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According to research by Dr. Michael Slepian, who is the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia University, the average person keeps around 13 secrets at any given time.
However, that can be harmful in the long run, both to your physical and mental health.
So when one Reddit user asked others to anonymously share that one thing they can't tell anyone in real life, many revealed their heaviest burdens.
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#1
When I was in high school a friend confided in me that they had problems with cutting. Showed me recent marks. We had a long talk.
I went to the counselor of the school and told them a couple days later. I was a teen. I struggled with the choice, but ultimately the fear of losing my friend won.
Long story short, they ended up in a mental facility for a month and came back, absolutely baffled as to who ratted him out. Decided it was probably a different friend.
Well. I married him. He still doesn’t know.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I saw some messages my sister had sent her friend about self harm. I felt really guilty about it, but I had to tell my mum. She took her to a psych who wasn't very good, but she tried another one that she liked around the time she moved in with me. She got the help needed and is now 5+ years self harm free. I mentioned it to her recently and she said she was grateful and it was the best thing for her.
Senjo Krane 1 year ago
Should've told him when the relationship got serious. How do you look at someone every day with a secret like that?
Fairybaby 1 year ago
well if they hadn't told there may not have been anyone to look at. it can create resentment
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#2
I used to work in a shopping centre. One time as I was walking in to the building I sneezed and totally s**t myself, I was about 10 steps away from the shop so I had to think fast. I took a hard left turn and walked direct in to a department store. I only had $5 on me so I beelined for the underpants section and got the cheapest pair I could find. I then had to go to the centre toilets and sort everything out, it was a real mess. I text my boss and told them I was stuck in traffic but in reality I was 100 metres away trying to salvage any shred of dignity I could for the next 20 minutes. I'm happy to say the mission was a success and that day is now the benchmark by which all other days are measured. Every day since has been infinitely better.
The 0roburos 1 year ago
Don't you mean forest Dump? (see what i did there?😂🤣 )
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Brenda Spagnola-Wilson 1 year ago
Happened to me once. Out in my car about 3am, hospital parking lot. Coughed and totally messed myself. Luckily, I got out fast enough to save the car interior. Was even luckier that someone left a blanket outside the ER
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
I love the benchmark. "Did I s**t myself today in public?" No? Good day.
Doodles1983 1 year ago
Due to a chronic illness... This has happened to me on at least 6 occasions. Twice when I was at work. It is utterly mortifying. I now have a rescue kit in the car and access to disabled bathrooms which is a godsend.
#3
The real reason I was discharged from the army was because I was r*ped and wasn't able to tough it out. I always just tell my bros that I hurt my head or something.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
Discharged because „wasn‘t able to tough it out“ is such a bull c**p reason. What a society!
Cindy Tucker 1 year ago
This soldier is extraordinarily brave to acknowledge their issues (and pain). May superb help be forthcoming for this soldier. And help for ALL soldiers who have suffered from this life changing felonious act. Sadly, you're not alone. Judge not least you be judged X 10
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María Hermida 1 year ago
Nobody should have to tough it out. I do hope you have been able to get help to process what happened and find some peace.
Happenstance 1 year ago
I’m so very sorry. If one of my bros told me, I’d be honored they trusted me and want to support them. Letting people show up for you is a gift you give people that love you. But that’s easy to say from where I am. You deserve so much love and support.
Winnie the Moo 1 year ago
Jesus… tough it out?? The person who said that to you should be hung…
Craig Reynolds 8 months ago
I hope the perpetrator(s) were dishonorably discharged and sent to a military prison.
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
God help that person. You’re a survivor and never ever should you feel shame !! I pray whomever did it was caught and held accountable… from one survivor to another- I pray you receive abundant healing. Take care
Sven Horlemann 1 year ago
I seriously do not know what I would do. If I have to tough it out, I cut of their d*cks. I s**t you not. An eye for an eye, no mercy.
#4
One Christmas I was 9 years old and knew that Santa wasn't real but for my 7 year old brother the fantasy was very much alive and good. We shared a room and my brother woke up on Christmas morning and looked confused that Santa had not eaten the Kit Kat that had been left out. He went quiet and I could see that he was working the facts through in his head, when he wasn't looking I ate the Kit Kat and showed him the wrapper and claimed he imagined seeing the wrapper unopened.
This was 26 years ago and I have not told him in case he works out Santa is not real.
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
I’d have eaten the KitKat much sooner than that 😂… mmmmm…. KitKat!!!
Rosecat 10 months ago
We were all spending Christmas eve at my parents house a couple of years ago. I waited until my nieces fell asleep, then I went to the nearest store and got chocolates and toys to put in their stockings. The next morning, they were so excited "Wow, there's presents!" "How did Santa know we were both gonna be here?" We just shared a smile with my husband when they weren't looking. Now they know😭
DC 1 year ago
This always baffles me. We were never taught to believe in any of those weird creatures like easter bunny, christmas man, jesus, snow white and so on, and I don't really buy that too many kids, even in an age they already should be able to read, actually believe in any of these.
Tom De Paul 10 months ago (edited)
Ever have fun at your house? I didn't think so. I suggest you read "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause." It may warm your cold heart.
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Sometimes I just want to be alone. I don’t want a partner, I don’t want pets or a family. I just want to travel and live my life and wander. Work as I go and be free.
Edit: thank you for the awards you guys:) Wish I COULD have some extra energy, that would be nice.
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
Well I think for them it feels like something they’re seriously considering and don’t feel they can open up about to the ones they feel this way regarding and perhaps they are just carrying a lot of pain and confusion and not knowing how to cope and for them, it feels like their deep secret bc they don’t want to feel that way but do and maybe there are some serious issues behind such feelings.. and sure, many people in the midst of stress and pain feel such things but for many, those things go away & they know it’s just passing feelings. For someone feeling that way more than not feeling it & maybe not knowing it’s a thing others feel too, it may be a serious thing for them & even if others feel it at times- doesn’t mean everyone’s n the same dynamic. It’s not always easy 2 Cope w/one’s life’s pain etc.& They may be lightly saying this when the underlying things are actually really hard for them, beyond simply being like ohh I wish I could just get away for a bit , if that makes sense
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BeKind&Rewind 1 year ago
I don't understand why this should be a secret? I think about it a LOT. If I didn't have such a close family, I 100% would do it.
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
Same. BUT-after 22yr n abuse, having NO suppt.,help from fam.,” Friends” or ANYWHERE/ONE 2turn 2, the 1st time I EVER had a chance 2,I left. BUT-my now adult/independent daughter id ALWAYS BN INCREDIBLY CLOSE 2- barely makes any effort 2call/see me&talks 2HIM now all the time& he’s managed 2create a whole other narrative, guess- or she’s somehow forgotten all I/we’ve Bn thru &idk: I feel SO ALONE, hurt so bad & have NO ONE. If I didn’t luv GOD&know the lords got some kind of purpose 4my life, if I didn’t luv my baby&hope things can 1day b better-idk if Id be here.&struggling so bad2cope.my whole lifes Bn full of suffering&pain&I feel so broken& hurt&alone.I try so hard2do the best I can&luv&give my best¬ Bn shown a fraction of luv/support,respect &same decency ppl sure expect&show others!I dont sit&surround myself w/bad ppl2walk over&hurt me,etc. I just don’t matter enough.I luv my daughter&it kills Me4her 2make no effort.ill ALWAYS luv&b here4her.feel like ima die of a broken heart
#6
About a week before I graduated highschool my family had a massive house fire. We lived out in the country, and no one was home so by the time anyone noticed it was on fire it was way too far gone. 30 ft flames above the roof. We lost everything, but had insurance and no one got hurt.
Anyways, I was in a chemistry class at the time that around 70% of the grade centered around a lab notebook that was graded all at once at the end of the semester. You would do labs every week, and then do lab write ups in the notebook. I had been slacking off and was way behind on the assignment and would have had to pull a few all nighters just to turn something in.
The day after the fire I went into class and told my teacher that the notebook had went up in the fire and that I had no idea how I would ever turn the assignment in. He was extremely nice about it, told me not to worry and gave me 100% on the whole assignment. Just said that I had bigger things to worry about and was about to graduate and that he hoped my family was doing ok.
…….well the notebook was in my car the whole time. Threw that b***h away and swore myself to secrecy.
Bewarethere@gmail.com 1 year ago
That's really not a bad thing. U did have other things on ur mind
CactusTort 1 year ago
Well if you were doing the reports it would have been in the house. So It's definitely believable.
Jill Cramp 1 year ago
Plot twist - he burned down the family home so he didn’t have to hand in his science work.
BeKind&Rewind 1 year ago
I think paying it forward next time you get a chance would set the karma scales right. You had enough to deal with, my gosh!!
Laura Gillette 1 year ago
You still deserved the grace your teacher gave you for your grades slipping after a traumatic event like that! Just because no one was hurt doesn't mean it didn't affect you--your family lost your house! That's a big deal!
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
I would have set the book on fire... but that's the kind of teacher we all needed.
#7
My mum doesn’t like that I’m on medication to control my anxiety. She claims that it’s bad for my health and that it will “cause more problems down the road”. Whenever she brings it up I just tell her that the doctor wanted me to take them, and that I didn’t just walk into the doctors and be like “I want to be on medication”.
While that is true, it’s not the whole truth. I have a history of suffering from panic attacks that lead to self harm and s****dal tendencies. The reason I’m on medication is to help control them and give me less incentive to hurt myself. She doesn’t know, and I have no plans on telling anyone in my family. This is a secret I will take to my grave.
For anyone who is worried: I’m okay, I have no plans on hurting myself, and I’m currently stable.
Ace 1 year ago
Your mom is an a$$hole. You should not have to feel ashamed and secretive about your illness.
Bonnie S 8 months ago
It's rude to call someone's mom an ahole. They never said they hated their mom. They probably just didn't tell her so as not to worry her. Or maybe they didn't want the whole family to know their private business and have it come up as a topic of conversation at the next Thanksgiving dinner.
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Dragon mama 1 year ago
Depending on what they prescribed for anxiety the mom may have some valid concerns. Benzodiazapines are dangerous and not intended for long term use
Ace 1 year ago
Lots of prescription d***s can be dangerous if misused, but that does not mean they should not be used at all. It's up to the patient and physician to establish the risks/benefits of a given treatment program.
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Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
I'm on a med cocktail to manage my bipolar and anxiety issues. They work well, and when I hear that they'll cause problems later, my usual reply is that I would rather have a shorter and happier life than a longer miserable one. Everybody dies. It's how you live that matters.
Lyoness 1 year ago
I'm curious who's telling you they'll cause problems later. I take meds for the same reasons and have never heard of any long term issues.
Load More Replies... BeKind&Rewind 1 year ago
There is no reason anyone should ever feel ashamed for taking medication that helps with a mental illness. There is also no reason you should have to ever tell your family either!
Katy McMouse 1 year ago
This is why I like the law that says once you are 14 years old, you have complete control over your mental health. You do not need a parent's permission to be treated with mental health issues. The parent's don't even have to know - it's at your discretion to even allow parent's or guarduans to know you are being traared. This might be a state law, but I hope at some point, it's a federal law.
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
Please talk about it. Sometimes people don’t understand bc they haven’t had their eyes and hearts opened to it yet… I pray you have the courage to open up. And I pray she will understand and have a loving heart. You need more than just medication- albeit the meds may help a great deal .. You shouldn’t have to carry those things alone. As a mama who loves her baby , I would wanna know and be able to communicate and be there as best as I can. I came from an abusive upbringing & my mother deprived me of my meds for anxiety / ptsd/ panic attacks & asthma & seizures .. she did let me continue taking my heart meds though.. still. I get it , sometimes even trying to be brave and opening up doesn’t help when a parent is either incapable or refuses to see the reality.. but please don’t carry that burden alone !!
Doodles1983 1 year ago
My mother hated antidepressants. Thought I would be addicted to them. Forever. I've come off of them three times and each time I relapse to a very bad place. I will gladly take them forever to not go there again. By far the lesser of two evils. You need to weigh up your situation. Is it the "right now" bringing you down? Or is it deeper. For me, it's clearly biochemistry in my brain and not situational. I'm saying this because they are overprescribed and are difficult to come off (not from addiction but weaning off, the withdrawal side effects are horrendous). So yes. Think carefully and wisely before starting but do NOT let anyone shame you for it.
ILoveMySon 1 year ago
Here's an internet hug and hope for continuing peace for you.
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Kombatbunni 1 year ago
When my mother found out I was on anti-anxiety meds she told me not to get addicted, to think positive not negative and that it was all in my head. Told her without the meds I’d be in hospital or dead, she stopped bugging me about it. These days I no longer talk to her because it’s easier to deal with.
Ace 1 year ago
Just because it's "all in your head" doesn't make it any easier to deal with. This is on a par with people telling you to cheer up when you have depression. Medication can play a huge role in treating mental illnesses and should not be dismissed by idiots like this.
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SirWriteALot 1 year ago
Man I hate it when bored amateur tiktokpsychologists think they know everything better than the professionals.
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
I read that 'psychologist' is not a protected term so, if you want to call yourself a psychologist, go for it! Not sure if 'tiktokpsychologist' is a protected term though ... ;-)
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Jonathan Setter 8 months ago
My mom was always unhappy with my behaviour and blamed me. She thought people would think I was r******d even though it was clear to her I was very intelligent. Know what that sounds like? That is right, Autism Spectrum. I realised that in my late 40s, and when i told her, she just dismissed it out of hand. If she had helped me get diagnosed when i was a lot younger instead of just believing I was just an a*****e, my life could have been much different. She went to her grave not giving me support about ... well... pretty much anything at all. My sister was her golden child, and she left her the house. Me, she left whatever cash that lawyers didn't take after probate.
#8
Probably 15 years ago my sister had a gerbil and one day I decided to bring it out of her cage and surprise her in the living room with it. Somehow I slipped on carpet and the gerbil went flying headfirst into the wall, it basically sounded like a threw a golfball at the wall and the gerbil wasn't moving. Naturally I put it back in its cage and removed myself from the vicinity. To my amazement the damn thing was still alive and moving around a few minutes later and lived another 2 years without anyone ever knowing that I basically kobe'd it into the wall at full speed.
Amy Smith 1 year ago
One of my friends had a hamster that bit another friend while he was handling it - the hamster died a couple of days later, totally unexpectedly. To this day Pete insists that his toxic waste blood killed the poor little guy
Diolla 1 year ago
Once when I was a little child I was at neighbour's house and was playing with their hamster. Their cat walked by. I playfully held out the hamster to the cat, like "look how cute, let's play together!". That was the end of the hamster.
Belle_Pandamonium🇧🇻l 1 year ago
Omg..i did something simular w my dog and a friends little bird...Sudden death! Still feel guilty
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FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
I had a hamster when I was about 12 years old named Booger. One day Booger decided to chew on an electrical cord that was plugged into an outlet, not too far from his cage. I heard a zap/ pop sound and I thought Booger was for sure a goner as he was motionless initially. Somehow he went on to live for another 1.5 years and when he did pass away, my Dad built him a little wooden casket with my school picture inside the lid. It was really sweet and I buried him in the backyard.
Katy McMouse 1 year ago
I was holding two male hamsters in each hand. There was less than a foot (30 cm) between my hands, but one of them flew at the other and a raging ball of fur and teeth ensued, right in my hand. One accidentally bit me and wouldn't let go of my finger tip. Unfortunately, I tried so hard to shake him off, I launched him across the room, into a wall. Alfie survived, but was a bit slow for about a week.
whodunnitfan2013 1 year ago
My 9th grade English teacher had a hamster that survived being accidentally flug into the wall. It lived more years after that.
Kayleigh haigh 1 year ago
My stepsister when she was about 12 put her hamster outside to clean the cage I was holdin the hamster whilst she cleaned the cage when she finished she put the hamster back in the cage went and washed up had summin to eat and forgot about the hamster until the next morning when she went outside and the poor little thing was frozen solid we didn't even have any frost that night it was a cold night tho and the little thing died
Cat Palmer 1 year ago
When I was a very small kid (6 or 7) my class had gerbils and something similar happened to one of them. I'm pretty sure the poor creature ended up with brain damage as he was always a bit weird after that, but we all loved him just the same. (And isn't it strange how these things suddenly pop into your mind? I haven't thought of Weetabix the Gerbil in years!)
#9
I really don’t like/care for anyone in my family.
Elle Gea 1 year ago
Yep just because yoire related down not mean you gey on get along or can be arsed to be around them.for longer than you can hold your patience for , I am also not a champion of the old blackmailing.harbinger of the institute.of.family.im.a.free spirit amd I dot appreciate people talkin bout me behind my back thinking they know whats best for me or thinking they have any right to anything in my life I much prefer less family interactions in all honesty myself.I get where op is coming from
Rizzo 1 year ago (edited)
My violent brother beat his pregnant wife in front of the whole family. I used a very big knife to convince him that he should better leave and when he left, his stupid wife attacked me, saying that it was none of my business. That was about 30 years ago and I haven't had any contact with my brother since. I thought that I would see him two more times in my life, at my father's funeral and my mother's funeral, but he didn't show up at my father's funeral. His son was in hospital several times later because he had "fallen", but that was of course a lie. In the end, the son turned out to be a nice guy and he is the only one I still have contact with.
Rizzo 1 year ago (edited)
... and don't take my SILs side. She is plain stupid. I know of one occasion where my brother left his family for an internet flirt for a few months and when the flirt ended he showed up at home again pretending nothing had happend and she took him in again. She earned him.
Load More Replies... Barry 1 year ago (edited)
I'm assuming they don't deserve your love for some reason. I didn't cry when my piece of s**t dad died.
Shortstuff 6 months ago
You can choose your friends but not your family. Close friends are there for you. Most family aren't.
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
Same ! Totally get it. I pray for them but they’ve been horrible to me. Horrible and abusive and haven’t at all deserved my patience or respect, though I’ve stop countlessly tried and tried.. no one said you have to be around toxicity!! Sometimes it’s best to distance from those people.. hopefully things work out though. God bless you!
Crouching hippo hidden panda 1 year ago
Hoping this is a disgruntled teenager and not like a father of four or something
#10
Nice try, mom.
Heather Murphy 1 year ago
The commentor is saying the ask is a trick by their mother to reveal their secret.
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People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
For some reason, no image is showing for me .. I have no idea what this one is about !
Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
There is no picture (so far?). OP is pretending the question was posted by their mother to weasel out any secrets they might have. I think a picture would have confused the issue even further.
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Around 10 years ago, when I was a teenager, my dad (who worked in the video game industry back then) got a gaming laptop (worth around 3k that time) as a gift he didn’t have a real use for, so he gave it to me as I used to play WoW back then. He was very adamant about telling me to NOT put liquids (i. e. drinks etc) on my desk next to it as I’m very clumsy. So one night, I made myself a huge a*s bowl of cornflakes, and put the bowl next to the laptop because I forgot my spoon in the kitchen. I sometimes put a blanket over myself when I was gaming and when I got up from the chair that night, I somehow managed to flip the bowl over with my blanket and the milk FLOODED the open laptop. I got incredibly scared, turned the laptop off and cleaned it like my life depended on it and went to bed. I obviously broke the laptop as I didn’t get it to turn on anymore, but I was too scared to tell my dad what happened (especially since he repeatedly told me to be careful) and told him how I didn’t have any idea what happened and how it worked perfectly fine on the night before. I still feel incredibly bad about it
UPDATE - I told my dad. And although I can’t believe it, as so many of you said that he most likely knew - I got away with m*rder! He honestly didn’t know. He wasn’t angry at all, laughed it off and is really impressed with the amount of likes I got and how so many people are invested into this lmao! On a different note, I’m really happy I’ve told this story here as it ended up with me telling him and apologizing for my mistake. Feels really good!
Yayheterogeneity 1 year ago
Whenever something big gets broken I never scold. Nobody wants to break something important or expensive and although it's hard to take sometimes in these situations I stay calm. No use to cry over broken things.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
I broke a window when I was a kid but claimed I had no knowledge of how it happened. I came clean to my parents as an adult and they said they already knew. :)
Nikki Gross 1 year ago
I always felt guilty as f**k anytime I broke something growing up, because I knew how tight money was for us. Mom would go without just so she could make sure we had what we needed. Anything that was remotely expensive was pretty much out of the question. Whenever she was able to buy me something I would treat that s**t like gold, which is why I would be heartbroken if I did f**k something up. Mom was really understanding since she knew that I took care of my stuff, if something broke Mom would end up comforting ME instead of being mad about whatever happened.
Jonathan Setter 8 months ago
Laptop repairer here. Def had a least one of those come in. Dad brings laptop i for "warranty repair". Casually mentions i is his old work laptop he has given to his teenager. Open it up, dried milk everywhere. Cannot do under warranty. Give the guy a quote for repair. He blames us, says he never did it and it must have been done in the workshop last time it was in here. As if. Not going to charge a customer for something we did, if it ever happened we would have just fixed it and the customer would never have known. Wasn't the only customer to try that though.
#12
I reported a close family friend bye cps, he didn't take care of his daughters, had no idea what they were doing, where or with who they are. He only cares about himself, party's and drinking. So I reported him and know cps are involved.
Lene 1 year ago
It is incredibly difficult to report someone to the child services, imo. I've done it once and I felt like I was potentially ruining a family. I am happy I did it, though, because not more than a week or two later, things seemed to really have improved for the family and I am so happy for especially the children. And luckily they are staying with their mom -she gets a lot of help from the child services so I think it may work out just fine. :)
Montanavanna 1 year ago
I reported my upstairs neighbors. I had called the cops on them 2x before because the dad liked to put hands on the mom. This guy was loud too! Would have to listen to him rage at his family's for hours at a time. I waffled with the choice til one day I could tell he was slapping his woman and degrading her to the children. The kids were so nice, always clean and appeared well fed but that kind of violence is rarely reserved for just one person. They then moved and I just hope she got the courage to finally leave him.
Nikki Gross 1 year ago (edited)
Given how the kids in my family grew up with my Dad when he was alive, Mom hammered it into all of us, if you see something then REPORT IT. Dad was killed in 1984, so the laws were vastly different back then. We had ZERO support from family and any Law Enforcement, because it was "domestic" and a "family" situation, no one wanted to get involved.That's why Mom was so damned passionate about helping our friends, harboring runaways from bad homes and DV survivors. Mom knew what it was like to have no where to go and no one to care to try to help us. That woman would turn into an Avenging Angel when it came to protecting EVERYONE and she made no distinction between biological or her "surrogate" kids. if you see something report it or tell someone that can help, don't be afraid to do the right thing, even if it's family, friends or strangers. Find a way to help, even anonymously to insure our safety.
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
You did what you felt was necessary & hopefully this will provide a wake up call for this person, as people can change.. praying he will & that those babies don’t have to endure pain of further abuse or losing their parent. Cps can help at times and at times, they don’t always use the best judgement where some cases warrant one way versus another .. either way , I know it’s hard to make that kind of decision.. I’ve never had to call the folks on anyone & I’ve also known ppl who’ve had ppl in their lives call on them where they weren’t justified, but really meddling & just trying to hurt the person they’re at odds with . Sadly ppl are really that way. But when it’s truly a matter of protecting kids who are in danger , sometimes ppl have to make tough choices for those who can’t use their own voice & protect themselves. I wish someone would’ve protected me as a child & gotten me out of the abuse & I lived in fear my entire upbringing w/no one to trust. Praying 4 those kids needing help!
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
Also sorry , I try to separate paragraphs and for whatever reason, suddenly on yt, Reddit and here, it’s not recognizing it on my phone.. I’m hitting the return return, space space, but ehh.. sorry for the long running block 😂
Load More Replies... BeKind&Rewind 1 year ago
You have a responsibility to those being harmed to report it to authorities. The mother of those children would be grateful.
#13
When I was 4 years old I had hernia surgery.
I wasn’t supposed to go downstairs during recovery, but I snuck downstairs to find my toy toolbox and brought it upstairs to play in bed.
I have never told my parents.
Hinrik Ævarsson 1 year ago
I clicked the damn article because I was sure he overheard his parents discussing some heavy s**t! I've been deceived!
Aline Vargas 10 months ago
I think I was the only kid who didn't do anything wrong when sick. My brother had pneumonia and went to play outside bare foot.
#14
My mom left me to be homeless while still in high school to move out of state with an abusive (to me) new husband. When I finally got back in touch with them three years later, they gifted me one of his prized possessions, a car. It was kind of an olive branch? Problem was as a barely 20 year old with a minimum wage job living in DC, I couldn’t afford to plate it, inspect it, insurance gas or taxes on it- nothing. Still full of hatred for this man and therefore somewhat out of spite.. I sold it to a coworker friend whose big family desperately needed it for probably 10% of what it was worth. Told my step dad and mother that I got in an accident and it cost $400 to tow and my insurance only covered blah blah… it’s been 11 years.
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
I pray you have healing. You didn’t deserve what you endured.. I’d have not even lied to them though. Be who you are and don’t waver, feeling you can’t be honest. I’d have said flat out if I sold that car.. however, if you were struggling financially and sold it for 1/10 the cost, why sell it so cheap when you’re going without and struggling? Not trying to at all shame you. Only saying that the only reason selling it so low would’ve been if you were gonna tell these people who’ve hurt you what you did.. either way, it didn’t hurt them, it Only gave some other folks a great discount. And if u were simply selling low to help a family in need I& that’s where ur heart really was, that would’ve been a whole other story! I get the pain. Was abused badly & had no love or support. I’ve endured very serious trauma & had no help. I’ve survived things I’d never want anyone 2endure & can feel ur pain.we do have 2forgive even if ppl don’t deserve it & I pray u find peace bc(rest below-out of room)
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
Peace & healing & I pray if anything can be made whole between u, that God provides & gives u The ability 2 open up & be heard & listened to..& for hearts not to remain hardened but open to healing & love! U’ve Bn thru A LOT of pain & I totally feel ya..u don’t deserve it & ur so worth it 2be loved & have respect & healing! So sorry U’ve gone thru so much! I’d only advise anyone 2be honest & not afraid. Bc I get it’s not me in ur place & u did what u felt u needed 2do. I respect that ¬ shaming u.I ONLY say I’d not have ppl believe I was n a wreck, but tell the truth & why..selling low didn’t help u financially,it wasn’t 2help who bought it even if it did- but was bc u were hurt/upset. if U’ve not already,I’d sit down &tell them how they’ve hurt u&affected u..if they don’t care 2try &repair things ,u know u tried. It can take a lot of time/prayer/faith/effort. But u need healing!forgiving is2let go of animosity/anger. It isnt that we won’t still hurt or have2let ppl go,if Necessary.
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I nearly committed perma de*th after I broke up with my ex, he truly made me believe that I would be worthless without him. Started packing up my flat to make things easier, then I met a silly robot programmer and life has been good since.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
"Committed perma de*th"? Words can't describe how much I hate this idiotic tiktok censorship BS.
Evagating Beewolf (she/they) 1 year ago
as opposed to video game death, obviously
Load More Replies... Senjo Krane 1 year ago
It's sad that some of us cannot live without validation from someone else. We should be comfortable with ourselves. I am guilty of this myself unfortunately, but I am working on it.
BeesEelsAndPups 1 year ago
I hope somewhere in there they realized they don't need another person to have value
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
Thank God !! Glad u didn’t go through with it. I know people can really mess us up emotionally and those hurts can feel so overwhelming! Also- the medical nerd in me wouldn’t be true to form if I didn’t add that one reason breakups can be so hard ( aside from when someone has left a toxic abusive partner, of course… as I totally understand about that). Is bc the rush of dopamine that occurs , along with other chemicals like serotonin and oxytocin that have existed during the course of a relationship end abruptly and the body , after being accustomed to relying on and having those chemicals produced at such levels becomes suddenly devoid of the same production and just as someone who’s dependent on exogenous substances to provide the dopamine/ endorphins aka endogenous morphine will suddenly go into withdrawals when that source Is removed suddenly and not weaned over time, a person who endures a painful breakup or loss will also suddenly lack that production &(more n my comment below)
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
Sorry ran out of space. But the body releases more of the stress hormone, cortisol and can’t cycle it down& the body then struggles not being able maintain a homeostatic environment & that’s why it has elevated levels of cortisol. Reasons why after any significant impact like loss of a relationship/ job or whatever provided the body of a positive reward system, it’s vital to surround oneself with rewarding things. Exercise, proper nutrition, laughter, people who lift you up & the power of prayer & putting it in Gods hands would be my greatest advice! Anyway, the heart & mind are profoundly connected & we def. Are affected by everything we’ve invested either into& thankfully, the spirit is resilient to endure & overcome! So glad u had a great blessing after such a hard time of suffering! What u endured still prepared u & strengthened u! I don’t know u but very proud of u for hanging in there! Take care
Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
A silly robot who is a programmer or a silly programmer who works on them? Either is fine as long as it floats your boat.
#16
I used the other gender’s deodorant. I know it’s made for a woman, but it’s strong enough for a man!
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
Categorizing stuff into "Men's" and "Women's" is stupid anyway. Nothing wrong with a man smelling like Tranquil Rainforest and woman smelling like Ice-Cold Courage.
Neon 1 year ago
Yep... Marketing 101... Same razors but in pink? Yeah, we can sell them for 30% more....
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KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
I use men's underarm - it lasts longer and smells better than the flowery b******t that they think women want.
Johnny McFearless 1 year ago
Also, if you shave, I strongly recommend using men's razor, because it's often cheaper and of much higher quality.
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Pheebs 1 year ago
Lol. Same. I have trouble finding a women’s scent that doesn’t send me in to a sneezing fit.
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René Sauer 1 year ago
Gendering most stuff is pretty arbitrary anyway. I use whatever smells good: ATM I use a pink magnolia scented shampoo.
Ace 1 year ago
I hate that it's so difficult where I live and shop to get proper anti-perspirant with no perfume in it. As such I have to choose between the various flavours that are stocked and invariably find that the least bad of them is one of the women's brands. All the men's ones are just so overwhelming I'd be sneezing all day.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
I take a gummy multivitamin that says it's for men on the bottle. I used to take the ones for women but they changed the formula and they now taste gross. Luckily I haven't started to grow chest or facial hair yet. ;)
Ladedah 1 year ago (edited)
I've taken my husband's men's multivitamin when I've run out before. When he ran out, I told him he could take mine until he could get more. He said, "Nope. I'm good," then immediately started to back away like I had asked him to hold a spider or something (he's not a fan of spiders)! From the look on his face, it was clear that he thought that taking "women's vitamins" would make him feminine. I told him, "Oh for f***s sake, it's not like you're going to grow boobs or something! It's the SAME stuff that is in your vitamins, just in different amounts!" He still wasn't having it 🙄
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shankShaw deReemer 1 year ago
Unscented is always hard to find for me, a female.
Load More Replies... Craig Reynolds 8 months ago
On a side note, many items labeled for women are more expensive than the men's equivalent. Disposable razors come to mind. Women pay a premium just because they are pink and labeled as for them. Save some money and buy the men's.
#17
My dad was single and a couple of my friends moms was always bringing us food. My dad would say they were just being nice cause he was a single guy raising 3 kids by himself. My aunt picked me up from school sick and we head home. She must have known what was up and had me wait in the car. Both of my friends moms came out half dressed and s**t with my aunt yelling at my dad. I never did tell out of fear. 1 mom was divorced but 1 wasn't and I was afraid of tearing their family apart. Will take it to my grave.
BeesEelsAndPups 1 year ago
I don't approve, but I am impressed. I am a single dad raising three kids. Sadly, I make my own dinners.
Joe Reaves 1 year ago
Having an affair with both of them I could see, but at the same time? Dude clearly had game.
Load More Replies... Laura Gillette 1 year ago
Both of them there at the same time?? Must have been a throuple situation.
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
Wow yikes! That isn’t easy for any child to endure, let alone know what to do being caught in the middle of such a horrific situation. My advice to anyone ever presented with any type of situation where they know something isn’t right and could hurt someone they care for , when they don’t know whether best to keep silent or tell them Is to really pray on it, listen to what they’re feeling inside & if it keeps gnawing at their spirit, they’re probably feeling that bc they deep down know they need to open up & tell the person.. but again, it’s not an easy thing for a child to handle. I’d want to tell my dad & the two bad friends- who disgustingly enough don’t respect their friend , each other or themselves, that they’d even go “there” at the same time, mind you.. that if they don’t tell her- I would.. but lord knows you were traumatized for sure. I hope ur aunt told her. No one should have “friends “ like THAT. Very sorry for u& ur mom! Ur dad lied2u knowing he was wrong. That’s not ok
Kalikima 1 year ago
Dude, OP said that the dad was SINGLE. He wasn't cheating on anyone, they were moms of their friends. OP was upset cuz one of the moms wasn't single. Geez, read the story throughly before you get all preachy and freak out.
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#18
This is not that good, I spent most Saturdays with my grandma and we would watch the same vhs of moonstruck every week. I never told her how much I hated that movie(its a good movie but not when you're 8.). We would watch it and then after we would eat ice cream and put on SNL. Opera man era, I would give anything to watch moonstruck again with my grandma.
Edit: thank you for sharing all these great memories. Its hard to look back and really get a sense of what was lost that long ago and to know that we are all reeling in the years. Hopefully some of us can be our grandparents to a new generation. Although Cher will never act again. I loved my grandma so much and 15 years later I just wish I could see her again. That I wish she could be the GREAT grandma now and just hand me a tissue so my eyes weren't watering, she always had a tissue in her pocket or sleeve. Grandma baller move.
The Mediterranean Fruit 1 year ago
I had a fantastic childhood raised on good quality television: The Andy Griffith Show, Little House on the Prairie, Gilligans Island, The brady Bunch, I Love Lucy, and MacGyver. Watching these shows with my grandparents was the best.
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Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
I, a high school teenage metalhead, had two guilty pleasures in high school. One was that my grandmother and I would watch The Golden Girls every chance we got and laugh ourselves silly. The other was taping and watching Days of Our Lives religiously, but I did that alone.
Philly Bob Squires 1 year ago
I'm 66, to watch anything with my Mom or Dad one more time! Dad gone 1997, Mom 2004 and lost my middle sister at 48 in 2010. How am I still here as much as I done fked up with bands and d***s and alcohol. Clean now but it's crazy how life can be.
Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
My grandma lived downstairs from us for a long time. When I was sick, I would stay with her and we would watch old western movies. I hated them, but would give anything to hang out with her and watch those movies again. She died the day after Christmas 25 years ago this year and I still miss her so much.
Sara Frazer 1 year ago
I grew up watching "Frasier" my whole life cuz of my gram, and obviously my last name is the same but spelled differently. "Frasier" is still a comfort show for me, I have the whole series on DVD and man I would give anything to have one day to watch Frasier with my gram as an adult, drinking her favorite whiskey and asking her all the questions I've thought of since her passing...
#19
Sometimes I just want to walk away. I love my Boyfriend, my parents and my friends, but sometimes its just to much for me, and I thinking about to pack my things and just leave forever.
Lene 1 year ago
I am not sick and tired of me, though. I am sick and tired of needing more alone-time than I can get because people around me need my attention or help or just my company. I love the ppl in my life (well, most of them) and I feel like my life would be a poor one without them in it. But wow, do I need a LOT more alone-time than they give me.
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Hinrik Ævarsson 1 year ago
She needs a holiday at the very least. Whether it's her going off for a while, or her just being left alone for a week or two, I can't say. Long enough to start to miss everyone.
LGBTQpanda 1 year ago (edited)
The only thing keeping me where I am: Wonderful Kids and Grandkids. I work to be able to spend as much time as possible with them. I would love to just...go but always come back to let them know that they matter.
Crouching hippo hidden panda 1 year ago
It’s actually a little comforting how common this seems to be. Overwhelm is a serious issue. It’s also a prettt sobering reflection of our society and the pressures involved on the individual combined with the disconnected and isolating way we live nowadays
#20
I dropped two burgers on the floor twice this past year and still ate them. Turns out, floor burgers are pretty good.
Jeremy Klaxon 1 year ago
Exactly, because everyone knows bacteria wait patiently for 5 seconds before sticking to food.
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Daya Meyer 1 year ago
To eat something that has just fallen in the floor is totally fine If your floors see some water and cleaner from time to time.
John Nelson 1 year ago
My wife not only cleans the kitchen floors, she sterilizes them, along with the rest of the kitchen. No "stomach flu" in our house!
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People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
Same!! Girls gotta eat.. if it’s gotta be floor food , so be it… heck, how else can one have an immune system that’s rock solid?!! May even actually save on medical expenses 😂 🤭
Load More Replies... KillerKiwi 1 year ago
This turned out better than I thought it would, I thought it was going to say they still served them
People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
Same !!!! Totally where I initially thought it was going 😂.
Load More Replies... Ladedah 1 year ago
I once had a patient drop a pill on the floor and tell me, "Oh, it's ok. Just give it here." We were in a hospital and I absolutely did NOT pick up that pill and hand it over. Let me clarify something for everyone: (1) Yes, they clean rooms between patients. (2) No, they don't always do a perfect job of it (hell, we moved a bed in a "clean" room to slide a new patient over just the other day... and found a washcloth and a used bandaid underneath). (3) Staff do not typically clean the bottoms of their shoes between patients unless we've knowingly stepped in something(so whatever covid or C-diff or who-know-what is on the floor two doors over, is now likely on YOUR floor, too). Please, don't EVER put anything in your mouth that lands on a hospital floor.
John Nelson 1 year ago
I don't put anything in my mouth in a clinic or hospital without thoroughly washing my hands, let alone even considering anything that's hit the floor!
Load More Replies... People lie carbs dont 1 year ago
5sec. Rule doesn’t matter,as the same germs that come in contact n 5sec. Are gonna be present , even if it’s 1 second or 1min.. BUT that said,(which I don’t typically advise eating floor food but if u gotta, certain rules apply: don’t eat off just ANY floor…(if u drop a piece of medicine & it’s like life threatening if u even skip the 1 day, that may warrant a floor ingesting emergency) but ok,so I’d consider floor food if 1) I can wash/recook &remove any harmful germs 2)ur financially challenged & literally can’t afford 2 waste food 3) it’s literally ur favorite food, the last/only one& throwing it out will result n a MAJOR melt down/hangry situation 4) the floor it fell on’s freshly cleaned/hasn’t Bn walked on to dirty up😂 ..5)u got an immune system that’s strong as a rock! those things considered, floor burgers,1) can have buns swapped for new if that’s all that hit the floor.2)u can recook the meat &kill any germs 3)scrape off a layer if necessary. 3) Give it 2someone else 😂 jk!
Nikki Angulo 5 months ago
The dog comments are funny. I guess my dog is well trained, I had to call her over when I dropped the wet cat food on the floor last week! She was lying down watching me and waiting for me to make her dinner when it happened. First dog I’ve known that actually isn’t an auto-vacuum!
#21
I was on mushrooms, the *special kind,* when my mother k*lled herself. I spent the night surrounded by the police in the hospital and it has always really f****d me up. I thought about creating a throwaway to make this post but f**k it.
Happenstance 1 year ago
This sounds unbearable and like a living nightmare. I’m sorry about your mom. It’s not your fault, she was unwell. To overpower the survival instinct (to me as a psych nurse) means you are really really sick then make a very permanent mistake.
Hinrik Ævarsson 1 year ago
Oof. Read up on psychedelic treatments, how they work to help people, and you can see how this might have f****d OP up on a neurological level. They use this stuff for reprogramming you to let go of ptsd, but it probably works the opposite when the input is ptsd inducing.
#22
When I was in elementary school, I once lost something so I asked to go to the lost and found. In the lost and found room, which was a big storage closet, they also stored the cokes for the pop machines. I took one. Then, probably 3-4 times a week, I’d “remember” I lost something else and go steal another coke. I don’t know how long I did this for, but I got a lot of free coke.
Jason 1 year ago
That is a whole lot of lost items. When I was a kid we were given a hard time for going to the bathroom once a day
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
As a teacher, I wouldn't think anything of them losing things that often. My students lose jumpers frequently and the lost property box was overflowing last time I saw it.
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General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
Lighting, processing of photo, uncalibrated computer screen, many possibilities. Of course, wrong shade of red could be one of those.
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Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
My high school had a catch-all storage closet adjacent to the teacher's lounge. It was rumored that there was also coke in there, but more of the "White Line Fever" variety.
Robert T 1 year ago
You'd likely get brain freeze if you tried to snort it cold. ;-)
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I'm a gay man. While on the internet I met this older man and we clicked. Played games together, talked a lot, facetime, etc. I figured we were good friends until one day he mentioned the only reason he started talking to me was because I seemed gay. He was correct. So after a few dates, we ended up hooking up a few times. Then literally weeks later my parents invited me to an event to meet my distant family members, I didn't really want to go but my cousin convinced me it would be fun. I went there and knew practically no one, my grandfather has 11 sister and 2 brothers so there were many unfamiliar faces. Except for one. It was my internet friend. We pretended to be meeting for the first time. Obviously we kept quiet about it while trying to figure out how we were related. He's essentially my grandfathers, sisters, first son. Not only that but he's married with 3 kids. He told me he was single. After that awkward encounter we distanced ourselves from each other, although occasionally we do still play games together on steam. I had sex with my first cousin once removed, and a married man. It's my little secret, mainly because I doubt anyone wants to hear it.
Leoninus Fate 1 year ago
Well... in a way we all are "Kinda related" in a way? You know the whole "Adam and Eve" thing?? .... if you don't believe that then ummm... you are F**ked lol
ChugChug 1 year ago
I don't think that's first cousin. That would be the father's sisters son. Maybe secondary cousin or something. I know my first cousins very well but my grandma had 8 sisters and all of them had huge families with whom I barely met. I don't even think I would recognise any of them...
Din Morsa 1 year ago
It's his parent's first cousin, so his first -cousin-once-removed just like he said. That man's 3 children are this guy's second cousins.
Load More Replies... Sven Horlemann 1 year ago
Well, OP seems to manage the situation pretty well. Just... move on, I guess.
Pandamonium Pandas Pandie 1 year ago
so its ur lil secret...yet you post-it for thousands 2 see? I hope no one in ur family looks at this...
#24
I cant believe I'm going to spill this, especially on the internet because I'm more embarrassed about the stupidity of 13 year old me than anything.
When I was 13, a nefarious kid in the neighborhood was a shoplifter, and I had just started smoking. A new gas station just opened up, and back in the day (I'm showing my age here) they left cartons of cigarettes out in the open. Anyway, this kid would steal cartons. So I asked him to steal a carton for me. He said he would, but asked me what I would trade for it. He wanted my Gameboy, but I said I'd give him something better. One of my moms rings.
So in I go, to my moms room, open her jewelry box and bust out a single diamond ring and give it to this a*****e and he gives me a carton of cigs.
To this day, I keep telling myself it was costume jewelry to make myself feel better, but I honestly don't know.
I'm sorry mom.
Kkg 1 year ago
Really dumb thing to do by a 13y old. But if your mom didn't make a huuge fuss about it, then it was probably fake.
Leekier 10 months ago (edited)
Not necessarily; if it had been a gift from her husband, that she didn’t wear often, and she thought she’d lost it herself, she might well keep quiet about it. I lost a diamond eternity ring, secretly turned the house upside down but couldn’t find it. I couldn’t face telling my husband, he suffers from anxiety and would have gotten himself into a state. So I bought a cheaper but similar diamond ring on the basis that after 40 years he’s not looking that closely at them; I did change the order in which I wear them in order to disguise the difference. As it turned out, 6 months later, my missing ring turned up inside a glove I’d worn the previous winter.
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Sven Grammersdorf 1 year ago
A Gameboy for a carton of smokes?? Gameboys were like $89 when they came out and a carton of smokes was less than $30
#25
As a kid, I grew up in a small country community of 3,000 people. ... I had a crush on a girl who was two years older than me all the way through high school, and when I was 16, I found out she was my half-sister as my dad had cheated on my mum.
This only came out when she turned 18 and found out who her dad was, prior to that no one knew, and my dad and her mom had kept it a secret for 18 years. Completely f**ked with me for quite a while that I'd had a crush on my half sister for a number of years.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
At least they found out before they moved on to more advanced stuff, unlike the bisexual dad from the story above 😅
Winter 1 year ago
I think things like that happen a lot more than people think... think of fraternal twins, separated at birth - if they ever met up with eachother later in life, there would probably be some sort of natural attraction - and what about sperm donation children? Especially when it was found a few children fathered by a very *prolific* sperm donor (who even made the news here not all that long ago) had unknowingly and unwittingly hooked up together over the years! I mean, how many young lovers would ever think it advisable to have a paternity test before leaping gaily into bed with eachother?!
Nikki Angulo 5 months ago
They did a test any years ago, showing people different photos and asking who they found attractive. One of the photos that was chosen the most was actually a photo of the person being asked where they had taken the facial features and created a photo of someone of the opposite s*x from them. So, some people are more attracted to people who look like them.
#26
When I was in 6th grade our math teacher had a contest where teams of two could spend a week guessing how many jelly beans were in this large container and whatever team got the closest would win all the jelly beans. Kids would be up there trying to count individual jelly beans before class and walking around it all day sizing it up. Somehow the teacher let it slip that the amount was written on a piece of paper under the screw on lid of the container. So I concocted a plan, I told this kid Nate that I would split my share of jelly beans with him if he did the following: when we were walking down to lunch he had to tell the teacher he forgot his lunch box and run back to the classroom to get it, while he was there he would open the container and see what the number was, then he would fill out a form with me and my partners name on it, I told him it couldn’t be him because then the teacher would be suspicious of him being the one alone in the class room, I also told him not to put the exact number because thats fishy too it has to be off by just a few. Needless to say I won the jelly beans at the end of the week, when it came time to pay up with Nate I gave him one handful of jelly beans and that was it. He got really upset and said that wasn’t fair, I basically told him what are you going to do about it and ate 300 jelly beans over the course of the next 3 days. I promise I’m not as much of an a*****e as I sound like in 6th grade, just really like sugar. I’ve only ever told my wife this story and I feel like she doesn’t trust me anymore after hearing it.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
Idk if it was allowed, but I'd measure the container, calculate its volume (let's say it's 5 liters), then pour jellybeans into, for example, a 250 ml glass, count the beans and multiple by 20 so I know how much would roughly fit in 5 liters.
LGBTQpanda 1 year ago
Wow! Sounds like there is not much guilt there and Nate may have trust issues since then.
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
A crafty teacher would have put the wrong number on that piece of paper - then waited to see who used the information...
#27
When i was in 4th grade , i put mustard in one of my friend's burger because he had told me that he hated mustard. turns out he was actually allergic. he didnt come to school or 3 days and i was scared that i k*lled him. to this date noone knows that i did it.
edit: wow so many upvotes that's cool. i would like to say that don't worry we r still on pretty good terms.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
Even if he "just" hated mustard, it's still a d!ck move. It would ruin the burger for me.
Bookworm 1 year ago
They were in 4th grade. 10-year-olds can be d!cks. They're children who lack social experience.
Load More Replies... Leoninus Fate 1 year ago
my stepmom hates me {when I lived with her when i was 12 years old, she held me down and slit my throat and cut up my face} And Im allergic to Chocolate, coco, Cocoa, And i mean EXTREMELY ALLERGIC to it, to the point if a bit touches me i brake out in a rash turn red bad in the spot and my air cuts off and eyes close, So my Lovely step mom always sends me Chocolates thought the mail, or large Chocolate cakes and stuff to my house... people always think WOW HOW COOL!...... No please I would like to live..... My neighbors love me tho cause they get it!
Lez Be Honest 1 year ago
Reading that made my heart hurt. What an evil woman.
Load More Replies... Craig Reynolds 8 months ago
Wait, what? "So many upvotes" for possibly almost killing your friend!!! What is wrong with people?
Pandamonium Pandas Pandie 1 year ago
my dad hates mustard, once I pulled this exact same prank, now I'm just glad he wasn't allergic!
#28
I cant remember how old I was. It was dial-up internet era. Im now 29. But we received a phone call. Im not sure if i was home alone or why I answered it. But a man called and explained to me that my dad had affair with his wife. I hanged up and never told anyone except my therapist like a year ago. It has not bothered me much tbh, but it was sweird experience lol.
Pandamonium Pandas Pandie 1 year ago (edited)
ggfggdhfhd edit: sorry, my lil sis stole my phone
MeowMix 1 year ago
Emma it's not that serious, we all knew what they meant
Load More Replies... Herringbone 1 year ago (edited)
I only started using the internet in 1995, and was still using dial-up in the 2000s.
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#29
Was walking my dog on a dirt road next my subdivision. This dirt road ran parallel to several backyards and had lots of trees on either side for concealment. For me it was an unofficial nature trail because it allowed me to get away from people.
One morning I spotted two of my neighbors, who were married to other people, making out and obviously about to do the deed.
Since they were so into each other they didn't hear me coming up till my dog started making noise. For several seconds we all looked at each other saying nothing until the couple took off running in the direction of their respective backyards.
We all knew each other but I wasn't friends with the two nor their spouses. Long story short, I kept my mouth shut about what I saw and neither of the lovebirds ever said anything to me.
Have no idea if this had been a one time thing or a long term affair.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
I'd spill the beans, maybe through some anonymous letter. Cheating is filthy and if it's exposed, at least the couples can solve it directly instead of living a lie.
Pandamonium Pandas Pandie 1 year ago
once in 6th grade, I went to throw out my breakfast (our teacher let us eat breakfast in class) and after I did, I turned around to go back to class and accidentally saw some 8th graders making out big time and I just watched wide eyed. Screenshot...251130.png 
#30
When I was about 7 years old my dad took me to blockbuster and I really had to pee. Blockbuster didn’t have a restroom so I peed in one of the aisles. I’m pretty sure the cameras saw me but thankfully there was no one near me.
BeesEelsAndPups 1 year ago
When I was like 22, I was coming home from a bar in Egypt. I had to pee so bad, I couldn't sit down on the bus. I was standing doing a little pee pee dance the whole ride home. People thought I was looney.
Chirp 1 year ago
That reminds me when my kid was a toddler and we were in Blockbuster and she had to pee. They said no restrooms (which is crazy because certainly the employees had access to one!). We left without getting a movie but I wish I would have just had her pee in the aisle to prove a point. It's not like toddlers (or pregnant women) can plan ahead!
#31
When I was 9, my dad and I were reading Reader's Digest and found a magazine subscription card for a free case of Depends adult diapers, so we wrote my uncle's name and address down and put it in the mailbox. He got it a couple weeks later and called everyone in the family to find out who it was. We knew my uncle was fuming, so we kept it to ourselves. To this day, everyone suspects that it was my other uncle.
Mere Cat 1 year ago
This is the kind of prank I like. No one gets hurt, nothing gets damaged, and it totally depends on the person how they respond to it. Someone would be like "cool, free stuff! I don't need it but I can sell it/gift it/make some weird craft project from it", and then there are people like this uncle 😝
#32
As a teen I stayed the night at my best friend's house and slept in their guest room. I was woken about 2am to the sound of her older brother arriving home intoxicated from a party. He saw me in the guest room and leaned against the doorway to say hi. He then stumbled down the hallway to his bedroom but never turned the hallway light off, and it made it difficult for me to get back to sleep.
So after about ten to fifteen minutes I got up and walked down the end of the hallway to the lightswitch. I turned it off, and started walking back to my room when I briefly glanced into his bedroom as I walked past. His door was wide open and he was sitting at his computer with his back facing me. He was naked from the waist down, m*******ting to what looked like transgender p**n (can't be certain, but it looked like someone in heavy make-up, long hair and with a p**is).
I must have made a noise because he swung around, saw me staring and said "oh s**t" then I immediately and swiftly returned to bed and lay in the dark not able to get the image out of my mind.
Five minutes later I heard him creeping down the hallway. I was like "oh God, here we go"...
He looked so sheepish and uncomfortable. He stood in the doorway and apologised for what I'd seen and begged me not to tell my friend, his little sister.
I swore I'd never tell them and told him it's fine and to go back to bed.
To this day they wonder why he hasn't got a girlfriend and they think perhaps he has a crush on me because he "acts weird" around me!
#33
I ended up telling this story to my mother 15 years later but it kind of counts. This happened when I was 6
When I was a little kid my paternal grandmother had two dogs: Tessa a little ditsy Maltese and Bindi a Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Tessa was too stupid to even realise being mean was an option so we always played with her when we visited my grandmother. But Bindi was always locked away in half of the house - when asked about her my mother would bristle and say "Bindi doesn't like kids" (my mother had her reasons to be very fearful of dogs like Bindi as she had to put down her first dogs when I was born because they were seriously aggressive towards me. Like launch themselves at the window if they saw me aggressive. The house operated under an airlock system for the first year and a half of my life - always two doors between me and the dogs).
After a while my grandmother moved into the house directly behind ours and we put a gate between our shared fence. Suddenly Bindi was accessible. We kept a respectful and fearful distance from her... For the most part.
One day I was in my garden playing with my very patient Labrador KD - we were playing circus. This dog was amazing. There wasn't a single thing you could do to him to make him mad (except be a horse. He hated horses). Bindi wandered into the yard and was watching us so in a burst of foolishness I ran towards her to try and involve her in the game. She panicked and bit me. Not hard. I didn't bleed or anything. I had some indents on my arm from her teeth and it did bruise a little but even now I'm always covered in bruises. I panicked and cried and sulked in my cubby house until I calmed down enough to go inside. I knew I couldn't tell my mother because I would get in so much trouble for playing with Bindi.
The next day I was in the garden with KD and Bindi was there also but I ignored her. I studiously ignored her for weeks. She'd come up and I'd walk away. Then some switch flicked. She was my adoring dog now. Everywhere I went she followed after me and doted after me. We'd curl up on the sofa together and I couldn't go a single step without her at my side. I think she must have felt so guilty about that bite. She was my sweet dog and we were best friends for four more years until she passed.
My parents always remarked on this miraculous change in attitude from Bindi. How an old ornery dog who hated everyone was suddenly an oversized lapdog. Even years after she passed they'd marvel about it. I didn't tell my mother until I was well into my twenties that the reason Bindi liked me was because she bit me.
#34
When I was about 6 or 7 (honestly not sure) I was outside playing with my sister and family friends late at night in my Pa's country town. The parents were inside the fence and couldn't really see where we were, but there were a few of us together so guess it seemed safe enough.
Two men approached us from the local bar or whatever and picked me out. One asked if I knew what a BJ was. I didn't, I was very young and naive, so he asked if I wanted to come with them to find out and have some fun.
I honestly almost went with him because I was curious and it was just before my parents divorce so I suspect some sad things had been happening in my life. I don't recall much at all from my childhood at all but this night sticks out for some reason. Thank f**k I had some sense to tell them I wanted to ask my parents first, they lost their nerve after that and left.
That wasn't the last time something like that almost happened before I was the age of 9.
Natalia 1 year ago
Right! It would be more concerning if they did know what one was.
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My best friend worked with a pedo until he violated his probation and went back to prison. I have never wanted to stuff a person into a wood chipper or douse them with an accelerant and light them up more in my life. POS was absolutely unrepentant, blamed everyone else for his circumstances and loved to talk about how Jesus saved him and f@gs were all going to hell (best friend is bi/trans). I sleep just fine hoping that man is killed in prison.
#35
My brother said something that made me mad when we were kids. I had my BB gun in hand so i shot him in the a*s. I blamed it on a wasp sting and my mom bought it.
Dumb teenager 1 year ago
great chiose of image BP, really gives the vibe of siblings messing around
Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
That picture is less "brotherly antics" and more "ski mask payment".
shankShaw deReemer 1 year ago
My brother shot my sister in the stomach with one when we were kids. My dad took the BB gun away from him and finally gave it back to him when my brother (god rest his soul) was in his forties.
#36
I was standing talking to my wife who was in the shower and I was naked waiting to get in after her. I had the urge to fart which ended up being a shart all over the bathroom mat.
Luckily she never noticed and I made the excuse that I hated the feeling of the mat and I rushed it to the bin outside.
She looked absolutely bemused by the situation but it was better than the shame.
Karina 1 year ago
While he ran his evidence to the trash, she was gagging in the shower from the smell 😅
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Robert Larson, LPN, JD 3 weeks ago
I always tell my hubby to be careful, he's going to sh*t himself. I'm waiting for the day.
#37
I didn't know my best friend's name for almost 10 years.
She goes by Katie almost exclusively and got it in my head early on that it was short for Katelyn...imagine my surprise when I heard her being referred to as 'Kathryn' at our convocation
No right way to bring that one up in a conversation.
Lene 1 year ago
At some point in my life I had like... 5 friends named either Simon or Søren. And for some reason, one of the Simons... I just could not get into my head what his name actually was. So I began to call him Simon-Søren. And he f-ing accepted it! His more well-known nickname in town was suffocator. But he accepted Simon-Søren as his nickname from me. 😄
#38
About 20 years ago I worked for a big publisher. They were upgrading all their tech and just dumping it in a skip. I asked a security guy if I could take some stuff from the skip and he said to help myself as it was all going to get crushed anyway.
During a night shift I filled up my car with of beige G3/Quadra Apple Macs, keyboards, mice and some 19” Formac screens. Some of the macs had Quark Express and Photoshop on them.
I cleaned them up and sold the lot. I made enough to buy a G4 Quicksilver of my own which I still have today. I didn’t tell my co-workers, ex-wife, managers or anyone else.
Brenda Spagnola-Wilson 1 year ago
My late husband worked in IT for the government. Years ago, policy was certain pieces of hardware HAD to be replaced every few years; some every 2 years, others every 5, and so on. Each individual piece had to be taken out, scanned, removed from inventory, and thrown away. One year, they had to basically replace 90% of the "stock" they kept. Seemed like he was bringing stuff home every day. This project took over 2 years to complete. During that time, we got brand new, sealed in the box, expensive cameras (like 5 different kinds); 3 scanners (new again), a laptop (opened, not used), keyboards, monitors, probably 25 mice (mouse''?), hundreds of mouse pads & wrist rests, a photo printer, and more memory and hard drives than I can count. He was able to sell most of it, allowing us to buy a new mattress, replace our old fridge, pay for extras for gifts for kids, etc. We kept some stuff, used others as gifts. That "trash" really helped us when we needed it.
#39
I put a knife down my throat and cut up to die. Almost did it . Was rushed to hospital and they told me I had an upper GI bleed possibly From a ulcer but didn't understand how it happened. I was in hospital for 5 days and I went along with what the doctors said. I never received any mental help and was discharged on my own. After a while I got better on my own but it was a rough ride.
Edit: I appreciate the support and awards! It was a crazy hard time in my life. I have a child and a good life now. S****de is hard I was one that never told anyone or reached out for help those are the hard ones to catch. If you ever seen people struggle in life please be kind you never know what they are going through.
#40
During my freshman year in high-school I was drinking a red Gatorade at lunch. This girl said that I was sitting in her seat. I hurried and swiped my drink to find another seat. I didnt realize my Gatorade lid wasn't tightened and the drink basically splashed all over her white pants. I scurried off pretending I basically just didn't f**k up this girls pants with RED GATORADE..
A few weeks later my friend invited me over to play some league at his house. His sister came home and I realized that was the girl I spilled my drink on. On God I was shtting my pants at that very moment. But luckily she seemed to have not remembered my face because she did not mention it. My friend and I still talk to this day (I've graduated high school 9 years ago) and I have never told this to him or his sister. I sometimes feel like she pretends to not remember and is actually plotting something all these years
--Edited typos that I could catch before work lol--.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
Or maybe she just understood accidents happen and decided not to be petty about it.
#41
I never told the full details of it because I’m honestly too messed up from what I witnessed(?) and the fact of the matter is that nothing I reveal would even change what happened.
I visited my mother’s hometown in Mexico during the summer with her and my younger sister. This was the week after the plane crash in Durango happened and we were heading there for a bit so I got super anxious and it kept me up a couple of days after we got there along with the time difference. We stayed at our great uncle’s house and I was sleeping on the futon on the ground while my sister and mom shared the bed.
My anxiety and difficulty adjusting to the time difference meant that I was up pretty late at night. I was just on my phone playing some mobile games when I heard a gunshot. I live in a dangerous neighborhood back home so I was used to hearing this kind of stuff. Then two more shots. This time it was more close. No one else woke up and I was just lying there thinking someone must be drunk (it was wedding season) and I should try to get some sleep because it could also be a hallucination.
The next morning, my mom asked me if I was up last night. I told her that I was then she asked if I heard anything. I let her know that I heard some gunshots but I didn’t think about it much. Her face went pale. Apparently the neighbor two houses down had m*rdered his wife the night I was up with a shotgun. It was a small town so everyone knew and he was quickly arrested. She had been shot at least twice.
I asked if anyone else was hurt last night but she told me that it was just the woman who was k*lled. The town was close to the city and they were strict about their gun control. So I should be happy that I know about what caused those two loud shots, right? Well, I think a lot about that first shot. The man only had a shotgun and he was the only one reported shooting that night. The first shot to my knowledge was more likely from an handgun. Who was that first person? Did the wife conceal her own gun and shot in self defense? Was it a drunk guy like I initially thought it was? Did someone else died that night but no one else knew about?
I think I was the only one who heard that first shot since everyone else only talk about those two loud ones. I tried asking to see if they heard anything else but they didn’t. Everyone knows each other like family in this town so surely they knew who did what. But even they didn’t know that the neighbor was capable of doing this. I’m not sure I want to know who fired that first shot.
#42
Bro in 3rd grade I thought it was cool as hell to wear glasses but I had near perfect vision, so I absolutely bombed an eye exam on purpose and now almost 20 years later I’m legally blind without glasses cause my eyes got so f****d. That’s my secret to take to the grave.
T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
Wearing glasses that are not prescribed for you can indeed cause vision impairment.
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T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
I took it to mean the person was then prescribed glasses and wore them, and wearing glasses is what frakked up their vision.
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Robert Larson, LPN, JD 3 weeks ago
My mother thought this was why I wanted glasses, then in my senior year of high school, got my eyes tested and the ophthalmologist said I likely needed glasses for a number of years as my vision was terrible. Ha-ha Mom, I was right!
Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
As someone born extremely nearsighted and wore glasses for decades (until cataract surgery in my mid 30's), who got picked on for it and who hated every second of it, I will simply say this: You're an imbecile.
#43
There was a guy in school who used to bully everyone.He was rich and hostel wardens were his b***h.
One day i was sick so i stayed in the hostel.
Went to his room and peed in his water bottle.
Threw the pee but didnt rinse the bottle and kept it in place.
Felt really good later watching him drink from it.
#44
When I was 14 or 15, I would listen to music and just imagine I was a character in one of the shows I would watch, like teen Titans, totally spies or (god forgive me) Hamtaro.
The day I tried to listen to music and imagine like this stupid crossover between them and jump around my room, my brother had actually heard my jumping around from previous days and hid in my closet; he observed all the stupid s**t I did and mixture of shows combined because I would whisper quips from the characters.
Instantly reacted by trying to choke him as soon as he revealed himself but he just laughed his a*s off the entire time! Only he and I ever knew and I’ve been embarrassed by it ever since it happened. Developed paranoia of being watched, but I’m actually thankful for that now
I finally got that off my chest, whew!! It no longer has any power over me!!
Edit for spelling and I really wish this wasn’t my best rated comment but thanks for leaving such kind replies!
Nikki Angulo 5 months ago
I would do this in my head while reading books. I was Nancy Drew’s smart, younger cousin! lol
#45
We were cleaning up the cafeteria after lunch, and apparently my friend didn’t want to eat an apple, so he gave it to me. For some reason, I decided to yeet the apple at the trash that was pretty far away. I even said “YEET” when I yeeted it. Unfortunately for me, the trash can is at the wall, and I overthrew it and it hit the wall. Everyone looked at it, then stared at where it seemed to come from, which I got away from somehow after I yeeted it. The principal then had everyone sit at the wall and made us try to find out who it was like an Among Us meeting or something. SOMEHOW, NOBODY even SAW or HEARD me yeet it. And they didn’t really suspect me either, besides me just saying I put it on the table. So now I guess for some it is a grand mystery. But for me it’s just something I’m lucky I got away with. Sorry Carson.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
What's the past tense of "yeet"? "Yeeted" or "yote"? And the past participle is "yotten"?
Neon 1 year ago
I dont know why our Elementary schoool(7-15year olds) still gave us oranges at recess because every time it ended in a full scale war between those who had classes at the ground level and the ones on the 1st level... The "ground" always lost, lots of food being wasted, some pupils actually hurt(a little bit of bruises) and a lot of work for janitors... But it WAS FUN!!!!! Imagine throwing an orange in someones head at school thesedays? ;)
#46
I lived with my aunt in 4th grade, she had a neighbor that lived downstairs so they had a shared backyard. Rule was always make sure the latch is closed on the gate so the dog doesn’t get out. I always made sure to lock it. One day I forgot. The dog got out (chihuahua) and was ate by a big neighbor dog. Blamed it on the neighbor. She cussed him out and would badmouth him any chance she could. I was too scared to tell her and she still doesn’t know :(.
#47
I found out who the singles in my area really were 👀.
#48
Me and a friend was around 8-9 years old.
And for some reason we decided to build a base as we liked to pretend we were soldiers,
So we used to walk down to check out base every day and stand guard at different posts.
When we heard that the dad of some of the girls in our class had made a little cabin in the woods nearby for them to play at.
So we went over there and was awestruck how nice it was, with a real door with hinges kind of a fence and a window.
So we discussed it and perceived it as a threat to our territory grabbed hammers and a saw, and really went to work on destroying their cabin (club house).
Next day we saw several of the girls mourning their club house and the guilt we felt then. We were too afraid of telling anyone so we kept it a secret and was never caught.
Skogsrået 1 year ago
This was actually a really shîtty thing to do. Wonder if they did it out of envy?
Bobby 1 year ago
Kids are weird. Me and my best friend used to beat anthills with sticks because they apparently "rivalled" the one sat on her grandparents summer cottage garden and we just couldn't have that. So they probably just get too into the pretend.
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Kat 1 year ago
So glad the boys never found ours! They had claimed the good tree, fixed it up with boards. We were Not allowed. So we made a secret entry into the blackberry bushes. Inside was actually pretty big and we had the stump and huge roots of an old tree inside it. It was pretty impressive little spot. I now realize we are also lucky teenagers didn't find it. Good times🥹
Todd Clark 3 weeks ago (edited)
Disgusting. Some feeble-minded children AND adults love nothing more than destroying other people's things.
#49
One time I picked up a scam call that was obviously a scam and the entire time I listened and then at the end I simply said no and the guy started cussing at me in a different language.
#50
I've been seeing expensive escorts with some frequency. About 25 different girls in the past 3 years or so. Last week I set up an appointment for a nice girl and she calls me when im on my way over- hey would you like my friend to come too?
Well sure!
I've seen about 26 girls in the last 3 years at an average cost of ~$500 an hour.
I just doubled my salary for next year, too, and my company is taking off, so I expect my average price range to spike up to more the $1000 an hour range by next year.
I've maybe had two unsatisfying visits.
Sandella 1 year ago
Hmm, not really at those numbers over 3 years, probably more loneliness.
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Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
$500 an hour is no big deal. If she goes by the minute, I would only be out about $25.
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KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
I am the only person in my family who knows my aunt suffered psychosis and nearly offed herself in the year after my uncle did himself in. She was on a mental ward for a couple of weeks. She took that to her grave in December and I will take it to mine.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
If you post a secret here, you're not exactly taking it to the grave, are you? Even if you post anonymously, you may leave clues that someone could use to figure out who you are. As for me, I know some secrets about others, but I will take those secrets to my grave. I will never post them, not even vague descriptions with certain details changed. I promised I would keep these secrets, and I will.
Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
I put fresh catnip in my cat's favorite box every week or so. She gets so happy that I can't bear to tell her that it doesn't just magically appear, instead it's me putting it there.
Leah Banks 1 year ago
Here's my secret: when I was 10 or 11 my uncle threatened to kill me. He told me he was going to drag me out into the street and stab me. I never told my aunt, my parents, anyone. I pushed it down for years, and only started dealing with it last year, when I was pregnant and the hormones were giving me wild panic attacks and nightmares about him. Now I see a therapist.
Mr. Toast 1 year ago
I think most of us at some point dont want to "adult" anymore. Going to work, dealing with people you don't want to, being polite, filters, filters and all because you need to be paid. Also just wanting to be on your own - it is like being a mobile that never gets left to go on full charge. You are always running on near empty so everything just becomes too much. The routine just keeps nulling you.
brittany 1 year ago
sometimes i feel like my life isn't real and its all a simulation. ive also felt like i wasnt suppose to be born and it was some sort of cosmic mistake. im sure theres a medical term for both but i dont know. i feel like me being here wasnt suppose to happen, and honestly, i didnt know thats exactly how i felt until a few months ago. up till then i just felt off most of my life. im more at peace now that i figured out how i feel. i wont harm myself or anything, it's just im gonna be okay when my time comes. like a long movie that will eventually just be done.
Craig Reynolds 8 months ago
None of those poll questions work for me. There needs to be a fifth option for when you find out a sibling is being cheated on by their spouse...
Felecia_1986 8 months ago
There are quite a few people in the over 55 age bracket that are a lot more likely to share secrets in this format rather than tell anyone we personally know. Here's why: back when we were kids (mostly preteens/early teens) we went thru bad stuff that messed with our heads. Maybe we were referred to a therapist by a teacher or whatever, but we had the opportunity to talk to a therapist...but the therapist just told everything we said to our parents (who were directly or indirectly the souce of the bad stuff) and we then proceeded to get our a##es beat by the parents for telling secrets to "strangers and/or outsiders!" And we will never attempt to see a therapist ever again. Maybe it's a subset of individuals in this age bracket whose families were within certain income brackets, IDK, but this is such a common theme with people who are around my age. We will seek anything except therapy to cope, and it's quite a relief to actually unload on anonymous internet strangers.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
I am the only person in my family who knows my aunt suffered psychosis and nearly offed herself in the year after my uncle did himself in. She was on a mental ward for a couple of weeks. She took that to her grave in December and I will take it to mine.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
If you post a secret here, you're not exactly taking it to the grave, are you? Even if you post anonymously, you may leave clues that someone could use to figure out who you are. As for me, I know some secrets about others, but I will take those secrets to my grave. I will never post them, not even vague descriptions with certain details changed. I promised I would keep these secrets, and I will.
Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
I put fresh catnip in my cat's favorite box every week or so. She gets so happy that I can't bear to tell her that it doesn't just magically appear, instead it's me putting it there.
Leah Banks 1 year ago
Here's my secret: when I was 10 or 11 my uncle threatened to kill me. He told me he was going to drag me out into the street and stab me. I never told my aunt, my parents, anyone. I pushed it down for years, and only started dealing with it last year, when I was pregnant and the hormones were giving me wild panic attacks and nightmares about him. Now I see a therapist.
Mr. Toast 1 year ago
I think most of us at some point dont want to "adult" anymore. Going to work, dealing with people you don't want to, being polite, filters, filters and all because you need to be paid. Also just wanting to be on your own - it is like being a mobile that never gets left to go on full charge. You are always running on near empty so everything just becomes too much. The routine just keeps nulling you.
brittany 1 year ago
sometimes i feel like my life isn't real and its all a simulation. ive also felt like i wasnt suppose to be born and it was some sort of cosmic mistake. im sure theres a medical term for both but i dont know. i feel like me being here wasnt suppose to happen, and honestly, i didnt know thats exactly how i felt until a few months ago. up till then i just felt off most of my life. im more at peace now that i figured out how i feel. i wont harm myself or anything, it's just im gonna be okay when my time comes. like a long movie that will eventually just be done.
Craig Reynolds 8 months ago
None of those poll questions work for me. There needs to be a fifth option for when you find out a sibling is being cheated on by their spouse...
Felecia_1986 8 months ago
There are quite a few people in the over 55 age bracket that are a lot more likely to share secrets in this format rather than tell anyone we personally know. Here's why: back when we were kids (mostly preteens/early teens) we went thru bad stuff that messed with our heads. Maybe we were referred to a therapist by a teacher or whatever, but we had the opportunity to talk to a therapist...but the therapist just told everything we said to our parents (who were directly or indirectly the souce of the bad stuff) and we then proceeded to get our a##es beat by the parents for telling secrets to "strangers and/or outsiders!" And we will never attempt to see a therapist ever again. Maybe it's a subset of individuals in this age bracket whose families were within certain income brackets, IDK, but this is such a common theme with people who are around my age. We will seek anything except therapy to cope, and it's quite a relief to actually unload on anonymous internet strangers.
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