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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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Citygirl09 · 28/07/2022 20:05

LittleValleyOverNearSlice · 27/07/2022 23:51

I assume not, for numerous reasons, but I'm absolutely not willing to test that out, so there's been a degree of distancing going on. The annoying part is that there was a time, quite a while ago before they were married, where it might have been, but things were complicated back then. But that means there's a tiny part of my brain that's going "SEE! Remember that? If things were different it COULD work!" and I have to mentally slap it upside the head and tell it not to be so daft.

Totally get that...what ifs are hard to live with.

Sickandtiredofit · 28/07/2022 20:14

I often daydream that my DH dies. How much more peaceful it would be and tidier. How the kids wouldn’t have to tiptoe round after he’s gone to bed super early. I’m not in love anymore, don’t find him the least bit attractive. I stay with him out of convenience. I really do have a very good life, the kids are very well provided for and we don’t have to worry about money. I’m just sad that I don’t have the marriage that I always hoped I would have. I know this makes me shallow and I know I could leave, but I won’t because I don’t want my kids to miss out on the benefits they currently have. I would never tell DH or the kids. I would never want to hurt them, but I can’t help how I feel.

lucyintheskywivdiamonds · 28/07/2022 20:18

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moita · 28/07/2022 20:18

I've fantasied a few times about my best friend's DH. I would never ever do anything in real life

gregggggg · 28/07/2022 20:18

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teachmehow14 · 28/07/2022 20:19

This really made me laugh out loud!

RedRobyn2021 · 28/07/2022 20:23

I had a sex dream about Boris Johnson last year and had a bit of a crush on him 🙈 obviously have never confessed this to anyone as it's hideously embarrassing. Don't ask me to explain it, but the crush has gone now.

gregggggg · 28/07/2022 20:24

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Secretwriters · 28/07/2022 20:25

I really don’t like my younger brother. I’ve resented him since he was born because it made my mother sad and angry. She was pressured into having him by my father, she didn’t want another child and had PND.

Meanwhile my brother has grown up to be a nasty TRA SJW so up his own arse he can’t see what a useless misogynist prick he is being.

After his latest vile social media posts I blocked him on all platforms and don’t give a shit if I never hear about or from him ever again.

AuntMargo · 28/07/2022 20:28

I am straight happily married, and have alway fantasised about sex with another woman ,even typing this is making me bit horny

gregggggg · 28/07/2022 20:29

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Meklk · 28/07/2022 20:30

My favourite thread, I'm ready!!! :
*I hate my MIL. And BIL. I just can't even stay next to them - two idiots without brains. I was the person who stole her secret bank invoices and sent for FIL, so he found out about her secret purchases. She still thinks that her cousin did it (they lived together at the time)
*I used to "play" with system at work and gave "extra" paid hours for me and my best friend (no one noticed it for 4 years).
*I regret my marriage and my long relationship with my husband
*I'm planning to divorce with my husband
(he has no clue)
*I lied that I have Covid-19 to be off at work and go for 3 days trip with my friend
And the worst - I'm not feeling guilty. At all.

Roflmao · 28/07/2022 20:31

Ilovetravelling · 28/07/2022 19:07

There's some very sick people on here.

Hahaha, this comment has really made me laugh uncontrollably.

I love this thread! So therapeutic!

Now I feel a million pounds lighter when (in a hasty moment) posted about a "petty" issue here and got roasted like a spring chicken seven days from Sunday. With all holier than thou comments, some which were rather hurtful, reading this has made me realise that everyone is petty and unreasonable and whatnot at some point in their lives and that is our God given right as human beings and we shouldn't be judged for it! Glass houses and all that!

Keep 'em coming!

Bellysmackers · 28/07/2022 20:32

My best friend got married. I was given a pity title to kind of make me feel included (I won't post it incase she is on here). She had 6 adult bridesmaids and a Maid of Honour who obviously sat next to her at the top table.
I'm 12 years older than her she is 34, I'm 46, so maybe she thought I was too old to be a bridesmaid or maid of honour...but in my heart of hearts I guess I'm not her best friend, even though I genuinely thought I was. The hurt stung a day and kind of ruined the day for me (selfish I know) she was maid of honour 2 years prior. I've cried quite a bit over this. No point bringing it up with her - sometimes actions speak louder than words, but it hurt like hell.

Bozlem80 · 28/07/2022 20:33

I hope my ex’s girlfriend has the worst labour ever (not wishing harm on the baby though) but hope the baby keeps them up all night crying lol I hope my ex SIL gets cheated on plus don’t like her kids anyway, snotty cows they are, she always wanted a boy but had girls. I’m glad I don’t talk to my mum anymore (was never maternal with me anyway) I walk round my house naked, don’t give a shit who sees me, seeing a new man & would like him to buy me some chocolates or flowers (any will do) but he is a tight arse!

Sh4gger · 28/07/2022 20:34

I’ve had lots of affairs. I’m married, very happily. Just miss the thrill of dating etc. They’re normally married.

RedRobyn2021 · 28/07/2022 20:34

AuntMargo · 28/07/2022 20:28

I am straight happily married, and have alway fantasised about sex with another woman ,even typing this is making me bit horny

Same!

WorkChange · 28/07/2022 20:34

I'm rebuilding my marriage after finding out that my husband was having an affair...while having am affair myself, that I have no intention of ending.

mysecret1 · 28/07/2022 20:35

I really like my job but I'm so badly paid for the work I do and the responsibility I have, especially compared to other people who I work with.
I don't work all the hours I'm paid for so it's like I earn more per hour. Everyone starts work in the office at 9am, I make sure I'm there just before and say I started at 8am. I finish earlier and take longer lunch hours, no one notices and I still get all my work done and to a high quality.
I don't feel guilty one bit, I spend more time with my kids and doing the things I enjoy.

Italianmamami · 28/07/2022 20:36

Meklk · 28/07/2022 20:30

My favourite thread, I'm ready!!! :
*I hate my MIL. And BIL. I just can't even stay next to them - two idiots without brains. I was the person who stole her secret bank invoices and sent for FIL, so he found out about her secret purchases. She still thinks that her cousin did it (they lived together at the time)
*I used to "play" with system at work and gave "extra" paid hours for me and my best friend (no one noticed it for 4 years).
*I regret my marriage and my long relationship with my husband
*I'm planning to divorce with my husband
(he has no clue)
*I lied that I have Covid-19 to be off at work and go for 3 days trip with my friend
And the worst - I'm not feeling guilty. At all.

I have gotten out of so much with using covid as an excuse. It’s been my lifeline to bail out of things I don’t want to do

RedRobyn2021 · 28/07/2022 20:36

WorkChange · 28/07/2022 20:34

I'm rebuilding my marriage after finding out that my husband was having an affair...while having am affair myself, that I have no intention of ending.

This is so juicy

WiddlinDiddlin · 28/07/2022 20:36

I had a housemate who over the years I shared a home with him, I came to absolutely despise.

I started a blog so I could blog the stupid rows we had - and I could show my friends and snigger about it behind his back. He was such a prick, he got us a 'filthy and verminous' warning on our house because his room was THIGH DEEP in rubbish, there were two clear spots to put feet to get from door to bed and he would sit in a deckchair and play games all day, pissing in a two litre pop bottle rather than get up and go to the bathroom NEXT TO HIS ROOM.

There were MANY other crimes (one bath a week but it hed be in it for hours, in a home with only one bathroom, smoking a cigar, drinking Kahlua and eating burger king... all in the bath...)...

I once threw all his pants and socks onto the roof of our outhouse because he wouldn't take them off the airer and insisted I FOLD THEM FOR HIM and put them in his room (it was 3pm and he was still in bed).

I don't know how I didn't stab the filthy bastard, I came very close the day I came home from three weeks away dog sitting, (and i had taken my dogs with me so he had NOTHING to do at all.. but mind the house).. to find he had spent those three weeks wiping his arse on kitchen roll and had backed up the pipes all down the garden and up the foul drain to the toilet. We lived opposite a shop that sold 25p individual toilet rolls! Council had to come and fix it, it was disgusting.

He annoyed me SO much that every time I cooked I'd put mushrooms in it, whatever it was, I can hide mushrooms in it. He would wang on about how he was horribly allergic to mushrooms but I was certain he wasn't so I risked it... he wasn't, he ate it all up every single time.

Then sometimes to be a complete cunt, I'd make something I knew he really liked, but I wouldn't hide the mushrooms, Id say 'oh no sorry I put mushrooms in this one, maybe next time' and he wouldn't have any cos HE thought he was allergic HAHAHAHAHA.

StrangeLittleGirl · 28/07/2022 20:38

To all who have shared here about toxic mothers, thank you, thank you, thank you! To know that I am not alone is a huge comfort.

OnlyFlange · 28/07/2022 20:38

I'm going into the last year of my degree, having got an amazing offer from a prestigious company to continue my training when I graduate. I am on the cusp of changing my life with my dream (and very lucrative) career.
Online sex work has funded my degree as student loan wasn't enough to live on and this was the only thing I could fit around being a single parent with no family to help out. Some videos were recorded and are on the Internet for all to see. I live in fear every day that someone will recognise me and my career will be over before it has even begun.

I think I'm gay.

I sold my grandmas jewellery (early inheritance as they no longer fit her) to try to keep me afloat during shit times. Sometimes she asks if I still have a particular ring 😔

lucyintheskywivdiamonds · 28/07/2022 20:38

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