10 things we dont know about you....

1. I went to 10 Downing Street and met Tony Blair after winning an Amnesty International competition

2. I left my first boyfriend for his best mate. And then left my third boyfriend for his best mate a few years later

3. I am terrified of eels.

4. I developed a huge crush on my boss at my job interview and now, four years later, we're getting married (he's no longer my boss!)

5. I did a road trip from NY to LA with my best friend the summer i left uni

6. I seem to be unusually lucky at roulette and have never left a casino without having more money than i entered with!

7. I really, really want to have a baby. My SIL is going to give birth anyday and although I'm very excited and happy for her, I'm also struggling with envy/sadness

8. A boyfriend and I mucked about with a camera once in bed. When we split, he send the photos back to me to destroy. My mum opened the envelope by mistake...

9. I don't believe in any god and get irrationally angry at people who preach their beliefs

10. I went to court 5 years ago to testify against an old high school teacher who had inappropriate relationships with some some female students. He did do it, and was jailed but for some reason i feel a bit guilty.

Puss - i adore you. spacecadet - no one blames you, she was a loon and you were a very good friend. please don't feel bad. everyone who needs one - ?

1. I am currently obsessed with larabars

2. Hip-opening yoga postures often make me cry or want to cry, even when watching other people do them

3. I didn’t love my daughter for months after she was born

4. I am really very excited about turning 30 later this year and full of hope for the next decade

5. I go through phases of not understanding why MrF loves me or married me, and telling him to leave me and take cub as they would be better off without me. Thankfully this hasn't happened for a few months now.

6. I have held a driving licence since I was 17 but after a very frightening incident just after my test haven’t driven since (11 years now). I have lied to many lovely people about this for years and feel horrifically guilty for doing so, but I am paralysed by fear and am not sure I will ever drive a car again

7. I am very, very hard on myself. About everything. I find it easy to be nice, kind and gentle towards other people but am almost never nice to myself

8. I fear I have done irreparable damage to my knee by (far too much) strenuous running in my early-mid twenties. Every time my knee twinges I am reminded of how harsh I was to my body

9. I go through phases of really disliking my wedding / engagement / eternity rings. I have no idea why, as sometimes I absolutely love them.

10. I worry that one particular hitcher doesn’t like me, and it really upsets me as I think she is fab and really respect her.

1. I am terrified of a certain kind of doll - so much that I can't even type the name because I'll picture it in my head and freak out a bit.

2. I'm really squemish about eyes.

3. I'm obsessive about what I eat and write down the fat and calorie content of everything, if I go over my "allowed" amount I chastise myself for days,.

4. I'm bi, but have never had a relationship with a woman as all the women I have liked are all mental.

5. I had depression from the age of 12 and whilst I am massively better than I used to be and don't take tablets any more I am paranoid and worry about everythin, I am also very emotionally high maintenance as I'm so insecure.

6. I cannot eat anything with fat or gristle as it makes me retch.

7. I am quite possibly addicted to cheese.

8. I put a sauce of some description on EVERYTHING.

9. I have an artists mind but not an artists hands, it frustrates me massively.

10. I am sad that I don't have as many friends as I used to have, but I barely see the ones I do have because of work/tiredness/laziness. I get very angry with myself about this one.

I'm working my way through this thread but have just read Heidi Hole's and Chickens and I can't believe that you are both shy! I don't know you but through my months of lurking and reading your posts(stalker icon) I think you both seem really lovely and funny. I always look out for your posts.

Cosmopolitan, that's a really lovely thing to say, thank you ?

Can I just say, that for the most part, I think Hitchers are fab, and have come to the conclusion that we are all WAY too hard on ourselves. Hugs for all those that need them ?

1. I have found being 30 really hard and find myself being all bitter and twisty towards younger people. I have no idea why this is. The sad thing is, I am sure my bitterness makes me seem like more of an old crone than anything else could.

2. I find it almost impossible to accept anyone telling me what to do - I often find myself deliberately breaking rules and trying to assume control of almost every situation in which I find myself

3. I used to play 7 instruments fairly well (and the clarinet very well), but I doubt I could even read music now. I am however quite adept at Rockband on the Wii - which I think I enjoy more

4. I graduated top of my undergrad. course and have a PhD but always worry that people think I am stupid. Other times I pretend to be stupider than I am as I find then that some people like me better that way

5. I believe in ghosts but don't think I believe that man walked on the moon

6. I have no idea what to do with make-up - especially eye shadow

7. Two Little Boys and Eleanor Rigby make me cry like a baby - even writing this makes me well up

8. I too worry about everything to the point that I think it has damaged my health

9. I have no idea what my favourite colours, foods or songs etc are. I used to have very strong views on these, I worry that I now don't care about things enough to even develop preferences

10. I have a strange gift with cats and plants. Cats love me, plants grow for me

They are both very lovely and very very funny and I loof them very much.

This is a fab thread.

1. People watching is one of my most favourite things to do, so much so I think I would be a brilliant spy other than for point 2
2. I can't lie for toffee
3. I'm shy too and have hidden behind MrPod on occasion as you can't see me behind him although once I'm comfortable I talk way too much
4. I walk and talk in my sleep
5. My knee hurts way more than I admit too as my consultant said it is so damaged it will need replacing at some point and I'm a scardey cat
6. I talk to my dog like he is a human
7. I sing along to my iPod when I'm out walking if I think nobody can hear then die when I realise they can
8. My mum had a baby at 18 whom she gave up for adoption so I have an old halfsister somewhere
9. MrPod still doesn't know I hitch and thinks I met all my hitcher friends through a girl at work
10. I hold very very long grudges

Completely agree with this. There seem to be so many unconfident (is that a real word?) people and yet you are all brilliant. Puss, a particular one for you - you are a lovely person, a brilliant mother and a very talented photographer. If you do decide to go into business with the photography you will be amazing.

What a fab thread! Such interesting reading!

1. I'm an only child.

2. My eyes are different colours to eachother - one is green, the other is blue.

3. I have a degree in forensic science.

4. One of my nicknames is Angelina Jolie (although the similarity stems from our names, not physical similarities!)

5. Relating to the above comment.....I have since discovered that, somewhat freakily, we also share the same birthday! ?

6. My family are, at best, a little odd. My Dad is 76 and my Mum is 20 years younger than him, Italian, and has a form of Schizophrenia.

7. I'm pretty much a walking allergy machine. The list of things I'm NOT allergic to is the shorter one.

8. I seem to be living my life backwards. I go out, socialise, have fun, etc, more now than I did in my late teens and before I was married.

9. I'm a terrible terrible flirt! I just can't help myself. Although its all a front, as even though I may appear confident, bubbly and a bit crazy mad at times, I'm really very insecure and quite shy, and subsequently am constantly seeking approval from everyone.

10. I regret alot of things.

1 - If I watch the lottery draw I guess the numbers before they come out. I once got 4 in a row right and my H nearly passed out

2. For some reason I think I'd be really good at glassblowing though I've never tried it. I hope to this year though.

3. I love having massages and beauty treatments. I wish I could afford to have something done every week.

4. I have stupidly wide feet.

5. No4 is not helped by the fact that I'm overweight.

6. I had my nose pierced as a teenager and am thinking of getting a tattoo to celebrate my 30th birthday this year.

7. I used to play flamenco guitar, and now i'm looking for a flamenco dance class.

8. I've pretty much stopped drinking alcohol since I had my baby. No reason other than I just don't fancy it anymore.

9. I'd love to write a book, but I don't have the slightest clue of where to start and I'm not sure I'd be disciplined enough?

10. I always have to look at the actors bios in a Theatre programme, and H and I guess at how many will have been in Casualty/Eastenders/Heartbeat etc.

ETA - I've so loved reading this thread too. I love the fact that Hitched seems a bit more 'up' at the minute too.

1. I love these kind of threads, but never (usually) contribute to them as I'm an incredibly private (read self conscious / shy) person
2. I have very few friends and none that I could just call on - another one who thinks people don't like me. I've had the same feeling since primary school
3. I can just about play the piano - I was grade 5 when I gave it up, which I regret
4. My biggest regret is dropping out of my A-levels, I told everyone various reasons but the truth is I was due for a bollocking and was terrified of confrontation, so it was easier to leave
5. I love learning but find it hard to make the effort. I've always been lucky to do well without much effort but my current course isn't coming naturally.
6. When I was about 12 / 13 I was in the advert for the Manchester 2000 Olympic bid - which failed!
7. My contribution to Hitched / threads does not reflect how often I'm here
8. I watch loads of food programmes and know all the theory, but rarely cook
9. I've never wanted children and find the concept alien, but when I think of the future I always have children (bizarre)
10. I've never known what I wanted to be when 'I grow up' and turn 30 next year

1. I dream of baking for a living or owning a tea room

2. I'm learning to knit.

3. I play the violin and played in a couple of bands and with the Edinburgh Fiddlers. I can't really hold it up properly any more though.

4. I live with my mother-in-law.

5. I haven't eaten a meal for 5 days.

6. I've abseiled down the side of the Sick Kids hospital in Edinburgh

7. I use a purple wheelchair.

8. I can eat a whole pack of snowballs or brandy snaps in one sitting.

9. I would give anything in the world to have a baby

10.I am terrified I'm going to be ill forever. I don't want to be ill and would love to remember what not being tired feels like; it's been over 13 years.

(sorry if the last two are a bit heavy!)

I. Sometimes I worry that my optimism is really just burying my head in the sand - optimism usually wins out though.

2. I haven't had any contact with my biological father since I was 5, which is when my parents got (messily) divorced. I sometimes ponder why I'm not more bothered or curious about this.

3. I feel incredibly lucky about lots of things.

4. I'd find it very difficult to get through the day without caffeine or music.

5. Radio 4 is always on when I fall asleep at night, which means the radio is on until I wake up. I then put Radio 1 on.

6. I feel healthy and have no health problems that I know of, but my BMI would suggest otherwise. I am therefore in denial about the level of weight loss I need to achieve and how much I eat.

7. I love my job and I love working, but I surprised myself recently by letting go a bit and finally putting work second in my life.

8. I am a very poor friend and hopeless at keeping in touch, but I am loyal and always there for them when they need me.

9. I am pretty self-sufficient and keep myself to myself. I do love social situations though like parties where there are lots of people I know.

10. I'm planning to train with my mum to run a half marathon next year.

PS, what a fab thread. x

1. I'm the happiest I've ever been.

2. I used to suffer from Emetophobia but consider myself cured now.

3. Porridge gives me horrific wind but I love eating it. (can anyone recommend any alternatives?!!)

4. I got very drunk the night before my wedding, didn't sleep and told my husband I didn't want to meet him at the church. I really meant it and had been thinking it for months. We've been happily married since 2003 and now realise how lucky I am that he's still in my life.

5. I love picking spots.

6. I get my children to stand on my back to give me a few minutes of pain relief. I have no idea why this works but it does.

7. I have arthritis.

8. I 've just joined a gym and feel more alive than I ever have before.

9. I can fall to sleep with in seconds of putting my head down - anywhere, any time of the day and regardless of how much sleep I've had previously.

10. I'm getting more confrontational as I get older. I'm not sure how to make this a positive thing.

1. I am really scared of getting old.

2. I panic when I think of dying. I don't want to be cremated as I am scared of flames, and I don't want to be buried as I am claustrophobic.

3. I have to cuddle something when I go to sleep, even if it is only holding onto the corner of my duvet like a comforter

4. I used to drink wayyyyy to much

5. I am terrified of fish

6. I am allergic to chocolate

7. I would quite happily live on different types of bread, and butter

8. I am addicted to the internet and the only time I don't switch on is if i am ill

9. I have a list of surgeries I would like done if/when I win the lottery

10. My husband was home for a month just there and we only had 1 home cooked meal in all that time. I feel like such a minger.

I haven't posted properly on OT for ages and ages and I suspect that most of the people here would know nothing about me at all so. I could write anything really and it would come as a surprise.?

1) I am in the middle of my second undergraduate degree at the moment. I'd love to do a third one day but I think Mr E would faint at that suggestion. My phd ambitions scare him enough.

2) I want to revolutionise the education system in scotland, if not britain. Hell, the world. I have a plan and a vision and I just need to go off and do the research now to prove I'm right. Watch this space.

3) I once got incredibly drunk at a very very serious trade wine tasting in edinburgh ( where everyone stays completely sober and spits out all the lovely wine?) and declared the above to the room. Mr E bundled me into a taxi shortly afterwards and I 'hid' from him behind a pillar at edinburgh waverley as I was in the huff from him. much to the amusement of all the commuters. (It was only half past five) ? He wont take me to them anymore.? We then got home and I fell into bed and I have a hazy recollection of him trying to tempt me out again by waving a garlic naan bread at me. On reflection I'm not sure how sober he was either. ?

4) There is over £700 of wine and champagne in my kitchen and I still can't find something I fancy drinking tonight.

5) I love and respect my H but I think he is dyslexic and possibly dyspraxic too and I dont have nearly as much patience with him as I should. This worries me as it contradicts everything I believe but it is incredibly frustrating and difficult to communicate with him sometimes.

6) One of the happiest moments of my life was when I served Mike Mills coffee at stirling castle before a gig.

7) I sometimes cry myself to sleep as I can't bear the thought of anything happening to my son.

8) While I love being back at uni and want to continue there for some time I'd quite like to givce it up so I could stay at home and cuddle my son.

9) I hardly post on hitched as I feel my life is incredibly boring and I have nothing to say that's of interest

10) As much as I love being a mum there are times when all I want to do is go out and dance like I had no responsibilities

As a lurker it's always a bit scary putting yourself out there on a thread like this but things have moved lots since the "come out" post the other day. So in the interests of keeping hitched busy here goes;

1) I have run a marathon in under 5 hours

2) I love writing lists of any sorts....meal planning, monthly budgets etc

3) I once played Calamity in a production of Calamity Jane

4) I dated my now H long distance. I was in Dundee, he was in Long Beach California. We'd only been dating 8 weeks when he emigrated.

5) I did possibly the worlds shortest emigration to Long Beach (under 4 months!)

6) I haven't spoken to my older brother for almost 8 years. He has many issues with alcohol, drugs and violence. He currently has it together but I'm not ready for contact at the moment.

7) My new year resolution was to not give a poo what other people say, think or do. In previous years I've spent too much time in my head worrying. This does not mean I wish to be uncaring, I just want to be more relaxed.

8) I don't know how to swear on hitched. I am very good at swearing in real life.

9) I have a sad love for America's Next Top Model

10) I am really quite happy and content with my life.

I've already had my turn of posting 10 things you didn't know, but I just wnated to say how lovely this thread is. It's made everyone seem just a little bit more "real" and it's like we're one big happy community all getting to know one another.

It's also a wee shame about the amount of poster who feel insecure about themselves or think that they are boring.

Big fat juicy hugs to anyone feeling that way ? You are all lovely and interesting ?

We think it's Gavin Rossdale who's married to Gwen Stefani.

1) I have been friends with my best friend for nearly 30 years

2) I was an orphan at 29

3) I met my H in a random internet chatroom and found out we only lived 2 miles apart

4) I've had more one night stands than I have boyfriends

5) I am on Hitched every day, but am too scared to ever post anything

6) I have a secret crush on Bryan Ferry and think he would be a dirty shag!!

7) I love chocolate

8) I am overweight proberbly due to too much chocolate

9) I have seen a ghost

10) I got caught in a tornado and had to shelter in the basement cupboard of the house I was staying in

1. I'll be 42 this year and don't want to be.

2. I've seriously considered taking someone's life because they were suffering so much.

3. My worst childhood memory is of having to kiss my grandma as she laid in her coffin.

4. I hate it when my husband talks to his ex, I'm always a bit scared the spark they used to have will re-ignite.

5. I care too much what people think about me.

6. I bought The Magic Faraway Tree and am really enjoying re-reading it.

7. I met my husband on the internet, went to stay for a dirty weekend and never left.

8. The highlight of my week is Thursday, when my veg box gets delivered

9. My sister, who I hadn't been in contact with for 12 years phoned me just before christmas and we get on so well now.

10. I have a deep scratch on my arm which was done by a 102 year old lady.

What a fab thread. I'm completley amazed by the amount of people who are shy and think no one likes them. Group hug needed I think. Anyway here's mine.

• I am the daughter of an alcoholic and a schizophrenic and I spend too much of my time wondering if I might one day end up the same.
• I went through puberty in primary school and was bullied eveyday until I became an agressive angry little cow and people started to see me as a bully instead.
• I got in with the "bad" crowd as a teenager , stayed out all night and did all the things parents dread.
• I now know that the above was a cry for help due to my horrible home life and I always knew I'd pull through. Hence going on to get straight A's at GCSE and A level and a first class from one of the best unis in the world.
• I'd really love to be a doctor but can't find the guts to quit everything and go back to uni.
• I'm another webbed toed freak.
• I started getting grey hairs at 21.
• I'm basically terrified of cats.
• I have no control over myself when there is chocolate in the house and have to eat it all.
• None of this really matters to me any more since I found out I'm having a baby. I can't beleive I'm so lucky and this could happen to me.

God I hope there's no psychoanalysts reading this!

This is the one book that I kept from my childhood and I refuse to get rid of it. I haven't reread it in years. Maybe I should.

I'd completely forgotten about all that - I bet most people have too and you didn't do anything wrong. ?

I wish everyone (but especially my RL truly lovely friends like Puss or Fis) who are sad or shy were truly happy. ?

ChrisB - congratulations on your anniversary, that's a real achievement!

Me - this is hard because so many people on here know me very well!

1) My two oldest friends probably don't know me as well as many Hitchers and newer friends - they have both had awful depression and one in particular is the shoulder for everyone else to cry on - they think I am always happy and confident because I don't feel able to show them anything else.

2) I procrastinate beyond belief and it's probably going to get me into trouble but mostly it prevents me being successful at the things I love, the creative ideas I think of, and pretty much everything I want to achieve. Part of me thinks it's because I have a very short attention span, the rest is down to not trying too hard because you can't fail if you don't set a goal...

3) I hate mint of all kinds but especially spearmint. The exception is After Eights and I have no idea why.

4) I bought a pair of new running shoes today and I've ordered a sports bra. I'm going to get back to running trotting and in a few weeks time I'm thinking of joining a local club that a lady I met in the shop today mentioned.

5) I have a complete block on problem solving for fun. I can just about do a jigsaw but crosswords, logic problems and the like just pass me by.

6) I completely admire people who have the focus to lose a lot of weight - I have a weird thing where I know I need to lose weight and would like to be healthier but I put so little stock on my appearance, I don't have the will to make it so.

7) I'm quite worried about being burgled and am sometimes very scared about waking up to find someone in our bedroom. I listen for noises at night.

8) I don't think we'll get another cat or at least I won't push for one - I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with our fleabag and the tortoises in a shop today were far more appealing...

9) If you stroke gently behind my ears I'll fall asleep.

10) I've surrounded myself with incredibly intelligent people - I know I'm not stupid but in comparison to my H, my best mate, most of my good friends, I'm pretty damn thick. It's quite bitter-sweet.

I'm really loving this thread. I think I could probably do another ten things about myself - just swiped from other people. This thread reminds me of a postcard on the Postsecrets website: "We are all connected. I just desparately wish we realised it."

My all-time favourite children's book too. I used to spend far too much time daydreaming about the worlds I'd find at the top of that tree

1. I desperately want a baby

2. I am not very good with people telling me what to do

3. I can save money if I try

4. I have a Radley obsession

5. I am not very good with making conversation with people I don't know face to face

6. I miss my mum terribly even though people say that you can't miss what you never had - you can

7. I don't have many friends although I make an effort - no one else seems to

8. I sometimes wonder if I am depressed or if I need a large kick up the arse

9. I live in a village (I always said that I would live in a main town)

10. I overreact waaayyy too much but can't help it

What a great thread, it's been really good getting to know more of you so here goes:-

1. Although I can understand, read and speak French fairly well I'm absolutely hopeless at writing it (something i discovered when half way through A Level French)

2. I talk to myself and sometimes get caught out by people when i forget i'm not on my own ?

3. When I was only a few days old i had a serious operation which left me with a scar and actual dent in my stomach

4. At work i'm an accomplished liar (to clients not colleagues) yet i can't hide things from people that matter to me

5. The thing that terrifies me most in the world is being without my H, sometimes when I can't sleep i get to thinking and it scares me as he is 11 years older than I am and I don't want to be alone when i'm old

6. I'm accomplished at reversing and can get into most spaces using mirrors only

7. I met my H when i was a passenger in the car that nearly ran him over 11 years ago.....the car was being driven by my boyfriend at the time....i went over to check he was okay...we got chatting and the rest is history (i'm still friends with the guy i was seeing though)

8. I absolutely can't stand bananas

9. I've only ever lived in Jersey my whole life, okay i've done east, west and centre but have never moved away from the Island

10. I always have to put my right contact lense in before my left one, don't know why but i just have to

that's very Buddhist, and would be so beneficial to so many people if we did actually take that to heart.

Ooh me too!

that was my first thought too. yoga teaches that we are all one, however much we try to emphasise our differences.

? to everyone. hitched rocks again!