Sunday Confessions: 1-14-24

"I’m only doing dry January to say I’m doing it."

“I’m nervous.”

Studies say that just muttering those words will naturally wipe away most of the nervous feelings pumping through you. In the early days of Sunday Scaries, we had a saying: “We’re less scared individually if we’re all scared together.” It was a mantra that allowed us rid ourselves of the guilt and shame we felt after Friday and Saturday nights that got taken a little too deep.

And with all that being said, introducing: Sunday Confessions.

I’ve always toyed with the idea of doing a confessional of some sort — and while Rough Mondays on Instagram kind of scratches that itch, I think these feel a little more personal. A little more candid. A little more… relatable. Especially after the success of the secret New Year’s resolutions from last week.

72 People Reveal Their Secret New Year's Resolutions

While I can’t promise this will exist in this form every week, let’s at least enjoy for today. These are all completely anonymous to the point where I don’t have any personal information about any submissions. Enjoy.

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My friend keeps going back to a guy who clearly doesn’t want to commit to her. I’m so close to telling her she’s an idiot.

Haven’t drank since Christmas Day. Found an old joint in the kitchen and now have a really bad weed hangover, by it still counts as dry January to me.

I’m married but sometimes I just want to be a little flirty on social media. All for innocent fun. But I don’t know how to approach my spouse with this and it’s driving me crazy.

I met a guy on Tinder this week and I'm already attached to him but I know how dangerous it is to get attached so quickly. I crave his attention and whenever it takes him a while to answer I'm getting nervous.

Some days I wish I wasn’t a mom. And I feel terrible for thinking and feeling that way for a million reasons.

Sometimes I look at my boyfriend and want to smother him with a pillow in his sleep.

Made out with a guy on holidays and now he’s talking about planning a visit to my country… I have a boyfriend (complicated end-of-relationship situation).

Last Thursday they fired me from work. Even with the pressure of paying the rent, food for my 6 dogs and my son, paying for groceries, and my credit cards maxed out… I feel more relieved to leave that place.

I have a huge crush on a married man and the only reason we haven’t fucked more often is because of logistics. Not because he’s, you know, married. I know I’m breaking girl code but I’ve decided that’s his business?

Waiting patiently for my friend to fill my Venmo request for our 2 Ubers the other day while she’s treating us to a weekend at her family’s beach club. We live two types of lives.

Hooked up with a guy after the second date and pretty sure he doesn’t know how to pronounce my name.

I decided I hate my freelancing gig and dropped all of my clients with no warning.

Sometimes I feel so good about myself when my friends aren’t doing as well as me. I suck.

9-year affair ended last night... We're married and over 40. It's been this wild emotional friendship situation for 25 years off and on. I know it's wrong. But I think it's finally done and for the best. It's been exhausting.

Just found out I’m pregnant!!!

I want to punch my husband in the face.

Put my card down for the last night of dinner at a bachelor party of which I’m the best man. We’re in Cabo. Four rogue characters in the group bought a drink package that included Dom perignon and the final statement on my credit card was over $13,000 USD.

Woke up hungover to 10 drunk texts including 3 love interests, 2 exes and 2 guys I’ve never even spoken to.

I love my fiancée but honestly don’t want to deal with the whole drama and stress of having a wedding.

I'm totally smitten for a guy that is a family friend and basically forbidden because of a large age gap, him being younger. No one knows we've hooked up multiple times.

Went on a 4 day ski trip and drank entirely way too much. Not because I wanted to but because I didn’t want my high school/college friends to think I’d gone soft. The people pleaser in me wins again.

I had the best sex of my life this weekend and I will probably never see him again. Sad but so fulfilling.

I read smut during my grandfather's wake.

I’m only doing dry January to say I’m doing it.

I use early Teams calls as my excuse to lay in bed an extra hour or two, no one knows what I do, they all think I’m so busy they never question me, it’s all that keeps me at this job at this point.

I’m in a situationship and I’m starting to fall hard for this person. Also, I’m married with kids.

Found … pics on my husbands phone that were not sent to me.

Celebrated my birthday weekend at a cabin in the woods — got drunk and fell asleep inside the hot tub, woke up at 5am with burns after being in there 6 hours.

I consciously decided to pick a fight with my boyfriend when he got home late from a boys night out — simply bc I was bored.

I’m still finding out about things I said and did on New Year’s that I have no recollection of.

Have a great week, everyone.

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