my voice.

I make around £2000 a month.

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