If someone had to say it, it was Redditors. One came from a teacher who has seen a lot of bad things from parents, while another didn't realize as a kid that many of their peers came from messed-up families.
"Recently, how much I wish someone would have given me a birthday present, even a little one. But you can't actually say that out loud. So, another birthday passes just the same as all the others." - u/SunsetAndSilence
We're all thinking it when we see a baby that looks, well, like only the face a mother could love. But would someone actually say that out loud? We hope not. We just smile, nod, and say, "they're beautiful!"
"Drag queens are kinda sexist, dressing up as women and putting on a female stage name, fake boobs, fake bum, and acting like a bimbo in a nonironic way? Why? Why can’t men just wear makeup, wigs, dresses and not put on our body parts and not make fun of women in the process? To me, it feels like black face but with gender." - u/kiz2trappy
This Redditor is holding the real reason they were fired close to their chest. While they said it was over a petty-yet-civil disagreement, the truth is that they had a full-blown breakdown at work. This was from them taking a joke from a co-worker way too seriously.
"Whenever I come in contact with a hefty object, like a large mug, a heavy perfume bottle, etc., I always think 'this is useful, you could hit someone with this.' I stopped questioning it." - u/plava-krava-zaborava
This Redditor has a co-worker at work who is the nicest person you could meet. BUT they can't be honest about not wanting to sit next to them at work because they are always trying to have non-stop conversations.
"That men are inferior. They are just unimpressive to me, and their dominance has cost our species so much wasted time. We could be light years beyond where we’re at if men hadn’t spent millennia after millennia getting twisted off on war after war." - u/sionnachglic
While Simon Cowell has no problem telling someone they can't sing, this Redditor struggles with being honest with their friend. Unfortunately, not being honest will cause them to endure many more songs.
"That I'm not doing ok, I have clinical depression and people ask me all the time if I'm ok but I actually just say no all the time because if I do people will try to overly involve themselves in something that they can't fix." - u/annathetravelbanana
This Redditor thinks their co-worker is a bad parent since they are a bigot and extremely ignorant about issues that directly affect her child. But since the kid is almost 18 and the parent isn't doing something to warrant Child Protective Services, they say nothing.
"How much I hate dealing with the elderly. I respect that things are changing, and getting harder for them, but my god, I work in retail, and helping them takes forever and is always frustrating; it's like they've never used a credit card before." -u/Sock_Muppet
Death. It's something that happens to us all, yet very few people talk about it, including this Redditor. They don't want to talk about it, yet the thought of it plagues them daily. They'll be hanging out with someone and stop and remember that we're all going to die...
"I am not a morning person. My coworker is the morningest person ever. Every morning I mentally prepare myself for the barrage of chatter before I’ve even got my coat off and silently wish I could just tell her to shut it until I’ve at least had one cup of coffee." - u/goodlordineedacoffee
Divorce isn't so cut and dry. That's why many people choose to stay in bad relationships, such as this Redditor. They're ready for a divorce, but admitting this out loud means potentially doing something that could affect them forever.
"How much I can’t stand some of my students, and how bad I would like to slap them across their smug, small-minded, egotistical heads. How I hate their conversations in my class and I want to tell them how ignorant they sound, but I keep it all I side and smile while I teach try to teach them something of value." - u/No-Assistance-5237
This Redditor wishes they had the abortion. That's a pretty big thought to have and keep to yourself. But telling your child would be pretty devastating.
"Apart from my mother, I hate my family. They're incredibly toxic, constantly put me down, disrespect my boundaries, mocks me because I have mental illnesses. I moved to a city 80km away as soon as I could, and I've since found that it was not far enough. The toxicity transcends highways." - u/Electronic-Score1576
H/T: Reddit
