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Have you ever had a secret that you desperately wanted to tell someone, but just couldn't? Maybe too much was riding on it - it could've impacted your or someone's life in a significant way, or maybe it was even something (not so) little illegal... And yet, you just couldn't help but want to yap about it.

Well, with the invention of the internet, you can do just that. After all, the net gives us a chance to anonymize ourselves, which can help in such cases when you just want to vent. And since that's what these people from today's list did, let's read up what they had to say, shall we?

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#1

Older man sitting alone on a park bench in autumn, reflecting on secrets people trust strangers online with. I was 15, in a time before mobile phones. My grandmother was seriously ill and my grandfather sat at her side for two days, refusing to leave her side. Sleeping in a rubbish arm chair.

We brought food in for him. My parents tried to comfort him.

Every now and again he would need the toilet, and bless him, would make us all leave the room and use a potty.

On the third day, I was alone with the two of them, and he told me he needed to leave to have a shower and take fresh air. It took him HOURS to make the decision to leave.

About 15 minutes before he returned my grandmother had gone right in front of me. It was quiet. It was peaceful. It was devastating.

I didn't tell any nurses, nor any doctors. I was in shock. I saw suffering, then a last breathe and last visit within seconds of each other.

He returned, and sat down. I left to go for a walk and try to cope with what happened. When I returned, he told me that he said his goodbyes, and held her hand whilst she left us.

Grandpa left us eleven years later believing he held her hand and was there until the very end.

I haven't told another human soul that story, and I still believe I did the right thing.

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Crystal M
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You did the right thing. I believe she was waiting for him to leave to spare him. I'm a nurse and have seen many pass when their loved ones leave for a brief break.

Angela C
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My great grandma did that. My mom had been taking care of her and one night it looked like it was going to be the end, my mom came home to our house so I could drive her back to her parents (where great grandma was living and now dyíng). My mom was gone for less than 15 minutes and that's when great grandma dîed. Strangely our dog dièd about a week later and he also waited til my mom left the room before he went

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Crystalwitch60
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16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You very much did my lovely ❤️, I grew up with my gran n grandfather , he died+when I was 13 , my gran from then till I was 15 suffered her second breast cancer , I nursed her for two yrs , the week she was at the end I got send on a riding holiday, , pfft had my own horse to look after for one , n got back to be told she had died , n I wasn’t even allowed to go to her funeral , as I wasn’t to young I WAS 15 🤬never forgave anyone as kept me from her for that ,even now I m 60 , so yes op you did exactly the right thing xxx

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    #2

    Adult hand gently holding a baby’s hand, illustrating trust and secrets people share with strangers online. When my son was first born I called my public health office to put him up for adoption.

    He was 5 days old. He was a very much planned and wanted baby and I had every mean to take care of him. Unbeknownst to me it was the beginning of a battle with Postpartum OCD and I hadn't slept more than a couple hours for those 5 days, to the point I was hallucinating. Only 5 days in, and I couldn't take it anymore.

    The public health nurse came to my home immediately. She put my baby to sleep in his bassinet then sat with me for hours at my kitchen table as I wailed to her everything I was afraid of. Thankfully, she knew I didn't want to put my baby up for adoption. I just needed help. She referred me to emergency therapy, a program made just for postpartum mothers.

    My son is 2.5 years old today and thinking about that day still makes me physically sick. I love him more than anything and he lives an amazing life, with a now healthy and happy mom. Thank GOD for that nurse!

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    Multa Nocte
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, what a fantastic nurse!!!!

    Julie S
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad's cousin had a baby she was completely fine the whole time she was pregnant but as soon as the baby was born she didn't want anything to do with it. This was back in the 70's when they didn't know too much about PPD and still called it the baby blues. Nowadays she would probably get a lot more help than she did then.

    Emilu
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't imagine how scary and distressing that would have been for OP. So glad she had a wonderful nurse that knew exactly what was going on.

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    #3

    Nighttime cityscape of Las Vegas Strip with fountains and bright lights illustrating secrets people trust strangers online with. My wife surprised me with a trip to Vegas for my 30th. She was working as a nurse during covid and came home after a long shift and let it slip about Vegas but she didn’t even realize what she said and just kept talking.

    She asked me later on if I had any idea we were going to Vegas for my birthday but it would break her heart if I told her she let it slip. She was so happy and proud of herself keeping it a secret for so long. She’s seriously the best and has a heart of gold, I see no reason to tell her this.

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    All people have secrets. Even if you live as the so-called open book, it’s still likely you carry some small secrets. The reasons why we don’t disclose them to anyone or only to selected people can be various. 

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    A person can be experiencing an inner storm that they doubt anyone could understand, thus they hide. They might fear staining their reputation or revealing their vulnerability. They might not be able to divulge it for legal reasons or due to shame. You get the gist; there are many underlying things that lead to a person being secretive. 

    #4

    Cozy dog wrapped in a blanket, representing the idea of shocking secrets people trust strangers online with. I was in college and got a written arrest for stealing flea medicine for my puppy at Walmart. I was a broke college kid and couldn’t afford the medicine so i pocketed it. Got busted walking out. Super embarrassing so never told anyone. That was 15 years ago and my pup is still here, although very old and frail. .

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    UnclePanda
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have told them it was for you and watched them all back up. "Um, that's ok. Good luck with the fleas, bub," while trying not to scratch.

    Emilu
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get that obviously stealing is bad etc etc yada yada, but dang. If I was there, I would have bought it for you.

    #5

    Person sitting on a couch using a magnifying glass to closely examine a document, illustrating secrets people trust online. I sold a business years ago and sent a check to my grandma, asking her to give the cash to my cousin who was raising three very young children by himself. I asked her not to tell him who the money came from because I didn't want him to feel obligated to pay it back. I love that she took the secret to her grave, and I love that he still thinks she was the source of the money, even though she told him it was a gift from someone else, but she couldn't say who. He would never suspect it was me ☺️.

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    monsieur mabel
    Community Member
    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...what a great gift, especially for those kids....

    Farah (she/her)
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a very genuine question, and I don't mean it in a rude way: why are you using the full stops like that?

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    Emilu
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so sweet. Good on the poster, and good on Grandma.

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    #6

    TV screen displaying a music player in a minimal living room, illustrating secrets people trust strangers online with. My wife has a tendency to get distracted and leave presents laying around before wrapping them. So except for once, in the 15 years we have been together, I have never been surprised with a present. I just pretend like I never didn't see anything.
    That one time though was a 60" TV she managed to hide behind the couch for like 2 weeks.

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    So, the fact that we have secrets is not a secret itself. What matters is how many of them a person has and how big they are. The most common secrets can be categorized into three dimensions: immorality, connectedness, and insight. 

    The first one, just as the name suggests, is when a person holds a secret about something they consider immoral. Whether it’s harming another person or themselves, theft, or other crimes. The second one is when people keep the details of their close relationships secret. 

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    #7

    Elderly woman in a cozy kitchen preparing dough, illustrating shocking secrets people trust strangers online with. I don’t like my mom’s magic cookie bars that she’s been making since I was a child. She makes them when we come over & I count on my spouse to eat them, since he does genuinely like them 😂 She gets so excited to tell me that she made some for me, and I’m 20 years into this lie, so might as well keep it going.

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    UnclePanda
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Great Aunt Margie's macaroni salad. I never liked it, she somehow had the idea I loved it so she'd make it just for me, and I wasn't allowed to tell her so. It doesn't make a lot of sense, I love potato salad, but shudder at the sight of flacid elbow noodles slathered in mayonnaise. I never let on.

    monsieur mabel
    Community Member
    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...you are a wonderful person, op....

    #8

    Fluffy white puppy standing on gravel, illustrating the concept of shocking secrets people trust strangers online with. Back in highschool, I told my family i found a stray puppy on the side of the road on my way home from work. In reality someone was giving away free puppies out of a truck in the grocery store parking lot I drive past to get home. We kept him lol and no one knows.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most grocery store parking lots are on the side of some road, and that's where the OP found this dog being given away. Not so much a lie as convenient editing.

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    #9

    Waffles topped with blueberries on a black plate, surrounded by scattered fresh blueberries on a textured surface. About 9 years ago I was merging into traffic during morning rush hour in St Louis. I’d made a blueberry Eggo waffle for breakfast and it slid off my lap onto my shoes while I was merging. I panicked and didn’t know what to do with it, so I opened the window and intended to just drop it, thinking it would fall directly onto the pavement.

    NOPE.

    The wind caught it and blew it directly onto the windshield of the car behind me while we were going 70 miles an hour. They honked and flipped me off.

    I’ve felt guilty about that rogue waffle for almost a decade. If you’re the person who got hit with my blueberry Eggo I am so so sorry.

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    Glix Drap
    Community Member
    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And you shouldn't leggo of your Lego Eggo either (unless you are Legolas).

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    Annabelle
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😆 "I’ve felt guilty about that rogue waffle for almost a decade."

    UnclePanda
    Community Member
    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "How waffle!", he oozed in a syrupy tone.

    Kelly Scott
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better than the guy who threw his cigarette out his window in front of me. It blew back onto my windshield and caught the few dry leaves there on fire. I honked at him all the way down the road while pointing to the smoke on the hood of my car. And this was not a road with shoulders so I could stop and do anything about it.

    Jaya
    Community Member
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have just left it on their shoe/floor and cleaned it up later. This could have led to a dangerous situation. Don't forget that you're driving a 1000 kilo weapon, and so are all the people around you.

    Bumpuff
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😂😂😂😂😂😂

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    It can be a romantic desire, intimate behaviors, infidelity, and all things like that. And the last one, insight, is when a person has to keep certain information confidential, usually in their work life. 

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    The same research that distinguished these dimensions also said that the higher the secret ranks, the higher the connectedness. Generally, people keep the details of their intimate relationships secret, as revealing them would cause more harm. 

    #10

    Two men fly fishing in a river, illustrating the idea of people trusting strangers online with secrets. I was hunting with my dad and we hadn’t seen anything all day. We rarely ever did. For some reason he was extra discouraged this day and was ready to call it quits. Hunting was his passion, but I hated it and only did it to keep him happy. I think he was starting to catch on to this. Anyways, he got out of the truck for a bathroom break and I pretended I saw a deer jump across the road. I acted all excited and he was excited to see me excited. I’ll never tell him I lied.

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    #11

    Winding mountain road surrounded by green hills and rocky cliffs, illustrating the concept of secrets people trust strangers online. Sometimes I take the long way home because I'm not ready to go home.

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    Multa Nocte
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a pretty funny photo to illustrate the entry. Way to go, BP!!!!

    Michael Largey
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Works even better when you're going to work..

    UnclePanda
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why neighborhood pubs were invented.

    Cee Cee
    Community Member
    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gotthard Pass Switzerland. Great for bikers like myself. Rode up the pass on my old Bonneville in 1995 on a glorious sunny day. Not for the fainthearted and not in winter!

    roddy
    Community Member
    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sounds sad. What is happening at home?

    #12

    One dollar bill lying flat on a light pink surface symbolizing secrets people trust strangers online with. When I was little I remember hearing my mom stress over money and I put all my cash in her purse. It was maybe $5 total, but I was like 7.

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    At the same time, relationships of school or work aren’t as highly ranked in the dimension, as the reveal of it wouldn’t have that much impact. Granted, the harm itself is rather a relative scale, but speaking overall, usually the closer the relationship is, the more important the secrets are. 

    So, given how big certain secrets tend to be in our lives, there’s no way we can share them with the folks who know us. Some revelations would change too much, thus aren’t worthy of disclosing. And yet, sometimes you just feel an itch to tell someone. 

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    #13

    Man with towel applying foam, illustrating shocking secrets people trust strangers online with but keep private. Yes Uncle Phil, I DID use your nice hair gel to make my toy horses manes and tails look fabulous. No regerts.

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    Gingersnap In Iowa
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You gotta do what you gotta when grooming your horses! 🐴

    #14

    My biological mother left us two months after I was born. My father allowed my stepmother to mistreat me, and he joined in on the violence.

    I was removed from the home at 5 because of this, and was raised by my maternal uncle & his wife. They were excellent parents for the most part.

    This year, I visited my uncles grave for the first time in 20 years (I live 1400 miles away now). This is one of those massive cemeteries that go on for miles, no one else was there, it was a Monday morning & raining. While I was there, I saw my biological father’s grave nearby.

    I cursed him & literally urinated on his headstone. It felt cathartic at the time, but I’m embarrassed by how gross & juvenile it is. I thought I was “above” such behavior. I’m still not sure how I feel about it.

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    Bi.Felicia
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's completely understandable given how you were treated by your bio father, as long as you don't make a habit of urinating on his headstone, while you're there visiting your uncle, the man who raised you properly and loved you, don't beat yourself up about it.

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents were s**tty parents, and all around s****y people. They even alienated both of their families, so us kids (there were five of us) never got to get close to, or in most cases even meet, our cousins, aunts, and uncles. That left us with very little family. Our parents had done such a thorough job of screwing over their families that most of them didn’t want anything to do with us kids, not even to give us a chance to show them that we managed to grow up to be nothing at all like our parents. When they each died, they were cremated, and all their kids got a small box with about a teaspoon of their ashes inside. We didn’t ask for that, btw, and were relieved they were both finally gone. I don’t know about my brothers, but I flushed both sets of ashes. Those a******s belonged in a sewer when they were alive, at least I got to put a small part of them in the sewer after they both died.

    TACO Don's Authentic TexMex
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing to feel bad about. Can't say I wouldn't have done the same in OP's situation.

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    #15

    Child playing alone on the beach representing shocking secrets people trust strangers online with but keep private. When I was 9 I took a $20 bill from my dad's wallet while we were on vacation and pretended that I found it in the sand on the beach.

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    Multa Nocte
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure that since that dad found he was missing $20 at the same time, he probably made the connection.

    Jaya
    Community Member
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plenty of people have no idea how much is in their wallet, so it's also very possible that the dad never noticed.

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    Ellie Sakurai
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did the same thing but with a 1000 yen bill(Japanese money, 1000 yen is like 6 dolars). I ate so many sweets with that money that I got a stomach ache 😂

    That’s exactly what the netizens from today’s list felt – that’s why they decided to open their hearts online. After all, if you do that anonymously, it’s likely that your real life won’t be impacted that much, as no one will learn about it. But you will get that off your chest and scratch that itch, while we get entertaining things to read. So, a win-win situation, isn’t it?

    Maybe you have secrets you like to share with us? Our comment section is always open!

    #16

    I found myself thrust into a management role and turned out to be pretty good at most of it, including getting people to want to do good work for me.

    But...

    I learned everything I know about managing people... from a dog training book. I read it as a child and it didn't occur to me that I was using it until after that job had ended.

    It's not a terrible thing. The book advocated respect, praise, and the absence of punishment, which lines up pretty closely with modern best practices for management, but I still can never tell anyone about it.

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    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If those are the “modern best practices for management”, meaning they’re presently being taught in business school, then why TF is no one in management using them? They actually work so much better than the s****y management style management has been using forever.

    Austzn
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If by business school you mean something like business administration then that's not really what they teach. MBA's are more about how to survive in a corporate boardroom structure and everyone of them I've personally worked with didn't have a clue about managing people and processes.

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    amy lee
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've noticed people with well behaved dogs have well behaved kids. N now we know what book they read

    The Starsong Princess
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had an employee who used to come running when I shook the treat bag.

    Giulia Fortunati
    Community Member
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember an old movie with Sandra Dee where she uses a dogs' traning book with her husband!

    Pferdchen
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tried that with my employees. Worked pretty well but they didn't like it when I asked them to bark.

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    #17

    Towel with geometric pattern hanging on a metal rack surrounded by green indoor plants in a bright room. I broke the hand towel holder off the wall in the bathroom and set it lightly back in it's place, so my husband thought he broke it later that day.

    He did the same thing to me, 18 years later. LOL.

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    Lee Gilliland
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obviously made for each other.

    #18

    Pecan pie with a slice served on a plate, illustrating surprising secrets people trust strangers online with. When I was 7 years old I stole a Costco pecan pie out of my dad's truck that he had bought for a family party for Thanksgiving. I hid under our lemon tree and ate as much as I could and then dug a hole on the far corner of our property and buried the evidence. To this day, my dad questions whether or not he had actually bought the pie or just forgot to grab it. I will never tell.

    My siblings and I were not allowed to have sweets or anything with too much sugar growing up so I saw my opportunity and took it.

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    Partypants
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At this point I would tell, it's actually quite funny.

    Cold Eagle
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess it depends on the relationship with the dad.

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    #19

    Close-up of a black electric hair clipper on a wooden surface, highlighting grooming tools frequently trusted online. My wife ordered a battery powered hair clipper set on Amazon. She is convinced it is the longest lasting battery she has ever seen. She has told countless people to buy it based on the fact that over the past five years, she has never had to charge it. The truth is, I charge it when she is out. I think it’s so funny she thinks it has a a never ending battery.

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    Mel in Georgia
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a cute, harmless joke!

    #20

    Car navigation system displaying a map at night, illustrating secrets people trust strangers online with safely. I had both “avoid highways” and “avoid tolls” toggled on and didn’t know it and that is why the cross country trip took longer than expected. I’m sorry. I will never admit this truth out loud.

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    Mel in Georgia
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But I bet the scenery was better!

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes the trip itself is as memorable, and sometimes more memorable, than the destination.

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    Bi.Felicia
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did no one notice on a cross country road trip that you haven't driven on a single highway?

    Pferdchen
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cousin from Mississippi was taking me to the airport from downtown Memphis, so we used the GPS on my phone to guide us. Seemed kind of crazy how it was taking us through all these residential areas. Eventually, I realized that my GPS was set for the bicycle route 🤣 On the bright side, it was very scenic and we saw some great old houses!

    Brian Droste
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One time I was in Ohio for a religious convention. On the way home I did the same thing. I had my aviod highway on so I end going the back way home. Probably took an extra hour to get home.

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    #21

    My aunt’s husband tried to hurt me when I was in grade school. My parents weren’t home from work so I’d stay with my aunt. One day she went out to buy groceries, left me with my cousin and her husband. My cousin was napping, while I was doing homework. I stand up to go to the bathroom and out the corner of my eye, I see her husband bare in his room. He gestures me to come closer. Thankfully my aunt was arriving, I could hear her car in the driveway. He quickly put on his boxers. I was so confused by that interaction till years later.

    She divorced him and apparently he hurt a few people in our family. He’s gone now, nobody went to his funeral, not even my cousin.

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    Scotira
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Hurt" does a lot of heavy lifting in this post. BP again downplaying the scene to spare the feeble. 🙄

    amy lee
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It really does seem perverse to make a post about dark secrets and then proceed to censor everything.

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    #22

    Group of young people standing and chatting outdoors, illustrating secrets people trust strangers online with. In highschool during a school trip me and some buddies let me smoke with them for the first time. I wanted to try it.

    20 minutes later, the chaperones came to check on us and immediately noticed it. So we all got punished during the trip.

    After we got back to school the next week, we all met with the principal and SRO one by one. My buddies all vouched for me saying I did not partake so I avoided expulsion. To this day my family still doesn't know what happened. Only my brother and my friends know.

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    Bi.Felicia
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Expulsion for smoking while on a high school field trip seems a little extreme, maybe they meant suspension?

    Maya_D
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t think they were just smoking cigarettes.

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    #23

    Two young men sitting by a large window, drinking coffee and sharing shocking secrets people trust strangers online with. Not that crazy, but my college roommate (ROOMIE 1) decided to up and break our lease to move in with his gf (who he cheated on WEEKLY)... I had a TV in my room from a previous roommate (ROOMIE 2) who ROOMIE 1 became buddies with. The day ROOMIE 1 moved out, he came to collect the TV on the grounds that since it was technically ROOMIE 2's TV, and he was now best buds with ROOMIE 2 (more of a lapdog, really), he was taking the TV.

    I probably should've resisted more than I did-- because it was nonsense - but I was already wrapped up in trying to find a new place to live since I wouldn't be able to afford to stay in the apartment by myself.

    After ROOMIE 1 left, I went to the apartment complex office and told them we had to break the lease, and they were actually really cool about it. They even gave us (well, ME) our entire deposit back.

    When ROOMIE 1 asked me about the deposit, I told them we lost it due to breaking our lease early, and he just accepted it.. So he got to keep that old TV, and I got $600 (which was HUGE for a broke college student).. I debated telling him years later-- not out of guilt, but really to gloat and rub it in his face for being such a jerk about the TV. But ROOMIE 1 was definitely the type of person to make a big stink over it and demand the money back (probably plus interest), sooooo...

    But even now I REALLY want to gloat about it to this jerk.

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    Michael Largey
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All those roomies gave me the gloomies.

    amy lee
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are in a Dr Seuss kinda mood huh?

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    #24

    Car side mirror reflecting a blurred street scene, illustrating secrets people trust strangers online with. It was me who broke the side mirror when pulling out of the garage. IT WAS MEEEEE!

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    Upstaged75
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once broke a window and blamed it on the neighbor's kids. 😁

    Nikole
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I smacked the side mirror off of my old Jeep because I was trying to squeeze ahead of people before the lane narrowed and went under a viaduct. When i got home I told my dad that some àsshole hit me while the car was parked. This was like 20 years ago.

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    #25

    Rows of Pepsi cans closely packed, illustrating surprising secrets people trust strangers online with but hide from others. I stole a dime from church so I could get a bottle of Pepsi. I was 11. I remember it clearly. We were poor. And of course I wanted it. No joke.

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    Michael Largey
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Churches should be giving money to the needy but much more often take it from them.

    Bumpuff
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stealing from church should be encouraged.

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    #26

    Silhouette of a person making a hand gesture at a concert with bright stage lights and crowd in background. When I was 15 I snuck out with three people I barely knew for the weekend and went to a concert over 100 miles away from home. My mom thought I was just across town staying with a friend for a few days in the summer. Saw System of a Down, Powerman 5000, Kid Rock, KoRn and Metallica. Hell of a first concert.

    Edit: This was the Atlanta show in 2000 where James Hetfield of Metallica was injured and basically everyone else on the tour came out and played with them. Metallica did make up the show later that summer over a weekend. Seeing multiple people comment about seeing that same tour and some that were at the Atlanta show has been awesome!

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    Nova Rook
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was at the Metallica/G'n'R concert in montreal in 1992-ish. Metallica guy was injured and G'n'R played maybe 8 songs and quit - there was a riot.

    Bumpuff
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is there a snail at that gig??

    Emilu
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would have been amazing to see. Da‍mn you, eleven year old self!

    #27

    Old Nokia phone on wooden surface representing secrets people trust strangers online with but keep hidden. My mom gave me her old phone when I was 12. She deleted the messages off the phone but not off the SIM card. I came across them when I was bored months later. It was my parents sending intimate texts to each other (just text, it was a 3310). I shiver when I remember this.

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    Jaya
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks for the phone mom. Talk to you later, I gotta go to therapy.

    Brian Droste
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it was Nikia 3310, that was my first cell phone also.

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    #28

    My wife was born with an organic memory issue, her short.term memory doesn't work as well as most people. I've noticed it's gotten worse the last 2 years.it could be the early onset of alzheimers but it's too early to tell for sure or do tests but she has one coming up in a few months

    She knows she has a memory problem and is extremely sensitive about it. She has this uncanny ability to fill in or.cover over gaps in her memory
    There is nothing that can be done.

    I just.accept it. it's harder than it sounds. It can be incredibly frustrating, and everyone, including her family, corrects her.I dont.

    I am a better person as a result. I think I have greater empathy for her and in general.
    Its kind of this shift in attitude from being mad frustrated and patronizing.to trying to see the world.from her eyes and the struggle she must.go.through, I dont say these things out loud, of course. SO I mentioned it here

    I love her more than ever.

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    brittany
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my great grandma had dementia. all but one of her children passed away before her and in her final years she would ask for them constantly. everyone always corrected her, tell her they had passed. she would look so sad and distant. one day we were alone in the living room and she asked for her son (my grandpa) who had passed away some years earlier. i could not bring myself to tell her the truth and remind her of his death. so i said he had stepped out for a bit. she looked at me and said "oh thats okay then" then she started telling me stories about him from when he was a kid and even a few about her childhood, which she never talked about. she was smiling and laughing. i had never seen her smile or laugh before. i dont have a single picture of her smiling. but i remember that smile and her laugh clear as if she was here with me instead of it being nearly 25 years ago now. im glad i said what i did. i dont know what experts say on the matter, but i dont regret it.

    Huddo's sister
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most doctors and nurses will tell you it's much kinder and better for both parties mental health to just let them have their delusions, rather than constantly try and remind them.

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    Multa Nocte
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true love.

    Emilu
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't see how this should be some massive secret. It's not really something the poster needs to say to the wife, either -- they obviously show it through their empathy and acceptance. I just don't think it needs to be hidden away. Memory issues and things like early onset dementia should be talked about more widely, not hidden as though they're 'bad' or 'shameful'.

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    #29

    Group of friends at a party, sharing secrets and trust with strangers online in a lively indoor setting. When I was 14, my sister threw a highschool party when my dad was out of town. I came home from a friends house to find a bunch of random people in my bedroom, playing my Xbox and in my closet.

    I called the cops, told them I didn’t want anyone in trouble but wanted to party to end. They came, rang the door bell, and the entire party scattered out our back door into the woods lol.

    She still thinks it was my buddy’s mom who dropped me off at home.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What does who dropped the OP off have to do with anything?

    Seabreeze
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His sister thinks shes the one that called the cops, not OP.

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    #30

    Bright orange flames burning intensely, symbolizing shocking secrets people trust strangers online with. When my mom remarried my new step dad put all his stuff in our garage, including his treasured Porsche. I was 9 and playing with fire and burned the garage to the ground. Not one thing of his survived. The fire inspector said it was pool chemicals that got mixed with peat moss. I've never said a thing.

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    Emilu
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't worry too much... if he could afford a Porsche he could afford insurance.

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    #31

    Silver balloons floating near a ceiling, symbolizing the secrets people trust strangers online with but keep private. I stole a silver balloon from an arts/craft store when I was around 7, it later went out of business. I thought it was my fault :(



    Edit: I didn’t have cable growing up, so I didn’t know there was a “stealing a balloon” episode of SpongeBob until one of my friends gave it to me on VHS for my birthday a year or two later- the repressed guilt coming back was a hell of a flashback.

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    #32

    I know I am a total jerk for this, but back when I was a user, I used to clean homes for a living and I would always check the bathroom and kitchen cabinets for pills. If I found any, I took some. Sometimes one, sometimes five, if they had a bunch.

    I look back on all the selfish, stupid stuff I did when I was using to everything and anything, and have so much guilt for my actions. Your brain really goes crazy when you’re chasing the next hit.

    Edit: been sober for seven years now.

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    Chich the witch
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man, I have some meds that would NOT be a good time if you took a bunch. You were on some thin ice there. Glad you got past it.

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    #33

    Colorful wrapped gift boxes with ribbons, symbolizing shocking secrets people trust strangers online with. I tell people that I don't like receiving gifts. I actually do enjoy receiving gifts, its just that everyone is so terrible at it. I would rather not have to fake excitement over some stuff you bought. Why doesn't anyone know me? I'm quite open.

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    brittany
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my husbnd once said he didnt know what to buy me. while i was sitting in my craft room....surrounded by yarn. he couldnt think of ONE thing to get me? not one

    highwaycrossingfrog
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He probably just thought "Well, she's already got a lot of yarn".

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    Calane E. Vanya
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't like surprise gifts and just let my family know what I'd like to have. I think they appreciate that with me, they don't have to guess. Sometimes I even get some suggestions about other people's preferences, but they usually claim they don't know. In that case, I don't feel particularly bad if I don't perfectly suit their taste. I'm trying.

    Upstaged75
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, it's frustrating when you get a clearly thoughtless gift from someone who knows you well. I always think very hard about the gifts that I give and make sure they're personalized to the person. It makes me sad that my brother and SIL don't ever seem to think about what they get me - it's either earrings or a scarf every single time. And I don't wear jewelry very often, nor do I use scarves - because I'm perpetually overheated.

    KnightOwl
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    5 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm the same way, I think I'd be pretty easy buy a gift for, I have lots of hobbies and I'm very clear when it comes to what I like. Every time someone gives me a gift I end up disappointed and wonder why they thought I'd like it and I end up depressed wondering if anyone actually knows me at all. I always put a lot of thought into gifts I give others and try to buy them things they'll love but would never buy themselves.

    Emilu
    Community Member
    8 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love giving gifts and picking out something that the person would enjoy... when I'm mentally well. Otherwise I don't give a da‍mn and if you get *anything*, you're doing well. I do try to at least make it useful in the latter situation, so even if it's not exciting at least it still has purpose.

    Lee Gilliland
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    Because you lie.

    #34

    When my husband was gone, I lied to everyone about him not having life insurance that he left behind. I just didn’t want people in my business. His crazy ex wife and kids tried to come around after not speaking for 9 years. I’m taking it to the GRAVE!!! 😭.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my father died suddenly, we found that the giant corporation he worked for had two insurance policies on him, one small and the other quite large. The corporation was the beneficiary of the large one.

    Papa
    Community Member
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suspect your father was in management? I believe it's common for companies to have life insurance on key employees to cover losses if he or she dies suddenly. I am also fairly certain that they are not able to do this without the employee's consent.

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    #35

    Well seeing as to no one will see this. I was hurt by someone close to our family when I was 5 and again by a different guy also close to our family when I was 11 but didn't register it at the time bc we never had Internet or basic television and knowledge about anything. When I was 12 I moved to the city where my mum was and realized it but it was too late. I never told anyone. Idk I guess I felt disgusted with myself for trusting them and getting to close I guess. I mean I a child but idk I just have this idk I can't seem to tell anyone.

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    Tabitha
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, and it’s exactly the kind of twisted s**t those a******s—-and all of their enablers—-count on to keep their victims silent. It is horrible and cruel and needs to stop. Believe your children, and work on the premise that they’re telling the truth until you investigate further and know if they are or not. Don’t take any chances of letting a perverted pedophile get away with their crimes, just because their accuser is a child. Of course, be discreet in your investigation, so that if it is a lie, you won’t ruin someone’s life. But if it isn’t a lie, and they really did hurt your child, then they fully f*****g deserve to have their life ruined, and then some.

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    Lola July
    Community Member
    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was SA when I was 3, 67 years ago. I told & no one believed me. Happened again when I was 10. It's affected my entire life. I've always felt worthless. Sometimes telling & not being believed or being blamed ( yes a large % of mothers) blame their daughters. It can actually make the destruction of self & emotional damage worse.

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    #36

    My daughter and her husband came to visit and when they left my wife told me she knew our daughter was pregnant. She could tell by looking at her. But she guessed they were going to keep it secret until Christmas to surprise us. Told me if I ever told them we knew she was pregnant before they were ready to announce it she would end me. So being fearful for my life I have never told anyone. They did announce it that Christmas so we acted like it was a big surprise. I will take this secret to my grave. Except now you all know.

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    YakFactory
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's amazing how mothers know if their daughters are pregnant. My mother told me she knew after we'd been staying with her for a few days. Called at the doctor's on our way home to the country, and was told the news. Rang my mother to tell her, and she said she already knew.

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    #37

    I ate the Reese's out of my kids Halloween candy. .

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    #38

    Bill you know that perfect head shot with a snowball that exploded right on top of your head as you were getting on the bus on the way back from the ski trip… That was me..

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    Brian Droste
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was younger I worked for this factory that made a Chevy Blazer part. They stored the parts outside in the weather. During the winter they would get snow on them. The parts had to go through this booth where they had to get repaired. There doors on them and most times the doors were open. There was another employee standing by the door. He was not facing me. I decided to make a snowball and throw it at the door to scare him. I am not a very good shot. I threw the snow and the snowball missed the door. The employee happened to turn right at that moment. I hit him smack dap in the middle of his forehead.

    #39

    I'm the only person who actually knows how my mom left us. 


    I told the rest of my family that her diabetes got her.... but she took too many illegal substances. 


    Her heart was broken after my little brother left us 3 months earlier and she just stopped using discretion or moderation. The rest of the family had their suspicions, but I just kept lying. I definitely can't tell anyone the truth after that performance. .

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    Lady Eowyn
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish people would say died or passed on or something clear. When you say "left us," it's not always clear immediately if you meant left as in moved away, or passed.

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    #40

    Person in casual clothes holding a smartphone, illustrating secrets people trust strangers online with but hide elsewhere. I once catfished the guy who hurt me on a dating app, messaged him for weeks, had him thinking he found his dream girl. Set up a time and place for a first date then blocked him right before.


    Edit because my wording was confusing: I knew the guy irl before this. He was a close friend of mine. I catfished him over a year later.

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    Partypants
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like it's best to move on. Taking the time out of your own life to do that is wild. I get you were hurt but use that to fuel yourself and do better!

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    #41

    Person holding a smartphone with Pokemon Go app open, illustrating secrets people trust strangers online with. I wrecked my car 4 years ago from playing Pokemon GO while driving.

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