To wish that someone would discover my secrit?

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We have magnetic letters on our fridge, which my brother bought me just before we last went on holiday, in memory of the previous holiday which had magnetic letters on the fridge, where we indulged in a childish game of editing the other person's words by as few letters as possible. The best bit was when he wrote "homophobic nutter" and I changed it to "homophonic butter". Anyway...

The letters went on holiday, and came home and now they live on the fridge. For a while, we were changing the writing several times a day, now it can be weeks before inspiration strikes.

A few months ago I was doing some colouring with a child, and came home with a picture of an octopus, which I proceeded to put on the fridge, stuck there with the letters "octapus" (it's a cheap set - only one of each letter). Later, I decided to write the word "secrit" behind the picture - it's now stuck on at the corners with other magnets, with a small but I think noticable bulge where "secrit" is written.

That was about a month ago, and no one's seen it! I keep checking, because I'm sure if someone found it, they would change it to notify me they'd seen it, but no one has!

So, AIBU to wish that someone would discover my "secrit"?

And whilst I'm waiting, what are the similarly silly things your family does?

quizqueen no children here, only the DBs who are all over 15.

I've just remembered another one. When ExH and I first met, he used to come round to the house I shared with my friend. Friend had a set of candles lined up on the bathroom window ledge in a colour order that aesthetically pleased her, possibly rainbow order (can't remember). ExH used to reorder them into a political spectrum with red on the left, blue on the right and green, yellow and orange in the middle. I didn't notice but friend used to get fed up with it.

And here are the pictures of the octapus and the secrit!

I have taken a pp's advice and not put back the top left magnet to aid secrit discovery. Am off to be now, but will update in the morning.

Nc4now we also had escapeas in our house!

Once upon a time one of us pointed out a steep slope somewhere and said "I wouldn't like to fall down there in a hurry."

And one of us piped up "or in slow motion."

This is now said any time we pass a dangerous looking slope, but it's such an old saying we've no idea who said it first or where we were!

And it doesn't rival some of the stuff here but there was the time we all (at least a dozen of us) bought our grandad one inch paint brushes for his birthday. He was always going on about how useful they were etc so we bought them and carefully wrapped them in as many different things as we could (various boxes, a Pringles tube) and so on just to make it more surprising.

DS (15) and I have a car dance that we crack out if a cheesy tune comes on the radio.

When my kids were little I taught them to say;
'I love you deeply and dearly, with a true and rare passion' whenever they wanted something

They are 25,24,23 and 20 now and still do it.
It was great last week when DS1 (who works as a TA in the same school as me) wanted to borrow £20 and had to say it in the staff room

And of COURSE we voice the cats!

When we used to watch our favourite US cop show ( I won't name because it would be outing but it featured a certain 'pizza man' and the police were urged to 'be careful out there') we had to boo or cheer each character as they appeared in the credits. To this day if we are discussing people, fictional or real we will ask 'are they a cheer or a boo?'

DH is a very shy retiring man but if the Buffy theme tune is heard at any point there is a certain Kung fu style dance he must perform.

When we visit our favourite holiday town we must say in amazed tones as we pass under it 'This must be the worlds highest ever viaduct ' and then hastily explain to anyone with us that it is actually a very average sized viaduct and in no way record breaking.

If we pass a sign to Bracknell one of must do our best posh accent and say "a handbag?' In a deep, loud voice. Then we laugh like loons. Our DCs (all grown up now) do it too but they have no idea why.

I have a collection of rubber ducks who end up in odd places when particular friends visit.

When my next door neighbour went on holiday I swiped his most faded garden gnome and repainted it. He was very confused.

My mother made my cousins call her "Auntie C- darling" when they were small. There is probably a reason they are no longer in contact.

One Christmas we had cousins staying who lived in a different country (about 10 years younger than us). DB convinced them that in England it's the law that at every game of cards there must be a designated Cheese Eater.

I do hope they come and stay again

My best friend and I like to gift each other the most rubbish, offensive looking fake crystals that a fiver can buy you down the market. It can be any sort of crystal - actually crystal shape, photo frame, wineglass, whatever but it MUST be disgusting. When I got engaged she wrapped entire handfuls of the bastards in a vile lilac net with confetti and solemnly handed my DH a "with sympathy" card

Obviously I voice the guinea pigs. DH has a bad habit of trying to encourage the DC to eat something they don't want. At this point we break into Mrs Doyle "ah gwan gwan gwan...". DH is North African and has never seen Father Ted!
My DM used to have a random collection of plastic insects that would appear in our packed lunches.

DH has his own theme tune

My cousin once confessed that her sex fantasy was to do it in a skip. (!!!)
I then sent her, anonymously, a tub of Skippy peanut butter for her birthday.

I tell my husband the same story about a lesbian dinosaur again and again, he hates it but I start it differently each time and with a different context and backstory so he doesn't know he's listening to it until it's too late, and then he groans when he realises what is happening!

We also leave each other plastic poodles around the house, hidden in cups, shoes, under pillows. It's a sickeningly cute thing from when we first met but we keep doing it now because it's funny.

We have a soft toy dog. I enjoy annoying DH by putting the dog looking out of the window stood on the sofa and then telling the dog off and generally talking to the "dog".

DH can't quite decide if I have lost my marbles or not.

Many years ago, when my sibling was in the first throes of teendom, it was decided that they could have their bedroom redecorated.
A smart grey & red theme was chosen: grey walls & door, with red woodwork.
Dad I I spattered red paint up one wall, scrawled "Jack woz ere", then papered over it.
I wonder if the people who bought the house some 20 years later redecorated, and if they found our bad taste joke.

Over 20 years ago I worked in a really lovely NHS centre. Mine & my colleagues' offices were at the end of a little-used corridor. I came back from lunch to find the young apprentice decorator had drawn multiple cocks and balls and women's breasts all over the wall in a fit of schoolboy artistry. Half an hour later, he'd come back from lunch and papered over them so my colleagues (out at a meeting) never saw them. That'll give someone a surprise in the future!

Love this thread. Makes me think DH and I need to up our game!

The word rubbish is always said a few times and pronounced ROObish in a high pitched tone.

I have a game where I show DS one of his socks and ask Which sock is this? Right or left? Pause while he studies the sock. Then answer it's a trick question! They're both the same! Makes me laugh even though he's too young to understand

When we redecorated our stairs we uncovered a massive loveheart with DH ❤️NC4 in it, from our soppy newlywed days.

Does anyone not voice their animals? Serious question

Buy another set if you don't want your family to grow up terminally confused about how to spell things like "secret".

We used to sing "here she comes, fast, FAST AS LIGHTENING" when our old dog entered a room (very slowly)

We currently have a big old greyhound and when he lays upside down to sleep we call him "DENWAH THE EXOTIC"

Also whenever me or DSis visit DM we have a competition to fit rude words in her crossword books for her to find at later dates. Extra points for words that sound really rude FLABBYWANG.

We also ever pronounce friction as FRIKITION and meringue as MERINGOOOOO after I had two unfortunate spelling mistakes as a teen.

Also agree with pp, I thought everyone voiced their pets!

When I first met DP he had a few nonsensical sayings, which he would blurt out on random occasions. So, now, whenever he says the first half, I have to respond with the second half.

The first time we drove past a lovely little country cottage a few miles from where we live, DP said "that's a pretty little cottage" and then went on to explain that whenever his granddad drove down that road, GD would say to him "that's a pretty little cottage". So now whenever we drive past that cottage we both have to say in unison "that's a pretty little cottage". This has been further extended to any pretty little cottage we might drive past - the winner is the one who says it first.

And, of course, the cats have their own voices - in a completely different tone to our normal speaking voices, so we know that it's the cats that are telling us something

When I found out that I was pregnant for the second time, I attempted to tell DH in a creative way. I used (toddler) DD1's magnetic letters on the fridge to spell out "I'm going to be a big sister." Then I asked DH to make me a cup of tea. He went to the fridge, fetched the milk, returned the milk and still didn't notice the letters. There followed a series of coughs and increasingly heavy hints from me, until eventually he spotted the message!

Buy another set if you don't want your family to grow up terminally confused about how to spell things like "secret".

Maybe read the OP's posts so you aren't terminally confused.