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True fact about yourself that no one believes

375 replies

Kernobhead · 15/05/2019 20:14

When I was at university (5 yr course with a year in industry, so 4 yrs of teaching) I never missed a single lecture, seminar, lab or tutorial. If it was on the timetable I was there. We had large contact hours (engineering degree, so about 25 hrs per week) so was quite a lot to fit in.

I’ve told this to a few people over the years when the topic comes up in conversation. No one has ever believed me, and it’s not something I can prove or disprove either way!

Anything you have done in the past that no one believes and you have no way of proving?

OP posts:
motortroll · 15/05/2019 20:18

I don't go to church, we are not believers, we didn't even get married in a church.

I used to be an altar server. Blows peoples minds!

SnowyAlpsandPeaks · 15/05/2019 20:20

I can play 9 instruments of the brass and woodwind family. Ds’s play drums and guitar, I can play neither lol.

floraloctopus · 15/05/2019 20:21

That I was once the only person living on a small island.

ThenOutCameTheSunshine · 15/05/2019 20:24

That William Shakespeare is in my family tree (way down the line). A member of his family married into mine.

MsAwesomeDragon · 15/05/2019 20:26

People would never believe I didn't do homework at school. Even other people in my class!! I don't know why I never got into trouble for it until sixth form, but I didn't do any homework from year 9 up to year 11. Even coursework was only done the day before the deadline, my teachers must have been beside themselves.

Nobody ever believes me. It's not something I tell many people though, it's not an attitude I want to promote, especially since I'm a teacher now.

The other thing people are massively shocked about is that I had dd1 on my own, having conceived on a gap year traveling abroad and having no contact with her father since I discovered I was pregnant. I'm boringly conventional now, so my wild days are a shock to people who only met me once I was settled and boring.

Ineedamanipedi · 15/05/2019 20:27

That I used to date the guitarist from a well-known rock band. Also from the age of 15 I was a regular party animal going to clubs such as Cream and the Hacienda at the weekends.
I’m sure my mum friends don’t believe me when it’s come up in conversation as I’m so normal and boring nowadays!

TheRealHousewifeofCheshire · 15/05/2019 20:30

@Ineedamanipedi... do tell

@Floraloctupus which island? Where?

I cant think of one...

Coffee2sugars · 15/05/2019 20:37

I'm 45 and have a 70yr old Korean brother or sister, however I'm not sure what sex they are 👀👀

Marmablade · 15/05/2019 20:38

I've never said the F word

lljkk · 15/05/2019 20:41

folk are surprised that I'm really slow & incapable at sport.
Because I have for decades spent a lot of time in fitness activities (running, swimming, cycling etc) people think I must be very good at all of those. Strong & fast.
Nope. I have worked very hard to reach the dizzy heights of mediocre. I'm damn proud of it, too. :).

misscockerspaniel · 15/05/2019 20:47

As a child, I used to send my pocket money to a good cause run by two lads in a back bedroom. When they decided to go to legit, I was invited to be a founder member but I decided not to take up the offer because it had become too political for my liking. The charity is now a household name throughout the world and as a founder member, well, my life would be very different Grin

tinytemper66 · 15/05/2019 20:48

That deep down I am shy!

bowtieandheels · 15/05/2019 20:49

That I was baptised a Mormon on my 8th birthday...I'm totally non religious and have hippy parents.

Ineedamanipedi · 15/05/2019 20:53

realhousewife all il say is: they’re from Manchester, he dyes his hair Grin and if I’d married him (not that he asked) I’d be richer than all the real housewives of Cheshire put together!!

TheRealHousewifeofCheshire · 15/05/2019 20:53

Which charity?

Some.of these are fascinating?

How come you don't know the sex coffee3sugars?

SmartyPants0 · 15/05/2019 20:59

I have never never tried a cigarette...

ICloud54 · 15/05/2019 21:00

That I've never eaten a banana or mango!

DoxxedFox · 15/05/2019 21:02

@floraloctopus Are you a lighthouse keeper??!!

Villanellesproudmum · 15/05/2019 21:04

I’m trained to kill.

Coffee2sugars · 15/05/2019 21:04

Realhousewife My dad was 54 when I was born so was old enough to be in WW2 and the Korean war. He met a girl when serving in Korea in the army, started a relationship, she got pregnant and he then got shipped back just before she had the baby. He had no way of keeping in contact with her in those days.

I always joke that there's a Korean old man or lady wandering round with a Geordie twang to their accent!

Waterlemon · 15/05/2019 21:08

@MsAwesomeDragon

I also rarely did my homework- usually I copied someone else’s in the toilets at break time. When we went in to school to collect our GCSE results, my friend was distraught to find out that I got a higher grade than her - she said “how did you do better than me, when it was me that did all your homework?!” Blush

Even at uni, I completed every essay and assignment at the very last minute. Often staying up and working through the night.

I am also now a teacher! Grin

Coffee2sugars · 15/05/2019 21:09

Just realised they would be 67ish not 70....

floraloctopus · 15/05/2019 21:09

I worked one summer as warden on an island and the other person was taken ill and air lifted off when the third person was on holiday so I had a few days with just me until the third person came back.

Bubblysqueak · 15/05/2019 21:14

I've never tried a cigarette or drugs.

Waterlemon · 15/05/2019 21:26

people often don’t believe that I grew up in a very rough area of a major city, on quite a notorious housing estate.

I now live in comfortable suburbia and have a naice house, professional career etc

a different world now, but it was actually a lovely place to grow up! (People don’t ever believe that either)