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GingerAndLemonn · 2022-09-01T18:49:17+00:00

This will probably rile up the troll hunters but Aibu to ask if you have a story that people are like “yeah, sure that happened!” I’ll go first. I was chatting to a guy on WhatsApp, we had met a few times and I was really into him. I was replying to a message to him and was sat on the toilet at the time. I dropped my phone and in the scramble of grabbing it before it fell on the (tiled) floor I had deleted the message I was typing and pressed the little microphone button next to the text box. So instead of sending him the flirty message asking for date number 3, I sent him a very panicked fart int he form of a voice note. I blocked him and never saw him again.

XelaM · 04/09/2022 04:23

Mamai90 · 04/09/2022 01:21

I'm usually quite a logical person and not into all that woo stuff but my friend was very much into manifesting and she was living the life of her dreams. I refused to believe any of it but after 8 years of infertility and giving my infertility a lot of negative energy I thought I'd nothing to lose when she gave me a law of attraction book.

I felt silly but I wrote my life how I wanted it to be. Describing the baby daughter I really wished for. When I was writing it I tried to visualise how she would look. I did this for a couple of weeks and then decided it was a load of rubbish and forgot about it.

Two months later I was staring at the first ever (natural) positive pregnancy test I'd had in 8 years.

And here she is. My daughter and spookily like I'd imagined. I always feel foolish telling people but it has definitely changed my mindset, I'm not saying I'm a full believer but I definitely think there's something to be said about a positive mindset. Even during my pregnancy I focused on having a positive birth experience and it went like a dream. I used to always say I'd never have a baby. Now I'm visualising baby number two 😆

Omg I was just about to write about my best friend's experience with the law of attraction. My family still don't believe it but it's the absolute truth.

My best friend has been having awful money problems a few years ago. She was working two jobs just to make ends meet but was in debt and constantly worried about money.

She then read a book and watched a TV program on the "law of attraction" (I think it was called "The Secret"). Anyway.. she became convinced that she will win the lottery and told everyone that she would. She even wrote thank you notes to the universe for her lottery win. Everyone just laughed at her, but she was convinced it would work.

I kid you not, it only took around 2-3 months and she won €50,000 in the lottery, which was actually the jackpot for the particular lottery she played (this was abroad). She then got an unexpected huge raise at her main job, so she could easily give up her side job and she hasn't had money problems since.

XelaM · 04/09/2022 04:41

Forgot to say, she also visualised it. I even went to a casino with her and she kept telling me to visualise that we would win. Well, I didn't but she won every time she played the slots (a few hundred so nothing life-changing but still). I think it really works but it's hard to stick to it and really believe in it

SmellsLikeMiddleAgeSpirit · 04/09/2022 17:19

@NotJustAnybody I believe you!

Jay Kay obviously went to at least one primary school, so would have had plenty of school mates, so it's bizarre that anyone should doubt someone saying they knew him at school. There's really nothing to be gained by pretending to have gone to primary school with someone!

SmellsLikeMiddleAgeSpirit · 04/09/2022 17:37

On the subject of prophetic dreams, my DS told me his experience on a recent holiday.
A couple of years ago he dreamt about being in a cafe abroad somewhere when an older man with a beard came in and chatted with the man at the counter. He then turned to look at DS with a look of absolute venom, then got up walked over and started stabbing him. He woke up.

On his holiday, in southern France he went into a cafe alone (his GF was ill in bed) which he thought looked familiar somehow. In walked a man with a beard who chatted with the owner then turned to DS with a horrible look on his face. DS knew immediately that it was the man from his dream. He legged it out and didn't stop running till he got back to his accommodation. He feels he cheated death!

bruffin · 04/09/2022 18:57

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 01/09/2022 22:55

I received an email from man in charge of Security at a Nigerian Bank who had found an unclaimed safety deposit safe containing 39 million or 49 million dollars/pounds (I can't remember the exact amount or currency) which he was going to give me the m'ajouterr portion of.
Regrettably I mislaid his email address and so have been lost the opportunity of being a multi-millionaire.

Fortunately Adsa have introduced self-service tills so my day is not as arduous as it was. 👍👍👍

I used to work for a charity with a royal patron in days before email. In the post we received a lined piece of paper torn out of an excercise book addressed to Dear Princess and offering her an Nigerian investment opportunity

ChocolateCakeYum · 04/09/2022 19:06

When my ds was about 5 months old OH and I were changing his nappy and he looked up at us and I swear to god he said a full sentence. I thought I was going mad but OH I looked at each other and burst out laughing because he’d heard it too.

It was very strange. Ds never did it again and didn’t start talking until he was nearly 1.

CuriousMama · 04/09/2022 19:51

ChocolateCakeYum · 04/09/2022 19:06

When my ds was about 5 months old OH and I were changing his nappy and he looked up at us and I swear to god he said a full sentence. I thought I was going mad but OH I looked at each other and burst out laughing because he’d heard it too.

It was very strange. Ds never did it again and didn’t start talking until he was nearly 1.

My ds1 chuckled from 2 weeks old. Midwife didn't believe us when she visited but he did it in front of her. He was overdue and had full conversations at 18m.

Have you seen the video of the newborn who says I love you to his dad?

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 04/09/2022 19:52

I think we need to know what he said...

If he said "this nappy chafes round me bits..." then that would be believable.

However if he said "Christ, I'm only 5 months old and I'm already beginning to think that I shouldn't have taken the option to come back", I'd be less likely to believe you.

Bywayofanupdate · 04/09/2022 20:13

I was on a zoom call during covid with approx 100 other people, many of whom I knew. It was a workshop so everyone was on mute except the speaker. I also had my camera off. I went to the toilet and somehow managed to switch on both my mic and my camera. I watched the playback, horrified but luckily the speaker noticed fairly quickly and muted me before anyone noticed who it was. I still cringe 😅

scooble · 04/09/2022 20:33

Bywayofanupdate · 04/09/2022 20:13

I was on a zoom call during covid with approx 100 other people, many of whom I knew. It was a workshop so everyone was on mute except the speaker. I also had my camera off. I went to the toilet and somehow managed to switch on both my mic and my camera. I watched the playback, horrified but luckily the speaker noticed fairly quickly and muted me before anyone noticed who it was. I still cringe 😅

did you…carry your laptop to the toilet with you?

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 04/09/2022 20:52

scooble · 04/09/2022 20:33

did you…carry your laptop to the toilet with you?

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Didn't have to, the bucket was in the corner of the room. 😂

7spanishangels · 04/09/2022 20:55

I’m going against the grain and going to mention the celebrity. In the early eighties my Dh booked a table at a restaurant in Watford. We were both late teens and broke students. He wanted to impress me but when we got there he quickly realised it was totally out of his budget and our 3 course slap up meal would be a once course glass of water meal. He was so embarrassed and in a loud whisper told me to go for the cheap option,
on the other table was a couple of very handsome men with a couple of friends, the one with the fabulous hair came over and said we have just signed an amazing deal today so have want you to order anything you want and a bottle of wine and we will pay .
that was the night DH proposed and we always raise a glass on the 14th of august to our lovely Cupid, the late great George Micheal and his best friend Andrew Ridley

ShirleyJackson · 04/09/2022 21:05

@7spanishangels that’s a lovely story, and fits right in with everything I’ve read about George Michael’s generous nature.

So sad he couldn’t have for himself the happiness he brought to others.

HappyDays40 · 04/09/2022 21:17

After a gruelling adoption assessment process and waiting for our placement I rang my husband and suggested that we set a timescale for things then juta try to move on child free. I was so upset but my mental health was suffering.
I sat down on a bench to have a think and was confronted by a small piece of art canvas wrapped in plastic with "have faith" written on it.
I took it home and put it on the wall, twos before our deadline where I was going to contact our social worker and tell her that we couldn't continue any longer, a phone call came saying that they were needing an urgent Foster to adopt placement for a little boy. We went to panel for reappraisal for F2A and then two days later a baby arrived. Six years later he is now totally ours.

Bywayofanupdate · 04/09/2022 23:37

My phone 😬

scooble · 05/09/2022 00:17

HappyDays40 · 04/09/2022 21:17

After a gruelling adoption assessment process and waiting for our placement I rang my husband and suggested that we set a timescale for things then juta try to move on child free. I was so upset but my mental health was suffering.
I sat down on a bench to have a think and was confronted by a small piece of art canvas wrapped in plastic with "have faith" written on it.
I took it home and put it on the wall, twos before our deadline where I was going to contact our social worker and tell her that we couldn't continue any longer, a phone call came saying that they were needing an urgent Foster to adopt placement for a little boy. We went to panel for reappraisal for F2A and then two days later a baby arrived. Six years later he is now totally ours.

what a lovely story 😊

MeetthemoveratDover · 05/09/2022 01:23

Bloody hell it’s that time of year when every other thread on here has a load of giant spiders hiding in them.

PlentyOFool · 05/09/2022 02:25

7spanishangels · 04/09/2022 20:55

I’m going against the grain and going to mention the celebrity. In the early eighties my Dh booked a table at a restaurant in Watford. We were both late teens and broke students. He wanted to impress me but when we got there he quickly realised it was totally out of his budget and our 3 course slap up meal would be a once course glass of water meal. He was so embarrassed and in a loud whisper told me to go for the cheap option,
on the other table was a couple of very handsome men with a couple of friends, the one with the fabulous hair came over and said we have just signed an amazing deal today so have want you to order anything you want and a bottle of wine and we will pay .
that was the night DH proposed and we always raise a glass on the 14th of august to our lovely Cupid, the late great George Micheal and his best friend Andrew Ridley

I adored George, and it's honestly always lovely to hear the adoration wasn't misplaced. Seems like every anecdote about him shows what a beautiful, empathetic, generous soul he was.

And sounds like you married a good 'un! Cheers 🥂

Fraaahnces · 05/09/2022 09:16

I’m also pleased to hear that George was a nice man. I am still mad at him for dying.

CuriousMama · 05/09/2022 11:24

Fraaahnces · 05/09/2022 09:16

I’m also pleased to hear that George was a nice man. I am still mad at him for dying.

I know so tragic. He was a beautiful soul.

Marcipex · 05/09/2022 12:10

@7spanishangels that is a lovely story.

TinaDina · 06/09/2022 15:47

DinosaurDuvet · 03/09/2022 02:31

I, along with 2 other family members, were struck by lightning. We were huddled together, ironically hiding from it, we were ok apart from strange bruising on our skin afterwards but no one believes us

My uncle has been struck by lightning...twice! Once when he was holding my cousin's hand (cousin was a small child at the time!). Both times were because he had decided to wander round with his umbrella up during a thunder storm...

Facecream · 06/09/2022 21:52

@TinaDina
Its awful but that’s hilarious!!

JoanCandy · 06/09/2022 22:04

@MeetthemoveratDover … just wanted to say, ‘I’ll just pilot the motor’ 😊

JoanCandy · 06/09/2022 22:49

Love the posts on here - nice one, OP. I’ve got a story but it’s quite long.

My Mum’s Mum (so my grandma, although it was donkeys years before I was born) was the victim of a murder suicide, back in 1944.

She had been seeing a bloke whilst her husband, my grandfather, was fighting away in Burma (it was WW2). When she heard her husband was returning home she went to break it off with her lover but he wouldn’t accept it.

My Mum was a little 9 year old girl ( one of several siblings, age range late teens down to 5 or 6) and she remembered them all having their evening meal at the table in the kitchen (it was October so it was dark outside) when this guy came and ‘tapped on the window’ and called out for their Mum. She told her kids that she would just go and meet him quickly one last time and to stay there and finish their dinner. She went out and they never saw her again.

A week passed with no sign of her but he owned a second hand shop close by and my Mum said she saw it was locked up every day that week as she walked past to go to school and wondered why the police hadn’t looked in there.

That night my auntie’s boyfriend (only a teenager himself) took the younger ones (including my Mum) to the cinema to try and cheer them up as they’d been so upset all week, wondering where their Mum was. She said that on the way back home they saw bright arc lights were set up and shining into the closed up shop. The police had broken in and found the bodies of their Mum and her boyfriend.

He had made a poison from a rare type of bean and added it to a drink that he gave to her and then took himself. It was returned as an open verdict as they couldn’t ascertain whether she took it willingly but my Mum always insisted that - even though she wasn’t a brilliant parent - her Mum would never have left her children on purpose.

So there you go !