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What's some --more-- juicy gossip that you can't share irl but can share with nosy strangers on mumsnet?

586 replies

mumofoneAloneandwell · 08/04/2026 21:37

neighbor listen GIF by britbox

The follow up thread to my one from last year 🤭

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Allthebookszerofucks · 09/04/2026 16:14

HaveCreditWillShop · 09/04/2026 14:45

That would consume me for the entire wedding. I once spotted similar whilst poolside on holiday and was unable to get on with my tanning for rubbernecking the situation and reporting on it to my husband.

😂😂 I was the same! I was convinced I'd got it wrong at first, until they sat with a group next to us and I overheard the ladies introducing themselves as the wife and the girlfriend, and the person they were talking to was like 'oh...ok, yes..' not quite knowing what to say.
Then I noticed him stood with his hands on both of their bums at the same time 🤢

Part of me wishes I'd befriended them as I have SO many questions 😆

user7463246787 · 09/04/2026 16:15

Penwell · 09/04/2026 09:17

My MIL used to shag her 1st cousin, and only stopped when his Dad told him to stop, as he was also her Dad, so they were half siblings.

Shocking as this is, it’s well documented that first degree relatives, so siblings or parent/child that have not grown up together often have a sexual attraction as adults. Awful as it is, it’s happened so often it’s a well known phenomenon. More often siblings that don’t know they are siblings I expect…

Pollpoll · 09/04/2026 16:16

Puffalicious · 09/04/2026 01:30

My DSis had my wonderful DN 23 years ago with donor sperm. Both she & BIL have no intention of telling DNiece at all, as 'Her dad is her dad & it won't change that'. Well, yes, but i think she should know. She's training to be a doctor, so I wonder if she'll work it out somehow via medical information as BIL gets older. They're super close & it bothers me she doesn't know.

She'll work it out one day but it could have health implications as much as anything. Family history of diseases, genetic predisposition.

smallpleasures · 09/04/2026 16:21

JustAnotherWhinger · 09/04/2026 00:31

A couple in our street are about to open a swingers club. It’s about 40 mins away. I’ve known for years they were involved in that scene, but others locally are likely just about to start finding out as the opening gets nearer.

There are some people objecting to it (even though it was already a swingers club until it closed for sale and refurb and was so problem free some of the objectors didn’t even realise it was there!) and I think they’ll be mind blown when they realise that the owners - who they seem to be picturing as some wild pair wandering around naked and being inappropriate are actually the very normal couple from down the street

Oooh this sounds familiar. Are you in a county starting with ‘L’ by any chance?!

BigDanglingDick · 09/04/2026 16:25

I'm secretly fucking the trainer at the small gym I go to.

The sex is absolutely incredible.

secretrocker · 09/04/2026 16:26

BigDanglingDick · 09/04/2026 16:25

I'm secretly fucking the trainer at the small gym I go to.

The sex is absolutely incredible.

Is your username related to this fact? 🤔

BigDanglingDick · 09/04/2026 16:29

secretrocker · 09/04/2026 16:26

Is your username related to this fact? 🤔

Somewhat although if my username was totally accurate it'd have some reference to girth and just general willy skills in there too 🫠

OneNewEagle · 09/04/2026 16:29

Penwell · 09/04/2026 09:17

My MIL used to shag her 1st cousin, and only stopped when his Dad told him to stop, as he was also her Dad, so they were half siblings.

Jesus Mary and Joseph 😳😳😳😳
sickening

how do you know this????

Avantiagain · 09/04/2026 16:32

The local RC priest is on Grindr.

Gymnopediegivesmethewillies · 09/04/2026 16:36

mrsCtheRed · 09/04/2026 00:41

Oohhh I like this 🧐

I once found out years ago, that an ex colleague (married woman with two kids), was actually in a polyamorous relationship, and they all lived together.

It turned out that there was
"Husband"
Wife no. 1
Wife no. 2, who was also Wife no. 1's sister!
Wife no. 3
Wife no. 4, who was Wife no. 3's sister!!

They all lived together in one big house, and there were children with three of the wives.

And the best part?
He didn't work, he stayed home, whilst all 4 wives went out to work, and they all kept him!
He must have been living the dream.
And these women were all professional intelligent women. Think, nurse, teacher, vet type thing.

Still blows my mind when I think about it 🤯🤯

Well to be fair, he’s probably pretty tired 😂🤭

DuellingBanjos · 09/04/2026 16:37

I know way more than I would like you about what happens in our town, through having worked at a GP practice, but obviously I don’t mention or even hint at anything to a single soul and never will.

My own secret is that when I was 19 I once (or twice) shagged my older second cousin - a parent’s cousin’s son. Took him back to my flat after a family wedding at which we did coke in my car and were quite badly behaved. Rocked up to the family meal together the next day. The taboo of it all just added to the fun.

If our families twigged, they never said anything and I haven’t seen him for about 25 years. We’re not the closest of families in all other respects. 😳

SlowSloths · 09/04/2026 16:37

My Nan adopted her own nephew when she was pregnant with my mum. There's only 4 months between my mum and her 'brother'. The brother's kids (my cousins) have no idea.

Tooconfused12 · 09/04/2026 16:38

@Avantiagain

Stop it! Are you for real with that one 🤣

Hippee · 09/04/2026 16:43

03cg73 · 09/04/2026 00:52

my mums famous home made steak pie that she’s often asked to bring to extended family gatherings is actually from the local butchers. She buys it and very carefully transfers it to her own pie dishes 😂

Cook (the posh ready-meal chain) always used to sell terracotta baking dishes the same size as their meals so that you could pretend that you had cooked it yourself.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/04/2026 16:44

BigDanglingDick · 09/04/2026 16:25

I'm secretly fucking the trainer at the small gym I go to.

The sex is absolutely incredible.

Are you a man or a woman?

Is the trainer a man or a woman 👀👀

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MyEasterBonnet · 09/04/2026 16:53

Ok I have one that I’ll have to adapt slightly in case it’s recognised, but:

DH works in a big office in town. They’re shared offices, so while he works alongside people on his floor, they don’t work for the same companies.

A married woman on his floor is known for sleeping with other married coworkers, which is made even more awkward by the fact that her husband also works in the building, albeit on a different floor.

Recently, she started getting internal mail from a disgruntled wife, calling her lots of names and accusing her of being a homewrecker and a whore. It was distressing for her, and an investigation was set up to try and see who was the source of it, but it could have been anyone from any of the businesses using the building and the internal mail. It was all kept quiet while they investigated, and she couldn’t even go to her husband for support as then she’d be admitting to the affairs and not knowing which wife she’d pissed off.

Well, they managed to use security cameras to eventually track down the letter sender. It was her own husband!

ImMissingMum · 09/04/2026 16:55

My male colleague (and who was my boss for a while) is married with 4 kids, 2 with first wife, 2 with second wife. He has them all full time. A few years ago, my friend at work split with her long term partner and at the Christmas night out my male colleague "missed" his last train home and stayed with my friend at her flat. She told me they kissed and cuddled on her couch but she looked shifty when she told me so I know she's lying and they most likely had full sex.

She told me he admitted to her that he likes swinging and kinky sex and at every opportunity will go to "work events" I presume to upkeep that lifestyle. He also had a PA for a year from new zealand who he was having an affair with and her very angry new Zealand boyfriend who'd moved over with her was aggressive with everyone at an office night out. He started the affair with his PA after the thing with my friend, which really was a one nighter( or so she told me, who knows!). It's weird to me as he's pretty average, a bit of a schmoozer but I wouldn't have had him down as a cheating Casanova.

He knows I know about him and my friend but he doesn't know that I'm aware of the other stuff too. His wife doesn't know a thing. Also, when this happened with my friend he was my boss (not hers though, she worked in a different area of our business, same office though).

wearemorethanourboots · 09/04/2026 17:01

suburberphobe · 08/04/2026 23:49

My sister’s son is the result of a long running affair with her business partner.

Hope the son never falls in love with someone who he could be related to.

The mind boggles.

This actually happened to someone I went to school with. We were about 14/15, and she was going out with a lad a couple of years older, proper 'serious' relationship. They had been together a while, when they somehow found out they had the same father. It was the scandal of the school for a while, and they obviously split up and she was devastated.

Muffsies · 09/04/2026 17:21

MyEasterBonnet · 09/04/2026 16:53

Ok I have one that I’ll have to adapt slightly in case it’s recognised, but:

DH works in a big office in town. They’re shared offices, so while he works alongside people on his floor, they don’t work for the same companies.

A married woman on his floor is known for sleeping with other married coworkers, which is made even more awkward by the fact that her husband also works in the building, albeit on a different floor.

Recently, she started getting internal mail from a disgruntled wife, calling her lots of names and accusing her of being a homewrecker and a whore. It was distressing for her, and an investigation was set up to try and see who was the source of it, but it could have been anyone from any of the businesses using the building and the internal mail. It was all kept quiet while they investigated, and she couldn’t even go to her husband for support as then she’d be admitting to the affairs and not knowing which wife she’d pissed off.

Well, they managed to use security cameras to eventually track down the letter sender. It was her own husband!

Wow! Did he get a disciplinary? What did she do??

jeaux90 · 09/04/2026 17:22

Avantiagain · 09/04/2026 16:32

The local RC priest is on Grindr.

🤣 love this

MyEasterBonnet · 09/04/2026 17:25

Muffsies · 09/04/2026 17:21

Wow! Did he get a disciplinary? What did she do??

She’s gone off on sick. He’s still working there. DH doesn’t fully know what’s gone on with him, due to him being with a different company, but apparently he’s been given a verbal warning and nothing else. I think it’s a bit muddled with the husband and wife working for different companies. The husband is also a lot higher in his company than she is in hers.

Muffsies · 09/04/2026 17:40

MyEasterBonnet · 09/04/2026 17:25

She’s gone off on sick. He’s still working there. DH doesn’t fully know what’s gone on with him, due to him being with a different company, but apparently he’s been given a verbal warning and nothing else. I think it’s a bit muddled with the husband and wife working for different companies. The husband is also a lot higher in his company than she is in hers.

Gone off sick? I wonder if he's thrown her out and she's staying with a friend/relative?

Where i used to work there was a man and woman from different departments who both suddenly went AWOL from their jobs one day. Then the man's wife turned up trying to find him as he wasn't at home either. It turned out they had eloped to Spain to start a new life together. The woman was single, but the man had a wife and two primary aged kids! And what's worse is the wife he left used to be his 'other woman' from a previous marriage he'd walked out on (also with kids). He was a real schmoozer - i really can't understand why all those women were dying to be with him.

DanceMumTaxi · 09/04/2026 17:50

The amount of affairs is staggering!

MyEasterBonnet · 09/04/2026 17:51

One of my best friends is a gay man, married to his husband. When we go out drinking, he sometimes meets up with his trans woman friend and we all drink together. The two of them get absolutely hounded by “straight” men all night. It’s constant how much attention the two of them get from men who are married. I’m a teacher, and I’ve been there while some of my kids’ married dads chat them up, and it’s really shameless. They’re not embarrassed when I turn up with a drink and don’t turn and run, the just carry on and don’t see to care.

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 09/04/2026 17:55

My friend (kept at a distance now) got married after telling me and the rest of her hen party that her ex who left her was the love of her life and she was only marrying her fiance because he had money. They now have two children and he has no idea.