What do you do that you know is stupid?

[Iwonder777]

For me, I automatically tend to think that people with more money have less problems .... and live an easier life.

I know that's not true, but due to childhood beliefs default to thinking those with money automatically have it easier.

What do you do, that you know is stupid?

Use tea towels instead of my proper oven mitt
Have “ just one” drink
Go on Amazon after “ just one “ drink
Hope that my friend will ask about me just once, send me cards and presents like I do
Open the shared front door even though the video phone is broken

@Littlelola

Bite and pick the skin around my finger nails, I know it will bleed and hurt like hell for days but I cant help it

I do this! It's so satisfying.

I'm trying to stop by Cutting with nail clippers and filing the skin instead of picking.

It helps make it smooth so nothing to pick.

I do love doing it though.

Ride without a hat. I don't deliberately plan to do it, but occasionally I'll be in the field or doing something in hand and the impulse to hop on for a blast overtakes common sense. Jump less than reliable horses bareback, but the thrill makes it an acceptable risk.

Pick scabs/ bites/ spots etc, despite knowing they'll scar.

Ask teen dc what they would like for Xmas, when I know the answer is 'nothing, just money'. When in reality I know they both mean 'lots of little surprises and about 5 days before Xmas I'll spring some impossible to procure on short notice item on you'

I keep meaning to try and cut it but I've picked it by the time I've gone to go get the cutters, it's like an obsession once I've seen it!!

Leave the housework for too long until it becomes unmanageable.

Argue back with my 4 year old

Smoke, drink too much wine and eat carbs before bed!

Smoke
Pick my skin
Squeeze blackheads

Eat my feelings.

It never ends well and yet I can’t stop.

Eat too much rubbish and tell myself I'll be good tomorrow.
Procrastinate over every little thing.
Spend a ridiculous time looking at stuff that's not even interesting on my phone when I could be doing something much nicer like spending time with my dc or colouring in or reading a book.

Buy a Costa every day and I'm a secret smoker. Only DH knows but my teenage daughter and son have no idea 🤦‍♀️

Use cotton buds in my ears.

Go on my phone too much before bed. I suffer with bouts of insomnia and I know I should avoid screen time for at least an hour before I go to sleep.

I am often still scrolling through crap when I get in to bed. Then I huff and toss and turn for an hour before I get up and start scrolling again. Just stupid.

Spend time scrolling through my phone instead of marking when I'm at work, then getting stressed out when I'm behind in my marking.

Eating too much crap.

Lay down on the sofa when I know what I need to do is go to bed.

I'm still the 7 year old who doesn't want to go to bed!

I eat a lot of crap and then complain that I'm fat and attempt to exercise but don't follow through. Very stupid and I highly annoy myself 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣

@MidnightFlit I love TWO DOTS!!! Have been playing for years at every spare moment lol
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@everythingisginandroses

I stay up too late and don't get enough sleep, knowing I will feel terrible the next day. It is stupid.

I do exactly this. Every night .

Also agree with eating far too many carbs and chocolate , knowing I will put weight on but it's like I can't stop .

Stay up too late, then I'm so tired due to lack of sleep.
And yet I keep on doing it...

I play hole.io
It's silly but fun.

I also stay up too late...

smoke
drink
stay on here literally all day
don't have the average night sleep (working nights don't help)

Perhaps I’m missing something here but why would I knowingly do anything stupid?. Sure , I make mistakes , everybody does but I generally use my common sense and which is my idiot prevention.

@Littlelola

I do the same thing! I do it to my feet too. It can be red raw but I just can’t stop

I get the bus 3 tiny stops and then complain to myself as I then have to walk up a hill to work. But if I walked from the train station it's a flat straight road to work. The bus way is also 200metres more (I googled). I swear I make no sense

Soooooo many of these.

@SlatternIsMyMiddleName

Soooooo many of these.

Same here, it's quite reassuring really.