What stupid things do you do that no one else knows about?

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I used to be a party animal. LOVED clubbing every weekend (multiple times a week as a student), would dance for hours and laugh and laugh and laugh.

Tonight I am sitting in my cuddle chair putting chewits down my bra to warm them up before I eat them.
I’m home alone.

How life has changed.

Make me feel better, what weird stuff do you do that no one else knows about?!

@SophieHMS

There are four huge conker trees that I made friends with during lockdown 1 walks. I still pat them every time I pass them now. at least I've stopped hugging them

There are 5 magnificent horse chestnut trees in the woods where I walk to which my daughter assigned names. I have hugged them and when I pass them it feels like meeting old friends. God I love the woods

I like warming fruit gums up too, either in pockets or in between my legs! I used to put them on a spoon and dip them in my tea! I also bite either end off a twix and suck tea through it-then one final dunk before devouring the melty, chewy goodness!

I do lots to nurture myself, I have set morning rituals, skin care, yoga, meditation, candles, incense.
I do grounding, forest walks, many many things daily to be kind to myself.
Most people don;t know about my self care practices, but I don't view them as stupid.

I always buy a chocolate croissant when I do the big shop and eat it on the way home, stopping to brush the evidence off on the way (I am in love with them and really enjoy the secrecy).

Send child to childminder an hour earlier once a week!! I love it and need breathing space otherwise I would become overwhelmed as I have 4 boys, one is full on teenage mode

Always tap dance when I’m alone in a lift

I always pretend I’m riding a horse when walking anywhere, me and my horse (O’Malley) are quite often taking part in either showjumping or dressage competitions.

When I pour cups of tea from the tea pot I only fill each one half full in a line, then I start with the last one and fill them up. I've convinced myself that this way they all end up equal strength

Always say Good morning or good afternoon to magpies
Tell the car it’s done very well after a long drive.
Won’t drive over a plastic bag in case there is a kitten in it.
Pat trees
I love visiting graveyards and chatting with the residents.

Similar to the kiss box story, my brother lives overseas and phone calls to my mother end with them sending each other a hug over the miles along with a commentary “ It’s on its way..leaving UK now…over Eastern Europe, crossing the Himalayas etc…until one of them says Got it!!”

He is 60 and she is 86!!

I set myself mini challenges when I'm out for a walk. I'll try to make it to the end of the street before the person on the other side of the road or get past the streetlight before the car coming down the road behind me. Sometimes I set a timer on my phone and try to get to my destination before it runs out.

I have a friend who, as she walks down the street, greets cats with a casual "hey babe" like she's known them all her life. I love her a bit more for it.

I catch myself having the future conversation with a colleague at work as I'm driving there in the morning. Plan out my answers for when they ask if I had a nice weekend. I guess that's the introvert in me - not good at small talk!

I have got a rotary clothes line. It's amazing. When I peg the clothes on I walk around it pegging on the item and going back to the bag rather than swinging it round.. I know it swings but I just can't stop doing it.

@dementedma that kiss story is so wonderful xx

Eat a pot noodle, on a butty (sandwich for anyone not northern)

@Imfinallyhappy1

I like applying for jobs and interviewing. I have no intention of taking the job as I love where I work but I love prepping and asking questions and the general interview process.

As an HR director this extremely annoying and childish! Organising and prepping for interviews on the other side takes days, time, money and effort and by taking a candidate slot when you don't want the job is pretty unfair to those looking for work or genuinely keen on the role. I'm glad it seems such a frivolity to you. If you need feedback or interview techniques now and again just try a friendly HR team who may be happy to coach you, but please stop doing this, it's such a time waste for everyone, including those that get turned down once you are the offered candidate.,

I arrange sentences into alphabetical order.

eg Alphabetical arrange I into order sentences

My weird thing is, if I see something on a shop shelf and look at it, I have to buy that one. It has done all the hard work of attracting my attention, it doesn't deserve to be rejected in favour of a shelf-mate with brighter paint/ later sell-by date/ shinier leaves.

Say please and thank you to the Cash point machine.

Also ‘in the bra’ is the method recommended by the paediatric diabetes team for getting fridge cold insulin to body temperature so it hurts less when injected!!

I once watched a tv programme as a child that showed people rating lasagne out of ten. I’d never ever had lasagne and so decided that pies (something we’d have often and did for dinner on the day I watched said programme) would be my ‘lasagne’ and I’d rate it.

Now every time o have a pie (not often) it’s what I do.

I am a dog walker and each of my clients has their own song x

Amazing thread OP!

I am a secret armpit tweezer, pot noodle eater, pet singer, jaffa cake dissector and pokemon goer! Not sure if some of these are actually normal or I have totally lost it 🤣

When I'm on my own, I have a running reality show in my head.
I talk to the camera and all sorts.

Or I pretend that I'm vlogging for my YouTube channel (Welcome to my Day in the life).
Same for when I'm doing my make up!

I am normal (ish), I promise

I sing 'toe beans, toe beans, toe beans, toe beaaaans' to the tune of Jolene if the cat is sleeping with a paw upturned

I like to talk to the plants and give them a bit of a pep talk, but I can only do that in an empty house.