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

[Frt]

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!

[LivingDeadGirlUK]

@IsItBedtimeYetNope

I snap my spaghetti in half instead of fannying around getting it in the pan whole like I used to. No one has noticed yet.

I do this, and I'm proud lol

[LivingDeadGirlUK]

@ew1990

Omg i just seen cock rock music, ignore me 🤣

I think it would end up being called Cockcore these days, everything is a -core now. Probably all the bands Tommy Lee has played in.

[DevonSunsets]

Oh and thanking items if you are throwing them away/regifting or recycling them (way before Marie Kondo) - this is a shared thing that me and Mr DS do.

If we are throwing something away we will thank it, relate how useful its been, how long we have had it and how well its done. (we are very thrifty so in most cases it will have been with us for years and years!)

Originally I thought it was just me, but I must have rubbed off on Mr DS as he was on the stairs the other day thanking some very battered and well used thermal travel mugs we have had for years while taking them to the bin.

[ZuzuMyLittleGingersnap]

@Millana

I'm glad ot's not just me!

My house is a him. 🤣 It just seems male.

Shirley Valentine understood.
😀

[LemonadeSunshine]

@SmokyForTheWin

I have conversations with the cat. I accidentally started chatting to her in front of DC once; DC thought I'd gone crazy.
Everyone talks to their cat or dog as if they're a person, right?

I talk to our fish when I'm WFH, and do their 'replies' too.....

[ZuzuMyLittleGingersnap]

@Fentylipgloss
Really sorry you're suffering. I'm sending strength your way. Go gently on yourself.

[SageMist]

I make up science fiction stories in my head. I'll never write them down because I hate writing, but I love developing plots.

[SinnerBoy]

Kissedbyfire1 · Today 11:58

AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Status Quo, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith that sort of thing.

Gizz a lift! 😃

Anyway, my wife doesn't know I'm on Mumsnet, I used to be on another board, but left. She may think I'm on that, still.

[Botw1]

@SinnerBoy

Which other board were you on and why did you switch to Mumsnet?

[SinnerBoy]

It was a small one, set up as an alternative to the Guardian Talk site. Essentially, the owner didn't like any talk about trans issues and threatened to close it. A number of posters were already MN users and suggested decamping here, I was already a lurker, on AIBU and some parenting stuff.

[FoxyBloxy]

I play roblox🙈 I know that’s really sad but it’s actually quite fun😁

[Botw1]

Ah, OK.

I left another board for similar reasons

[SinnerBoy]

I occasionally agree to play it with my daughter. Adopt Me and Royal High.

God, it's tedious!

[RubiesandRose]

I do the voice for my dog and speak as if it's him.

He's a french bulldog so has a slight french accent and also swears a lot.

For example I'll ask him to go out and a do a wee and then answer myself in his faux french accent with a "are you fucking mad, it's fucking freezing out there, I'm a dog not a fucking snow leopard!"

I do it in front of my husband and grown up kids but nobody else.

My old dog was a big Rhodesian Ridgeback and he had a Scooby Doo voice!

[YourApplePie]

3pm Workday Wank (WFH obvs).

I'm also considering a secret cleaner.

[Heavydirtysou1]

I love this thread, you all seem like lovely funny people. I give myself pep talks sometimes, out loud, when I really need it and don't want to ask anyone else to talk. I obsess over certain songs for periods of time, play over and over again on my headphones until I move on to something new. Would hate anyone to know I am currently listening to Lionel Ritchie's Destiny on repeat! I dance to the music of choice as a little home workout too. I also obsess over particular chocolate bars or sweets, until I get bored. There is a theme here isn't there! I do hide the wrappers and dispose of them in secret

[BigFatLiar]

Nothing exceptional
When on my own
I sing and dance around the house
Sometimes stay in nightclothes all day
Sometimes get all dressed up just to sit and watch rubbish on telly
Eat rubbish (tomato sauce sandwiches)

[Frt]

@FoxyBloxy

I play roblox🙈 I know that’s really sad but it’s actually quite fun😁

My DP plays Pokemon obsessively and loves it. It's not sad, embrace the childish fun.

[ChangesUsername]

@YourApplePie

3pm Workday Wank (WFH obvs).

I'm also considering a secret cleaner.

🤣 love the the clarification

[Gingerlygreen]

When i go to the supermarket I sit in my car in the car park for about 15 minutes and just enjoy the peace and solitude, sometimes I look at my phone but other times I sit with my eyes closed and switch off.

If anyone asks why I was such a long time I say the shop was busy.

[Defender90]

I whip my bra off as soon as I get in from work and sniff it at the wired bit.

[OldTinHat]

I live alone and a few hours away from my family. They think I'm busy going here and there, have a good job and loads of friends.

I have made a lot of fabulous friends since moving here but I'm unable to work due to disabilities. If I'm having a spell of not getting out of bed or answering the phone, I pretend I'm sooooo busy and send a breezy text instead. Don't tell anyone, I don't want them worrying!

[DartholomewSpaceInvader]

I have alter egos for doing things I don't want to do. One of them is a bearded Scandinavian adventurer called Sven Jurgen, who has a trusty sidekick (and cameraman) Pål. Sometimes I send Sven in to do a boring job like clean the toilet instead of me. He narrates the whole process to Pål and when he returns he presents his mission report to the Royal Society and gets hearty slaps on the back for his accomplishments as though he'd just come back from a year long expedition up the Amazon. He is lauded wherever he goes. 😆

This will out me to a couple of people if they happen to read it but, oh well!

[stripedsox]

I always have a secret stash of block marizpan, bloody love the stuff and I hide it in various places. Have a sneaky nibble when dh is in the shower etc. Some times have a furtive munch in the kitchen when making dinner.
I'm secretive because my dh would be upset and worried for my health as I'm type 2 diabetic, who has no wish to grow really old with lots of health problems.

[Intrepidescape]

@MollyMack

I love it!😄
Noone knows I'm on mumsnet either and I'm constantly name changing so I don't get found out 😂 I'm always wondering who else is on here that I know IRL👀
I slept with someone inappropriate whilst blind drunk and neither of us have ever told a soul or mentioned it afterwards. It's like it just never happened and I have driven myself a bit mad sometimes thinking, did it even happen?! I've even questioned if it was rape because I wasn't exactly fit to have sex. That was years ago but still plays on my mind sometimes. I've never told a soul.
Also I ralk to myself as well and high five myself in the mirror for a boost 😂

So you got drunk and cheated on your husband?