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What wouldn't you admit out loud ?

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2ndNatureTime · 11/08/2026 14:33

Im sure they'll be lots of judgement on here as always but here we go

I really wish I hadn't married my 1st husband. He was a loser and still is.
I find 99% of kids so dull

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SummerSummerSummertime · 11/08/2026 22:10

@TiredShadowsmake a complaint or at least tell your boss. That’s her job.
Please get some counselling. You deserve it 🙏

SaraHoliday · 11/08/2026 22:11

I'm scared.

teeteringontheborderline · 11/08/2026 22:13

I fantasise about my father dying in a car/plane crash quite a lot, where he's the only person that dies.

SemperIdem · 11/08/2026 22:14

I can’t help but find very religious people, doesn’t matter what the religion is, unintelligent.

Dogmatically following a made up book in the 21st century is completely illogical to me.

I don’t mean people who enjoy the community and comfort that their religion can bring, I can understand that. I mean people who are so deeply indoctrinated into their religion’s ideology that another perspective or way of living cannot be countenanced as acceptable. There’s plenty of them.

Awkwardisfunny · 11/08/2026 22:15

BettyJoanPerske · 11/08/2026 20:06

Oh go on, you can't leave us hanging! Also, there is no country which I can't imagine someone wanting to nuke!

🤣🤣 Not trying to get banned for inciting violence against a whole country(!) or assassinated(!)

PickleRickChick · 11/08/2026 22:16

ComtesseDeSpair · 11/08/2026 15:44

When I ride my bicycle, I like to pretend I’m riding a horse. I have a whole cross country course on my commute to work with different speed bumps as jumps and sometimes I score myself for the approach. As I run through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel pushing the bicycle, I’m competing in the in-hand section of the gaited pony show.

It passes the time.

Edited

You're amazing!

the80sweregreat · 11/08/2026 22:16

I concerned about the people coming over. It’s hard to not come across as racist, but many hold different views about women and I fear for the ladies in my life with undocumented people arriving daily.
The government seem to be unable to do anything and who knows who many of them are.
The streets are already a no go area and it’ll only get worse too. The UK wasn’t like this with controlled immigration historically, but this feels wrong and I can’t see the new PM getting a grip on it.

GoodbyeRubyTuesday2 · 11/08/2026 22:17

That I really wish my husband didn’t have a daughter, i.e my stepdaughter. Not because she’s abhorrent, just it’s ruined my ideology of a nuclear family.

AlliuminBloom · 11/08/2026 22:17

IHaveQuestionsLotsOfQuestions · 11/08/2026 17:58

I don't know where you are in the UK, but where I am it rained non-fucking stop from September until about March this year and my area still has a hosepipe ban, so where is all that water?!

In my area, where it also rains a lot, the problem isn’t that there is no water in lakes or reservoirs, the problem is that they can’t treat that water fast enough so during heatwaves water demand often exceeds production capacity.

Strawberrycheesecake7 · 11/08/2026 22:18

That I’m very jealous of other parents with neurotypical children around my son’s age. I love my son so much. He’s a happy and loving little boy but it’s not fair that he has to struggle so much and can’t enjoy doing all the things that most children his age can do.

Dumplinghead · 11/08/2026 22:19

I really don’t like my partner’s daughter. She is a madam, rude and entitled beyond belief although she is 21. He is a lovely man and it causes a lot of stress between us but I’ve never actually said I don’t like her.

CareBearClaire · 11/08/2026 22:20

TeenToTwenties · 11/08/2026 16:23

I wish I could be the priority for a while, with everyone nurturing me.

I feel exactly the same. I do everything for everyone and not a soul gives a thing back. I’d walk away and live on my own on a deserted island if I could.

Ladyingreggs · 11/08/2026 22:20

6ate9 · 11/08/2026 21:55

Can you ask your son not to smoke weed in your home?

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Sorry, let me rephrase.

I burn incense to hide the smell of MY weed from my 29 year old son.

the80sweregreat · 11/08/2026 22:21

I wish my lovely son would get a grip on his weight.
I see others his age who are slim and fit and he is struggling. He knows what to do , but he doesn’t have the motivation and it’s sad.

KookyFish · 11/08/2026 22:22

the80sweregreat · 11/08/2026 22:16

I concerned about the people coming over. It’s hard to not come across as racist, but many hold different views about women and I fear for the ladies in my life with undocumented people arriving daily.
The government seem to be unable to do anything and who knows who many of them are.
The streets are already a no go area and it’ll only get worse too. The UK wasn’t like this with controlled immigration historically, but this feels wrong and I can’t see the new PM getting a grip on it.

Most people feel the same in real life but for some reason not on mumsnet, they love to scream the word racist at anyone who doesn't want these leeches breaking into our country. Reform is very likely to win the next election so hopefully they will do something real about it.

LiuBei · 11/08/2026 22:23

BurntLeaves · 11/08/2026 20:29

I didn't particularly look forward to or enjoy my DCs' graduations.

I much preferred their year 6 leavers' productions.

I think graduations are dumb. Finishing school/university is what you're supposed to do. Why are we celebrating this bare minimum achievement?

Thepeopleversuswork · 11/08/2026 22:25

SemperIdem · 11/08/2026 22:14

I can’t help but find very religious people, doesn’t matter what the religion is, unintelligent.

Dogmatically following a made up book in the 21st century is completely illogical to me.

I don’t mean people who enjoy the community and comfort that their religion can bring, I can understand that. I mean people who are so deeply indoctrinated into their religion’s ideology that another perspective or way of living cannot be countenanced as acceptable. There’s plenty of them.

I don’t think they are necessarily stupid, some are. But I agree about the dogmatic nature of the way they see the world though.

As discussed upthread, I think it’s often a control thing when otherwise intelligent people are devout Christians. They are usually in my experience very small c conservative people who don’t like change and need structure to survive life.

They often can’t function without some sort of rulebook to guide absolutely everything in their lives, they can’t deal with spontaneity or anything unpredictable at all.

Its anecdotal but its enough of a common thread to make me think there’s something a bit pathological about them.

bumblingbovine49 · 11/08/2026 22:25

Rainbowralph · 11/08/2026 18:36

Oh god I feel like this too. To the extent I’m already planning how I can set myself up in old age (if I make it that far) so my kids don’t feel like they have to look after me/visit me/ feel guilty etc.

Ah but you see, my reaction to the same thing is to think ' well I bloody well did my duty and visited the oldies despite dire boredom on my part, so they can bloody well suffer too"

In fact, I rarely fele much sympathy for someone going through a similar terrible experience to one I might have been through. I just think ' well I coped , so they can too" .

the80sweregreat · 11/08/2026 22:25

I’ve seen graduations from nursery up to primary and I think it’s a bit much !

EnergySauce · 11/08/2026 22:27

I worry my DD will never find love.
Every time in IMO wash, I am convinced something will go wrong and I am going to die. Made it through today though.
I scratched the posh pan, that was me blending soup in it.

venus7 · 11/08/2026 22:28

This is such a good, interesting, thought provoking thread.

Thegirlwhowent · 11/08/2026 22:28

KookyFish · 11/08/2026 22:22

Most people feel the same in real life but for some reason not on mumsnet, they love to scream the word racist at anyone who doesn't want these leeches breaking into our country. Reform is very likely to win the next election so hopefully they will do something real about it.

I don't know where you got the evidence for 'most people ' thinking that, but I do agree that probably more people think it than say it out loud.

noodlezoodle · 11/08/2026 22:29

I secretly judge Disney Adults and think they are weird.

TheBlueKoala · 11/08/2026 22:31

Like many others I think life is tedious and would rather not live.

I regret my firstborn son. He's autistic and has treatment resistant ocd which makes his life a struggle but also our life a hell. We get insulted, screamed at and are constantly monitored. We can't punish him because it's not effective and just drives him further out the edge of madness. I would like for him to be in a psychiatric hospital where there are trained staff to deal with him.

Olive123456 · 11/08/2026 22:32

tryandfindmenow · 11/08/2026 19:30

I have no bedroom, I gave up my own bedroom to let both my teen boys have their own personal space as I felt it was important and something I never had as a kid. No one else knows this.

I did the same for my daughters. Funny thing is, despite them being all grown up and left home,I still sleep on a sofabed in my living room, I like being close to the kitchen to get a coffee etc. I also think i'd feel more vulnerable sleeping upstairs in one of the empty bedrooms.

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