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All of us, no matter how kind and open we are, keep secrets from even our nearest and dearest. These are things that we’d feel uncomfortable opening up about even to our closest family members and most trustworthy friends. However, anonymity can help. If you’re feeling guilty or ashamed of something you’ve done in your past, opening up to strangers can help free you of that burden. At least, in part.

That’s where the r/confession subreddit comes in. A massively popular online community with nearly 5.3 million members, it is a safe place for everyone to “admit your wrongdoings, acknowledge your guilt, and alleviate your conscience.” Here, everyone’s encouraged to be kind and courteous to one another. We’ve collected some of the darkest secrets from the sub and other similar communities around the net about the things that people deeply regret doing. You’ll find their stories as you scroll down.

We wanted to figure out why people feel better when they confess their secrets and wrongdoings, so we asked Andrea Bonior, Ph.D., to shed some light on this. Read on for Bored Panda's interview with Dr. Bonior, the host of the mental health advice podcast ‘Baggage Check’ and the bestselling author of ‘Detox Your Thoughts.’ 

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I tell everyone the reason I do beekeeping as a hobby is because I want the honey and to help prevent colony collapse. The real reason I started to is because my mother is extremely allergic to them and now she won't come near my home anymore.

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Dr. Bonior explained to Bored Panda why confessions make people feel better, as well as what we can do to be more empathetic toward others even if our first instinct might be to judge them.

"The idea of confessing in order to absolve yourself of something has been around, likely, since the beginning of time, and has of course been incorporated into many religious traditions. By admitting to something we are doing, it can help us feel less alone with the secret—and more accepted, even among strangers, rather than imagining that we would be cast aside and rejected because of our secret," the host of 'Baggage Check' told us.

"It helps validate that we are still acceptable as human beings, and haven't driven everyone away. It also just typically helps to put words to our own experiences and feelings, and to have someone bear witness to something difficult—which is part of why therapy can be so helpful."

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I Slapped A Child In The Face And Then Shoved Him Off His Scooter. I'm 25

I Slapped A Child In The Face And Then Shoved Him Off His Scooter. I'm 25 So I have a beloved kitty named pixy. She was around 4 when I found her on the street. She had a rubber band tightened on half her tail. I spent 2 weeks feeding her until she was comfortable enough to let me near her, she didn't trust anyone. I took her in, cleaned her up, and got the dead portion of her tail amputated.

After 5 years, she finally warmed up to people and she became so sweet and friendly. It took her years to be comfortable around strangers. Last month, she was out for her daily stroll around the neighborhood and immediately came back in through the kitty door 20 minutes later. Usually she is out and about for 2-3 hours. She had 2 small holes in her chest, and one near her butt. She was completely frightened and was crying/meowing, she wouldn't even let me go near her for the first 5 minutes. I knew for certain that she was shot with metal bb's.

I take her in my car and start driving to the vet, but took a quick detour around the neighborhood, I was going to take the long way to see if I could find the culprit. Sure enough I see a kid on a scooter standing on his driveway, with a Co2 powered bb gun, aiming in the drainage cavity by the sidewalk. I see cats in there all the time. It was then I knew who the culprit was.

I parked the car, got out, walked over to him and said "I'm telling your parents that you are shooting cats." He replied "they are pests, they told me I could." The smug little look on his face threw me over the edge, I slapped the f*ck outta this b**ch, and kick swept his legs out from under him and watched him fall flat on his a*s. I then picked up his gun and smashed it on the ground. A small part of me wanted to finish him off with a stomach kick for good measure, but I'm f**king 25 so I looked both ways before crossing the street, and f*cking bolted. As I hopped in my car and sped away, I heard him shrieking in the distance.

My kitty was treated, and is doing OK. She is a lot more skittish and spends less time outside.

Edit: in case your wondering, I'm pretty sure the cops were called. When I came back I saw a few strolling around, I was sure I was d.o.n.e. I've never been In trouble or done sh*t like this. Anyways, I drove by and literally nothing happened. It's been a month I think I'm good.

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I Photoshop Every Photo Of My Mom

I Photoshop Every Photo Of My Mom My mom has really had a hard time the past few years. When she entered menopause she gained weight and no matter how much she works out or what diet she tries she cannot drop it.

She is a wonderful person, beautiful inside and out, but I could tell it was really taking a toll on her. So I started (lightly) photoshopping pictures I take of her before I send them to anyone or print them. I just nip a little here and there, slight reshaping. and smoothing out a few wrinkles, nothing drastic, but enough.

Since I have started this she has started acting more confidently and has stopped making negative remarks about pictures she is in. She loves being in pictures with everyone again.

It has really helped. I have not told anyone and never will.

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According to Dr. Bonior, immediate judgments about other people can be "very natural." However, at the same time, we have to remember that they can be distorted and might not be valid.

"By recognizing that we only have one side of every story, and that we can't automatically assume that we'd behave a certain way in a situation we've never been in, we help remember that although we might have a knee-jerk reaction, we shouldn't necessarily let it inform our behavior," she told Bored Panda that an example of such a reaction might be saying something that is unkind.

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"It also might be helpful to think of times in our life when we had our perspective widened because we didn't realize until we were in a situation just how we would behave. Finally, we can recognize that even when someone HAS made a choice we don't agree with, our reactions are often most helpful if we can meet them where they are, and try to understand what led to their decision, and gain some insight from it, rather than automatically condemning them and pushing them away."

#4

I Trash My Coworkers Mugs And Dishes When They Leave It Soaking In The Community Sink

At work we have a kitchenette and at the end of the day, my coworkers leave their dishes/mugs filled with oatmeal and other things left to soak. We even have a sign that states “Do not leave personal belongings in the kitchenette. We are not responsible for lost items”. I stay at work pretty late so I see the night janitor come in and clean. I noticed that he goes out of his way to wash the dishes and mugs, which isn’t a part of his job (our company only contracts them to do floors and trash so it’s our responsibility to clean up after ourselves). My coworkers must have noticed too because they have since stopped doing their own dishes and has been leaving piles in the sink knowing that they will be magically washed and dried in the morning. They even make comments about the “Mexican sucker” that’s cleaning for them. This has been on going for a few weeks now and my coworkers even have the audacity to complain about water spots on their mugs. So throughout the day when I find myself alone in the kitchenette, I take an item or two and toss them out in the building hallway trash so it can’t be found. We work in a building where we share office space with other businesses and there’s no cameras so I haven’t been caught yet. A coworker asked our manager about their items being taken, but my manager just reiterated the policy. I guess I am being petty, but my coworkers are trash and I don’t feel bad.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The night janitor is too kind and good for your coworkers and deserves a raise!!

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I Give My 3 Year Old Son Counterfeit Fast Food

I Give My 3 Year Old Son Counterfeit Fast Food I save my sons Mc Donald's wrappers and happy meal boxes then reuse them by serving him microwave chicken nuggets and oven French fries in them. I even throw in ketchup packets and a little toy he'd forgotten he had to help sell the lie. He loves it. And I'm not sorry

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#6

I am a foot and a half taller than my wife. So when I take a shower I make sure to set the shower head as high as possible. Then when she gets in she can’t reach it to lower it and she has to call me in. So I get to see her naked. She has yet to realize that setting is too high for even me. Not that I can’t see her naked pretty much any time but still. It’s the little things.

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The r/confession subreddit was founded all the way back in late 2008. Over the last decade and a half, it’s become one of the most popular communities on Reddit. Members of the sub are encouraged to admit to “illegal or immoral action” that they’ve committed very intentionally. Mistakes or accidents don’t count here. Moreover, you can only confess to things that you’ve personally done—you can’t talk about other people’s misdeeds.

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What’s more, every poster has to express regret for what they’ve done and be as specific and concise about what happened as possible. The moderator team running the community notes that they don’t accept posts with limited context. The confessions have to be detailed and accurate.

“Confessing only the barest of snippets or most cryptic of details isn't the purpose of this sub. Understanding what you're confessing shouldn't be like pulling teeth, context is important,” they write.

#7

I fall asleep watching my boyfriend's YouTube channel so he gets more views on his videos because it makes me happy how excited he gets about more views

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#8

I'm Dying But Haven't Told Anyone

I'm Dying But Haven't Told Anyone I was diagnosed with cancer a little over two weeks ago, after a regular checkup. Turns out I have a tumour on my colon that has spread to other areas (liver and lungs so far) and will require extensive chemo and surgery for any chance to live longer than 8 months

I'm not having any treatment and I haven't told my wife because she'll only pressure me to get the treatment, which result in months of pain and suffering for a relatively small chance

Instead, I'm making sure our last few months together are filled with only happy memories. I'm starting work later and finishing earlier each day, to make her breakfast in bed and take her on dates in the evenings

My landlord I rent my workshop from has agreed to let me run my business rent free for the next 6 months, which means significantly less financial stress and I can save a lot more, so she has something to carry her over afterwards

I hope she'll forgive me for taking this path

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#9

I Hate My Brain Damaged Sister

I can't believe I am actually typing this out right now, it's making it feel very real. And before you say it, I know, I know. I am probably one of the worst human beings on this planet.

Around a year ago, my older sister (27), widowed mother of 2 boys (8) and (5) decided to, against every single warning made, get drunk as s**t and wreck her car into a rock embankment outside of our town. She was life flighted to a ICU, spent weeks in a coma and awoke in vegetative state. In the past year, she has SLOWLY began to see some progress.

Because of this accident, I was forced to quit my job, leave my friends, move across the country and back in with my parents, to help take care of her and raise my nephews. I love them dearly, but I have never wanted to have kids, especially not forced upon me like this.

She had the mind of a child now, argues about silly things, can't cook for herself, cries over everything, can't read, memory loss, partially paralyzed on her right side, has aphasia, and a LIST of other problems with me as her caregiver. She tell me how happy she is to be alive after such a bad car accident. I want to scream that I wish she would have died. Her boys are a wreck after losing their dad recently and now having a f*cked up mom. My parents are spending all of their retirement savings for her treatments. I can see the years getting shaved off my dad and mom from the stress.

I don't treat her any differently, I still tell her stories and laugh with her and do my best, but I hate the way I feel when I look at her. Did you even think about your boys when you got in your car? She is smiling and completely ignorant to the pain she has caused to my entire family. So I guess that's it. That's my confession. I have a deep dark hatred and resentment for someone I love. And I will never let her know.

Edit: I am a female btw.. and some people have said pretty horrid and cruel things and I totally get it. But I already feel pretty f*cking sh*tty about my feelings so you can't really make me feel any worse.

Everyone else. Thank you so much for the support, advice and feedback. I've read and appreciated every comment. Alot of the medical and healthcare advice I will be talking to my parents about and hopefully the financial parts of this can be helped a bit. Thanks guys, much love.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone in this situation in the US, check with your state Medicaid Office (Medicaid is state health services). In the state of Tennessee this would be TennCare. In most states, services are offered for Intermediate and long-term care for people with physical and developmental disabilities. This can be anything from a home health nurse to intermediate "day-care" to long-term institutional care. If she is already on Medi-Care disability, which is Federal, she is more likely to qualify for any of these programs. Contact your local Department of Human Services or Health Department for how to apply for these services in your state. Not all states offer the same Medi-Caid services, some may offer more, some less. Also, check if your area has a local Mental Health Department, they may have services available to you. Also, the Full-time caregiver may even be able to qualify for a type of Social Security Disability as Caregiver, through the Social Security Administration.

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May light defeat the darkness
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s okay to place her in an assited living facility or a care home. Seek help from a social worker. You cannot be everything to everybody in your family otherwise you will end up burned out. In the end compassion fatigue will set in.

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Lakota Wolf
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do you know how EXPENSIVE facilities are, friend? We took care of my dad at home for 21 years because we could not afford care/help with him. He had an accident when I was 18 and he died when I was 39. It ruined my adulthood; my 20s and 30s were destroyed. But we couldn't afford any help or a facility, so we took care of my dad at home ourselves.

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Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tbh I would not have done this in the first place. No matter what people said.

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That emo Girl
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same. I would rather be the black sheep of the family than have kids thrust upon me.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Understandable why OP feels this way. I think she is extraordinarily patient for giving up so much of her previous life and putting up with so much.

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StrangeOne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her sister is the cruel, selfish one and caused her situation. OP is justified to feel this way.

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Bored Potato
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like OP's sister didn't mean to cause all of this when she decided to get drunk as hell and crash her call, but you can't blame OP for feeling that way, either.

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Curly Q
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's literally being a full time caregiver for free. Family or not, you should be paid.

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Olivia Dean
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep I agree- I wouldn't have uprooted my life and loved to another state (single mum). That's now many more adult lives ruined. Tough call, no easy answers and only sh1tty options

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just because it's tragic people don't stop having feelings. OP is a saint for doing all those things for her despite the resentment. No one on earth can change how they feel about a situation that has such a negative impact. People who don't understand this are full of toxic positivity and haven't experienced anything like that, otherwise they would know better. It's not OP feeling that way that makes her a good or a bad person. It's how they act. As far as I see, they all act properly and do their best despite the difficulties and negative impact. That's amazing. They are truly good and selfless people despite the feelings they have. Just because that sister has needs this doesn't make the needs of her family invalid. And we should be kinder and more understanding. And there should be more help available for families like this.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, this is so completely true. There is no shame in having feelings, just insight in being aware of them. OP sounds like an amazing person with very valid feelings. It’s a terrible situation to find yourself in. I genuinely have no advice. OP is doing her best and I admire her.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All your feelings are valid. ❤️ you are allowed and right to have them. Her act was selfish, what she couldn't live with herself, she put upon others. Buf I applaud how you handle it, you are strong, don't let it break you.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't fault her feelings at all. She's paying for someone else's f*cked up choice.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is probably the only time this person has been able to let out all of her true feelings about the situation. She felt this was a safe space to do that. I hope we do give her a sense of comfort. We see you. Please, go on Care.com or another social media site and find someone to care for her so you can take a weekend by yourself.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can't blame her. I wouldn't have moved. Not my kids, not my problem. I'm childfree because I, too, am a drunk idiot sometimes.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate the fact that she was expected to quit her job, uproot herself, and leave her own life behind to take care of a sister who caused her own life-altering accident. Bet if she was a he, the family would never have demanded or guilt-tripped him to do the same. If one child ruins their life, it’s rule to expect the other to ruin theirs too. I know I’m going to get a lot of s**t for this opinion, but it’s how I feel—-because something similar nearly happened to me when I hit 18. But I left home and went no contact with my parents (the people who tried to steal my chance at my own life from me, to make me their caretaker). I’m the only girl, with four older brothers, none of whom were ever put in that position. So don’t even try to tell me this kind of s**t, where only the female members of a family are guilt-tripped into giving up, or not being able to have, their own lives so they can serve their parents or siblings, and the male family members are automatically exempt, doesn’t happen.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perfect example of just become someone CAN be saved, doesn’t mean they should.

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Jonny S
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dont blame you. I bet so many people would walk away. I would.

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Collin Lyle
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look for a therapist for you and your nephews. Finding the right therapist will help you all heal and move forward. I recommend a therapist who practices psychodynamic psychotherapy.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

USA? It is not that it is cheap over here in Europe. But health insurance does help a lot. No one should have to give up their whole life to care for someone else unless they choose to.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope! I would have told my parents to put her in assisted living. No one should have such a burden pushed upon them.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean I would be upset too, she didn't think of anyone but herself when she hit that rock and now OP had to move and uproot her life!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OP should look into any state programs that might enable her to be paid as caregiver.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, your sister has KIDS and she was being SELFISH af to do that. You warned her, and now it’s your problem. Of course you have a valid reason to not like her. I just feel bad for u and the kids.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't judge this person, I hate that people drink and drive and I believe they deserve everything they get. My best friend was murdered by a drunk driver.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She's completely within her rights to fell what she feels. It's not fair to her to lose her sister (because she did), her independence with her own life, and be forced to leave everything behind to go back home to take care of her sister. Just because she feels this way doesn't mean she takes it out on her sister. I work with mostly elderly people with this issue, and I see it all the time with family that has had this task dumped on them. Some take it extremely seriously (as in, brings in file folders and a notebook to write every single thing the doc says) and some that I can see on their faces that they literally cannot wait to get away and want the appt to go as fast as possible. Some actually enjoy being with their parents and make it "stand up hour" which is always fun for me (they're so cute at that age!). It's never easy and they're all entitled to their feelings. This was unfair to OP, she didn't sign up for this and her entire life is on hold, until whenever. She's NTA

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry about your sister and sorry that you have been forced into this situation from nothing you did. It's a s****y situation all around. I can't say I know how you feel because I don't, but I do understand your anger and resentment. You've had your whole life upended because of your sisters selfish actions, it definitely sucks. I think a lot of people would feel the same way. I sincerely hope that you can come to terms with this and not let the anger and resentment eat you alive because it will if you let it. My only suggestion would be to find some support groups who are dealing with the same issues. It will give you an opportunity to vent freely and maybe get suggestions to help you. I dont know you but good luck and I hope you can find some peace.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ever heard of Dialectic Behavioural Therapy? It's pretty new, but the idea is old. Two things can be true, and opposite, at the same time. You love your sister, True. As a sibling, as a person, as a human. You may have compassion for her, especially for the situation she is in. You hate what your sister did. True. She was selfish, unthinking, cruel, angry. And that action has many consequences. You also hate those. And you hate that your sister has that in her, you hate that aspect of her while not hating her. Those conflicting feelings are all valid. None of them make you a bad person, and thinking about the best route to care for EVERYONE concerned is the right instinct, even if one or more of those necessary decisions are detrimental to one person, while being beneficial to the majority.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You have every right to be upset, i know im a horrible person for saying it. But i agree they obviously didn't care about those around them the day of the incident. I hope that one day things can get better, just stay strong to yourself

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I understand this. I also understand the worry for your parents. However. You did not have to pick up everything and go home. Parents accept when they have kids, that those kids are a lifelong responsibility. For either their life, or kids life. It never stops. Not at 18. Not when they marry. Not when they have kids of their own. They made that choice and live with the consequences. OP will keep saying yes to everything until she cracks. And crack she probably will. Learn. To. Say. No.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think credit it to her for being so open and honest with herself. I think her reaction is actually understandable but few would ever dream of admitting it because it makes them sound like a bad person. My step grandmother thought she was marrying into money and a happy retirement, only to become the full time caregiver to an increasingly disabled husband. To her credit, she did it until it killed her too. But she wasn't fooling anyone by implying she was content with what fate had sent her way...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if the sisters accident was a result of grief over her husband's passing? I know I wanted to stop living when my husband died...more than once.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am sure that is the case but you got to understand SHE HAS KIDS!!!!!! I know I would lose my s**t if I lost my husband but I would always put my kids first

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh I really feel for you....I hope you the kids and your parents find a way through

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Kristy Nelson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some states have wonderful resources to help with caregiving. Talk with someone from the ADRC.

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S Mi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This person needs support and therapy. They are allowed their feelings (in this case I'd say it would be strange if they weren't angry tbh), but this feeling will poison them, which will spill over to everyone including the children. OP honestly is amazing and needs to forgive themselves for having a human reaction to a s****y situation.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is difficult to love someone whilst being entirely devoted to caring for them...having them rely on you...and not having them understand the gravity of the situation.

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tough situation. Edgar Cayce says in life 'we are meeting self', so perhaps in a past life you did what your sister did to your then family and now you are finding out what it is like. This isn't said to hurt you but to help you see it from another perspective that might help you deal with it - to be more 'understanding' and 'forgiving'. I wish you the best!!!!

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As the eldest of 2 siblings who caregives for them as they're both mentally off in different ways (we all have some sort of mental illness, but I'm the only one who fights it so I can work & function correctly. My niece, whom I adore & treat as my own, lives with me as well, but she's already mostly independent so thankfully I have no extra worries about her. But God do I hate & resent my siblings for existing. Our mom is also mentally off (family trait), and older, though her husband is an AMAZING man who loves all of us, thankfully, so he has her taken care of. They'd never be able to support my siblings, and I can only barely do it...and God I hate them. I wish they'd never been born. And I hate my trauma response of caring about others before myself after years of abuse. I know I wouldn't have my beloved niece, but maybe I would be in a better place for MYSELF.

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone that would judge OP for this needs to take her place and deal with this nightmare.

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Carla Olavarría
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would feel the same way you do. So, at least your not the only monster here 🫢

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MelFunction
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is one of those times that people who aren't in that same predicament need to keep their judgement to themselves.

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Karen Jones
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can't help how you feel, it's probably even unhealthy to try and suppress how you truly feel. Not a nice feeling to be forced into a role either. Don't hate me for saying this, but maybe it's somehow a karmic learning thing that you all somehow agreed on before you were all born ? Seems that a lot of the time situations seem to happen to people who will best cope with them. Maybe even explore these feelings with a professional so you can come to terms with them better. I , on the other hand somehow ended up all alone, except for my doggy 🐕. Maybe l was cursed but somehow no one seems to want to be my friend , I guess over the years I gave up and shut down. I'm trying to make the best of the situation as I'm sure that you are too. But count your blessings wherever you can Good luck and Gid Bless

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darqemm
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your feelings are your feelings and I understand where it's coming from. I hope you find some ways to weak the situation and get some relief.

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Karen Taylor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OP's feeling are understandable and justified. So a strong lady, carrying those feelings yet not showing them.

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Jennie Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't blame this person, it's hard work caring for someone with a disability or illness, especially when they are the cause of it. I loved my mother, but her death was a result of her own actions and I'm still angry at her about it, even though it won't change anything.

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Natalia Girotti
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don´t know if I could do this.... I love my sister, and she loves me, but we don´t like each other and she doesn´t like my wonderful husbund and makes no sacrifice hiding it.

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Cthulhu Kitty
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She has every right to be angry and hate the choice her sister made.

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Douglas Gilanyi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds totally justified. Valid to give everything up and help the family, and equally valid to bail completely and live their own life.

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GalacticAngel
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes you can't change how you feel, so what she's doing, pretending to love her, is the best thing she could ever do.

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Sweet Taurus
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think there's anything wrong with the way you feel. I think most people out there would harbor the same feelings you have. I hope saying out loud helped you feel a bit better about all the feelings you have pent up inside. Maybe find you someone to talk to who can help you sort out those emotions so they aren't dragging you down.

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$enna
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't feel sh!tty about it. You dumba$$ sister should feel like sh!t. It is never your responsibility to raise her children.

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Crystal Pearson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's easier for people to judge instead of trying to place themselves in others minds and hearts. She's angry. She doesn't hate her sister she hates that what her sisters actions have caused on her and it's a VALID NATURAL response. I ask her to try and place herself in her sisters shoes, she mentioned; her sister is a widow , losing her children's father was very traumatic for her. Then having to worry about how she was going to raise her boys on her own and not being able to properly grieve when he died because she's a mom with children who needed her. And sometimes even when someone is able to grieve if they haven't been taught or lack the ability to cope with such strong emotions and the trauma from it. She turned to alcohol, some people turn to other substances including food, some people who can't cope will even commit suicide. But this particular woman turned to alcohol and everyone paid the price for it. I wonder if she had the support she needed. Or if she needed more

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OP: be angry at the situation, you can be angry at your sister as well but we both know you hate is not what you're feeling , it's pain and you using that word shows me you and your sister possible weren't given the emotional support you needed as children which would explain why she turned to drinking. You are hurting very deeply and you need emotional support of others right now too

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Mohammad Rahman
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So sad... Hope things get better and keep going that way for you all...

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Carlotta Müller
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You are allowed to hate her. She ruined your live. And the live of your parents. That is hard. It is not evil or such to hate her. It is human.

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Admiralu
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Move out and let your parents deal with it. No one should force you to do something you don't want.

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thepinkrobot
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Resentment is completely natural and she's doing the best she can to get through a terrible situation. I hate that people immediately crapped on her thinking that they'd be any different. None of us know how we'd act in a situation until we're put in it.

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Sandy Kavanaugh
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why did you take this on? It wasn't your responsibility after doing what you could to help your parents. Put your sister in the nursing home, give the kids to another family member or your parents, and go live your life. You're not the one who got drunk and almost killed herself. She's just lucky she didn't kill someone else. As a widow, it's hard to believe she didn't have a plan in place.

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Jennifer Schager
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do not blame you one bit. A s****y choice made by a s****y mother. I've seen situations similar many times and feel exactly the same way about them. Granted, they are not family to me, but still, it's B.S.

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Paul Mitchell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her sister 100% caused this, so I expect her to feel resentful.

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Jessica J.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have no sympathy for drunk, or high, drivers. I completely understand how she feels.

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Stephanie Case
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would feel the same way. If there's any way you can do anything for therapy for yourself please do. It's bad enough how much you have to carry right now, please don't let it consume every part of you.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe she did the stupid drink driving thing because she couldn’t cope with her partner’s death… not justifying the behaviour but may put it in a bit different perspective. Also, completely not surprised that the op feels the way she feels.. tragic situation with no way to make it much better

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OP has every right to feel this way. I feel so bad for her and her family. The sister? Not so much...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

(I don't know if the author can see this, but for anyone else in this situation) Look into group meetings for caregivers. It's a safe place to work out how you feel with other people in similar situations. You are suffering through the stages of grief even if no one actually died and need to make sure you have supports to help you deal with what is happening. You can also develop strong relationships and they can help you with the process. Just remember: It is okay to be angry or resentful. You have already sacrificed a lot. You are doing your best.

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Penny Kemper
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You parents shouldn't have to pay for her medical or any financial. But I wouldn't have left my life to go help with either of my siblings. I'm not the caregiver type person. I might take and raise the kids, but no nursing type stuff.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s not your responsibility to take care of her or her children. It’s not your parents responsibility either. She made poor choices and these are the consequences of her actions. She can get a home health nurse or be put into a long term care facility. Her sons deserve to grow up with relatives that care about them and their best interests. Their own mother didn’t even care about them that much.

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DC
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cannot blame her, but ... but, there is some way out of it. She doesn't know about the accident, right? Hasn't got an adult's capacity to think by now, neither the memories about much of her adult life, right? So she is ... kind of not the same person anymore, but got a partial reset (to a horrible, horrible price of course). The person who made the stupid decision to drunkdrive herself into stupidity isn't there anymore. She's ... that life has ended. The one that's there now is a result thereof, but it's like it went back and a different branch started growing, with the former one being ... kind of passive, or dead even...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I work in the medical field. This guy had a genetic disorder that made him very prone to blood clots. He did not give a c**p. He smoked and drank to several strokes. Horribly disabled himself, in a wheelchair, can't communicate well when he was in his 30's with a wife and kids. I feel so bad for her and the kids

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Friday Van-Defoe
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was confused. U don’t hate her, u love her, through your actions. Love is not an emotion, but demonstrated through actions. Your feelings of resentment are justified because of your sister’s incredible selflessness

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone in this situation in the US, check with your state Medicaid Office (Medicaid is state health services). In the state of Tennessee this would be TennCare. In most states, services are offered for Intermediate and long-term care for people with physical and developmental disabilities. This can be anything from a home health nurse to intermediate "day-care" to long-term institutional care. If she is already on Medi-Care disability, which is Federal, she is more likely to qualify for any of these programs. Contact your local Department of Human Services or Health Department for how to apply for these services in your state. Not all states offer the same Medi-Caid services, some may offer more, some less. Also, check if your area has a local Mental Health Department, they may have services available to you.

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Mora Chilis
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am not sure what country you are in, but even in the US she should be getting disability and state coverage. Your parents shouldn't be paying anything.

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Shannon Donnelly
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OP has every right to feel this way. I'd be incredibly resentful too. What a s****y situation to be in.

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Riley Quinn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing to be ashamed about in this situation. She IS the cause of the entire family's suffering. I strongly recommend everyone, no matter your age, to have legal medical documents prepared for situations like this. A DNR and/or a Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment will direct family and medical staff with instructions.

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Something else that all redditors should avoid doing is accusing others of making certain stories up. “Chances are you're not in the best frame of mind to be fielding attacks on your credibility by the vast and uncaring anonymous internet. We instituted this rule to better protect our submitters and provide a more constructive rather than detractive environment,” the r/confession team explains.

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#10

I Secretly Put Money In My Pants Pockets So My Husband Will Do The Laundry

I Secretly Put Money In My Pants Pockets So My Husband Will Do The Laundry I put $5 to $10 a week in my clothes. He thinks he is getting one over on me because we both have a weekly budget. He doesn't know that he is part of my budget. If I even try to do the laundry he is like "No, I got it" Worth every red cent.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is bad. Not so much on the laundry trickery part. More on the money matters overall. You two do need to discuss this like proper adults.

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#11

My Wife Thinks I Take Our Daughter To Dancing Classes But I Actually Take Her To An MMA Gym

The dancing and MMA gym aren’t too far apart which is how we have been able to get away with it for 2 years.

My daughter loves it there and everyone is so kind to her.

Before you jump in telling me I’ve forced my daughter into being an elite fighter, over a dancer. I didn’t! At first I took her to dancing classes and she hated it, she said all the girls were already in groups of friends when she started and they wouldn’t talk to her.

So I said “screw it why don’t we both learn MMA, it’s way more useful that dancing anyway”

I can’t tell my wife about it because she hates stuff like that and there literally no reasoning with her on the subject of fighting.

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#12

I Put My Infant Daughter In The Closet, Shut The Door And Walked Away

I'm so overwhelmed. I haven't really slept in 8 weeks. That's how old my daughter is. She's a beautiful little girl, but she screams and screams and screams. I do everything to console her. I make sure she is fed, dry, not in pain and comfortable. But she almost never stops screaming. My husband left this weekend for a business trip and I was alone with her for the first time. It was going ok this morning, but then the floodgates opened. I held her, rocked her, bounced her but nothing worked. I wanted to shake her

I'm ashamed to type this, but I wanted to shake my baby. I thought I was about to have a nervous breakdown. I was so fed up that I strapped her into her car seat, placed her in our coat closet and shut the door. She was still screaming and I shut the door on her. I set a one hour alarm, went upstairs and collapsed into my bed. I wouldn't say a slept, more like I instantly went unconscious. An hour later my alarm went off and I sprung up and ran downstairs to her. She was sleeping and no longer crying. I picked her up and held her and just started sobbing. It's too much. I'm a terrible mother. I can't handle this.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please seek help. You are not a bad mother, you are just overwhelmed. And you may have postpartum depression. Please go talk to a doctor and ask a friend or relative to watch the baby for you so you can get some sleep.

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However, it’s very natural and even human to judge others for their decisions, behavior, and looks. It’s something that people do automatically, as well as consciously. Being judgmental of others has its downsides, as well as some upsides.

On one side of the fence, people judge others to feel superior, find flaws in others, and feel better about their own decisions. Others might judge others and themselves to figure out where they fit in, what results they want, what they’d rather avoid in life. Putting someone’s flaws under the microscope can help people readjust the way they live their own lives. It also helps us become more self-aware of our own decisions and how they impact the world around us.

#13

I Sold Fake Drugs

I Sold Fake Drugs At a party in high school i found a bottle of vitamin C pills in the bathroom and decided to tell other drunk kids that it was ecstasy and sold it to them for $20 a pill. I ended up leaving with about $200

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, if they didn't know any better, I guess it was for the best. They got a placebo high, a little immune boost, and were safe from street drugs. It's a win win

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#14

I Made My Brother Think He Has Alopecia For The Last Fifteen Years

I Made My Brother Think He Has Alopecia For The Last Fifteen Years This is probably the pettiest thing I have ever done, and I regret it to this day. When I was fifteen years old, I got my first job and started to have some money of my own. I used my money to spoil myself and purchased nicer thing like clothes, shoes, makeup and salon brand shampoo.

My brother used to sneak into my bathroom and constantly steal my nice shampoo. He would use them and most of the time he would leave them open in the bathtub. This would result in the rest of the shampoo going down the drain and leave me with empty containers.

This drove me completely insane and I hated him for taking my things. I tried to speak with my parents about this, but they told me that I should just learn to share.

One day I went out and purchased hair removal cream. I mixed this into my shampoo bottle and left it in my bathroom. I gave him a verbal warning not to use my newly purchased bottle, but he stole it again anyway. Over the next few days his hair slowly started to fall out and small bald patches started to appear.

Seeing what I had done I immediately emptied the remaining shampoo. I felt terrible and I truly didn’t think it would have as a dramatic effect as it did. My mother took him to the doctor to get check out and they diagnosed him with Alopecia. He than had to start using this special and terrible smelling shampoo to combat this.

His hair did grow back but I just recently found out that he is still using the shampoo in order to prevent another Alopecia flair up. It has been 15 years now and I have never told my brother that I caused him to lose his hair.

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Lori
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never believe these hair removal cream in the shampoo stories. Have you ever smelled hair removal cream? It is acrid, and it takes 5+ minutes to work - who leaves on shampoo that long?

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#15

I Fake An Accent At My Job

My heart is pounding writing this because I literally haven’t told anyone this. So I work at this one store, and I work on the sales floor; but before all that, I was just one person interviewing for a position at the store. Before I arrived for my interview, a friend of mine dared me to interview in a British accent. I said I’d do it only if they paid me, and to my surprise, they sent me like $10 through venmo (which was more than enough for me). I went into the interview with the mindset that I wasn’t gonna get hired and they inevitably hired me on the spot. Accent and all. I was nervous because I had already talked to a whole bunch of higher ups with the accent and decided to just go through with it -thinking it was only going to be a summer job. I was so wrong. It’s been like 7 months that I’ve been working there and I still use the accent to this day. When people ask me where I’m from I just tell them my hometown because I have several brits from that town whom I grew up with. The accent hasn’t really posed a problem until now cause my bf is friends with one of my coworkers so I’m gonna have to find the right time to come clean.. thanks for coming to my TedTalk

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Meowmeow
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about you slowly phase it out and just be as perplexed as everyone else when it's gone? Then nobody thinks you're a liar, just acclimating to a new area.

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Though we all carry secrets with us, it doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re bad people. There’s a difference between secrecy and privacy after all. It’s fine to keep some things private. However, if a secret has a huge impact on others, it’s best to opt for transparency. When in doubt, put yourself in someone else’s shoes and consider whether they would like to know the truth or not. Meanwhile, if you’re feeling guilt or shame, odds are that you’re being secretive, not private.

Rebuilding trust after sharing the truth might be hard to do, but it’s not impossible. It will take time, effort, and consistency.

#16

I Leave Fake Parking Tickets On Cars That Deserve Real Ones

I ordered a batch of them off Amazon and leave them wherever. Sometimes if nobody is around I make an effort and fill in all the details on it to freak them out before they get to the bottom and see it's a fake.

Sometimes I just write something dumb in the comments and leave the rest blank.

I've left them on cars at my university that aren't technically illegally parked, and on cars that are parked in no parking zones at my grocery store. I especially do it when somebody is parked in a handicap spot that's not supposed to (no plate or hang-tag).

Local laws are sketchy on this, some would argue it's misrepresenting itself as official and therefore illegal, but at the bottom of them they say they're fake. So others would argue the worst they could get me on is littering if the police actually cared enough to do something.

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#17

I Stole Over $20,000 In A Very Creative Way In The 90's

I Stole Over $20,000 In A Very Creative Way In The 90's I worked at a fast food chain in the 90's when I was in high school. When I worked there they were in the process of phasing out denominational gift certificates. ($5, $10 & $25) The way is worked was if you spent more than half of the certificate they gave you the cash back. So if you ordered $5.50 worth of food and gave them one of the $10 gift cards, they gave you the $4.50 back in cash. My manager was in charge of destroying all the existing certificates as we transitioned to the more traditional credit card looking gift cards.

So my manager said he shredded the certificates like he was supposed to, but one night when I was closing I found two boxes of the gift cards tucked deep in the dry storage room. They were FILLED with the certificates that were supposed to be shredded. So, I scooped them up, brought them out to the dumpster in trash bags and threw them away. After we closed, I came back and recovered the back, and brought the certificates home. I counted them. There were 1,000 $25, 1,000 $10, and 500 $5 certificates. None of them had expiration dates. Total haul was $40K in fast food certificates. My manager never said a word, he couldn't. He had reported them destroyed weeks earlier.

Over the next three years my girlfriend and I toured every location in our state, and the next 4 states ordering food, and getting the change. We never kept track on a spreadsheet or anything, but we got good at knowing what menu items were just about half.

After the first year, we started saving the change in a shoe box, and let it build up.

I bought my first car for $7,800 cash from the change. And for some reason A kiddie cone was $1.05, if you gave them a $5 cert they gave you $3.95 back. We threw away a lot of kiddie cones.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good! I like this one. The corporation can afford it and already budgeted for every/most tickets being used.

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#18

I Posted Fake Jobs On Internet So I Could Build My Own Resume

I Posted Fake Jobs On Internet So I Could Build My Own Resume When i was 19-20 years old I was looking for jobs and could not find any and people would tell me to build a nice resume. The problem was, I did not know how to do it so I posted fake jobs on internet and would get resumes. I used those resumes to build my own using the skills that I liked on their resumes. I could also tell who was competing with me for those jobs that I posted. I feel bad for those people that thought it was genuine and applied.

I am 33 now and have a nice job. Those resumes truly did help me build my career.

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#19

I Lied To A Blind Neighbor And Told Him I Moved Away

I Lied To A Blind Neighbor And Told Him I Moved Away Many years ago, I was standing on one of my balconies when a taxi driver was obnoxiously blowing his horn out front and yelling for a blind man to "walk toward my voice" from his own townhouse. That direction was toward traffic. My roommate and I went down and helped him to the taxi and scolded the driver for being so rude. I made the mistake of giving the blind neighbor my phone number so that I could give him a ride in the future.

Then the phone calls came... and never stopped. And when I gave him a ride, he would ask for various detours. I'm very calculated by nature, if he had told me beforehand where he wanted to go, it would be cool, but no... we'd be driving along and he'd throw in 2 - 3 extra places on each ride. And it came to be every day that he wanted rides... and he'd even call me to remind me to give him a ride, not that was ever late or backed out.

Finally I had enough, so I gauged how blind he was. His response was that he was "blind as a bat". A week or two after he said that, I told him I had a job interview in the next city. A week after that, I told him I got the job and was moving away in a month. After I "moved away" It was strange as hell walking by him in silence as he stood on the sidewalk.

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#20

I Run A Fake Restaurant On A Delivery App

I Run A Fake Restaurant On A Delivery App I registered a company, bought all the take-away boxes from Amazon, signed up for a few delivery apps, made a few social media acounts and printed leaflets that I drop in mailboxes. I re-sell microwave meals...On some meals I add something to make them look better, like cheese. So far it’s at around £200 a day in revenue.

Nobody suspects a thing, soon someone will come for higene inspection, but I’ll pass that check without any problems. It’s not illegal to operate out of your own kitchen.

Should I feel bad? I feel kind of proud to be fair and free as a bird from the 9-5 life.

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Jake B
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, you do have a business license right? And you had your county health certification right? And you have your food handlers card right? And your Serv Safe other food safety person in charge certification right? And you’re paying your taxes quarterly, yes? Do you feel anything yet? Maybe some worry after you’re sued when someone falls ill and you haven’t got insurance. You do have it right?

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#21

I Pavlov'd My Girlfriend

My ex used to use a specific shampoo and over time i noticed that every time i smell this shampoo on other people i automatically think of her and this got me planning..

For my current girlfriend, every time we got down to business i put on a cologne that i saved specifically for those times. No matter how spontaneous the action was, i found the time to put on a puff or two of this perfume secretly and then continue.

After weve been going on for couple months, i began to do tests - i put this perfume on when casually walking in the kitchen past her, and just sat down in the living room. Soon enough, after couple minutes she got here and initiated sexy times!

Now i use it ocassionally (im very careful not to overuse it so it doesnt spoil the effect) when i want to get hee going, and it works well enough :)

My favorite is putting it on before going out to a public place, and watching her get super worked up and unload at home

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Olivia Dean
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's pretty obvious that a person has just sprayed on smells- I think what was actually happening is that you are signalling to her when you are interested, and she is responding to your cues.

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#22

My Boss Pissed Me Off So I'm Catfishing His Wife

My Boss Pissed Me Off So I'm Catfishing His Wife My boss is generally a d*ck.

I noticed his wife (who also works at the company) came up as a recommended friend on Snapchat, I copied the user name and added her on my burner Snapchat.

After a few messages and a few fake selfies she has told me she is single and sent some damn good reveling pictures.

I feel a bit guilty now but damn she is hot.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, you shouldn't be messaging her just to get back at your boss, but she's the one in the relationship and is really doing the harm.

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I Added Tabasco To Wendy’s Chili And Used It To Get Second Place In A Chili Cook Off

I Added Tabasco To Wendy’s Chili And Used It To Get Second Place In A Chili Cook Off Title basically says it all. This wasn’t a professional organized competition. There was some bmx event with a couple hundred people and they always have a chili cook off. I’m not much for cooking so I thought it would be funny to throw a bunch of Wendy’s chili in a crock pot and see if anyone noticed - they didn’t.

I’ve been a vegetarian for roughly twelve years so this was a long time ago.

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#24

I Stole A Pregnancy Test Bc I Couldn’t Afford One Today

Hi. I feel awful. Anyways long story short I only have $7.49 in my bank account I am a full time working student and test these days are 45.99!!!!!! And then cheapest one was 11.49. I just took one and I feel so bad I want to cry. But I really need to know- as I sit here on the toilet and type this waiting for the results.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Planned parenthood is free. Also check for other community health care services.

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I Stole A Girls Ipod Touch And Then Sold It Back To Her A Month Later

I Stole A Girls Ipod Touch And Then Sold It Back To Her A Month Later It’s 2011, I’m in Year 7, it’s my first year in high school and I got sent somewhere where I literally only knew one person, and we never spoke.

A few months into the year and I’m sitting in Math class and this one girl who I just could not stand (and who also bullied me on and off) kept just interrupting for the stupidest of things, and just generally kept getting on my nerves the whole lesson.

Part way through the lesson the teacher tells us to leave our things in the classroom so we could go to the computer lab, and I was the last to leave the classroom. Note that most kids hid their iPods under their pencil cases during class so they could get away with using it, and I knew for a fact she’d left it there.

I don’t know what possessed me to steal her iPod, but I did. She never found out.

But now, I leave school, the iPod is still in my shorts pocket. Nobody knows what I’ve done. The girl thinks one of the guys was screwing with her and doesn’t suspect me at all.

Now the one defining feature of her iPod was that the back was completely covered in small circle stickers. Ones that had gotten so worn down they’d almost fused with the device. So I did what I could and I scrubbed those f*ckers off until it looked brand new.

I didn’t use it at all, in fear of my mum seeing it and screaming at me for being a thief. So it just sat in my room gathering dust, until about a month later I overhear her asking some people if they know anyone selling an iPod.

One week later and I’d made $150 by selling a girl her own iPod that’d just been factory reset and scrubbed down.

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#26

I Messed Up My Local Eco System By Setting Hundreds Of Californian Ladybugs Free And Never Told Anyone Even After I Started Noticing The Changes

I just recently was reminded of this story by the man on TikTok who let millions of frogs go in his backyard. Someone in the comments mentioned the story of a man who let out ladybugs and a wave of regret hit me.

When I was about 13, my science teacher let us choose our own final projects. My friend and I wanted to do research on [m]etabolism, and after searching around the internet we discovered that ladybugs would be the best test subjects for our experiment. We somehow got approved by our school to order 100 ladybugs from California for the sake of science. However, when they finally arrived, it turned out that my teacher had ordered wrong and there were 500 lovely little creatures waiting for us in a box. We got a bigger container to hold them all and ran the experiment as planned. Spring break finally rolled around and my teacher assured us that he would take care of the ladybugs while we were gone.

However, when we returned, the box sat unmoved on the table. Our teacher had forgotten to feed them and they all lay on the bottom, dead from starvation. You would think that having done an experiment on the metabolism of these organisms that can withstand crazy temperatures and prolonged starvation we would have realized they could still be alive, but no. I cried and felt terrible for leaving all of them to die. My teacher reluctantly gave me permission to go "bury" them to respect their loss.

I opened the container and a swarm of ladybugs took flight, dissipating into the air. Some were actually dead, but the majority had left the container. My teacher watched this happen, and although a lot of the details are fuzzy, I'm 99% sure that my teacher told me to keep it quiet.

The next years to come came some of the worst ladybug-related disasters my small town had ever witnessed. They CRUSTED the windows of every home and ate foliage like crazy. People who were unfortunate enough to have poor insulation (including me) would find them in every nook and cranny in the house. In such a tightknit community full of farmers and gardeners, word spread fast. And I just watched it all happen, knowing full well who was responsible. Years went by until the population of ladybugs seemed to go back down, but they still run rampant. I'm not sure what help could have resulted from my confession, but it certainly would have cleared up what had happened for the dozens of townspeople who didn't understand why this was happening to them.

I feel absolutely terrible and wish I had confessed sooner. I know it seems like an unfortunate mistake, but in hindsight it was reckless and I should have told someone sooner. I have told a few friends since the story re-entered my mind, but I just thought I needed to apologize to the public.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like the teacher was the one at fault? OP didn't know they were still alive.

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I Have Been Sleeping With Both Partners Of A Married Couple. Neither Of Them Are Aware The Other Is Cheating. The Wife Doesn't Know The Husband Likes Men

I Have Been Sleeping With Both Partners Of A Married Couple. Neither Of Them Are Aware The Other Is Cheating. The Wife Doesn't Know The Husband Likes Men The wife came onto me first but I didn't sleep with her out of respect for her husband, til he messaged me on grindr and I realized they're as bad as each other and I may as well have some fun with it. I even popped the husband's bootyhole cherry. I might tell them one day but ehhh the sex is fun.

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#28

I Overcharged Over 5,000 People

I Overcharged Over 5,000 People Back in high school I used to work the concession stand. In my school the booth was a little folding table where I would sell water, pop and chips.

To anyone that was a visiting team I would charge $.25-.50 more on the items they wanted to buy, and I would keep it.

I ended up making somewhere around $3,000 doing this for my high school career, and no one ever found out because I didn’t charge anyone from the home team the same amount.

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#29

I Sh*t On My Neighbors Door Step

I Sh*t On My Neighbors Door Step So back when I was ten my dad asked me if I wanted to make 20$. I accepted. The catch I had to sh*t on our neighbors door step. It was clear my dad had beef with this woman. She woke in the morning and tried to blame our Chihuahua. My dad yelled at her saying that the sh*t was bigger then our dog. Impossible. The point is I don’t feel bad. Forever daddy’s girl.

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#30

I Stole Money In Junior High School With A Fake Fundraiser

I Stole Money In Junior High School With A Fake Fundraiser When I was in junior high and it was perfectly fine to go door to door and ask for donations for sporting events and stuff, my sister had a typewriter and I would make up a fake sign-up form and ask for donations to a team going somewhere with my school. Easily [made] [one] hundred bucks in one day. Never forgave myself lol

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I apparently did this once with my twin when we were like 5. I went to my neighbours house and asked for money for “heart cancer.” I was apparently inspired by our Halloween UNICEF donations, which you might remember if you’re a millenial/Gen X. The neighbour mom gave me a toonie and then instantly called my mum and was like “I think your children are robbing people” 😅 we got punished, neither my twin or I remember doing this at all but it’s a story we keep hearing and it makes us laugh. What a couple of bratty little arseholes eh lmao.

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