Overheard things you still think about

[MalfunctioningRobot]

Earlier this week I walked past 2 people talking and heard; ‘they didn’t take the bones away in the end, just sent someone to photograph them and sent them off to a high res place to be developed’

I wish I’d have found a reason a stop to find out where the bones were found and what they were from. I keep thinking about what it could have been!

As I walked out of the maternity triage I overheard a consultant saying she'd been dealing with "a teenager faking reduced fetal movements"
I was 18, had been in because I hadn't felt him move in 2 days and the only person in triage. It was years ago now but I still think about it.

I’m 50 and still recall my parents talking about me when I was about 8, they said, “some days she’s lovely, others she’s nasty and scratchy like a cat”.
They still say nasty things to me.

I was walking past a man and he said (on his phone) ‘oh darling that’s totes hi-lair’ 😂 I really wanted to know what was so funny.

I took some chocolate in for a colleague who had been in tears the day before. I meant it as a virtual hug because its easy to lose confidence at work. I overheard my boss telling someone else that I did it to get compliments. Broke my heart to be honest.

When I was a late teen I was walking home from the theatre where I worked and had to go down a quiet residential street. On this particular evening there was a woman sitting on one of the front garden walls and a man standing awkwardly nearby. The woman was sobbing 'Please don't leave me, I can't live without you!' Not like she was drunk, like she really meant it. It was awful.

I still think about them. I think it affected my way I see relationships a bit - more than anything I never, ever wanted to be that woman. Although I have been a few times to a lesser extent I suppose.

The first night of being in a new house on a main road I was sleeping very lightly. In the early hours I was jolted awake by the slam of a car door and a woman sounding strained, though not loud, and possibly on a phonecall "And now he won't leave me alone..."
I looked out of the window but only saw a lit taxi. I have wondered ever since.