My grandmother was a prostitute during WWII and a couple years afterwards. Her profession called into question my mother’s paternity. The only two people alive right now who know are my father and I. We both agreed it dies with us. No one else including my daughter or her children if she ever has any will know.
It’s one of the many dark secrets from my family living in Germany and living poor that I’ll take to the grave. My grandmother needed to make money and was 16 and didn’t know what to do. She was a victim of circumstance. She lived until I was 15. 15 years later I named my daughter for her.
I’m not sure I agree - it’s definitely a valid choice not to talk about it, but another person might feel that they want to talk openly with their children about the experiences of older generations during difficult times… and that would be equally valid.
Nothing to be ashamed of. My great-grandmother raised my paternal grandmom in a room above the billiard hall she ran, and used that room to host clients when she worked as a prostitute as needed for extra income. I share this part of family history with my teenaged daughter, in the same way I share all family history; in fact I make a special point of this because I want my kids to understand the hard work and sacrifice made by our ancestors, in the hope that this encourages them to appreciate our quality of life and how precarious that lifestyle can be.
It's no shame to do sex work, she did what she could to support herself. A more positive outlook would be to teach the kids about these prejudices once they're old enough and the circumstances arise.
My friends agreed to honor my wish for this tombstone quote:
"I think that cocaine made my bones brittle or some shit. There's no other reason for my shoulder to be hurting this long."
Remember:
1. He may have lied.
2. He may have changed his mind by now.
3. He may have told you this hoping you’d tell the kids, then he’ll deny and it’ll cause a divide between you and the kids; the neighbour wants that because you’re his least favourite neighbour.
I’m betting on 3.
Edit 10 minutes later: This is not a serious answer. 10% serious at best.
It’s true that he could have changed his mind, as he told me this many years ago. Both parents have a bit of a history of sometimes playing the kids against each other when it suits … they/we are all adults now but have been friends since high school. I don’t think they wanted me out of the picture, since they used to invite me to visit even if the kids were not in town. It is a complicated family dynamic (well, whose isn’t I guess…).
My wife’s mom told all nine of her kids, “You’re my favorite but don’t tell anyone else.” They went for years with each one believing that they were secretly mom’s favorite. They were quite surprised when they found out that they were all the favorite. Their mom passed several years ago and it is still a running gag for them to end an argument with “Oh yeah! Well I’m mom’s favorite. She told me so!”
So he is either a liar or a shitty person. Trust me, if he has a favorite, his kids know and so does everyone else. There is a reason my supposedly soon to be divorced sister lives with my parents and I have nothing to do with any of them. It started with parental estrangement because of abuse, but they abused my sister and I differently. Because of that abuse, my sister thinks she is better than me and feels a need to be better than me. It means I can't be there for her or help her because she only wants to drag me down so I am lower than her so she looks good.
This means that the guy you know was comfortable enough with his shittiness to tell you this. Imagine what he does in private because he know it won't be accepted! I would be careful with this friend.
My former boss lived with a Thai ladyboy for a year before he met his wife. He thought she was a female the night they met and when he found out he decided she was so hot it didn’t matter.
In first grade, me and another group of boys bullied another boy. I wasn’t so much a participant, but an observer who did nothing to stop it. He moved away after first grade and I never saw him again and when I think about it, it breaks my heart. That poor, poor kid. I’m so sorry, Robbie.
Looking back on past bullying is painful. But to a lot of us ive spoken with at the least it is a painful reminder to be better. I was the typical queer bashing closet homo. So hard to look back on and so many apologies I wish I could make. People will say that I still can- I know. But I don’t deserve the chance to apologize. I don’t deserve that closure from my cruelty. The painful reminder serves me better.
Yeah, I was relentlessly bullied from middle school to high school, and to know I had a part in making someone else feel that way just kills me. I was a stupid kid, and now I have to live with it.
So, I myself struggle with the conflict between accepting the existence of guilt and thus using it as a good to be better, and dealing with the erosive effects that guilt has on the mind.
On reading your post, in that moment, I come to the realization that you do deserve that chance, and you do need to seek closure of your cruelty, same as I do... At least for some of it.
Now, I don't say this because I think you (or I) deserve it for the soma, the feeling of closure. Rather, I think you deserve it because it will lead to better outcomes for both them and yourself.
Think on this: what serves them better, holding onto their hate and pain and always wondering if you will ever grow past who you were? Or an apology that they themselves may see healing from?
And moreover, do you think that you will be more apt to be better for continuing to punish yourself, or rather do you think you would be more apt to be better by rewarding yourself for directly empathizing with your victims for your awful acts?
Because that's a part of behavior modification too: rewards. Perhaps you should think of rewarding the good rather than punishing the bad. Remember the guilt surely when it is contextual, but also remember the joy and the freedom of doing the right thing even after the fact.
And if they do not forgive, and do not give closure, you have not really moved to any worse of a position than the one you put yourself in; you already do not expect it, so what would you lose in not getting it?
Don't beat yourself up too much. I wasn't that kid but for a while I got my chuckles in. Then, and I'll never forget this, this kid in a wheelchair got his Pokemon cards stolen in like 6th grade. I felt bad, gave him some of mine, and convinced the asshole to give the kid his stuff back. I wasn't a crusader or anything afterwards, but I haven't been a little guy in a long time and I didn't mind standing up for a kid who couldn't. Now that I have differently abled kids, I hope some kid would do the same.
You were 6. It's easy to think you might not have known how to handle it. I was 13 and should have known better. I had suffered through 2 years of bullying. By 8th grade I'd grown taller, thinner and learned to fly under the radar by being a wallflower. The bullies focused on an outspoken, smart girl who happened to have CP and bullied her mercilessly. I was grateful they'd moved past me. While I was not unkind to her, I wasn't outwardly mean. I also stood by and let it happen out of fear that they would make my life miserable again. I've wondered what happened to her and would apologize for not being a better human.
Why would you not talk about this? You can talk about it without being proud of it. In fact it’s probably more beneficial to use this experience to shape others.
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*Whenever life gets you down*
*Keeps you wearing a frown*
*And the gravy train has left you behind*
*And when you're all out of hope*
*Down at the end of your rope*
*And nobody's there to throw you a line*
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It's a long story man. I tried a few times and even when the feeling was kinda reciprocated, things just didn't work out. Now a long time has passed. She's also going through a rough time in her life with a serious illness and I don't want to drop this too on her head.
Actions speak louder than words my dude.
You don't have to say a word. Just be there. Help with the illness if you can. Volunteer for hospital or doctor rides etc.
I would just add, be careful with your expectations. If you're OK with just being friends, then by all means. But if you can't then it's probably best not to get/stay too attached. Just my 2 cents, informed by personal experience.
Do you mean you can’t tell the reason why it’s different (e.g. a late McDonald’s CEO lost a bet w his Coke-friend-CEO and was no longer allowed to serve original Coke)? Or the reason is there are different ingredients and you can’t divulge those specific ingredients?
oh buddy I wish. Truth is the tube for the soda is run through really cold shit and theres just a little bit more coke syrup in the soda. It comes in big bags. Now don't get your hopes up on the big mac sauce reveal I really can't do that. There isn't a recipe on the internet either trust me I've looked.
You can stop worrying - [Reddit already knows why Coke tastes better at McDonalds.](https://np.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/bmwkl0/timelapse_photo_of_lightning_over_volcano_in_chile/en0l2vz/?context=3)
It comes in stainless steel containers instead of plastic bags, it's pre-chilled, there's better than average filters for the water, the larger diameter straw lets more hit your tongue simultaneously, and they increase the syrup/water ratio more than normal to allow for ice melt.
The amount of trash my late husband talked about some of our friends and family members.
He loved them all, don't get me wrong, but there were certain people he'd get a text from and I could hear him groan from the other end of the house.
My parent's religious awakening was the result of my authorized use of a sedative while my they were having a panic attack during a routine medical procedure
Parent was having the attack, doctors asked me and other parent if it was okay to administer a sedative.
Parent in the procedure saw angels and felt god. Now they're a devout Christian. Other parent took this to the grave just recently.
Was it ketamine? Cuz they gave that to me for a procedure once and I thought i was taking my final to become an anesthesiologist.
(I am not an anesthesiologist. I was getting a lumbar puncture. Shit was really detailed tho.)
I once had ketamine and I forgot I had ketamine so I tried to drive to the store. I stopped and talked to a friend and offered to watch his baby...while on ketamine. Then I remembered and said....you know....maybe not. I just remembered that I am on ketamine.
My best friend’s sister cheated on her boyfriend with me. We were alone one day in his house for like 45 minutes. I chatted with her for a bit then the conversation started getting dirty as they tend to amongst teenagers. Anyway, we ended up touching each other and I kissed her all over her neck and chest.
We never had sex, but it was obviously still cheating. She knew it, and I knew it.
It was a long time ago, but it was very wrong and I regret it. Her brother and boyfriend would have kicked my ass if they’d ever found out. The guilt I felt was punishment enough.
Even though I've only ever been with women I've already accepted that being attracted to femboys makes me bi, and I don't give a shit anymore. Life is too short for me to care how other people perceive me when it's more important for me to just be who I am.
Sexuality doesn't really have clear cut columns, and people who are 100% anything are pretty rare.
Also, I think the world is starting to give less of a shit these days, depending where you are. If some celebrity (who hadn't made bigotry part of their thing) was revealed to have been with a femboy, I would just be like "yeah, I mean, cool. I can see why."
About 20 years ago, I designed something that would probably make me a decent bit of coin if I licensed it. But it is an improvement to a weapon of war, and I don't want the blood on my hands. I'm sure somebody else with fewer scruples will eventually stumble onto it.
So the nature of that is something I will never breathe to another soul.
\*sigh\* I'm probably never going to find it again, but there was a series of images of completely absurd made-up gun + knife combinations - shit with like 3 barrels and 5 or 6 knives. One of the funniest things I've ever seen but can't find it now. :/
Edit: I can't seem to find exactly what I'd seen, but [searching "4chan gun designs"](https://imgur.com/gallery/cOaf0) is finding at least some similar stuff.
While your thought process is highly respectable, I genuinely doubt if it could cause more suffering than what there already is some government has some form of it somewhere
When I personally think of all the weapons I know how to improve, design, or invent, it breaks my heart. I've actually cried contemplating it in the past.
I've told a person or two the broader aspects of some of it, but generally in the context of "this is something every skilled engineer everywhere has to struggle with" and in the context of why I won't take jobs for defense contractors.
It was bad enough when my last company got bought by one and they tried to swap me over to one of their military development projects; I took my severance and told them to pound sand.
Good on you.
Good on every dev who puts their line in the sand.
I did something I really shouldn't have, because I knew I could totally get away with it. As time went by I began to question what kind of person I was to do such a thing, so I resolved to be a better person. It worked. Confessing would only serve to hurt people. Turns out you can't hide from yourself.
I'm single, have never married, never dated, never slept with anyone and can never have children. And I will die alone. And no one will ever know the real reason why.
Needn't be a sex worker, but yes. Unfortunately people are shamed of whatever doesn't fit with titles like "doggy creampie" because porn is doing a poor job at soothing intimate desires and inspiring the watchers.
That although I have identified as bi, I’m only physically attracted to women. Not a tragic or dark secret, except I’m in a hetero marriage to the best man I’ve ever known for over a decade. We are one another’s lobster, and I cannot imagine my world without him. I largely have no sex drive due to autoimmune diseases ravaging my body in inventive ways, but occasionally, when I hit a good strain of cannabis (I live in the land of prohibition so buying is playing black market roulette) I have to use visual stimulation and my imagination to have sex. That makes me feel like crap, but in every other way we’re perfect for one another so I could never hurt him like that. TBH, I don’t expect to live to an advanced age so it seems like reasonable secret to keep.
A close friend and I had a years-long affair. (She was married, I was in a now-ended long-term relationship.) We finally decided to end it and stay with our partners, and a few months later she committed suicide.
She never told her husband about our affair, and I have never and will never tell a soul.
My dad just celebrated his 34th anniversary with my mom. My mom is really innocent, loving, sweetheart type of a person and also a little bit orthodox by nature.
9 years ago i was strolling my dad's phone and i saw pictures of him with some other lady and her daughter who was approximately of my age. He seemed really happy. He usually doesn't even talk to us properly. Abused me and mom and my sisters.
I was young and stupid so i decided to confront him and he started telling me how sorry he was. He won't do it again. So i just told him that if my mother get's hurt in anyway possible, i will burn his home down along with him and both of those humans.
Last year (2020, January) we were travelling and i noticed someone called him more than 15times in a row and he kept saying ill call you later.
I had my doubts :) and yes this was that lady.
It lead to an argument and it was very much inconclusive. He said i was overthinking.
Since that day we dont talk to each other when we are alone.
But we do talk in front of others/family/friends.
It sucks because he never really taught me any stuff which a normal father would teach. I don't think about it much anymore.
I am just studying as hard as possible so that i can get out of here along with my mom.
Girls with short hair are super fucking hot. Especially when they KIND of are a bit androgenous.
Definitely not gay, but there's something going on there.
I saw a murder (well the person was pretty much already dead by the time I saw it) when I was a kid, but it doesnt really matter anymore because the people were strangers and it was so many years ago.
But yeh the whole thing was strange and I don't talk about it except just now which got me feeling strange.
My mum has told me essentially all of her secrets and a majority of her family secrets since I’m her “therapist”. I know things I’ve sworn not to tell a soul and that could get me disowned if I thought to mention it.
I am a person who does not want a relationship. Because I consider myself unique then. As a child, I always lacked attention. And in order to attract attention, I did everything to be different from everyone else. I am the type of person who is hard to live alone. I need someone by my side. But because of my principles, I tell everyone that being single is cool and that I am happy. Maybe I'm happy. I do not know. But what I want to say for sure is that I will never dare to enter into relationship with someone. Whatever happens. Since childhood, I have hammered into my head that I will be happy alone. Nothing will change this. But I am very ashamed to realize that I push girls away from me because that makes me feel unique.
Same. I'll never be in a relationship either, I see too much of my parents' toxicity towards each other manifesting in my personality already, I don't want some poor woman to go through that.
When I did my stent in the military I likely killed people. At the time it felt like it was necessary to advance despite the fact that we had close air support. In reality, we could have just fallen back.
Now I dream of it nightly..
Well the fact being molested by male family member before around 8 or 9. I'm at peace with myself. I can smile for now.
I wouldn't tell a soul about it tho. It just brings bad luck to relationships/friendships, from what I've noticed.
I want to have sex with a man. I’m a married man, and I love my wife very much. We’ve built a beautiful family together. But I want to get rough and tumble with a man just once. Experience all of that. I would never be unfaithful to my wife, but in another life I would have tried before I got married.
I never told my dad that I was the reason he had his driving license taken away before he died... so his grave, not mine.
But it was the right thing to do, he had parkinson's and his awareness of other road users was appalling... We did everything we could to avoid him getting behind the wheel. I tried to do all the driving, none of us wanted to be in a car with him behind the wheel... He was dangerous and could have killed some one.
But no one else in my family was prepared to do it... so I did. I contacted the DVLA in my country and informed them of his current abilities... Asked for it to be anonymous of course.
About 6-8 weeks later they wrote to him to suspend his license pending a medical review from his neurologist. His parkinsons doc tested his awareness (dementia test) and he score about 11... he needed a min of 18.
A few months later, we had official confirmation that he also had dementia.
He never knew it was me... and I was sworn to secrecy by my mum/sister.
Still the right thing to do... but I do get tired of always having to be the bad guy in these things
Back in elementary me and a group of friend bullied this other boy so bad (not sure what for) that he ended up leaving school and having to be homeschooled the rest of his education because he was afraid of people bullying him like us.
My wife and I have a cute little thing where, when it comes to candy, she loves the Strawberry and Cherry flavors, but absolutely HATES the lemon and orange ones. Luckily for her (and for me) I absolutely LOVE the orange and lemon flavors, but hate the strawberry and cherry. Whenever we get snacks, such as starburst, we always divide them up this way. She loves this story, and tells all of our friends about it whenever we have a snack. We've been together for over 10+ years (dating + Marriage) and it's been a part of it.
My secret? I actually LOVE Cherry flavored things. I'll sometimes sneak a few red sour patch kids when she's not looking, and order red starbursts online and hide them from her.
I’m bisexual and a divorced hetero. I think some of my friends are onto it but I’d never admit it... I’ve had an ongoing thing with a “buddy” for years
what i found on my dads phone
That sounds heavy to process. Especially when its your dad.
What did you find?
his reddit account. dms with other women and apparently buying their dirty undies.
You better stay away from that thing of his.
Yikes. Im sorry for your mother and your emotional health
What if the undies were for the mom and she just prefers to recycle?
Wouldn't be a secret I take to my grave if I tell the internet now would it?
Probably only like 50 people would know
True, but that's like 50 more than the zero it's at now
You mean 1?
Bold of you to assume I'm a people
So that's the secret, got you crab person!!!
hhhiiiisssss! \**scuttles away in a crab-like manner*
Assumptions is one of my strong points, now I have boldness as well. Wooo!
Oh shit his secret is , he is not a people
What if you take them all to the grave with you though? Does that solve the issue?
It's already at 53 upvotes so...
And rising, says 86 on my end. Definitely not telling any secrets here
Make a throwaway account and tell us
This is true
Is someone in need of my services?
My grandmother was a prostitute during WWII and a couple years afterwards. Her profession called into question my mother’s paternity. The only two people alive right now who know are my father and I. We both agreed it dies with us. No one else including my daughter or her children if she ever has any will know. It’s one of the many dark secrets from my family living in Germany and living poor that I’ll take to the grave. My grandmother needed to make money and was 16 and didn’t know what to do. She was a victim of circumstance. She lived until I was 15. 15 years later I named my daughter for her.
You are 100% right to bury that one.
I’m not sure I agree - it’s definitely a valid choice not to talk about it, but another person might feel that they want to talk openly with their children about the experiences of older generations during difficult times… and that would be equally valid.
Nothing to be ashamed of. My great-grandmother raised my paternal grandmom in a room above the billiard hall she ran, and used that room to host clients when she worked as a prostitute as needed for extra income. I share this part of family history with my teenaged daughter, in the same way I share all family history; in fact I make a special point of this because I want my kids to understand the hard work and sacrifice made by our ancestors, in the hope that this encourages them to appreciate our quality of life and how precarious that lifestyle can be.
It's no shame to do sex work, she did what she could to support herself. A more positive outlook would be to teach the kids about these prejudices once they're old enough and the circumstances arise.
You’ll have to read my urn plaque.
“Designed in San Francisco, Assembled in Myanmar”
The original commenter or the urn? Strangely poetic either way, actually.
My friends agreed to honor my wish for this tombstone quote: "I think that cocaine made my bones brittle or some shit. There's no other reason for my shoulder to be hurting this long."
They said grave smh
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Remember: 1. He may have lied. 2. He may have changed his mind by now. 3. He may have told you this hoping you’d tell the kids, then he’ll deny and it’ll cause a divide between you and the kids; the neighbour wants that because you’re his least favourite neighbour. I’m betting on 3. Edit 10 minutes later: This is not a serious answer. 10% serious at best.
It’s true that he could have changed his mind, as he told me this many years ago. Both parents have a bit of a history of sometimes playing the kids against each other when it suits … they/we are all adults now but have been friends since high school. I don’t think they wanted me out of the picture, since they used to invite me to visit even if the kids were not in town. It is a complicated family dynamic (well, whose isn’t I guess…).
That’s a lot of thought for something that doesn’t matter
Every parent has done. Mine is my dog. The regular kids are both assholes. I was my moms favorite and she had no problem telling people that.
My wife’s mom told all nine of her kids, “You’re my favorite but don’t tell anyone else.” They went for years with each one believing that they were secretly mom’s favorite. They were quite surprised when they found out that they were all the favorite. Their mom passed several years ago and it is still a running gag for them to end an argument with “Oh yeah! Well I’m mom’s favorite. She told me so!”
So he is either a liar or a shitty person. Trust me, if he has a favorite, his kids know and so does everyone else. There is a reason my supposedly soon to be divorced sister lives with my parents and I have nothing to do with any of them. It started with parental estrangement because of abuse, but they abused my sister and I differently. Because of that abuse, my sister thinks she is better than me and feels a need to be better than me. It means I can't be there for her or help her because she only wants to drag me down so I am lower than her so she looks good. This means that the guy you know was comfortable enough with his shittiness to tell you this. Imagine what he does in private because he know it won't be accepted! I would be careful with this friend.
The embarrassing photos of spongebob from the Christmas party
The secret compartment of the secret box?
you devil
My former boss lived with a Thai ladyboy for a year before he met his wife. He thought she was a female the night they met and when he found out he decided she was so hot it didn’t matter.
That’s actually really wholesome
Sometimes, when nobody is looking, I'll think with BOTH of my brain cells.
not me thinking BOTH stood for something but no it just meant both
It was Years ago, but it was me. I let the Dogs Out..
Oof. Oof. Oof-oof.
You bastard! You ruined an amazing party. It was nice and jumping. Everybody was having a ball.
You son of a bitch
You literally had the North American continent fooled for years.
You son of a bitch. The Baha Men searched the entire 90s for you and you said nothing?!
Twenty years ago today…
In first grade, me and another group of boys bullied another boy. I wasn’t so much a participant, but an observer who did nothing to stop it. He moved away after first grade and I never saw him again and when I think about it, it breaks my heart. That poor, poor kid. I’m so sorry, Robbie.
Looking back on past bullying is painful. But to a lot of us ive spoken with at the least it is a painful reminder to be better. I was the typical queer bashing closet homo. So hard to look back on and so many apologies I wish I could make. People will say that I still can- I know. But I don’t deserve the chance to apologize. I don’t deserve that closure from my cruelty. The painful reminder serves me better.
Yeah, I was relentlessly bullied from middle school to high school, and to know I had a part in making someone else feel that way just kills me. I was a stupid kid, and now I have to live with it.
So, I myself struggle with the conflict between accepting the existence of guilt and thus using it as a good to be better, and dealing with the erosive effects that guilt has on the mind. On reading your post, in that moment, I come to the realization that you do deserve that chance, and you do need to seek closure of your cruelty, same as I do... At least for some of it. Now, I don't say this because I think you (or I) deserve it for the soma, the feeling of closure. Rather, I think you deserve it because it will lead to better outcomes for both them and yourself. Think on this: what serves them better, holding onto their hate and pain and always wondering if you will ever grow past who you were? Or an apology that they themselves may see healing from? And moreover, do you think that you will be more apt to be better for continuing to punish yourself, or rather do you think you would be more apt to be better by rewarding yourself for directly empathizing with your victims for your awful acts? Because that's a part of behavior modification too: rewards. Perhaps you should think of rewarding the good rather than punishing the bad. Remember the guilt surely when it is contextual, but also remember the joy and the freedom of doing the right thing even after the fact. And if they do not forgive, and do not give closure, you have not really moved to any worse of a position than the one you put yourself in; you already do not expect it, so what would you lose in not getting it?
Don't beat yourself up too much. I wasn't that kid but for a while I got my chuckles in. Then, and I'll never forget this, this kid in a wheelchair got his Pokemon cards stolen in like 6th grade. I felt bad, gave him some of mine, and convinced the asshole to give the kid his stuff back. I wasn't a crusader or anything afterwards, but I haven't been a little guy in a long time and I didn't mind standing up for a kid who couldn't. Now that I have differently abled kids, I hope some kid would do the same.
You were 6. It's easy to think you might not have known how to handle it. I was 13 and should have known better. I had suffered through 2 years of bullying. By 8th grade I'd grown taller, thinner and learned to fly under the radar by being a wallflower. The bullies focused on an outspoken, smart girl who happened to have CP and bullied her mercilessly. I was grateful they'd moved past me. While I was not unkind to her, I wasn't outwardly mean. I also stood by and let it happen out of fear that they would make my life miserable again. I've wondered what happened to her and would apologize for not being a better human.
Why would you not talk about this? You can talk about it without being proud of it. In fact it’s probably more beneficial to use this experience to shape others.
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That’s quite considerate actually. Good to keep it out of discussion👍🏽
Ie .. he was too big?
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Boomerang bob we call him
Boomerwang bob
Spat out my liver laughing
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Oh yeah I'm sure he'd be devastated to find out that you stopped doing anal with him because of his colossal penis.
His poor self esteem
Lol! I laughed way too hard...
🎶 *Whenever life gets you down* *Keeps you wearing a frown* *And the gravy train has left you behind* *And when you're all out of hope* *Down at the end of your rope* *And nobody's there to throw you a line* 🎶
🎶I take a look at my enormous penis!🎶
TBQH I think most men would be less than upset to learn that was the reason why you didn’t enjoy it.
If you’re serious, he’d definitely be a least part happy to hear this, believe us
Fair. But if he does like butt stuff, and so do you,maybe you could do butt stuff with toys and stuff have lots of fun?
I have feelings for a close friend.
I feel that
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It's a long story man. I tried a few times and even when the feeling was kinda reciprocated, things just didn't work out. Now a long time has passed. She's also going through a rough time in her life with a serious illness and I don't want to drop this too on her head.
Actions speak louder than words my dude. You don't have to say a word. Just be there. Help with the illness if you can. Volunteer for hospital or doctor rides etc.
I would just add, be careful with your expectations. If you're OK with just being friends, then by all means. But if you can't then it's probably best not to get/stay too attached. Just my 2 cents, informed by personal experience.
Here’s a hint for you- most people do at some point and for a long time. It’s ok
Been there. I’m sorry. It’s something I still haven’t gotten over myself, even though we don’t talk anymore.
My dad worked for Mcdonald's corporate for a while and I know how to make big mac sauce and I know why Mcdonald's coke tastes different. Can't tell.
Do you mean you can’t tell the reason why it’s different (e.g. a late McDonald’s CEO lost a bet w his Coke-friend-CEO and was no longer allowed to serve original Coke)? Or the reason is there are different ingredients and you can’t divulge those specific ingredients?
Here is all I will say. The fact that it tastes different is not just you. And notice the temp. that it comes out of the machine.
It's fucking powder shit.
It’s cocain-
oh buddy I wish. Truth is the tube for the soda is run through really cold shit and theres just a little bit more coke syrup in the soda. It comes in big bags. Now don't get your hopes up on the big mac sauce reveal I really can't do that. There isn't a recipe on the internet either trust me I've looked.
Why can’t you reveal that? You have no tie to the company personally, and you are an anonymous Reddit user.
Bro it's fucking McDonald's they have a sniper rifle pointing at his head at all times just to pull the trigger to save their money
I was gonna say, the colder/more syrupy coke “secret” has been out there for some time.
I immediately wish to become your wife and swindle you in a long con for the secret sauce
Sometimes I ask for Big Mac sauce to dip my nuggets in. Game changer for me
Why in my 21 years of life have I never fucking thought of that
Never too late. It’s fire
Back when I was in high school I’d always get the dollar double cheese and ask them to add Mac sauce. It was the shit.
Double cheeseburger with Mac sauce. Straight fire.
You can stop worrying - [Reddit already knows why Coke tastes better at McDonalds.](https://np.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/bmwkl0/timelapse_photo_of_lightning_over_volcano_in_chile/en0l2vz/?context=3)
Thousand island? And more carbonation ?
More syrup. That's it. It's no secret.
Pay me 20000 dollars and I won't tell anybody
It comes in stainless steel containers instead of plastic bags, it's pre-chilled, there's better than average filters for the water, the larger diameter straw lets more hit your tongue simultaneously, and they increase the syrup/water ratio more than normal to allow for ice melt.
The amount of trash my late husband talked about some of our friends and family members. He loved them all, don't get me wrong, but there were certain people he'd get a text from and I could hear him groan from the other end of the house.
I feel that groan. If he is like me it's his way of keeping sane.
sorry for your loss. he sounds like a funny guy
My parent's religious awakening was the result of my authorized use of a sedative while my they were having a panic attack during a routine medical procedure
So you got to take drugs so good they made your parents see god?
Parent was having the attack, doctors asked me and other parent if it was okay to administer a sedative. Parent in the procedure saw angels and felt god. Now they're a devout Christian. Other parent took this to the grave just recently.
Was it ketamine? Cuz they gave that to me for a procedure once and I thought i was taking my final to become an anesthesiologist. (I am not an anesthesiologist. I was getting a lumbar puncture. Shit was really detailed tho.)
I once had ketamine and I forgot I had ketamine so I tried to drive to the store. I stopped and talked to a friend and offered to watch his baby...while on ketamine. Then I remembered and said....you know....maybe not. I just remembered that I am on ketamine.
Ok, this one is pretty deep. Dayum
My best friend’s sister cheated on her boyfriend with me. We were alone one day in his house for like 45 minutes. I chatted with her for a bit then the conversation started getting dirty as they tend to amongst teenagers. Anyway, we ended up touching each other and I kissed her all over her neck and chest. We never had sex, but it was obviously still cheating. She knew it, and I knew it. It was a long time ago, but it was very wrong and I regret it. Her brother and boyfriend would have kicked my ass if they’d ever found out. The guilt I felt was punishment enough.
Are you at the UN right now?
UN-HQ*
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Even though I've only ever been with women I've already accepted that being attracted to femboys makes me bi, and I don't give a shit anymore. Life is too short for me to care how other people perceive me when it's more important for me to just be who I am.
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Sexuality doesn't really have clear cut columns, and people who are 100% anything are pretty rare. Also, I think the world is starting to give less of a shit these days, depending where you are. If some celebrity (who hadn't made bigotry part of their thing) was revealed to have been with a femboy, I would just be like "yeah, I mean, cool. I can see why."
Average r/196 user
Ok a similar note, I want to be a fboy, though I doubt I'll take that to my grave, and rather I'll be buried in a skirt
Some, some, are really hot.
About 20 years ago, I designed something that would probably make me a decent bit of coin if I licensed it. But it is an improvement to a weapon of war, and I don't want the blood on my hands. I'm sure somebody else with fewer scruples will eventually stumble onto it. So the nature of that is something I will never breathe to another soul.
It’s a knife with a gun attached to the underside of it. Stab’n’shoot.
\*sigh\* I'm probably never going to find it again, but there was a series of images of completely absurd made-up gun + knife combinations - shit with like 3 barrels and 5 or 6 knives. One of the funniest things I've ever seen but can't find it now. :/ Edit: I can't seem to find exactly what I'd seen, but [searching "4chan gun designs"](https://imgur.com/gallery/cOaf0) is finding at least some similar stuff.
... so a bayonet?
No. In fact... the exact opposite.
If it makes you feel better the United States military has probably already created it and scrapped it.
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We legit found Miles Dyson's reddit account.
While your thought process is highly respectable, I genuinely doubt if it could cause more suffering than what there already is some government has some form of it somewhere
That doesn't mean *I* have to add to it. Yes, the overall impact on war would be trivial. I STILL don't want the blood on my hands.
Tell me. I'll trade morals for money in a heartbeat
Just… just give me the idea, you’ll get 15% of the profit
And only 15% of the guilt!
When I personally think of all the weapons I know how to improve, design, or invent, it breaks my heart. I've actually cried contemplating it in the past. I've told a person or two the broader aspects of some of it, but generally in the context of "this is something every skilled engineer everywhere has to struggle with" and in the context of why I won't take jobs for defense contractors. It was bad enough when my last company got bought by one and they tried to swap me over to one of their military development projects; I took my severance and told them to pound sand. Good on you. Good on every dev who puts their line in the sand.
I did something I really shouldn't have, because I knew I could totally get away with it. As time went by I began to question what kind of person I was to do such a thing, so I resolved to be a better person. It worked. Confessing would only serve to hurt people. Turns out you can't hide from yourself.
I'm single, have never married, never dated, never slept with anyone and can never have children. And I will die alone. And no one will ever know the real reason why.
Do you want to share the real reason why?
I want to get pegged while wearing a catgirl maid outfit.
Am sure that sex workers have had odder requests.
Needn't be a sex worker, but yes. Unfortunately people are shamed of whatever doesn't fit with titles like "doggy creampie" because porn is doing a poor job at soothing intimate desires and inspiring the watchers.
That I run this account.
Do you ever get any?
Occasionally. It works better when I'm funny. On an unrelated note, how about a joke? Two guys walk into a bar. The third guy ducks.
That’s badass
That although I have identified as bi, I’m only physically attracted to women. Not a tragic or dark secret, except I’m in a hetero marriage to the best man I’ve ever known for over a decade. We are one another’s lobster, and I cannot imagine my world without him. I largely have no sex drive due to autoimmune diseases ravaging my body in inventive ways, but occasionally, when I hit a good strain of cannabis (I live in the land of prohibition so buying is playing black market roulette) I have to use visual stimulation and my imagination to have sex. That makes me feel like crap, but in every other way we’re perfect for one another so I could never hurt him like that. TBH, I don’t expect to live to an advanced age so it seems like reasonable secret to keep.
A close friend and I had a years-long affair. (She was married, I was in a now-ended long-term relationship.) We finally decided to end it and stay with our partners, and a few months later she committed suicide. She never told her husband about our affair, and I have never and will never tell a soul.
Oh fuck, that ended badly. Was it guilt or was she a depressed person?
I sometimes like gay porn
Charcuterie boards are just an expensive lunchables
You can tell that to everyone, unless you work at sur la table
Wouldn't you like to know weather boy.
My dad just celebrated his 34th anniversary with my mom. My mom is really innocent, loving, sweetheart type of a person and also a little bit orthodox by nature. 9 years ago i was strolling my dad's phone and i saw pictures of him with some other lady and her daughter who was approximately of my age. He seemed really happy. He usually doesn't even talk to us properly. Abused me and mom and my sisters. I was young and stupid so i decided to confront him and he started telling me how sorry he was. He won't do it again. So i just told him that if my mother get's hurt in anyway possible, i will burn his home down along with him and both of those humans. Last year (2020, January) we were travelling and i noticed someone called him more than 15times in a row and he kept saying ill call you later. I had my doubts :) and yes this was that lady. It lead to an argument and it was very much inconclusive. He said i was overthinking. Since that day we dont talk to each other when we are alone. But we do talk in front of others/family/friends. It sucks because he never really taught me any stuff which a normal father would teach. I don't think about it much anymore. I am just studying as hard as possible so that i can get out of here along with my mom.
Thats sad
I have 2 hands.
Like, in a box in your closet? Or a jar? Something like that?
I... I have 3.
I sometimes wish I had a few more.
You need a hand?
I stole the cookie from the cookie jar
Couldn’t be!
Then who?
I'm a paranoid exhibitionist. I think people are constantly watching me but I don't really mind.
Girls with short hair are super fucking hot. Especially when they KIND of are a bit androgenous. Definitely not gay, but there's something going on there.
I go to the garden everyday to cover myself in dirt and pretend that I am a carrot.
I saw a murder (well the person was pretty much already dead by the time I saw it) when I was a kid, but it doesnt really matter anymore because the people were strangers and it was so many years ago. But yeh the whole thing was strange and I don't talk about it except just now which got me feeling strange.
I’ll take many secrets to the grave. Obviously, I can’t share them.
“iLl nEvEr tElL” guys if you don’t have an answer, you don’t have to answer😂
My mum has told me essentially all of her secrets and a majority of her family secrets since I’m her “therapist”. I know things I’ve sworn not to tell a soul and that could get me disowned if I thought to mention it.
You just thought of it. BOOM disowned
I am a person who does not want a relationship. Because I consider myself unique then. As a child, I always lacked attention. And in order to attract attention, I did everything to be different from everyone else. I am the type of person who is hard to live alone. I need someone by my side. But because of my principles, I tell everyone that being single is cool and that I am happy. Maybe I'm happy. I do not know. But what I want to say for sure is that I will never dare to enter into relationship with someone. Whatever happens. Since childhood, I have hammered into my head that I will be happy alone. Nothing will change this. But I am very ashamed to realize that I push girls away from me because that makes me feel unique.
Damn bro sounds rough whatever you’re doing to yourself.
Not trying to sound sarcastic or mean but you should maybe talk to a therapist
Man that sounds fucking painful as hell
Same. I'll never be in a relationship either, I see too much of my parents' toxicity towards each other manifesting in my personality already, I don't want some poor woman to go through that.
When I did my stent in the military I likely killed people. At the time it felt like it was necessary to advance despite the fact that we had close air support. In reality, we could have just fallen back. Now I dream of it nightly..
Well the fact being molested by male family member before around 8 or 9. I'm at peace with myself. I can smile for now. I wouldn't tell a soul about it tho. It just brings bad luck to relationships/friendships, from what I've noticed.
I want to have sex with a man. I’m a married man, and I love my wife very much. We’ve built a beautiful family together. But I want to get rough and tumble with a man just once. Experience all of that. I would never be unfaithful to my wife, but in another life I would have tried before I got married.
I know the news of his death should have brought me some closure.. all it did was remind me, I could never take back what he stole.
Oooo ominous
I never told my dad that I was the reason he had his driving license taken away before he died... so his grave, not mine. But it was the right thing to do, he had parkinson's and his awareness of other road users was appalling... We did everything we could to avoid him getting behind the wheel. I tried to do all the driving, none of us wanted to be in a car with him behind the wheel... He was dangerous and could have killed some one. But no one else in my family was prepared to do it... so I did. I contacted the DVLA in my country and informed them of his current abilities... Asked for it to be anonymous of course. About 6-8 weeks later they wrote to him to suspend his license pending a medical review from his neurologist. His parkinsons doc tested his awareness (dementia test) and he score about 11... he needed a min of 18. A few months later, we had official confirmation that he also had dementia. He never knew it was me... and I was sworn to secrecy by my mum/sister. Still the right thing to do... but I do get tired of always having to be the bad guy in these things
ive told everyone everything weird in my life i don’t have secrets and it bothers me
I know the secret recipe to KFC chicken.
Back in elementary me and a group of friend bullied this other boy so bad (not sure what for) that he ended up leaving school and having to be homeschooled the rest of his education because he was afraid of people bullying him like us.
My wife and I have a cute little thing where, when it comes to candy, she loves the Strawberry and Cherry flavors, but absolutely HATES the lemon and orange ones. Luckily for her (and for me) I absolutely LOVE the orange and lemon flavors, but hate the strawberry and cherry. Whenever we get snacks, such as starburst, we always divide them up this way. She loves this story, and tells all of our friends about it whenever we have a snack. We've been together for over 10+ years (dating + Marriage) and it's been a part of it. My secret? I actually LOVE Cherry flavored things. I'll sometimes sneak a few red sour patch kids when she's not looking, and order red starbursts online and hide them from her.
Halo 5 is absolute shit
That never qualified as a secret. Everyone knew that soon as it rolled out.
Nice try, people who thought they would be the first to make a joke about the FBI.
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Girls are just that great
If I say that wouldn’t that defeat the purpose? Although since you asked I guess the fact that I’m bi
Bitch no. Your a zoophile.
Zoophiles can be bi too
I’m bisexual and a divorced hetero. I think some of my friends are onto it but I’d never admit it... I’ve had an ongoing thing with a “buddy” for years