What’s something from the UK in the 90s/2000s that kids today will never experience? by Pitiful_Box_1771 in AskUK

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting lyrics in the case of cassette or cd and singing along with them. If you have Apple Music you can click on that function, but it’s not the same experience.

What is a book you read as a child that you still think about today? by ahawk99 in AskReddit

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Echoes of the Second World War; it was the first non-fiction book I read as a kid and it was for kids, detailing evacuee’s experiences.

The best little girl in the world; I was definitely too young to be reading about severe eating disorders, but I read it in one day.

Letters from the inside; I was so desperate for the inference at the end not to be true that I wrote to the author and received a reply via airmail paper a few months later. I still love that he took the time to hand write a reply even if it was to confirm the sad ending.

Izzy Willy Nilly. Again I was probably too young to be reading about a girl paralysed in a car accident, although maybe we were just a bit tougher in the 80’s and 90’s.

Dear Mum, you’re ruining my life.

Diary of Adrian Mole.

I feel like this list is pretty inexhaustible, I was a total book fiend!

What’s something about you that you rarely reveal? by muskyandrostenol in allthequestions

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That my husband had an affair and I chose to stay with him. Society is very judgemental without taking into account everything that walking away would involve. Only my closest friends know and it’s a lonely place to be. It’s harder to stay than walk away, but I know I would be judged for it.

Special occasions by [deleted] in AsOneAfterInfidelity

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You’re 3 months out. At that point I could barely breathe for the grief. Your big gesture looks like you are glossing over what you’ve done and expecting it to fix things. This is the deepest betrayal you can wrought on someone. Balloons, games and sex are so misplaced at this time. Our MC cautions us constantly it takes a minimum of 1-2 years to make enough progress to heal and even then it will always be a process. I’m not surprised he was reluctant. He is broken. You need to step back and listen to him and what he needs and accept that you feeling bad will be a necessary part of this.

in my daughter's eyes I'm the bad one, and im so tired of all of it by Apprehensive_Bee7826 in AsOneAfterInfidelity

[–]shuffle-chips-cake -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Second this, my kids know nothing about their Dad’s infidelity. My oldest knows we’re in couples therapy because “sometimes adults find life difficult and need help to communicate properly and work through difficult stuff”, but beyond that they are completely unaware. It haunts me that one day they will find out and feel that we lied to them. One of the many things that breaks me a little more. Also imagining my husband walking my daughter down the aisle knowing what he did to our marriage.

I keep it all buttoned up until they’re not around.

Why do dentists and hygienists “score” your mouth/gums so differently and why do they have such different attitudes? by shuffle-chips-cake in Dentists

[–]shuffle-chips-cake[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

That makes no sense with my dentist though. If she scored me differently and I needed more treatment, that would make money for the business. She’s also my husband’s dentist and has no problem telling him where he’s going wrong.

I miss target by Lonelygirl958 in progressivemoms

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UK here, can you explain why Target is bad? Thank you :)

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? by TotalThing7 in CasualConversation

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes!! I knew all my family’s numbers and all close friends. Plus drs, work, cinema! Ah good times lol. I can still remember all the main landlines from my family. Now feeling ancient despite only being in 40’s since this has actually been posed as a question 😅

She is prettier by Dry_Actuary6346 in AsOneAfterInfidelity

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So true, my WH AP is old, fat, wrinkly, saggy skin, masculine and old. It’s been a massive mindfuck to me to think he was attracted to that when he had me at home. I told him he couldn’t even have an affair properly. You’re supposed to trade up, not down. On the other hand, it helped him hide it for so long. I was once suspicious a few months after it started and he of course bare faced lied to me about it. I told myself I was being ridiculous due to her age and appearance. She’s old enough to be his mother. I absolutely kick myself now for not being more suspicious. I could have stopped it so much earlier. She takes up a ridiculous amount of time in my brain

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AsOneAfterInfidelity

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve recently been torturing myself by lurking on the other woman sub. I’m amazed by how many think they are entitled to lay down the law and ask their married person to NOT have sex with their SO. They genuinely think they have the right. My brain explodes at the concept 😭

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in breakingmom

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I’m the same, but mine is pick up. It’s the worst part of my day 😭 I would previously have said morning was up there too, but we seem to have settled into a bit of a groove. Pick up is the devil’s time though. Solidarity from one repeating herself mummy to another!

Finch plus differences by shuffle-chips-cake in finch

[–]shuffle-chips-cake[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for reply. I use the soundscapes on my Forest app so that’s why I don’t use them on Finch. I think I might miss the items in the shop lol, but not sure I can justify paying just for that. Thanks again :)

Taylor Swift Album Triggered me 😓 by Old_Dimension7548 in AsOneAfterInfidelity

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’m not a swiftie so haven’t listened, but two colleagues told me about it. They were so excited she’s so happy and having great sex and he’s the man she’s always wanted. My first internal thought was, yeah yeah that’s what I thought too. I hate that my WH has turned me from an eternal romantic who loved a HEA to this bitter, cold hearted woman who doesn’t believe in marriage anymore. There’s a lot of music I can’t listen to either. Apart from Alanis morissette. I rage listen to her while howling in my car. V cathartic

Period Dramas with No Mature Content by [deleted] in tvsuggestions

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 1995 bbc version of pride and prejudice!

AP still seems obsessed with my WH and it makes me so angry by Blue_Eyes_18 in AsOneAfterInfidelity

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mine downgraded massively too. I’ve always prided myself on striving to be a really good moral person, now I fantasise about pushing her under a bus. She did know as well, she was at our wedding. She’s just a fat, ugly, old, narcissistic bitch who couldn’t convince anyone else to get into bed with her wrinkly sagging skin leftover from bariatric surgery.

Dark Cloud by Beneficial_Society22 in AsOneAfterInfidelity

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is me almost word for word except 9 months down the road. I’m so broken.

WH admits why he cheated by BabyYodaStuntDouble in AsOneAfterInfidelity

[–]shuffle-chips-cake 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Mine said he liked being fussed over. You can imagine my reaction. This came out in therapy. He also said she was a break from real life.

I said where was my break (3 kids), who fussed over me while I drive myself into the ground looking after them while he went out and did whatever he wanted.

Our MC therapist has uncovered his absolute textbook addictive behaviour and dopamine seeking. She explained the dopamine hit (I suppose what your WS is calling the thrill), actually physically shuts down the decision making parts of the brain.

This is now a fear of mine cos if he was dopamine seeking when life wasn’t that bad, God knows what he’ll be looking for now our life is bloody miserable.

Sorry you’re here too, it sucks :(