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GooseAndSandals · 14/09/2025 19:38

I’ll start with one of my less dark ones. I didn’t care when my father died.

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Itiswhysofew · 15/09/2025 20:47

ZiggyZowie · 14/09/2025 21:59

I find all humans disgusting, all the stuff inside trying to leak out of all the orifices, nose, bum ,mouth etc. I can't stand being near them .

That includes myself too

Yep, pretty grim. Dirty, crooked nails too🤮

NothingToSayAnymore · 15/09/2025 20:49

If I had money, I wouldn’t still be with OH.
But I don’t.

Fabracadabra · 15/09/2025 20:50

I have made a new (female) friend about a year/year and a half ago, who I have gradually come to realise I have a bit of a crush on. I've never had any feelings for any woman before in my 40+ years...

Banana34 · 15/09/2025 20:52

I often think about driving my car off the side of the road on the motorway when going over the split levels on the M5.

CoffeeLipstickKeys · 15/09/2025 20:55

For years I have used made up work commitments to dodge events I don’t want to attend.Works a treat. And no one can disprove or dispute it.
Oh I’d love to go but I’m on call/Someone phone in sick/Short staffed
Fucking priceless

ClareBlue · 15/09/2025 20:56

JenXWarrior · 15/09/2025 20:10

I'm not sure why they even gave me the job. I had no IT background, no coding experience and had only been there a few months temping in an admin role. It was an internal vacancy and others did apply.

I think I was the cheapest because there was no other sane reason to give it to me. Well I was the cheapest until I discovered what the rest were earning. The boss was fuming at the bumper pay rise they had to give me to match them😂😂

When I left they asked me to write the job spec for the next candidates. That was the most challenging part of doing the job for 3 years 😂

AliceMaforethought · 15/09/2025 20:57

SeaweedDrift · 15/09/2025 20:07

My father who left when I was 9, didn't get back in touch until I was in my early twenties and moved to the middle of nowhere in his 70s, is now astounded I won't drop everything to run daily errands and cook/clean for him now he can no longer drive and is in poor health. He could easily afford taxis/help but both he and my half brother seem to feel it's my duty as a daughter.

They're currently trying to guilt me into it but to be honest I couldn't care less, you do it bro if it means that much to you!

The audacity of him! I am angry on your behalf. I hope you told him to fuck off to the far side of fuck and then fuck off some more. Or if not, at least stop interacting with him. You don't owe him a damn thing.

Beachtastic · 15/09/2025 20:58

Banana34 · 15/09/2025 20:52

I often think about driving my car off the side of the road on the motorway when going over the split levels on the M5.

As a way to end it all, or just for the hell of it?

ClareBlue · 15/09/2025 20:58

CoffeeLipstickKeys · 15/09/2025 20:55

For years I have used made up work commitments to dodge events I don’t want to attend.Works a treat. And no one can disprove or dispute it.
Oh I’d love to go but I’m on call/Someone phone in sick/Short staffed
Fucking priceless

Are you my sister in law

Youreshitimnot · 15/09/2025 21:00

InOverMyHead84 · 15/09/2025 16:32

Neurofen plus has Codeine in it.

They are quite effective.

And addictive.
OTC codeine addiction is huge.

CoffeeLipstickKeys · 15/09/2025 21:00

ClareBlue · 15/09/2025 20:58

Are you my sister in law

I like her already 😉
Its a great excuse,can’t be challenged, and it’s credible

HazelBeeZee · 15/09/2025 21:00

I think I’m quite possibly mad. I’ve never felt well, every day I believe something quite catastrophic is going to happen and I’m only at peace for about a minute after I wake up. Usually in disbelief that I made it to another day. I never tell anyone as I worry they will think I’m crazy.

beachsandseaicecream · 15/09/2025 21:09

My fil died earlier this year and I’m so fed up of hearing about it from dh, I honestly couldn’t give a shit.

Im resentful of the time dh took away from me and our child, ignoring us for months, over a man he barely tolerated or saw while he was alive and somehow has now canonised into a saint now he’s dead. It’s boring.

I also won’t care when MIL dies. She’s been a self centred pain in the arse for the last 20 years.

Muffsies · 15/09/2025 21:15

HazelBeeZee · 15/09/2025 21:00

I think I’m quite possibly mad. I’ve never felt well, every day I believe something quite catastrophic is going to happen and I’m only at peace for about a minute after I wake up. Usually in disbelief that I made it to another day. I never tell anyone as I worry they will think I’m crazy.

Did you have something traumatic happen to you as a child that might have started this feeling? It sounds awful to have always felt like this.

JenXWarrior · 15/09/2025 21:19

ClareBlue · 15/09/2025 20:56

When I left they asked me to write the job spec for the next candidates. That was the most challenging part of doing the job for 3 years 😂

Oh shit. You were nearly busted that close to the finish line 😂I would have just given them all the 'how to' documents that saved my arse nearly every day 😁

AriadneCrete · 15/09/2025 21:19

I really don’t want to care for my (severely disabled) brother when my parents die. I worry about it and dread it almost every day.

I would much rather be dead. I’d never kill myself, but given the choice between being alive or dead, I’d choose dead every time.

TickyTacky · 15/09/2025 21:20

My husband is truly wonderful, he could absolutely do much better than me.
But I get carried away having crushes on unsuitable people or actors/ musicians, dream of a fantasy life all too often.
Even though I'm so tongue tied and such a homebody that even if I did see that one especially hot actor in the street I'd do nothing but squeak and flee.
Even if I have a dream about said famous person(s) they always turn me down , I'm plain but fat with many stretch marks and a large tummy, it's reality😂

Youreshitimnot · 15/09/2025 21:21

Zeborah · 15/09/2025 20:24

Use anal irrigation, it will change your life’s

Tell us more 👂

Zeborah · 15/09/2025 21:25

Youreshitimnot · 15/09/2025 21:21

Tell us more 👂

Well you can get a fiddly irrigation set from the NHS or you can buy an anal attachment to attach to the end of a shower hose after you unscrew the shower head; available on eBay (new). Obviously you have to clean it after use. Using fingers can be dangerous as you can perforate your bowel

AliceMaforethought · 15/09/2025 21:27

AriadneCrete · 15/09/2025 21:19

I really don’t want to care for my (severely disabled) brother when my parents die. I worry about it and dread it almost every day.

I would much rather be dead. I’d never kill myself, but given the choice between being alive or dead, I’d choose dead every time.

Don't do it. You are not your brother's keeper. Make it clear to them before they die that it 100% won't be happening.

Beachtastic · 15/09/2025 21:29

Zeborah · 15/09/2025 21:25

Well you can get a fiddly irrigation set from the NHS or you can buy an anal attachment to attach to the end of a shower hose after you unscrew the shower head; available on eBay (new). Obviously you have to clean it after use. Using fingers can be dangerous as you can perforate your bowel

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But whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?!???!?!?!?!? I can only just be arsed cleaning my teeth!

Zeborah · 15/09/2025 21:32

Beachtastic · 15/09/2025 21:29

But whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?!???!?!?!?!? I can only just be arsed cleaning my teeth!

Because if you’re chronically constipated you have no choice! & someone further up the thread said they use two fingers to relieve themselves

HelpMeUnpickThis · 15/09/2025 21:43

NotSureFeelingLost · 14/09/2025 20:47

Because she would have made my parents happy and I’m a waste of space.

@NotSureFeelingLost oh no! You are absolutely not a waste of space. Please try not to think of yourself like this.

BrickBiscuit · 15/09/2025 21:45

notwavingbutdrowning1 · 15/09/2025 20:44

What is it about @BrickBiscuit? I've tried to tell myself it's not him, it's the idea of him and first love etc, but it doesn't stop the longing.

It's the feeling, the idea. At 20, it taught me not to fear commitment. That changed my life - I'd have been bad at relationships otherwise. But that feeling still involves longing, even though I know it's not the person. I would not want them back, though I still love them - a bit like a victim I think. Others I loved left a different impression.

ChaliceinWonderland · 15/09/2025 21:45

I can't wait for my mums husband to die. I hope its tomorrow.

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