What's the worst thing you've overheard while pretending to be asleep?

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[@lbird524]

As someone (in part) from a culture where arranged marriage is normal (not common but normal) it’s not the same as a forced marriages, an actual arranged marriage is “hey meet this person and if you hit it off go on some more dates then marry each other” (basically a blind date but set up by families or matchmakers), a forced marriage is often called an arranged marriage (and technically it’s not wrong), but I want to distinguish the two, because arranged marriages (that aren’t forced) are often very happy and successful :). Hope this helps explain why some people still defend or do it :)

[@reyxl]

I deslike arranged marriage set up a blind date is cool but forcing marriage is I think a abuse

[@Meela9088]

Oh yeah that reminds me of Algeria. It’s an arranged marriage of sorts but different. The person tells their parents who they would like to marry and the parents organise the logistics and stuff around the marriage

[@reyxl]

@@Meela9088 wow

[@lbird524]

@@reyxl oh 100% forced marriages are abn$3, they're a form of human traffick!ng, but not all arranged marriages are forced

[@reyxl]

@@lbird524 yep

[@MoriKitsune]

Worst thing I heard while pretending to be asleep was on a night during the early phase of my parents' divorce when I was about 11 years old. My mom went to sleep on the couch, and in solidarity I went and laid down to sleep on the loveseat. In the middle of the night, my dad came out and started absolutely (verbally) tearing into my mom. He didnt even raise his voice, just kept it menacingly low and tore her to shreds with words until she started crying and telling him that the judge said he wasn't allowed to talk to her like that in front of the kids. He snapped back that I was asleep so it didn't count, and I promptly opened my eyes and said no I'm not, and I heard everything. They both stopped talking and stared at me with wide eyes, and my dad left the room after that. That was over a decade ago, now. I bet they think I've forgotten.

[@2near_death]

Hows your relationship with your dad?

[@your_favorite_artist]

💀

[@MoriKitsune]

@2near_death Actually decent; it got worse before it got better. I did completely cut contact for a few years, and it's my husband's doing that I reestablished contact at all My dad has done a lot of growing these past 5 years or so- he's had a bit of an awakening to how much bs he put other people through (especially before and during the divorce,) he's done some deconstructing on his machismo, and self-reflection on why he's like this (his own childhood was Gd-awful.) I think he might've done a few sessions with a psychologist or therapist because from what he's told me, he's recieved at least 2 mental health diagnoses. He's also sincerely apologized for what he put me through, so that helps. Nowadays, he's moved on from my mom, and we can actually talk without getting upset with each other (as long as we don't get too deep into politics/economics lol) and I can call on him when I need help, and I know he'll be there as soon as possible.

[@tanyasinha8766]

Really happy to know that things have gotten better! ^^ Somewhere I hope a similar development happens with my mom, but I know its hopeless lol Keeping my distance is helping :)

[@jessicacaron5084]

Good for you! That was brave!

[@Flywolf33]

When my brother was little he screamed that he hated my mom and mum looked at him and said, "No you don't, you're just really angry right now." And he just glowered at her for a moment then wailed, "YOU'RE RIGHT!" and sobbed harder.

[@Alex-wm1mn]

(TW - SA & Child Abuse) When I was about 11 or 12, I was at my mom's friend's house (We'll call her "Natalie") and I was pretending to be asleep on the couch because my mother was heavily drunk and I knew that it wouldn't be safe to allow her to try to drive home and I knew that if I pretended to be asleep that she'd just stay there for the night. So I'm laying there on the couch and Natalie's son, a few months older than me,(We'll call him "Zach") had just gotten done putting his little sister to bed and he knew that I was only pretending to be asleep, as he was the one who initially suggested it when I voiced my concern about my mother's intoxicated state. We made eye contact for a few seconds before he nodded slightly, signalling that he understood my position. Zach was like an older brother to me, although he was about the same age, and he was reasonably protective over me. He made sure to "trip" while re-entering the livingroom so that the adults knew he was there before kneeling down in front of the couch and pulling a blanket over me. He smiled and announced quietly that I had fallen asleep. The adults mumbled a drunken acknowledgment and Natalie told my mom we could stay the night. I pretend to be asleep for about 20 minutes, half listening to their conversation, before I hear my mom say my name. She began talking about the intensive therapy I went through when I was little, which I remember for the most part. As I continued listening, I hear a news story being mentioned about this guy who had gotten arrested for molesting his daughter. Then I hear the sentence "Yeah, something similar happened to [my deadname]" I was confused because I didn't remember anything like that happening to me. My mom then describes a scenario that I had previously thought was a scene from a movie that I had seen. At that point, I thought "That can't possibly be true! I just heard the name wrong" My mom mentioned that I had blocked out the memory entirely and that I didn't know why I was in therapy. My mother tends to overshare and be overly honest when she drinks but it took me a few minutes to process what happened. I fell asleep horrified and I woke up to someone shaking my arm. It was about 4 am and Zach woke me up and by the look on his face and the way he immediately pulled me into a hug, I knew he had heard it all. We both broke down and he was furious and asked if I remembered the name of the guy, I did not. I spent a lot of time with the family and from then on, he never left my side during outings. He'd even wait for me near the bathrooms to ensure my safety and shoot daggers at anyone who looked at me suspiciously. (all in a very "Over protective brother" fashion.) To this day, Zach treats me like a sister.

[@zimtastic1171]

🙄

[@HypeJutsu]

Not gonna lie I’m just a BIT confused, -Do you still not recall any of the details of being SA’ed to this day? -Are you mtf or ftm? Bc, that part threw me way off -Did you appreciate your mom for that or was it unfavorable?

[@Alex-wm1mn]

@hhqte7146 I guess I was a little cryptic lol I'm nonbinary but afab. I still don't remember the details but I've begun to remember bit and peices. I love my mum very much it was just a bad situation for everyone lol

[@jaylamitchell-wc6wf]

zach a real one

[@philzztheblader1767]

Zach seems nice

[@a.n.9800]

I woke up to the sound of what I thought was my mom crying so I tiptoed over to my parents’ bedroom to see what was wrong and if I could comfort her. Turned out it was tears of laughter and they were both losing it over some video on one of their phones. I went back to bed with a grin on my face and didn’t bring it up until morning.

[@TheLonelyMoon]

thanks for your piece of wholesomeness 😄

[@josevitorlobo517]

I'm glad it didn't go where my mind thought it would've...

[@coolraul07]

1:25 - Father of 4 here. I'm not a crier, but DAMNED if my eyes are suffering from severe condensation right now.

[@SomuaSomua]

Gave me a lump in my throat I’m a son of a father

[@sannyassi73]

Dude who tells his dad he loves him as much as possible- see what you heard as a blessing, if you hadn't you might not know how important it is to him and I'll bet it makes him feel great every time you say it. Strange how some of the most uncomfortable/traumatic experiences can have beneficial effects in the end.

[@themeerkat5157]

just like how when the ottomans conquered constantinople, must've been pretty traumatic for the civilians but thanks to that europeans were forced to find another route to the indies and boom they found the americas

[@euphisa8127]

I think people often confuse arranged marriages with forced marriages. I heard that in real arranged marriages, both parties can choose to not follow through it. So it isnt like they are stuck with each other with no choice of their own

[@waldotheranger3987]

good distinction Another thing to keep in mind is that, if (and it's a big if to be sure), your parents/other adults in your life are wise and know what makes a good relationship, they'll be a lot better able to choose a suitable match for younger people than they would themselves So on average, if we're talking about specifically the 'not forced' variety of arranged marriage, I could be convinced that the success and failure rates are pretty comparable. Still never ever going to participate in that outside maybe introducing my child to someone I think is cool

[@kirakira9419]

this is so true I wish more people would know about it.

[@not-so-obvious_autism777]

I thing forced marriages should be referred to more often as “contractual marriages” than “arranged marriages”

[@hsihdbssbcjtzksk7426]

​@@not-so-obvious_autism777 Not a good idea... People romanticise the word 'contract marriages' a lot these days. (I am blaming RoFan for this)

[@user-fn1zp4km9q]

My grandparents did not meet until their wedding day.

[@redtailarts101]

Usually people who get genuine, bad intrusive thoughts, don't consider acting on them and really don't want those thoughts. They're intrusive because they're unwanted, and they're usually things that are against the person's morals. Actively considering assaulting a woman is so different

[@dinoheartnerd2265]

I have been struggling with OCD for roughly about 7 years now (been in therapy and taking medication for it, as well as a few other mental illnesses, for 5 years so far), so I really appreciate this comment. More people need to understand this. I am so tired of the misinterpretation and misunderstanding of what intrusive thoughts actually are.

[@redtailarts101]

@@dinoheartnerd2265 yeah, I have been more active in the neurodivergent/mental disability community after finding out I was autistic and I've heard from many people who actually struggle with intrusive thoughts and have OCD, so that's why I wanted to stick up for them. The thing I hear most is that intrusive thoughts are things nobody wants to think or act on. So if this guy was actually actively considering assaulting a woman, it's just not excusable by saying intrusive thoughts. That only takes accountability away from him and places more stigma on people who do struggle with intrusive thoughts.

[@aelmantequilla]

1:47 brooother hearing yo dad cry is a whole new different breed of pain I'm not ready to learn to endure.

[@sumguy12345etc]

It’s really the worst thing you could hear. Mom crying is one thing, which still makes me sad. I’ve seen her cry a few times, nothing humongous though. My dad, however, I’ve only seen cry on 4 occasions. Those occasions were the day we found our cat (who was alive longer than I was at the time) dead on the living room floor on a Sunday morning, the day before we put our dog Fudge down after being diagnosed with a second form of cancer atop another form of cancer and arthritis, the day we put him down, and my grandmother’s (his mom) funeral. Any other time, he was either quite stoic or laughing about something or other. I know he’s only gonna be 54 this year, but I’m dreading the day he passes cuz I know I’m gonna lose it when he goes.

[@fleurpouvior2967]

In boarding school, I once heard some girls I thought were my friends talking about how weird and ugly I am. It was really mean, and really specific things, about my body, how I talked, and even how I sit, or walk. I'm in my mid 30's now, and still hate those things about myself and feel really insecure about myself and my relationships with everyone around me

[@cheesygrilkaboomyawoman]

Omg, im so sorry, hun. I guarantee you are one of the most beautiful and elegant human beings on this planet, inside and out.

[@sydneyjackson6530]

Idk why those girls decided to be mean, but I’m sure you are a fantastic person. Often times people will notice cool things about people too but won’t say something because they are embarrassed. I’m sure that you have wonderful attributes that you just aren’t noticing, why else would people hang around you? If they didn’t like you they wouldn’t be friends with you. I don’t know you personally but try to notice something that you like and focus on that❤️

[@ruthiewitter569]

Schoolgirls are petty and mean. They think cruelty is power. They’ll say mean things and pretend to be confident, when in reality, they’re just trying to impress each other by humiliating others. I know what that’s like. It doesn’t make it stop completely, but knowing the fact they’re either super insecure or super sociopathic to say such things? It makes it hurt less. If someone takes issue with how you sit? Like seriously? Don’t those losers have anything more interesting to talk about? You’re not hurting anyone or causing harm to yourself, so they’re just being petty. So don’t let them get to you, love. You are just fine

[@germanjones1031]

Yo, in the background, are you actually doing the parkour?

[@gautierh2486]

Don't judge yourself be yourself and f anyone who is nasty be around ppl who make you feel appreciated

[@BlackRosesRed]

My sister ripping the biggest fart in the kitchen early in the morning when I was "sleeping" on the couch. It took every part of my soul not to make a SOUND because I didn't want her to ask why I was still awake at 5 in the morning.

[@bigsarge8795]

Oh my god... that is golden

[@Nyghtking]

I learned a while ago that emotional pain can hurt more then physical pain, to the point where you would rather feel physical pain just so you could ignore the emotional pain for a little bit since your mind would focus on the physical pain.

[@azulathesunmoonsimp8939]

The butt stuff story- if consent is not expressed *enthusiastically,* then it’s rape- he was worn down, and essentially forced to do it, it was completely one-sided. That poor guy was technically raped, and the OP heard the whole thing- glad he has a much better partner now.

[@rianasaif3691]

From.7:12 to 10:08 if Ur wondering;-;

[@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755]

ngl if i was op, i probably would have "woken up to use the bathroom" when she kept demanding him to do it

[@gardenofsn5955]

@@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755 yeah no way I could've sat there listening to someone getting assaulted...

[@yasininn76]

Damn, that one about the father who just wanted to die after his kids said they hated him hits hard

[@flatcat9775]

Arranged marriage, like "hey try this person out, see if he/shes good for you, yada yada" has been proven to last a lot longer than the average "oh your cute, lets date, then gets married 5 years later" kind of marriage, because usually both folks can relate, and the bond builds up over time. even in the point where they initially dislike each other, most people who have respect of their parents will work it through.

[@noodles7157]

I was in an overcrowded jail cell(the 10th person in an 8 man cell) in the high risk tower of a feeder jail when I was 18. I got there from a benzo DUI and was still zonked for my first appearance so bond was withheld until I could see the judge unimpaired. I pretended to be asleep while one of my cellmates got shanked by 2 of my other cellmates(who were awaiting trial for murder) and died. I had to spend another month and a half in jail while an investigation was conducted. It was the most terrifying time of my life.

[@birbsap]

Holy shit that sounds terrifying

[@noodles7157]

@@birbsap yeah, I'm still fucked up from that, and that was 15 years ago. I had just turned 18. Dude's name was Miami (at least that's what we called him). He was actually a good dude, set me up in there and kept me from getting my ass beat the first day when I was still blackout and took someone's cornbread at chow call bc I didn't stand in line for a tray. He was like the dude that was looking out for me. He had a big mouth though, and was talking shit to the cholos the whole time (MS13 was big around there at the time) and especially out in the pod. To this day I will avoid large crowds or tight spaces in public, it's just anxiety inducing.

[@wetburntbagel]

Hope your good

[@Jonathan_Runner]

Reading the first sentence i assumed that you were joking. How tf did you get locked up with serial killers when you just did DUI?

[@noodles7157]

@@Jonathan_Runner the reason they gave was because I was so messed up that they didn't know what I could do to either myself or other inmates, so they stuck me in the high risk tower of the jail. Being a feeder jail, inmates from all over the state were being transferred there from overcrowded facilities to await their trials, so there were all sorts of offenders there, and somehow I got stuck with the worst of them. Also I had more charges than DUI, I had 2 felony possession of controlled substance charges and felony charges of prescriptions not in original container.

[@BoxOKittens]

Living in tiny houses, usually sharing rooms with everyone, means I've heard so much more than I ever wanted to when I was supposed to be asleep.

[@jakethejax]

My answer: Sleep Paralysis Demon. Couldn't move or open my eyes. Heard auditory hallucinations of someone/thing walking on the hardwood floors up to my bed, it whispered something unintelligible, then walked away. Shortly after I was released from that gripping fear and could open my eyes.

[@schmalzilla1985]

I had that happen when I was going through extreme depression, oh it was bad time in my life, sporadic hallucinations during the daytime, even now I question if I was awake for it or not, I could of sworn my eyes were open and could move just my eyes, and a barely audible croak, that's when I understood the term petrified. And then once the "presence" left, I could move again.

[@kathleenchaffin2591]

Jebus, help us! That's on another level of terror. So sorry

[@Carlos-ux7gv]

Arranged marriages "kinda" worked in the past because: 1. Everyone in your family knew the girl since she was a baby. 2. Everyone in her family knew YOU since you were a baby 3. You work with lots of her relatives 4. You are going to start having kids in 10 to 12 months, so you will have lots of other things in mind pretty soon.

[@cronic932]

Yall dont get the difference between a forced marriage and an arranged marriage.

[@Bryden77]

Responding to the title, the worst thing I’ve heard while pretending to be asleep was actually when I was pretending to be asleep in a dream, then I heard someone whisper “I see you…” and then I woke up out of fear, looked around, turned on my light, but everything was fine! No one was there, I checked my whole room and didn’t see anyone or anything that was alive! So I’m good!

[@dracomaster4]

Story three really got me. I’ve said some bad things in my teenage depression. My mother didn’t disclose how much depression she had until I was an adult and I regret everything I did to her. I’m gay, but if I ever adopt, I think I’d be more open about my depression to my kids. Kids know more than we give them credit for and if I knew my mother was suicidal I think I’d have treated her better. That’s easy to say now, but I hope I’d have done better. We have a great relationship now that we’re both adults but I wish I would have been a better child to her.

[@sannyassi73]

I can say right now, many times when I'm not sure if someone's asleep I've talked about all sorts of disturbing things to see if they were awake- always hilarious when they jump up. A rumor about me selling myself for Pop-Tarts while in Jail over the weekend for an unpaid speeding ticket ended up getting around that way... I got asked if that was real for YEARS afterwards- I still think it's hilarious and I know exactly where the rumor came from. (No I didn't do that!) I still do wonder sometimes, if some of them were awake and just never said anything and now there's a reddit story out there about it- that'd be awesome!

[@robinkelly1770]

Saying someone is dumb but you need their help with homework really isn't the flex you think it is😅😅😅

[@AhamkaraMommy]

I take a really long time to fall asleep due to what is assumed by medical professionals to be a hyper active brain with nearly no melatonin, fortunately on sleep meds that have been my saving grace now but when I was a teenager I still regularly took 2-4 hours just to fall asleep. I remember stirring from my half-dazed attempt at sleeping to hear me mother's abusive boyfriend banging her in the next room... That memory has not left me to this day, not only because it happened repeatedly but because of how much it terrified me that he was in my house doing that to my mom.

[@charlespancamo9771]

At least it wasn't your brother 😞

[@XainoDragonYT]

So glad this guy actually cares about everyone, and actually the first time ive heard someone on youtube say “Women deserve to be happy too”. Everyone deserves care. Just found him and am already subbed.

[@random_flamingo]

when I was 3 ish I was woken up by sirens outside my house and started panicking but I didn’t know what to do so I hid under my duvet (sirens are very unusual in my neighbourhood) I laid there with my eyes closed as I heard the door open and paramedics trying not to be too loud downstairs then I heard my grandparents come in (who lived down the street) and they went into my room to check I was asleep, then quickly left and went to my sibling’s room then go downstairs. about 10 minutes later I heard the sirens getting quieter in the distance and started to worry. I tried to fall back asleep and eventually did. When I woke up the next morning my grandparents were downstairs making us breakfast (my brother and sister weren’t awake yet) they looked exhausted and my mum and dad were gone. basically my mum was taken to hospital (from then on it happened quite a lot) and we weren’t allowed to visit her for a few days. I can remember being next to her in the hospital (this kind of stuff happened until I was about 8 or 9) and being so scared. anyway that’s my story. thanks for reading

[@kenzahh]

just a reminder than in an arranged marriage, both parties have a say in if they want to actually get married, otherwise its forced marriage and haram in islam

[@craigversheck7835]

😂 Story #1 Lived through it myself but we had bunk beds. I was on the bottom. I started assisting on the push back to the rhythm to enhance the motion.. 😏 When I told him later that morning he laughed and said he thought something was weird. 😂

[@Time_Lord_in_a_Tardis]

You're a good homie

[@gorosaurusfang]

worst thing i heard while i was awake at night i had a dream, then when i woke up, i heard a demonic laugh sounding like: "HAHAHAHAHAHAH" in a deep voice, i wasnt super scared so i said "shut up devil"

[@berrywerryjwuice]

please pray to Lord Jesus before you go to sleep bro

[@Time_Lord_in_a_Tardis]

Devil: :0

[@Herewegooo.]

Even goku is scared of this guy

[@AATTR100]

The scary thing about your body is that whenever you’re in danger, you lose control your animal instincts kick in sometimes it can be useful or it could really really screw you over but still it’s nice to have

[@Error404-lm3hw]

i remember one time i was really young and something i had to eat for dinner i didn't want to eat it because i didn't like the food and my parents told me "Eat the pizza or go brush your teeth" i chose to brush my teeth and maybe half an hour later my dad came into my room with a bit of food when i was trying to sleep. I will never forget this memory

[@cecdenverspersonalaccount5933]

on a school camping trip i couldn’t sleep and just pretended all night. at around 4 am two people got out of the tent and then i heard unbuckling followed by some… noises… behind the tent ☹️

[@braydenfranklin705]

☹️

[@bigsarge8795]

Uh huh lol

[@aymericdeascalon4590]

Story 9, under the current metoo era definition of rape, her nagging him to do it is rape. Consent was neither ongoing, nor enthusiastic. To add to it, she complained he wasn't hard... Reverse the sexes in this situation, imagine a guy complaining she's not wet while being raped. Poster gets the award for most messed up listening to a rape occurring while he pretends to be asleep.

[@Average_Car_Lover]

geniuenly cried from the story with dad that had self-termination thoughts

[@surge21xx]

Best piece of advice on these videos. Make an outro so we know it's the end. it just stops and because I'm listening, I don't know it's the end.

[@HolyCrossed]

"I just wanted to be a better dad than mine" Dang.

[@SilveerStarr]

i guess this only partially counts but when i was half awake at a friend’s house, i felt movement near my head and was too tired to get a look. my friends who were watching tv were like “did the dog just barf on his pillow?” “did he even notice?” i lifted my head, looked at my friend’s tiny dog, shoved the soiled pillow away, grabbed a different pillow, and fell asleep. we still laugh about that to this day even tho one of the ppl there is no longer in the friend group (long story)

[@BlueDudeToo]

The dad farting in the blanket one got me🤣🤣

[@scottmeager5919]

My housemate admitting he likes pineapple on his pizza. I’m still recovering.

[@carlasghost656]

We live in an open and accepting society. But there are forms of depravity I'll never agree with.

[@scottmeager5919]

@@carlasghost656 Working as a therapist for years, I have to disagree with living in an open and accepting society, we pretend to be, behind the masks is immature reactions, judgements, lack of consideration for others, etc. Maybe somewhere between 5% to 2% are being real when they showing care and empathy. It’s not their fault, we’re just not taught how to be decent people.

[@kardona_3]

@@scottmeager5919 Pineapple on pizza 👻

[@BuffBuiltCloneTrooper]

Pinapple on pizza isn’t my favorite, but it isn’t bad

[@scottmeager5919]

@@BuffBuiltCloneTrooper yeah tbh I’ll eat it, I’m just being dramatic and exaggerating, just like many people on the internet. 🤪

[@GGBeez2]

“When when will we tell him he’s adopted?” 😂

[@Cerealissoup212]

12:02 ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED - “Fart Master”

[@ninetailedfox579121]

I wouldn't blame story #3 on arranged marriages. Things like that can certainly happen in non-arranged marriages as well.

[@OstrichHell]

Story 13 caught me off guard

[@lilithhecataniangoddessesm187]

It could be considered worst since most of the answers for the Science exams were revealed, it was our school camp, and they may had thought we’re all asleep, the teacher had this assistant reading each and every answers for her

[@u_s_e_rname]

About that disloyal mother one, anybody if you know somebody disloyal please tell their partner in confidence, they deserve to know. God bless you ❤

[@Europa_451]

1:26 hearing your dad cry is one of the worst things ever. I would never tell my dad that I hate him (I love him dearly) and I hope that their dad is doing better now.

[@Nutamu]

it's not the arranged marriage that's the problem, many people do have them and are fine, even happy with them. Someone you get to know before marrying can still be an abusive monster. plenty of woman have married a guy who was sweet and loving before marriage but turn into abusive monsters. They just hide it better.

[@vandaroe5328]

#13 He knew you were awake.

[@panelvixen]

When you close your eyes and go to sleep And it's down to the sound of a heartbeat I can hear the things that you're dreaming about When you open up your heart And the truth comes out You tell me that you want me You tell me that you need me You tell me that you love me And I know that I'm right 'Cause I hear it in the night I hear the secrets that you keep When you're talking in your sleep -The Romantics

[@WhatIsReality1]

Having an arranged marriage, as long as both parties are willing are fine and morally accepted

[@kolj3810]

Osama had no idea I heard him say “Hey bro let’s go bomb those towers man” “yeah man, fosho”

[@georgiewatson8688]

The story about the dad that had a best friend since he was 2 and reached out to him even though he cut contact is lovely. I have issues anf have cut off a lot of people and it would have been so nice for someone to check on me, especially when i was suffering from depression. Not many people care like that 😐

[@-SharpRiver_WCUE]

I didn’t hear anything but once during the Christmas season I was awake while my dad was going to bed. I hear him coming down the hall so I close my eyes and pretend to be asleep. I hear a rattling and know he is messing with a sculpture I made in 4th grade. Then he starts to walk away stops, then leaves my room and goes to bed. I then open my eyes and on top of my sculpture was one of our elf on the shelf’s. The other elf was on my actual shelf. I was heart broken keep in mind I was going and still believed in Santa, but this shattered my belief completely, yet to this day I haven’t told anyone. I blame myself for not going to sleep like I should have😢

[@AhamkaraMommy]

On arranged marriage; Not an argument for "why it's not bad" but playing the devil's advocate for a minute. In an unstable economic situation or in a country where financial situations are hard on single people, an arranged marriage is often used as a "secure" way of getting a access to amenities like a decent living situation/house, a family to work as a support network, and a more stable financial situation as it relies on two people instead of just one.

[@demonchildmina]

while i agree that the brother in story 17 was wayyyyyy beyond intrusive thoughts, but i wanted to point out that not everyone has weird intrusive thoughts about everything! it's actually not normal and 100% okay to get professional help for :) that's all, thank you.

[@FlameFrozenOver]

1:39 seriously made me cry... this hurts

[@wintershock]

So this isn’t much of overhearing but this reminded me of this moment for some reason. I was sleeping on the hearth in my cabin because my other option was to share a couch. We had like 10 people in this cabin so the beds were taken up and I like to sprawl out. The hearth was good enough for me. Anyways, my cabin had a large glass sliding door facing the north. I was looking through it and I swear to god I saw a person just walk across our deck, look inside then leave after he saw two people laying in the main area. I shut the curtains after that.

[@thebigjacoby391]

Story 13 are lowkey the best types of dads ever lmao just a good sense of humor

[@knifebillion]

When I was 9, my mom stood over me and asked “are you hiding something from me?” and her friend scolded her “because I was asleep”

[@kaykreates_gachaz3742]

The worst thing I overheard while pretending to be asleep, was my younger sister saying how hard I was trying to be this perfect person and how everyone hated me and everything. I ended up crying myself to sleep that night because I don’t wanna be perfect and I don’t want people to hate me. I’m a people pleaser and I hate that part of me.

[@dxterwolf]

As someone who is really confrontational , if you find yourself in this situation when you realize its getting bad or they are talking shit abt you just pretend to be woken up by their talking and tell them to keep it down or if you're like me say can you guys shut up god damn . They will feel bad and will also either leave the room or talk silently . Hope this helps someone cause these are wild 😂

[@endy8411]

Not so much pretending to be asleep or "worst thing" in the sense of "wth", as much as it was that I just happened to randomly wake up. Little under a year ago, I randomly wake up around 6am, overhear my dad talking to my brother - our dog had passed away a little earlier. It was on my birthday as well. Stayed in bed and cried. Went to Uni later that day, but I was just out of it.

[@Yourlocalfairy-yk4ub]

Once I was so angry with my Dad that I asked him why my Mom was still with him. I was 8. All week he seemed just sad/ashamed Sense I was an empath I was look at him and just get a wave of sadness. My Mom told me to say sorry and I SWEAR he cried single tear as I told him how sorry I was. I still cry while thinking about this.

[@Yourlocalfairy-yk4ub]

The tear mattered so much because he NEVER I mean NEVER crys

[@frankdohlman2169]

the hell is empath? do you mean you are empathetic?

[@HarvestPeiskos2209]

@@frankdohlman2169 Apparently an "empath" is someone who's sensitive to the emotions of others. I've only seen it used by people who are actually massive narcissists, so...

[@frankdohlman2169]

so just empathy?@@HarvestPeiskos2209

[@brianna2352]

​@@HarvestPeiskos2209🙄

[@GManCircuitz]

Story 13 is the most dad type of shit to ever happen ever. Like I could easily imagine my dad having done that just for the shits and giggles

[@yourachilles415]

I escaped from a forced marriage when I was 15- it's not even a cultural thing for me, I just happened to be from a wealthy, powerful family, so naturally, they wanted to marry me to a senator's son. The senator's family was all for it. The kid himself wasn't too bad, just very basic and boring, and not the kind of person I could happily spend the rest of my life with, when we could barely hold conversation in a room. Being 'the man' of the match, he had the ability to call it off, while I didn't. So, I did the simplest thing I could: I came out to him as a trans man. Sure enough, marriage cancelled, boy disgusted, and I end up running away a few years later. Now, I'm happily single and free of the family that tried to force me into it.

[@A.Daedra]

6:00 If she called you stupid And in the same day say she relied on you for homework ...does she realise what that says about her?

[@Eeeeeeeee75282]

she just called herself 'extra stupid', basically

[@iselalopez2001]

As a parent with an asshole kid(s) and with my own childhood trauma. I now know that the reason my kids are assholes is because they feel safe to be. Because healthy kids are assholes and that's because those kids have safe parents and even tho some of the things they have said really hurt me, I'm happy to be the parent who allows their child to have a human experience ❤❤❤

[@iselalopez2001]

And for you to cry for your dad shows empathy and I think that's everything ❤

[@Solarthestar]

Worst thing? In grade five I was really violent and responded to everything this one kid did badly, that day I had just bit him for bugging me, I was pretending to be asleep and my grandmother came in, looked at me, and said this to me "You need therapy.." and I was t e r r i f i e d of needing to have therapy at the time, but I still have never had therapy. =.=

[@JohnPatrick-kh7xi]

I pretended to sleep cause i hear footsteps coming in my room i thought it was my mom cause i like pretending to be fall asleep as a joke to her but then it stops i checked out and no ones there i suddenly remember am only 1 on the house since my parents went to grocery cause i dont like goig outside and i locked my room til my parents come to house...

[@DivineMortal]

Worst thing i heard while pretending to be asleep when i was 5 years old i sleep with my family and i heard soft wet slapping sounds. i always heard soft wet slapping sounds at night or midnight whenever dad was around. It kept going on and on until now. (Note: after my mom gave birth to my 3rd sibling,the doctor told her that she couldn't birth anymore)

[@ApokalyptikNM]

I experienced something.. it wasn't overheard or anything.. before I say this.. I over think everything from the positives to the negatives.. so 1 day I'm at highschool eating lunch and my gf at the time who i literally met a week ago says "I want to get pregnant" and my brain just goes into overdrive.. and I thought of every possible outcome.. and 1 thought I just kept having what if she takes the kid and claims that i left and goes to court to claim money from me each month.. I left that table without saying anything.. a year or so later she dates someone else and guess what ends up happening to him.. exactly what my brain was thinking of.... I tried to get back into dating and well it never works out so I just don't try anymore..

[@daniellastandridge3335]

I agree with the no arranged marrages thing. i think a better thing for pepole to do insted is for families to set up the kids on dates with pepole they already approve of, no pressure to marry any of those PARTICULAR suitors, just more saying "hey, we know these ten guys, we think youd get along, and we already know that they have a clean history" kinda thing.

[@bakasso8484]

That is what arranged marriage is (speaking from personla experience) . What people are refering to in these stories are just forced marriage more than arraged .

[@blackgemstone801]

You just described arranged marriages

[@CouncilBloom]

January 16, 2022 It was the day of my birthday party, I was turning 10 in two days, I was in Orlando which I frequently visit since we have a lot of family there and it was my hometown. we had a party, invited friends and family, everything was fine. After the party I was tired, and lied down with my eyes closed when I heard something that awakened me immediately. I kept pretending to sleep when I heard my mom and my grandma discussing my great grandmother’s cancer that I wasn’t aware of. I heard she had only a few days left. On January 24, 2022 my great grandmother passed away from stage 4 thyroid cancer and I had to pretend to be surprised when it was announced. I knew from the start she wasn’t feeling well, but I thought she’d be fine because that’s what I was told and I was a gullible child.

[@reneedelacruz5523]

Gosh, I feel like I have a story for a lot of these videos.. when I was around 9 or 10 or so, I lived in a duplex on the top floor. We would have downstairs families move in and out of there during our stay, and this one particular family was there for only a short while. It was a single dad with 2 kids who were around the same age as my brother and I, and for the most part, they were really nice. Sometimes the kids were jerks, but my parents encouraged play dates and hangouts, so we just put up with them. One night, we were invited for a sleepover and my parents allowed it since it was just downstairs. I slept on one of the couches, my brother had the other couch, and the other 2 had an air mattress in the middle of the living room. Their dad sat on the couch next to me and started watching a.. well, kind of adult movie, but not anything terrible. It had a scene in it where the characters were doing an activity (if you know what I mean). We were supposed to be asleep already, but I was struggling since something didn’t sit right with me for some reason. Then, their dad offered to rub my back to help me fall asleep, saying that it helps his kids sleep, too. I didn’t think anything of it and just agreed. I end up falling asleep, but I wake up some time later to his hand being.. a lot further down than it was supposed to be.. on my front side. I froze as I realized he was being a creep, and pretended to be asleep. Then, I had the idea to take in a breath as if I was stirring, and roll over in the process. He withdrew and walked away, but I didn’t sleep another wink after that. It makes me sick thinking about it, and I felt bad for his kids who probably had to deal with that kind of behavior thinking it was normal. He ended up moving out for a completely different reason (he ran over our cat and hid the body behind our shed without telling us, but we found out about it and knew it was him even though he denied it) and I’m really happy I never saw him again.

[@Stinkymonkeyyt]

One time when I was trying to sleep a heard something that sounded like a laugh coming from outside the window but the laugh sounded kinda high pitch help

[@doctorescope]

I have two stories but I wasn’t sleeping: 1. My mom took me to CVS to go get my flu shot and I have terrified. I refused to go inside for twenty minutes and then I had the balls to do it. I was waiting and my mom told me to go look around as she talks to the lady at the front. I wasn’t paying attention to what my mom was telling her until I heard the words “I’m pregnant”. I thought my mom was joking at first but four months later she announced that she was pregnant. I ended up having a sister and I didn’t tell my mom this story until three years ago. 2. This was two days ago, I was doing my hair and I asked my mom about my dad and his girlfriend who would be together for two years as of yesterday. She revealed that my dad was going to propose to her, I had no idea about this and my mom realized that she probably shouldn’t have told me. Yesterday I was with my grandma and I told her what happened, turns out my grandma had known about my dad’s proposal for over a month. From what she’s said, he’s doing it in the summer. Even though it’s only been two days since I found out about my dad’s proposal, he still doesn’t know that I know and he hasn’t told me about it yet.

[@Mr.Bubbles_Official]

Good compilation :>

[@Excuseme911]

my dad threatening to leave my mom in an argument, a few years ago they're still together though surprisingly ......

[@shuichisaiharasimp]

0:57 why was this lowkey cute tho

[@justanobservation3423]

11:40 Story 13 is just...if you only have time fore 1 story, listen to that one

[@Itstocaluv]

this hurts man

[@historianKelly]

I have two such stories, equally horrifying to me for different reasons. The first was such a terrible experience, I actually buried the memory in my subconscious until I was in my 30s. It happened when I was 14. My maternal grandmother, who we affectionately referred to as Nana, had been in and out of the hospital battling several problems, the worst of which (and that eventually took her life as it had her mother's), was colon cancer. This was in the days before HMOs, so she was spending months at a time in the hospital. She was 62, my grandpap was 64. I stayed with them when she was home to help take care of her. I woke up in the middle of the night one night to hear her crying, and saying, "Is she young enough for you to get pregnant?" to my grandfather. I was old enough to understand what was going on. I covered my head with a pillow and forced myself back to sleep, and forced myself to forget it until my mom (an only child) and I were uncovering repressed memories one night when I was in my 30s and she was in her 50s. She remembered her mom's 4 attempts at ending her own life during my mom's childhood, and I remembered this. My Nana certainly had a sad life. The second experience was when I was just graduated from college. I was still unemployed as the entire nation was experiencing a deep recession, and I was living with a boyfriend in a rural town. For months, a couple of my high school friends who had gone to a different university in the same city as me had been bugging my boyfriend to "let me" stay with them so I could find a job in the city. I finally relented and said I'd stay with them, but only if I could find a job. It was still a tough economy, so I ended up taking the first job I could find, a telemarketing job for a local newspaper that had me taking buses downtown at night, which was kind of scary for a 21yo woman. It had me coming back to their apartment around midnight, so I slept late, and I slept on their couch. I noticed at one point that they had packed all of my stuff and put it next to the door, and when I asked why, I was handed the line that they were just "tidying up." So the next morning, I overheard my two childhood "friends" talking about how much they HATED having me there! Every word that came out of their mouths to explain their feelings was a LIE. They said I was making their home filthy - I WAS CLEANING UP WHEN THEY WERE GONE, BECAUSE THEY WERE FILTHY. I was finding plates of half-eaten food left under their furniture for weeks! When one of them had a first date and had promised a homecooked meal even though she couldn't cook, I cooked it for her because I am a good cook! Then I cleaned up and made myself scarce so she could entertain this new beau, even though I had nowhere to go. I was treating both of them like queens, doing all kinds of stuff for them, and even took a job I HATED and was DANGEROUS just so I'd have an income to help defray my expenses, just to hear those backstabbers talk about me like I was unwanted rubbish. I pretended to stay asleep, even though one of them tried to wake me up several times because she, "wanted to give [me] a piece of [her] mind." I waited until both of them left for work, then I called my boyfriend and told him he had an hour to come and get me. During that time - since my stuff was already packed and at the door - I wrote them a scathing letter telling them what Judases they were. That was 35 years ago, and I'm still livid. One of those women, when she started in our elementary school in 2nd grade, was bullied and ostracized for being chubby. I do not like discrimination or bullying, so I befriended her, and we became best friends all the way through high school, like sisters. To be betrayed by someone who would not have had a friend in the world during her childhood if not for you, that was a low blow. The other woman was just strange, but again, I don't choose my friends based on what other people think of them. She was cool with me, until that day. I haven't spoken to her since, because she's never asked me to forgive her for betraying my friendship. The one who was like a sister, I'm really close to one of her brothers on social media, so she's kind of apologized on social media, so I'm cordial to her, but I don't go out of my way to be friendly towards her anymore. They really personified the saying, "with friends like these, who needs enemies?" I eventually moved to another state and started working regularly, went back to graduate school and got my Master's degree and life went on, but I'll never, ever, forget listening to them run me down while I laid there like I was sleeping.

[@BhavyaJha007]

I didn't understand the first story... Your nana crying and asking that thing and her being depressed? And that both being related?

[@birbsap]

I was 15, it was a family road trip, spending the night at the hotel. For whatever reason I woke up in the middle of the night and my parents were having sex five feet away in the bed next to mine. Bro they were making noises and everything it was traumatizing for me💀

[@brianna2352]

WHY do parents have sex when their kids are in the room?? I will never understand this!

[@witchywoman4139]

Ok, I can't say I was "pretending" to be asleep, but I was staying at my aunt and uncle's house, sharing a bedroom with my similar-aged cousin. I was on the way to sleep, and she was apparently already asleep, but then she suddenly sat bolt upright in bed, eyes wide open, and pointed to the corner of the room. "There....THERE!!! Do you SEE IT???" she asked urgently. I looked and didn't see anything, and so I said, "Ummmm...noo....?" She made a noise that was cross between a grunt and a groan, and fell back onto the bed, fast asleep. I'm glad I hadn't read The Exorcist at that time, I was too young...about 12 or so...but omg. Talk about putting the fear of god into someone! Not sure I got much sleep after that.

[@Plane238]

The worst thing that I’ve ever heard when I was not pretending but just woke up and trying to go back to sleep was my parents arguing while my dad was drunk as hell and just came back from the pub

[@AdamMurray_69]

DUDE YOURE KILLING ME. "PLeASE sCReW mY bUUUtttTtt CMOONNNNN" SDJFHGJSDFGSD WHY. WHYD YOU HAVE TO READ IT LIKE THAT-

[@iamahuman2813]

When I was a child I pretended to be asleep and around midnight my mom walked in drunk, bent down so she her head was next to mine, and stayed like that for ten minutes. Then she said, I know your alive, and went back to her room. I was terrified.

[@arriannaniv]

I heard my “friend” who asked me to be a surrogate for a child was whispering to her husband that the child wasn't hers and she shouldn't have to do this much while the baby was laying on me. I was just resting.

[@kathleenchaffin2591]

That's crazy! And rude

[@arriannaniv]

@@kathleenchaffin2591 yup… luckily I never gave up rights and I separated from them. They didn’t deserve to be parents to begin with for how they treated me and that sweet baby

[@kathleenchaffin2591]

@@arriannaniv madness! Wtaf? Wow. Hope you're both doing well.

[@Incalculable_Kyle]

that story about the dad farting under the bed was funny af

[@A_WeirdGrl_09]

I love how open to new ideas this guy is, even with things like arranged marriages.

[@silvsirf]

me awake: watching youtube parents: when should we put santa’s presents out? let’s see if he’s awake me: **hurries into a sleeping position**

[@TotallyCtalker]

Worst thing I heard was when I was 11 years old at 8AM I woke up but casually acted like I'm sleeping, I overheard my parents talking and.. it was about my grandma that betrayed us after my great grandmother died (my only one).. Also about her deleting the message "Happy birthday" after 9 days from my birthday (I broke my foot 8 days after)... I know this might make no sense at all, so basically 1. My grandma betrayed our family by stealing our money 2. My only great grandma died and the grandma was making fun of it 3. My grandma 9 days after my birthday deleted the "Happy Birthday!" message (She found out I broke my foot 8 days after my birthday and deleted it, she's a jerk). Hope that explains it

[@jarjarbinks5255]

5:52 That "Remember what happened last time" made me cackle

[@Chax0180]

Me and my bestie were asleep on a tour bus going back from DC. We used a jacket as a blanket and snuggled up nice and comfy for the long trip. I was only half asleep for a few minutes, but our friend a couple seets above us kept singing stupid little kid love somgs and saying we would make a cute couple. I snapped awake and told her to shut up and then passed out. Woke up a half an hour later and forgot about it until I got home.

[@randomspacefan]

My husband telling my kids he dressed up in a bunny costume to kill other kids.

[@eleeyah4757]

4:15 - The *only* advantage from arranged marriages is that you have older, more experienced people vetting your partner. That in turn means, that these only ever made sense when people had to get bearing children right out of puberty, cause otherwise they wouldn't have the time to make enough children to have somebody take care of them in their old age. So - arranged marriage makes no sense in modern times with modern medicine. P.S. People tend to misunderstand what an arranged marriage is actually supposed to be like. Everybody imagines that the girl, the boy, or both, would have no choice in the selection of partners. This *wasn't* usually the case. It was more of an ultra-chaperone thing where the prospective partners would meet while being protected by parents and/or older siblings, and then the parents would speak with their child in private where they could be frank in a safe space. That's not to say that hte ugly version didn't exist and didn't happen, or doesn't still happen. Political marriages, arranged marriages of actual minors, arranged marriages in cults or based on pressure for other reasons, etc. Those happen, they happened in the past, too, and they're *utter* evil and deranged parental entitlement. But, and this should be understood, those aren't ever part of a wider culture. Those *aren't* the normal type of arranged marriage.

[@blackgemstone801]

The only reason arranged marriages aren't sensible in modern times per your argument is because MARRIAGE isn't sensible in modern times by the same regard.

[@jayden1875]

my parents “doing” themselves.

[@Txzii]

My parents talking shit about me at like 9 yrs old.

[@Codm22712]

Story 3 I first heard on another Reddit channel mainly facts like 3 or 4 months ago it made. Me so sad and think of what I sed to my dad even though I never sed anything super bad I can’t really think of when or if I did but when I first heard it and and heard it again now both times it got me thinking 💭