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Secret confessions thread

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colourPink · 27/07/2022 20:13

Okay, so, we all have these thoughts; things we know we DEFINITELY are being unreasonable about and yet we can't help but think them.

This is that thread. A chance to say whatever you want judgement free. You know it's silly, you know it makes no sense but it's how you feel. Feel free to share! It might make me feel a little less crazy.

I'll go first...

My best friend gave birth to twins today and I am INSANELY jealous. Simply because I want twins. I know it's stupid, I know I likely won't even have twins but I want them so badly and now she has them. I feel like she's stolen the twin dust and there will be none left for me!

Like I said - just somewhere to post how you're feeling consequence free Smile

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PalourGamer · 28/07/2022 15:36

My secret sexual fantasy is a threesome with a much younger man and a much older man.

MerryChristmasToYou · 28/07/2022 15:36

@Citygirl09 · Yesterday 23:03
"LittleValleyOverNearSlice · Yesterday 22:24
I'm suffering from a ridiculous unrequited crush on the husband of one of my friends.
Is it mutual?"

The clue is in the post you quoted. An unrequited crush.

SaveItForTheBirds · 28/07/2022 15:38

I'm in a very happy and fulfilling relationship.

A couple of years ago I went to a conference and on the first day, I met a man who I was overwhelmingly attracted to. For the next two days I engineered every situation so I could 'accidentally' find myself sitting next to him or attending the same activities. There was a definite chemistry.

On the last night, a few of us were quite drunk in the hotel bar, I was wearing a dress and ankle boots and I had my legs dangling off the edge of a sofa. He came over and sat near my feet and out of view of everyone else, he put a couple of his fingers inside my boot and spent a good while stroking my ankle. It was unfathomably erotic.

Nothing else happened, which was entirely down to my iron will and love for my partner. But Oh. My. God. When I'm having any kind of (ahem) alone time, my go-to memory is still Mr Conference rootling around in my boot and where that might have led...

SaveItForTheBirds · 28/07/2022 15:41

newnamenaughty · 28/07/2022 14:11

I work from home and spend a LOT of time on Mumsnet, watching tv and generally sciving off.

I do enough work to get away with it and everyone in the company thinks I work hard but really I'm just a lazy cow.

You are me.

Bungalowlady · 28/07/2022 15:45

I secretly hope the neighbours that back onto my garden will set fire to their very tall light blocking trees on fire and burn them down. I have had surveyors from the council who say they don’t need sorting for another 3 years. They are more than twice the height of my bungalow! They shed dead needles and bits of bark all over my garden at the slightest breeze. Can’t have a lawn as it turns into a pine needle pit. Neighbours do like a bonfire so here’s hoping

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ohdannyboy · 28/07/2022 15:45

I sent a poison pen letter to my mum's ex neighbour (who made her life hell) I cannot state the contents - but it was supposed from beyond the grave, telling the neighbour thinks - no-one was ever supposed to know - makes me cringe how awful it would have been to read - but we were at the end of our tether with her bullying abusing behaviour, It would have been life changing for her (I really want to 'write' again and tell her not to worry) but she moved

Longlegsandskinnyjeans · 28/07/2022 15:46

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DillonPanthersTexas · 28/07/2022 15:48

Rohypnol, strip her naked, and dump her 50 miles from home.

That escalated quickly 😮

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OWrevenge · 28/07/2022 15:52

Caught my husband having an affair about 5 years ago and systematically destroyed the OW’s life

she knew us and knew what she was doing, so was as culpable as him

over the course of 2 years, I had her sacked from her job, then sacked from her next job by telling them she had been sacked from the last one

Then I bought the freehold of her flat through a shell company (I work in property investment as my day job) and hit her with a massive bill for overdue maintenance work, which forced her to sell it for less than she paid for it because I knew she had no way of paying the bill

i also did lots of silly little things eg she would post on (unlocked open) social media that she was excited about going to a certain restaurant with friends, and I would phone up the restaurant, cancel her table and then rebook it in another name, so she would be turned away when she got there
She also posted that she was going to the theatre, I phoned her pretending to be from the theatre to say that sadly the performance had been cancelled and she would be refunded within 5 days. I then saw her tweeting the theatre asking for her refund so she definitely didn’t go to the show

basically just did anything I could to make her life difficult and not very fun

I was in therapy during most of it, and told my therapist what I was doing and her attitude was that it wasn’t something she would recommend or suggest but it wasn’t making my mental health any worse, and we had a bit of a giggle about some of the things I did

I stopped after she lost her flat, because I didn’t think I could do anything to top that…
And she doesn’t know any of it was me

MerryChristmasToYou · 28/07/2022 15:54

@DillonPanthersTexas · Today 07:30
Grin

I sometimes look at Nextdoor and wonder if the posts on there are true

Thujennia · 28/07/2022 15:54

andi62 · 27/07/2022 23:06

Worked at an unofficial animal sanctuary in the early 80s, a sheep died, my mate and i were tasked with burying it. Instead we threw it in a pond but it kept floating back up to the surface so we tried to "pop it", to make it sink.

😂

That one is funny! Some of these are amazing and some are absolutely crap! Sorry!

Xyzzzzz · 28/07/2022 15:55

OWrevenge · 28/07/2022 15:52

Caught my husband having an affair about 5 years ago and systematically destroyed the OW’s life

she knew us and knew what she was doing, so was as culpable as him

over the course of 2 years, I had her sacked from her job, then sacked from her next job by telling them she had been sacked from the last one

Then I bought the freehold of her flat through a shell company (I work in property investment as my day job) and hit her with a massive bill for overdue maintenance work, which forced her to sell it for less than she paid for it because I knew she had no way of paying the bill

i also did lots of silly little things eg she would post on (unlocked open) social media that she was excited about going to a certain restaurant with friends, and I would phone up the restaurant, cancel her table and then rebook it in another name, so she would be turned away when she got there
She also posted that she was going to the theatre, I phoned her pretending to be from the theatre to say that sadly the performance had been cancelled and she would be refunded within 5 days. I then saw her tweeting the theatre asking for her refund so she definitely didn’t go to the show

basically just did anything I could to make her life difficult and not very fun

I was in therapy during most of it, and told my therapist what I was doing and her attitude was that it wasn’t something she would recommend or suggest but it wasn’t making my mental health any worse, and we had a bit of a giggle about some of the things I did

I stopped after she lost her flat, because I didn’t think I could do anything to top that…
And she doesn’t know any of it was me

What did you do to your husband?

BorsetshireBanality · 28/07/2022 15:56

HavenMchaven · 28/07/2022 14:49

Like a pp no one knows that we are really wealthy. I never had a clue how wealthy DH was until I married him. It was a combinaton of being a high earner and savvy investor at a young age. You'd never figure it out going by our lifestyle really. Modest house and third hand cars. But neither of us work and we have 2 DCs in private school. DH tells people he is a freelance consultant. I tell people I edit professional text books in my field. Our main luxury is that we are both retired in our late 40s and spend our time going out for lunch and pootling around the house. In fact, the main reason I quite my last job is because I thought it simply was not fair to take a job away from someone when I did not need to work. One of my favourite things to do is to treat my extended family to weekend getaways. I'd like to splurge a bit more on occasion but we are both naturally quite frugal. I have a severely disabled older DS and his medical appointments etc take up loads of time and that pretty much occupies me and as his needs become more intense now he is a teen.

I have a friend who boasts constantly about how rich she is. She flaunts and parades her wealth and says things like 'You must try living mortgage free. It really helps with the cost of living crisis'. She talks about their assets, their racehorses, their this that and the other and is deeply patronising. Sometimes I'd love to tell her that we are alot wealthier than she thinks, but her identity is tied up somehow in being able to lord (lady?) it over others so I refrain.

That said- the current cost of living has been a shock to us and so I am even more deeply grateful that we are okay.

I think you’re wise not to tell her or anyone about your wealth Haven as she will ask for a loan because “cash-flow problems buying a filly” and not pay it back because people who flaunt wealth are quite often in hock up to the eyeballs, and she thinks she deserves the money more than you and that you don’t need it back.

PGordino · 28/07/2022 15:58

SaveItForTheBirds · 28/07/2022 15:38

I'm in a very happy and fulfilling relationship.

A couple of years ago I went to a conference and on the first day, I met a man who I was overwhelmingly attracted to. For the next two days I engineered every situation so I could 'accidentally' find myself sitting next to him or attending the same activities. There was a definite chemistry.

On the last night, a few of us were quite drunk in the hotel bar, I was wearing a dress and ankle boots and I had my legs dangling off the edge of a sofa. He came over and sat near my feet and out of view of everyone else, he put a couple of his fingers inside my boot and spent a good while stroking my ankle. It was unfathomably erotic.

Nothing else happened, which was entirely down to my iron will and love for my partner. But Oh. My. God. When I'm having any kind of (ahem) alone time, my go-to memory is still Mr Conference rootling around in my boot and where that might have led...

Extraordinary. I’ve no idea why this should be far sexier than 600 pages penned by EL James, but it is.

Bravo.

REP22 · 28/07/2022 15:58

In a Premier Inn in Salford once, I found a Gideon Bible in the desk-drawer in my room. Inside the front cover I wrote "To dearest Julie, lovely to meet you. We'll always have Manchester! Best wishes, God xx" and put it back.

If the creationists are right, I fear I might burn for that.

butterflied · 28/07/2022 15:59

Xyzzzzz · 28/07/2022 15:55

What did you do to your husband?

Yeah, I wondered that as well. Bit excessive that.

GrandTheftWalrus · 28/07/2022 16:08

vera99 · 28/07/2022 15:06

@GrandTheftWalrus that is trending on twitter along with #princeofpegging (seriously but you have to go down a sordid twitter rabbit hole to get the arse references )

Think you've tagged the wrong person 🤔

Puffalicious · 28/07/2022 16:09

I fantasise about what I can do to a colleague. She's not my boss, but senior to me and I need to work with her. She's a lazy fucking narcissist with tickets on herself. She talks a good game, which is why she got the job and people think she knows what she's doing. She's dangerous as we work with children. She's also a hypochondriac : I wish she would get seriously ill and never come back.

I'm seriously thinking of sending an anonymous letter to our big boss about how fucking awful she is.

I totally judge the parents of kids we work with. I want to shout at them to wake the fuck up and realise their kids' issues are because of them/ environments they expose them to. I know they've had adverse experiences themselves, but it's not fucking rocket science to put your kids first and lay some proper boundaries. Why does everyone blame something else?!

Also, my lovely neighbour with the dead-beat daughter, I'm secretly judging you both: daughter for being a dead-beat and having kids you couldn't cope with; lovely neighbour for being far too soft with dead-beat daughter all her life (which is maybe why she's a dead-beat?).

getfoundouteventually · 28/07/2022 16:09

newnamenaughty · 28/07/2022 14:11

I work from home and spend a LOT of time on Mumsnet, watching tv and generally sciving off.

I do enough work to get away with it and everyone in the company thinks I work hard but really I'm just a lazy cow.

Same here.

I wfh two days a week and do an hours work tops on each day, and spend the rest of the time just lazing about. Whilst it's not good, I imagine my managers are the same seeing as I've been this lazy since the first lockdown and have not been questioned. I actually get compliments on how on top of things I am which is bizarre.

I can definitely believe these stories about people having two full time jobs at the same time, and doing them both in a working week.

Also skive a lot when I'm in work. I've been reading this thread for 45 minutes when there's two other people in the office but they probably just assume I am writing a report.

Sadly soon I will have to go in the office full time and work with people who will know if I'm skiving, and I'm not sure how I will cope.

kc431 · 28/07/2022 16:12

It’s good to know I’m not the only WFH skiver (along with DH) 😁 I genuinely think this is the reason companies are all hiring/think they have a staff shortage - loads of people at home just doing fuck all. I listen to all these people saying “I’m so productive at home, I can’t stop working” and think BOLLOCKS!

PollyEsther · 28/07/2022 16:12

I am really fucking fed up of being the default parent. So much so, that I have deliberately sought out a career that will take up 90% of my time for the first few years, so that I can pass on that position to my husband for a while. I am really, really looking forward to asking 'what's for dinner' and telling him things like 'this is the last bin bag' with absolutely NO OTHER WORDS OR CONTEXT and then expecting the bin bags to be replenished without me doing a fucking thing.

Also, and this is shameful, I am really looking forward to my eldest child moving out. I love him beyond measure, but he is incredibly hard to live with. I want to enjoy my relationship with him and I'm secretly hoping him moving out will remove all the tension of us being too similar rubbing each other up the wrong way.

I prefer being the Mum of a girl to being the Mum of boys. I love them all entirely equally, but the experience of parenting my daughter has been so much more enjoyable. My boys were hard, hard work. She's a piece of cake in comparison. It's also been a nicer experience in terms of building a community of likeminded Mums, who have become genuine friends. I never had that with my boys, because they didn't sit still and colour in quietly, or play football. DD is also only 8.5 so I'm sure this will come back to bite me on the arse when she's a teenager.😖

SaveItForTheBirds · 28/07/2022 16:14

PGordino · 28/07/2022 15:58

Extraordinary. I’ve no idea why this should be far sexier than 600 pages penned by EL James, but it is.

Bravo.

Glad to be of assistance 😆

Abhannmor · 28/07/2022 16:15

forlornlorna1 · 27/07/2022 20:49

I talked my exh into a vasectomy before I left him

That's one of the creepiest things I've read on the Internet.

19Bears · 28/07/2022 16:17

My 'd'h gave me every woman's dream for my birthday last year - a George Forman grill. Ffs. So when he eventually realised it might not be quite what I wanted, he huffily chucked me a shopping gift card. I put it together with the voucher I got from my MIL and bought a vibrator.