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!

I swear like a sailor.
If you meet me , I can come over as quite serious
Dh finds it quite funny

@bringincrazyback @Teelu ahhh sims fans!!

I refuse to let DH upgrade my old Sony viao laptop as it's still running the original sims! No one is allowed to touch my laptop! I still use the Rosebud; cheat too haha!!!

I narrate dog convos when I see them out walking with their owners. I usually do this when driving.

I imagine I have handsome famous men living with me doing everyday stuff eg Henry Cavil changing the lightbulb. And then we get into conversation and have great discussions about stuff.

DH moans about DIY and isn't one for conversation so I guess my fantasy fills the void.

My DC stopped eating babybells months ago. I eat them all.

I have a lunchtime 45 minute nap every day. I function so much better once I've had a little sleep.

I also take a day off every couple of months and just sleep.

Not lazy, just long covid.

I'm a MN user with no children too, @Frt. Lots of the threads and posters here have been very helpful to me and I've derived a lot of amusement from the light-hearted threads.

On this topic:

I read chapters of the Harry Potter books aloud to my dog before we go to sleep at night. I do the voices and everything.

Love this

Ooh a new band for me to listen to, I'll be checking them out on Youtube, thanks

I love all these. It’s not completely secret but when my ds is playing or petting our cat I play the part of the cat in his voice (what I think it would sound like) and it makes my ds laugh so hard. I can carry on huge conversations like this. Obviously no one but me and ds know. And the cat.

All this time I must have been living under a cock rock.

I do this ex used to ask me to chop his up before putting the spag bol on.😂😂😂

Stop it 😂😂

@bringincrazyback I'm glad it's not just me with the Sims obsession. I've actually cried at the deaths of some of them in the past and I once lost my whole Sim world and had to start again when my laptop broke and I needed a new one. The save files just wouldn't transfer over properly.

I wonder if there's a writing/Sims link actually, I love writing too and most of the time I'm playing it I really should be trying to work on finishing my Creative Writing degree.

@RicciardoPerez I play on an old laptop too. It's the only thing that's still on there after I got a new one, no one is allowed to touch the old one now as it's definitely on its last legs. I'll be heartbroken if I lose everything again.

I only use the cheats when I absolutely have to, my sims are expected to work hard and save up for nice things but the ones that go off to university get to take home a share of the furniture from wherever they stay so they have a good basic set of things to start off their new married life at least.

I watch blackhead removal on YouTube , it’s very relaxing. I binge eat milk chocolate digestives , I can eat 10/12 with a mug of tea no problem .

I often go to bed in the afternoon for a quick nap.

I love this 😂😂😂

I watch black head removals too.
I also watch mukbangs and waxing videos

Use MN, mostly.

I also often whisper my thoughts aloud when alone.

I used to do this with my dog. The voice I decided he should have was Baby Stuey off Family Guy. The accent and indignation suited him so well

Loving this thread! Similar to the people who talk to their houses but I talk to my car. It's quite old and I ask it to get me where I'm going safely and without breaking down and thank it when it does, patting the steering wheel as I talk to it.

I have an appalling diet - today I have had 2 packs of crips and 2 rich tea biscuits, I have low iron levels and feel like shit constantly and it is no wonder. I have been for a run this morning and now feel utterly knackered because I just cannot seem to eat well.

2 or 3 times a year I book a day of leave and don’t tell the other half or my mum who picks the kids up from school. I have a bubble bath and binge watch a box set it’s bliss

i ‘wrote’ two novels. They are in my head. I spend days on each chapter, modifying the plots etc. one day I kinda hope I’ll get them on paper, I do this just before I go to sleep or when I’m walking the dog alone as walking the dog bores me senseless. I think if I owned up to doing this I would actually be considered mad.

I also secretly eat sweets, we keep our chocolate in the garage and I have a little something when I pop out to the freezer. I have a tin that looks nothing like chocolate and I keep my favourite things in there and don’t share them with DH or DC.

Fistbump

BobbinThreadbare123 😂I suddenly remembered that I USED to go upstairs on all fours but that was in an old house. I completely forgot! Can't wait to start again. Ty 😍
What other secrets. Well, not many people I know get to know that my current work involves a lot of research on sex toys! So you can imagine how wonky the online searches can go - but I still like to convince myself it's all important educational to know, and all in the name of good sex-positive work that will make a difference 😘

Well I could have said that I post with several different names on the same forum, and have a different personality for each of them... 😎

I bet quite a few people do that actually