The secret things you do that no-one else knows....

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Every day that DP is out of the house at work, I buy an early-afternoon energy drink. They are rancid, sugary, unhealthy and downright common as muck but I absolutely love the buzz I get for the rest of the day. DP would be appalled with me if he found out 😅

My MN habit is a secret too. I don't have children, and I'm meant to have a professional, busy job which doesn't allow time for fucking about online. But here I am. I'm friends with a lot of women with young children who regularly talk about things being discussed on MN. I feign surprise or interest but I'm really thinking "Yeah, I saw that".

When I'm stressed and home alone, I talk to myself. I talk myself through what's getting me down, why, and what I need to do. I also reassure myself saying things like "Pull yourself together, it's fine, make a list and let's start at the top". I have no shame about this, I think its a perfectly normal thing to do. Except that I talk to myself in random accents. Today I went inexplicably scouse. My temporary foreign accent syndrome is the reason I keep this particularly activity a secret.

Tell me your secrets....

BTW, long-timer but NC just in case!

I eat chocolate for breakfast most days

I do occasionally talk to myself saying an odd word out loud when I'm out walking the dog ! If seen I quickly grab my phone headphone mic so it looks like I'm on the phone . As if anyone is even slightly interested in what on earth I am doing - behaving like a self conscious teenager !

I used to stroke the covers of books that I had really enjoyed. I need to stoke my tablet after a good Kindle book.

I have a running self-created sci-fi story that I play in my head as I fall asleep... My secret is out!

I love Within Tempation! If I mention them to others, they look at me with a blank expression on their face! Nice to 'meet ' someone else who has heard of them.

I always talk to myself, all the time when I'm on my own. In fact, I do it so much I've started to do it at work, then folk walk into the room and wonder what I'm on about.....!!!
It isn't that I'm absent minded or getting senile, it's a really good way to work through a problem or issue with myself, or to prioritise tasks and motivate myself....

As a child, I was obsessed with the idea of being a teacher. I made fake registers- full notebooks filled with carefully folded paper, made up names and ticks next to each name.

As an adult, I don't work and secretly go out for breakfast every morning, and get a coffee every afternoon. Sometimes with my best friend or SIL, sometimes just me and 4mo DD. I've done it for years. DH wouldn't mind at all but I like having my secret treats. I've driven almost 3 hours for a breakfast once.

Eat crisps and drink coke for breakfast on weekends.

Feed the mice that are in my garage. I feel sorry for them. Put out water, too.

"I still run upstairs on all fours. I have to stop myself doing it at work."

That's so funny! 😂

I quite fancy giving that a go, but I live in a bungalow and am retired. 😪

I don't cook when dh is away (DC is grown up) and instead have pringles and chocolate with wine for dinner.

I also really love picking my nose. I know it's gross and I wipe it on a tissue and wash my hands. I just can't break the habit.

Season0fTheWitch "I've driven almost 3 hours for a breakfast once."

😮OK, that is a bit weird.

This one of the funniest things I have ever read, in fact I 'outed' myself at work for being on MN and read it to the girls in the office who fell about laughing!! Oh I so want to hear you speaking as the dog!!!!

I narrate my own Last Word obituary, which obviously changes all the time. I can be the biggest braggart on there, which I don’t do in rl.

eg “LikeSpinningPlates was known for being extraordinarily kind. Her public profile was sometimes seen as prickly, but she kept secret the amount she gave to charity, and could barely drive past an older woman with shopping without stopping to ask if a lift was needed .

She had a very keen eye and her feeling for colour was used to ..” blah blah blah blah

I hear it in Matthew Bannister’s voice & everything.

I enjoy 2 out of those 3 too 😁

Omg! I do the dogs ‘voice’ too! It’s very distinctive and she swears a lot, specifically calling my husband a twat a fair bit 🤣

When husband is at work and kids in school i buy a nice cake make a nice cup of tea and just sit in silence and eat it. I have 4 kids so never get anything nice for myself treat wise and even when i make a cup of tea before i even take the first mouth full 1 of them say can i have your tea. And as for the silence there is always someone shouting or fighting or saying mum can i have 🙉

TheAirbender · Today 17:55

...she swears a lot, specifically calling my husband a twat a fair bit

Hmm. Are you my sister?

I want to be friends with every single one of you! I’m such a weirdo and keep my weirdness as secret as possible.
I have DC and quite often fake the shits, and take my phone, a bar of chocolate/glass of wine and a cigarette to the bathroom. Only peace I get!

@CalpolDependant , what a great reply, high five!

I don't have a secret cleaner because I'm scared of my husband. I have a secret cleaner because we had a few arguments where I was trying to convince him that it was money well spent whereas he thought it was a waste of money. Both of wouldn't agree with each other and would be miserable and grumpy afterwards.

Now the cleaner comes, the house is clean, nobody argues and everyone is happy. I know what I prefer ;)

Nobody knows I’m on mumsnet either.

I have bulimia so I binge eat and I make myself sick, nobody knows and I’d be mortified if anybody did.

I still have a dummy I use in the car when I’m stressed and anxious and occasionally at home, I have adhd and get sensory overload and the chewing helps calm me and I haven’t found a substitute that gives me the same feedback.

I was also ‘vegetarian’ for about 10 years but used to secretly get a McDonalds or KFC etc whenever I went through a service or train station on my own. I’m an out and proud meat eater now though!

Shocking grammar in my PP, apologies :/

I am what they would call a "Terf" and what I would call someone who stands for women's rights. If work knew some of my views I would be sacked immediately because they are "so Trans exclusionary" when what they are really about is protecting women's spaces. So I keep it online (here and other websites) and smile and nod in inclusion meetings and in LGB spaces I frequent, gritting my teeth when they hand me my new name badge with mandatory pronouns on and implement policies that make me fear for the safety of myself and my female colleagues.

I even have an entirely separate name on here so I can talk about work matters and other personal and outing things without my views being linked to me. I often wish I was brave enough to "come out" as feminist but the risk to my source of income is too high. No one, not a single soul IRL knows about it. Maybe if I am ever rich enough to be untouchable I can be more honest?

I go to the cinema during the day on my days off completely alone and dont tell anyone that I go. Its just a nice solo luxury that noone knows about. When my husband comes home I tell him that Ive been sooo busy sorting the house/laundry/working from home etc. He wouldnt even care that Ive gone but it just feels nice knowing its my little secret.

I eat pot noodles and watch trash tv like the kardashians when noone is home and can see me doing it. But "officially" I dislike both.

I can really, really relate to this. My friends are unquestioning trans-rights supporters - they (and I) have very left wing, liberal politics & they have therefore been swept along by the 'accepted' view, without really questioning it or thinking about the impact on women. I, however, have thought about the matter at great length & would 100% be categorised a TERF. I daren't voice my true opinion as (1) I don't want to argue with my friends & (2) I'm sure it wound change their opinion of me....so I keep my views to myself 🤐

Ha! I used to do that with our dog. We got her when we were living in Ireland so she had a West Cork accent. She'd often lament about leaving with us bowsies or say Jaysus at us. If she was upset she'd say 'Jaysus, Mary and Joseph' and at night she'd say 'May St Noreen bless your dreams.'

I do miss her.

I secretly pretend I am the women in the Girl meets Boy 'waiting for a star to fall' music video hence my username when she is running through the sea and has that dish of a husband.

I also have all my funeral songs planned, i.e. eternal flame as my coffin goes down, but this changes due to how attention seeking I feel - I promise I'm not depressed!!😂