18 Takeaways From 2025's Sunday Confessions
Based on my calculations, I read over 13,000 confessions this year. Each week, I open my laptop on Monday morning to a trove of secretive information that only I have access to. Some weeks, I love it. Others, I simply don’t want to take on the stress of anonymous people.
Each week, however, I begin to see trends form. Now that there are no more 2025 submissions waiting to be read, I thought I’d share my takeaways from the year that was.
Here they are:
A lot of people want to quit their jobs and start book stores. I think owning a small book store would be more stressful than having a desk job, but I do see why this is a thing.
People without kids have very strong opinions of their friends with kids; people with kids have little-to-zero opinion of their friends without them. It’s a divide that got worse and worse as the year went on.
Sooo many people tell me they’re pregnant before anyone else. I truly have no idea who submits what so I’m a great candidate for this, but it’s always kind of a fuzzy moment to read.
Everyone’s reading smut. And it seems like their sex lives are better off because of it.
Of all the in-laws, mother-in-laws are the most confessed about. Sister-in-laws are a close second.
Most cheating seems to stem from the workplace. While I don’t post any of these because I think perpetuating that is irresponsible, but 90+ percent of these submissions are from the workplace versus otherwise.
No one trusts our government to sort things out. Which also says a lot about the readership here!
Some people use it as a sounding board against me, Sunday Scaries, or both. I’ve worked on the internet full-time for over 10 years so it’s all falling on flat ears.
Heated Rivalry was the show that moved the needle the most. Once it came out (no pun intended), no other shows were ever mentioned.
Out of every celebrity confession submitted, Taylor Swift is both the most submitted as well as the most polarizing. I’m glad her album promotion is over because I got sick of reading these.
Most of you are sick and tired of your (1) friend group or (2) best friend. You need to prioritize making new friends in 2026.
More people have hygiene quirks than I ever anticipated. I’d explain, but I don’t think I need to based on the visceral reactions to these confessions.
Most submissions come before 11 a.m. or after 6 p.m. There are some nights where I think, “Wait, should I have more submissions than this?” only to wake up to a full inbox.
A lot of you are flirting online cross-country. Go one with your bad selves. I met my wife online while living in another state so take. that. trip.
Most people who moved out of the country to start anew seemed to regret it. I was surprised by how many people claimed to do this, but I was even more surprised by the regret they seemed to have.
ChatGPT is more rampant than we all realize. Break-up texts, work emails, therapy, and the list goes on. I’ve attempted to stay further and further away from it as the year’s gone on and I attribute that solely to some of the submissions I get that feel very Black Mirror-y.
Married readers love when their spouse leaves town for work. And people who travel for work love being away from their spouses.
Grammar has gone out the window. I normally don’t post the worst grammatical posts, but I also don’t love editing people’s thoughts. My biggest pet peeve that evolved over the year was readers replacing “and” with “&” — please stop.
Whenever I do “Ask Me Anything” on Instagram, a lot of people have questions about Sunday Confessions. If you have one yourself, I’d love to answer it below.
