Have A Secret? Look No Further Than DU Confessions

By Amy Wagner on February 12, 2013

On a sunny, rather uneventful morning this past Thursday, I was halfheartedly studying for an upcoming accounting test when I decided to take a Facebook break. Upon glancing at my newsfeed, I was informed that a few of my friends had liked a page called “DU Confessions.” Intrigued, I immediately clicked the link. As I waited for it to load, I expected a Pioneer-esque, crimson-and-gold-splattered spinoff of PostSecret, except without the postcards. As it turns out, this is exactly what DU Confessions is. The description of the page asks students if they “have a secret to tell,” entreating everyone to “send us your confessions and we’ll post them here anonymously – nobody knows when everyone knows!” 654 likes later, I think it’s safe to say that word is spreading fast about this online confessional unique to our university.

Photo courtesy of the DU Confessions Facebook page

 Although I’m not entirely sure if I believe the still-unnamed creator’s claim that “I’ve found a way to make names disappear off of messages so it’s always anonymous,” I’ve found myself repeatedly checking this new page to see what other dirty secrets have been confessed. It’s addicting! Many of these secrets are ones that pretty much every DU student can relate to, such as ”sometimes I pretend that I’m on the phone when I walk on Driscoll Bridge” or ”I ask for quesadillas at Salsa Rico, then pay for them in meal swipes” (as one commentor responded, “wait, is that not supposed to happen?”).

Others are humorous, like the confession that ”the two cheesiest pick up lines I’ve used are ‘have you met Ted?’ and ‘Call me maybe’ and they’ve both worked.” As anyone who looked at this page can attest, the admission that ”so far, I’ve had sex in JMac, Nelson, Driscoll, Sturm, Boettcher, Korbel, Penrose, the Ritchie Center, Lamont, and the HRTM building. My goal is fifteen buildings before I graduate” is, to put it mildly, unforgettable.

However, not all of the confessions are lighthearted or funny. Some are imbued with the raw honesty that comes with anonymity, like the student who revealed that ”I pretend like I have a lot of money. I don’t,” or ”I used my best friend’s credit card to pay for detox so my parents wouldn’t find out.”

While some confessions are ones that everyone can relate to and some are purely hilarious, the ones that strike a chord the most are those secrets that are open, frank, and unflinchingly honest. These are the ones that, upon reading them, it becomes blatantly obvious that this person has likely not revealed to anyone else this confession that they were keeping inside – until now, that is.

If you’re a Pioneer and you want to vent, nod in solidarity, or simply laugh until you’re almost rolling on the floor, look no further than DU Confessions.

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