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What are you pondering about right now?

93 replies

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 05/08/2021 17:08

I'll start: I'm wondering that if I could know the future instead of the past would I swap?
How would that even work in terms of everything I've learnt? What if I was able to pick a few things I'd want to carry on knowing like skills, languages, how to swim, who's been nice or nasty to me etc ?

OP posts:
MellowMelly · 05/08/2021 21:02

Wondering why on earth he has ghosted me. Three dates in and it was a massive situation for me because this is the first man I've been interested in since leaving an abusive relationship quite a while ago now.

I'm putting a positive spin on it by thinking I've dodged a bullet.

MissSmiley · 05/08/2021 21:06

@MakkaPakkas

Whether to do a PhD or not (it's funded and has been offered to me). It would be a bit for fun and a bit for career. If I decide not to would I actually do something else worthwhile and what counts as worthwhile?
@MakkaPakkas you should do it
Aposterhasnoname · 05/08/2021 21:09

Whether to bite the bullet and book a holiday in Lanzarote in four weeks time.

hellswelshy · 05/08/2021 21:14

Why my dsd has suddenly turned on my dh & why she feels such venom despite him being so amazing and has gone to such lengths to keep her happy and see her as often as possible. I feel so sad about this Sad

nancydroo · 05/08/2021 21:20

Seeing my moody husband smile when he gets a lads group message and wondering whether he would have been better off being single and moving in with his mates. They would have had a fantastic life together. He's in his fifties now but still reckon he would have had a better quality of life. Shame for him really.

AWiseWomanOnceSaidFuckThisShit · 05/08/2021 21:22

About people who post fake threads on children who have gone missing 🤦🏼‍♀️

lonelyghost · 05/08/2021 21:23

how being forced into being a lone parent, translates into no longer having any real friends, and is this a real reflection on me?

Thoughtcontagion · 05/08/2021 21:29

How I can change my life for the better I want a better job

I want to move abroad

So many things but too many obstacles just don’t know where to start

OhGiveUp · 05/08/2021 21:30

Why I'm watching a documentary about mushrooms?!?!?

ILoveAnOwl · 05/08/2021 21:33

If I were to ask him out, would he say yes? And if he did, would I really want him to?

FlorencenotRatchet · 05/08/2021 21:34

That it's time to stop OLD when I am swiping left because I don't like the pattern on their rug!!

missatkins · 05/08/2021 21:34

I'm pondering whether to get an Audi RS6 or R8.. Thoughts?

TreeFella · 05/08/2021 21:41

Wondering how the hell I'm going to sort through all of the stuff in my house, and if it will ever be how I want it to be...

terrywynne · 05/08/2021 21:48

@OhGiveUp

Why I'm watching a documentary about mushrooms?!?!?
Is that the BBC 4 one about fungi? I got sucked into watching that a couple of years ago. Weirdly hypnotic. Also oddly comforting to know I live in a world where a) someone cares that much about mushroom and b) someone else will give a tv slot to mushrooms
CarolinaWeeper · 05/08/2021 21:55

@MakkaPakkas definitely do the PhD if it's funded. I don't think you'll regret it once you've done it.

OhGiveUp · 05/08/2021 21:56

@Terrywynne It may have been on BBC 4 previously, I'm watching it on Netflix....and craving a big bowl of mushrooms.
It's a fascinating programme though, but I can't think why on earth I put it on.

CarolinaWeeper · 05/08/2021 21:58

When we’re going to stop routinely testing people with covid symptoms. Months, years, never?

I'm wondering this too. With most of the population now vaccinated, when will we accept Covid is something we now have to live with. Also, when will the Covid stats stop being reported on the news every night, I know we still need to hear them but am curious when the daily reporting will stop. When the pandemic is officially declared "over"?

TheLovelinessOfDemons · 05/08/2021 22:07

Why people are so weird about age in Twitter roleplay. I don't know what kind of roleplay they're expecting..... Grin

JustCheesz · 05/08/2021 22:12

Should I take the job I’ve been offered…might start a thread about it so Mumsnet can decide!

Timeisavirtue · 05/08/2021 22:14

It would be great if I could win the lottery, 500,000 would be great I don’t even want millions....just want enough to get my shit in order

Ghostlyfeet · 05/08/2021 22:27

What the hell is going on with my skin? I don't think I had this many spots as a teenager. Is it peri menopause? I'm only 40. Will a Dr think I'm a dick if I call about this?!

MakkaPakkas · 05/08/2021 22:29

@carolineweeper @missSmiley I think I will! Obviously it will end up stressful at some points but I'll learn some stuff & hopefully it'll be useful

BastardMonkfish · 05/08/2021 22:33

@IndieTara

Will my new wardrobe and chest of drawers show up at 9pm as promised. After waiting In all day and finally contacting them at 4pm and being told 'there's a problem with the van we'll deliver tomorrow' I firmly told them that didn't work for me and I needed them today. They said they'd be here at 9pm I'm not so sure
Did they turn up?
Serena1977 · 05/08/2021 22:57

Why my mother is so mean spirited about such random people and family and so full of bitterness?

And why she thinks she can flick cigarette ash and butts in my garden?

And why I don't do anything about the above?

Mother87 · 05/08/2021 23:22

Is my father (passed away recently) 'really' with me/around me/guiding me... I talk to him/sniff his clothes and can 'feel' him but... is it just grief/longing?