Anonymous
02/10/2019 11:40
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed seeing you cower before me like a dog .
It sounds like there is someone in your life that you abuse. Seek help.
Anonymous
02/10/2019 10:58
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My heritage is very WASP, southern and descended from multiple large plantation owners and slave owners. I understand different centuries and different values. I am proud of their success. Would I even consider it today - absolutely not.
Their success was built on the abuse of other humans beings.
+1. But "abuse" is soft peddling rape, murder, kidnapping, and torture for profit. History is messy, so you don't necessarily have to feel personal shame about it, but being proud of that "success" is horrifying. [/quote
You are right. I should have been more clear in my choice of words.]
You have an awareness that your good fortune is linked to misery for others. There's a reason you've posted on a confession board. You seem more conflicted than you let on. What's done is done. What you think and do now are all that remain.
Anonymous
02/10/2019 10:48
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am dealing with anxiety with my high school aged child. I am unfairly resentful of my sister who has a child who just accepted college admission offer. Not her fault. And not my child’s fault that this is happening. But I always thought this child would have a million options due to incredible intelligence and athletic abilities that are now being thwarted by an evil monster known as anxiety.
Anxiety goes hand in hand with pressure to always be good at stuff (internal pressure or external pressure). Your kid needs to know it’s ok to try and fail. And it’s ok to decide that using those gifts to their fullest is not actually what makes him/her happy in life. Achievement for achievement’s sake can be pretty unfulfilling in the end.
I'm your child pp. And this reply is spot on.
Anonymous
02/10/2019 10:41
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:My heritage is very WASP, southern and descended from multiple large plantation owners and slave owners. I understand different centuries and different values. I am proud of their success. Would I even consider it today - absolutely not.
Good for you, PP.
Anonymous
02/10/2019 10:35
Subject: Re:Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:I would walk away from my marriage if we didn't have kids together. And the irony is my wife is one of those Facebook posters who likes to your her perfect family. I don't hate her, we are just way apart and no real interest in trying to rekindle for the umteenth time
You are me. It isn't that we hate each other, it's that there is no common ground, nor future dreams. I truly believe the only reason she has not pushed for divorce is because it is too convenient for her to have the mortgage and cars paid while she lives the way she wants. And I blame myself. As a woman I used to work with (we were thinking about running off together) said, "nobody had a gun to your head".
Anonymous
02/10/2019 10:31
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:I am dealing with anxiety with my high school aged child. I am unfairly resentful of my sister who has a child who just accepted college admission offer. Not her fault. And not my child’s fault that this is happening. But I always thought this child would have a million options due to incredible intelligence and athletic abilities that are now being thwarted by an evil monster known as anxiety.
Anxiety goes hand in hand with pressure to always be good at stuff (internal pressure or external pressure). Your kid needs to know it’s ok to try and fail. And it’s ok to decide that using those gifts to their fullest is not actually what makes him/her happy in life. Achievement for achievement’s sake can be pretty unfulfilling in the end.
Anonymous
02/10/2019 10:11
Subject: Re:Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:I would walk away from my marriage if we didn't have kids together. And the irony is my wife is one of those Facebook posters who likes to your her perfect family. I don't hate her, we are just way apart and no real interest in trying to rekindle for the umteenth time
And I wonder how many long term marriages are like this. People on the outside would assume we have a great marriage but there is very little love or sex left. No idea how common this is, and would be reassuring to know if this is as good as most people have it
Anonymous
02/10/2019 10:08
Subject: Re:Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
I would walk away from my marriage if we didn't have kids together. And the irony is my wife is one of those Facebook posters who likes to your her perfect family. I don't hate her, we are just way apart and no real interest in trying to rekindle for the umteenth time
Anonymous
02/10/2019 09:30
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
I am dealing with anxiety with my high school aged child. I am unfairly resentful of my sister who has a child who just accepted college admission offer. Not her fault. And not my child’s fault that this is happening. But I always thought this child would have a million options due to incredible intelligence and athletic abilities that are now being thwarted by an evil monster known as anxiety.
Anonymous
02/10/2019 09:21
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My heritage is very WASP, southern and descended from multiple large plantation owners and slave owners. I understand different centuries and different values. I am proud of their success. Would I even consider it today - absolutely not.
Their success was built on the abuse of other humans beings.
+1. But "abuse" is soft peddling rape, murder, kidnapping, and torture for profit. History is messy, so you don't necessarily have to feel personal shame about it, but being proud of that "success" is horrifying. [/quote
You are right. I should have been more clear in my choice of words.]
Anonymous
02/10/2019 09:19
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My heritage is very WASP, southern and descended from multiple large plantation owners and slave owners. I understand different centuries and different values. I am proud of their success. Would I even consider it today - absolutely not.
Their success was built on the abuse of other humans beings.
+1. But "abuse" is soft peddling rape, murder, kidnapping, and torture for profit. History is messy, so you don't necessarily have to feel personal shame about it, but being proud of that "success" is horrifying.
++1000. You’re repulsive PP.
Anonymous
02/10/2019 09:13
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My heritage is very WASP, southern and descended from multiple large plantation owners and slave owners. I understand different centuries and different values. I am proud of their success. Would I even consider it today - absolutely not.
Their success was built on the abuse of other humans beings.
+1. But "abuse" is soft peddling rape, murder, kidnapping, and torture for profit. History is messy, so you don't necessarily have to feel personal shame about it, but being proud of that "success" is horrifying.
Anonymous
02/10/2019 09:05
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
.Anonymous wrote:I’m deeply jealous that my SIL is pregnant. I want to try but it’s a bad time for us but it hurts to have to wait and watch someone get to enjoy that process. I had tears in my eyes at baby shower and idk how I’ll feel seeing the baby.
I feel like a bad person admitting this because I should be happy for them.
You're not a bad person pp. I get it. It's not the same thing, but my younger sister is getting married. I'm having a hard time with it. I want so badly to be in that place, but it hasn't worked out for me yet. Same with friends having babies. I'm happy for them, but probably not as happy as I could be. I have twinges of jealousy over every baby/wedding conversation. I've shed tears. It's hard watching others get what you yearn for. Hugs to you and I hope both our dreams come true soon.
Anonymous
02/10/2019 08:43
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:My heritage is very WASP, southern and descended from multiple large plantation owners and slave owners. I understand different centuries and different values. I am proud of their success. Would I even consider it today - absolutely not.
Their success was built on the abuse of other humans beings.
Anonymous
02/10/2019 08:00
Subject: Confession Thread: What do you need to get off your chest?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My heritage is very WASP, southern and descended from multiple large plantation owners and slave owners. I understand different centuries and different values. I am proud of their success. Would I even consider it today - absolutely not.
You win as worst person on the thread!
Go away.
Good comeback! ? I think deep down you know that they were complete failures and that’s why you posted. You probably also pretend to be “successful” in some career that contributes negatively to our world.
No, really, go away.
--NP