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If you could say something out loud you knew you could never say, what would it be?

726 replies

twistandshoutloud · 12/11/2024 20:58

I'll go first.

I wish I could tell my SIL that I dislike her so much and I wish she'd never met my BIL. I hate that she is now part of our family. She came to disrupt our (far from perfect but lovely) family. I hate the way she treats my BIL. I hate how she makes everyone pander to her every whim. How all her messages are passive aggressive and how rude she is to my MIL. I could never say this out loud of course, but I dream of it often.

Feels good getting that out of my chest.

Anyone else feel free to add.

OP posts:
Littlemissgobby · 13/11/2024 11:25

Ohhmydays · 13/11/2024 11:13

Yeah i was reading these comments and thinking to myself i would have blurted out pretty much everything people are thinking. Not because i want to hurt or upset people. Just because it comes out my mouth before i have had a chance to think about it. Although comes in handy around dickheads when there being dicks and no one else has the balls to say anything

Was going to write similar I do have borderline personality disorder so maybe that’s part of it but quite frankly I have no filter. I don’t have tact and I am a marmite character you like me or you hate me but I will tell people what I think people say that’s really good because it’s honest some people don’t like that but then they’re not holding onto stuff that I’m reading on here..
I don’t get why some people don’t say stuff because even if you get backlash from it, you’re being bloody honest. I’ve often said to people when I used to work if you don’t like me, let me know then we don’t have to deal with each other. All we will do each other in a civilised way that is how I think people should be but unfortunately you live in a world where people can’t be honest.

stayathomer · 13/11/2024 11:26

Sorry, back again! Just wanted to scream- so exhausted, don’t have the money, can’t pay. Tired of fake smiling but going to go home and bake fairy cakes😅Hugs to everyone on the thread x

VegTrug · 13/11/2024 11:27

@Anotherworrier Your sister is a dick for telling you that, I don't care about her intentions in doing so nor the context. Absolute dick

ThatTidyCrab · 13/11/2024 11:28

I know our relationship isn't what you want, but this is what you get when you raise your eldest child within an abusive marriage and are completely oblivious to the damage it is doing to them. You dumped me as soon as the marriage was over and left me to struggle my way into adult life on my own. You were horrible to my youngest child, trying to make my eldest your golden child. The funny thing is that she doesn't even like you. She doesn't trust you and never has.

I don't want to hurt you. I never have. But this shit has to end, and it's ending with me, and if our relationship is the price of that, then that's the price I'm willing to pay.

VegTrug · 13/11/2024 11:28

@MermaidMummy06 Your parents have a right to know!

Littlemissgobby · 13/11/2024 11:29

Nonbio46 · 13/11/2024 10:16

To my two cousins - stop ignoring the fact your mum is so desperately lonely and get her moved nearer to you, that’s all she wants. These cousins are the only ones in the family who still have a surviving parent ( who was one of 8 siblings). So sad and frustrating. I think it’s a case of out of sight out of mind.

Now that is something you really should be communicating with them, and even if there’s a backlash to it you really should

IamChocLover · 13/11/2024 11:29

I have fallen for you. And it hurts.

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 13/11/2024 11:29

I would ask my mum why she told my eldest that I favour my youngest.

VegTrug · 13/11/2024 11:30

sunbum · 12/11/2024 21:17

Your kids are totally fine and standard, they dont have ADHD, they're not on the spectrum, they dont have severe allergies and they're not different or special in any way. You should be happy about that.

And do you have access to these kids' medical records? Hmm

Nannyfannybanny · 13/11/2024 11:32

To ask my DH mother why she walked out on her DKs, not ever allowed to speak of it,to tell her where we were getting married, and sticking to it. To tell all dhs relatives who are gradually stopping the Christmas cards that they were lied to regarding why we went NC with mil bio sil, they would have heard one version which isn't true.

HulaHoopz · 13/11/2024 11:33

Bubblybits · 13/11/2024 10:32

Life would be 1000x easier without you, and I won’t be sad when you die.

This in heaps about my daughters father.

Lostinaforest79 · 13/11/2024 11:33

You're incompetent, you're boring and you stink. I could go on. Thankfully I am free of you. The only reason I found sex painful with you is that you never got me wet enough. I don't have that problem with my new lover who can get me wet just in conversation, and shags me senseless several times a day. Bye!

kurotora · 13/11/2024 11:45

To my former best friend. You don't love me as much as you claim you do. You see me as weak, you don't respect me, you don't respect anything I have done to better my life. You mock me. I know that you are waiting for me to fail again, that you relish my struggles. That's why I stopped telling you about them, because it's just schadenfreud to you. I wish I'd seen earlier that this is what you've done to any and all friends you've had.

You hate the fact I had a child, you make "jokey" comments about me ruining my life, and you ruined my wedding with your antics.

Now you have decided that you are trans in yet another ploy for attention. You lie and are a bully. You are just lazy and self-centred, and I'm done making excuses for you. You are abusive to your husband. You negelct your pets. You lie to your mother and mooch off of her, taking and taking from her and everyone around you, but never, ever giving.

I am heartbroken that our 20 years as friends comes to this, more disrespect, mockery and manipulation. I wish that all these negative feelings made it easier to completely forget about you and turn away.

Maria1979 · 13/11/2024 11:48

No, you are not born in the wrong body. It's just horrible being a teenager and feeling like an alien due to your body changing. You can do whatever you want to do in life without changing pronouns. It just make you a PITA to be around.

Big tatoos, lip fillers, botox and fake boobs will make me think that you are not an interesting person to be around. I will be polite but avoid you.

Jeneregretterien9 · 13/11/2024 11:48

UmbrellaEllaEllaElla · 13/11/2024 10:32

How do you know I haven't?

What's worse is when those closest are comforted by knowing the exact reason, possibly undisclosed & untreatable illness but they refuse to share it. The 'others' are left to make up their own minds,often correct but never proven & they are simply left in limbo. There is nothing brave about that scenario.

Squiggle13 · 13/11/2024 11:54

I’m so depressed, I’m stuck in grief and don’t know how to get over it. I feel guilty I’m shutting people out, I feel guilty that I’m not embracing life after loosing someone and I feel angry that no one has noticed.

godmum56 · 13/11/2024 11:56

PerryTook · 12/11/2024 21:44

I would tell my family that I really want another baby, but my relationship is shit and at this point essentially a sham. My first child is so loved, but my relationship makes both me and his dad so unhappy that I simply cannot bring another child into it.

It's a small thing, but it hurts everytime they make a joke about one being too much too handle or how I'm depriving them of another grandchild.

well won't they find out when you split up?

Nothatgingerpirate · 13/11/2024 12:02

Anotherworrier · 12/11/2024 21:00

I would tell my Mum that I haven’t forgotten about the neglect and bullying I had to put up with throughout my whole childhood even though she conveniently has done. I would also ask her to stop boasting about things she done that humiliated me and belittled me in front of family, friends and/or others so that people would be impressed by her.

I really hate her.

This.
I feel your pain.
Narcissistic mother (another country).
❤️

purplepandas · 13/11/2024 12:03

That I absolutely hate the SEND team in my LA with all my being. I cannot understand how they claim to care about children and young people with SEND (and parents) when their actions (and usually inaction) says otherwise. I cannot understand why they cannot do their jobs, I have to do mine! And that others just do not understand the absolute exhaustion and slog of what is always a fight for supporting your child. There is no support.

JudgeJ · 13/11/2024 12:05

slashlover · 12/11/2024 22:45

I work in a charity shop, I am NOT a babysitter! Watch your kids. Our toy section is NOT A FUCKING SOFT PLAY!! I'm fed up of having to tidy it because you abandon your kids there. WHY are they riding one of our scooters around while you are in a completely different part of the shop? Don't glare at me when I take it off of them, THAT'S YOUR FUCKING JOB!!!

Also, anyone who shoplifts from a charity shop is scum!

Ahem. Honestly, the number of parents who abandon/ignore their kids is shocking and we're not allowed to say anything. We lose hundreds per year because all the little bits get lost or toys get broken.

I would imagine that many people who work in retail and/or hospitality feel the same. I really don't know why some people ever bothered to breed, should have kept your knickers on and done the world a favour!

Vergus · 13/11/2024 12:06

Not all people should be parents (runs off to hide)

Daleksatemyshed · 13/11/2024 12:10

I know your DS has SN but please, please stop him hurting his Sister to get his own way. Your DS wants to play alone with you so he hurts her and you send her indoors, you've basically taught him that hurting her gets him his own way, worse still everytime you tell her he didn't mean it. I'm sure being his Dad isn't easy and that you want to keep him calm but it's not fair to your DD

Horationor · 13/11/2024 12:11

To my MIL...I will always blame you for not leaving your husband the moment he hit any of your children. You are the reason your children have grown up with hang ups and without knowing what a childhood was. They were abused and you had a choice - there was no excuse. I will always be angry with you and only see you to keep my husband happy.

Jeneregretterien9 · 13/11/2024 12:11

Squiggle13 · 13/11/2024 11:54

I’m so depressed, I’m stuck in grief and don’t know how to get over it. I feel guilty I’m shutting people out, I feel guilty that I’m not embracing life after loosing someone and I feel angry that no one has noticed.

I lost 4 extremely close relatives within 18 months so I can relate to how you feel. One was relatively young & very sudden. It would be wrong to say you get over it but you can learn to embrace the memories & live the life they would wish for you. You haven't mentioned how long it's been since you lost the person. It's been 3 years for me & I am now enjoying life again. It definitely feels different & there is a void that can never be filled but you can get there. I hope you waken up one day & say to yourself I owe it to the person who has had to leave us to be happy again & live my best life.

Margorett · 13/11/2024 12:11

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