Lifestyle

<p>Everyone has guilty pleasures, and they&#39;re not always watching <em>The Real Housewives. </em>A recent<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ehxmpw/what_is_a_weird_hobby_that_youve_been_hiding_from/"> Reddit thread </a>gave people a safe space to confess the habits and hobbies they hide from their friends. Some things, like soap collecting, are nothing to feel guilty about, but pyromania on the other hand...well, you can judge for yourself.</p><h2>1.<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kuluka_man/">kuluka_man</a> has the opposite of the phobia you have.</h2><blockquote> <p>I record myself reading books aloud. Like Berenstain Bears chapter books, Choose Your Own Adventure, Goosebumps, etc. I do the voices, edit out the mistakes, sometimes add music or sound effects. Then I listen to those recordings while doing household tasks, or especially when I can&#39;t sleep. Hearing my own voice reading helps me doze off like you wouldn&#39;t believe.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>2. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/InfinitePizzazz/">InfinitePizzazz</a> has a macro Micro collection.</h2><blockquote> <p>I collect Micro Machines. The classic originals from the late &#39;80s. I have probably close to 1,000 of them and I keep them at work so my family doesn&#39;t find out and want to play with them.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>3. This is a flex, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Vares__/">Vares__</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>I&#39;ve been volunteering at a cat shelter for about a year and havent said anything about it to my friends. It just feels kinda awkward because I&#39;m a 19 year old dude and most other volunteers are middle-aged women lol.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>4. Does <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PersistentHobbler/">PersistentHobbler</a> do commissions?</h2><blockquote> <p>I build virtual houses in the Sims to post on the gallery. I think I&rsquo;m up to like 8,000some downloads. (Which is not that much but... yeah I post often). On days off when no one&rsquo;s around I might post five builds in a day. I just find it super relaxing. I like to flesh everything out with little knick knacks so it looks like real people live there. So yeah I&rsquo;m an adult who plays doll house. What about it?</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>5. Toxic masculinity is so toxic, it makes men like <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/doyley27/">doyley27</a> afraid to smell good.</h2><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;m a male who likes to collect and use nice soap.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>6. Sing out, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Lutboi/" style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">Lutboi</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;ve been practicing Mongolian throat singing for about a year now...</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>7. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Person11191/">Person11191</a> commits to the bit.</h2><blockquote> <p>Learning Chinese.</p> <p>Waiting for something like a head injury/car accident to pretend that&#39;s all I know somehow as a gag.</p> <p>Or maybe I&#39;ll just wait till we are at a Chinese restaurant.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>8. Sounds therapeutic, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/oh-shoot-some-rat/">oh-shoot-some-rat</a>, and not just because of the kindergarten nostalgia.</h2><blockquote> <p>I don&rsquo;t really do it anymore, but I liked to get cheap liquid glue, put it on my fingers or something, then peel it off. It was always strangely therapeutic for me, but I&rsquo;d be pretty embarrassed getting caught.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>9. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/HeyHoLetsGo615/">HeyHoLetsGo615</a> talks to somebody who&#39;s always there for them.</h2><blockquote> <p>I have a lot of weird hobbies, but the only one I don&#39;t tell people about is that I talk to myself. A lot. Like, full blown, never gonna happen scenario conversations for 30+ minutes at a time. Always have since I was a kid. I&#39;d be embarrassed if I got busted talking to myself like a fucking lunatic, but I have worked myself through some personal shit on more than one occasion just by being able to say my problems out loud, even if no one is listening.</p> <p>Honestly, I blame it on my ADHD, but what do I know.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>10. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/dirkofdirges/">dirkofdirges</a> expands their horizons.</h2><blockquote> <p>Some days, at work, I&#39;ll challenge myself to only use my left hand, or never bend my right knee, or not use my thumbs at all. It started when I wondered to myself if I could still function normally if I lost an arm, and then escalated to all kinds of potential amputations or mobility losses.</p> <p>It&#39;s weird, I know but I think it does help me see the world from another perspective, and be thankful for the functional body I have.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>11. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/WasabiChickpea/">WasabiChickpea</a> is the coolest mom ever.</h2><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m a mom who&#39;s close to 50. I really like playing Fortnite. Maybe that&#39;s not so weird, but in my social circles hardly any women play video games let alone one that is popular with kids the same ages as my children.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>12. Follow <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/therealjonbrown/">therealjonbrown</a> on SoundCloud.</h2><blockquote> <p>I rap. It&#39;s definitely explicit content. My family is super-conservative, and they have no idea. It started as a thing I did just for myself, but I put a demo online anonymously last year and it got fairly popular and now things are escalating. I&#39;ve started getting some good placements and features and it&#39;s getting more and more difficult to hide it. Eventually they&#39;ll find out, and I&#39;ll have to have that awkward conversation. It&#39;s the one thing that I have as an outlet, and the only thing I really enjoy, so I don&#39;t plan on stopping anytime soon.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>13. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PM-Me_Your_Fetishes/">PM-Me_Your_Fetishes</a> lives up to their name.</h2><blockquote> <p>I really enjoy discovering and researching weird fetishes. I have seen a Lot of disturbing stuff and somehow I still get surprised by stuff people get aroused by.</p> <p>I also had a lot of &quot;awakenings&quot;</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>14. Burn baby burn, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ey_ityeetz/">ey_ityeetz</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>This might seem like I&rsquo;m a crazy person (which I may be) but I like to burn stuff like plastic toy soldier in the basement and experiment which burns longer or better.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>15. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/paintmelike_/" style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">paintmelike_</a>&#39;s hobby is a hobby that could become a business.</h2><blockquote> <p>I catalog my clothing. I have a spreadsheet that shows how often I wear an item, its initial cost, cost per wear, and attributes like material, sustainability, etc..</p> <p>It started as away to limit my spending and appreciate my clothes more. Now entering the data is part of my morning coffee routine&mdash; so soothing (:</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

15 people share the weird hobbies they are hiding from friends and family.

Everyone has guilty pleasures, and they&#39;re not always watching The Real Housewives. A recent Reddit thread gave people a safe space to confess the habits and hobbies they hide from their friends. Some things, like soap collecting, are nothing to feel guilty about, but pyromania on the other hand...well, you can judge for yourself.1.kuluka_man has the opposite of the phobia you have. I record myself reading books aloud. Like Berenstain Bears chapter books, Choose Your Own Adventure, Goosebumps, etc. I do the voices, edit out the mistakes, sometimes add music or sound effects. Then I listen to those recordings while doing household tasks, or especially when I can&#39;t sleep. Hearing my own voice reading helps me doze off like you wouldn&#39;t believe. 2. InfinitePizzazz has a macro Micro collection. I collect Micro Machines. The classic originals from the late &#39;80s. I have probably close to 1,000 of them and I keep them at work so my family doesn&#39;t find out and want to play with them. 3. This is a flex, Vares__. I&#39;ve been volunteering at a cat shelter for about a year and havent said anything about it to my friends. It just feels kinda awkward because I&#39;m a 19 year old dude and most other volunteers are middle-aged women lol. 4. Does PersistentHobbler do commissions? I build virtual houses in the Sims to post on the gallery. I think I&rsquo;m up to like 8,000some downloads. (Which is not that much but... yeah I post often). On days off when no one&rsquo;s around I might post five builds in a day. I just find it super relaxing. I like to flesh everything out with little knick knacks so it looks like real people live there. So yeah I&rsquo;m an adult who plays doll house. What about it? 5. Toxic masculinity is so toxic, it makes men like doyley27 afraid to smell good. I&rsquo;m a male who likes to collect and use nice soap. 6. Sing out, Lutboi. I&rsquo;ve been practicing Mongolian throat singing for about a year now... 7. Person11191 commits to the bit. Learning Chinese. Waiting for something like a head injury/car accident to pretend that&#39;s all I know somehow as a gag. Or maybe I&#39;ll just wait till we are at a Chinese restaurant. 8. Sounds therapeutic, oh-shoot-some-rat, and not just because of the kindergarten nostalgia. I don&rsquo;t really do it anymore, but I liked to get cheap liquid glue, put it on my fingers or something, then peel it off. It was always strangely therapeutic for me, but I&rsquo;d be pretty embarrassed getting caught. 9. HeyHoLetsGo615 talks to somebody who&#39;s always there for them. I have a lot of weird hobbies, but the only one I don&#39;t tell people about is that I talk to myself. A lot. Like, full blown, never gonna happen scenario conversations for 30+ minutes at a time. Always have since I was a kid. I&#39;d be embarrassed if I got busted talking to myself like a fucking lunatic, but I have worked myself through some personal shit on more than one occasion just by being able to say my problems out loud, even if no one is listening. Honestly, I blame it on my ADHD, but what do I know. 10. dirkofdirges expands their horizons. Some days, at work, I&#39;ll challenge myself to only use my left hand, or never bend my right knee, or not use my thumbs at all. It started when I wondered to myself if I could still function normally if I lost an arm, and then escalated to all kinds of potential amputations or mobility losses. It&#39;s weird, I know but I think it does help me see the world from another perspective, and be thankful for the functional body I have. 11. WasabiChickpea is the coolest mom ever. I&#39;m a mom who&#39;s close to 50. I really like playing Fortnite. Maybe that&#39;s not so weird, but in my social circles hardly any women play video games let alone one that is popular with kids the same ages as my children. 12. Follow therealjonbrown on SoundCloud. I rap. It&#39;s definitely explicit content. My family is super-conservative, and they have no idea. It started as a thing I did just for myself, but I put a demo online anonymously last year and it got fairly popular and now things are escalating. I&#39;ve started getting some good placements and features and it&#39;s getting more and more difficult to hide it. Eventually they&#39;ll find out, and I&#39;ll have to have that awkward conversation. It&#39;s the one thing that I have as an outlet, and the only thing I really enjoy, so I don&#39;t plan on stopping anytime soon. 13. PM-Me_Your_Fetishes lives up to their name. I really enjoy discovering and researching weird fetishes. I have seen a Lot of disturbing stuff and somehow I still get surprised by stuff people get aroused by. I also had a lot of &quot;awakenings&quot; 14. Burn baby burn, ey_ityeetz. This might seem like I&rsquo;m a crazy person (which I may be) but I like to burn stuff like plastic toy soldier in the basement and experiment which burns longer or better. 15. paintmelike_&#39;s hobby is a hobby that could become a business. I catalog my clothing. I have a spreadsheet that shows how often I wear an item, its initial cost, cost per wear, and attributes like material, sustainability, etc.. It started as away to limit my spending and appreciate my clothes more. Now entering the data is part of my morning coffee routine&mdash; so soothing (: 

Everyone has guilty pleasures, and they&#39;re not always watching The Real Housewives. A recent Reddit thread gave people a safe space to confess the habits and hobbies they hide from their friends. Some things, like soap collecting, are...