I’m a snooper & love rummaging in pals’ bins – I know they’re pregnant before they tell me & have found dirty secrets
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A reader confesses her addiction to rifling through things that are none of her business. We also look at how you can break your addiction if you are suffering from the same nosy urges. IN the bathroom at a New Year house party, Charlotte Turner stares in disbelief at the positive pregnancy test.
![[A reader confesses her addiction to rifling through things that are none of her business - she also reveals some of the secrets she's found out]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NINTCHDBPICT000960620341.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
But the wand she is clutching isn’t hers — in fact she’s only found it because she fished it out of the bin. Thrilled by the realisation that her friend is expecting a baby, Charlotte, 35, pops the test carefully back into its wrapper in the trash — and practises looking shocked for when she is officially given the news.
![[Charlotte’s best discovery came on New Year’s Eve 2023, when she found her good friend’s positive pregnancy test.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/pregnancy-test-two-stripes-pastel-712718610.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
But this isn’t the first time HR worker Charlotte has gone fishing through rubbish to dig the dirt on her pals. She is a compulsive snooper. Charlotte, who lives in an upmarket suburb in Birmingham, loves nothing more than a secret rummage around her mates’ houses to uncover their biggest secrets.
![[Charlotte also managed to avoid mentioning the packets of Viagra she had found stashed away, though she had never been able to look the husband in the eye since]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1998-huge-demand-drug-patients-958126464.jpg?strip=all&w=794)
I’m always the first to suggest a group get-together, but it’s not because I love a party — it’s the perfect opportunity for me to go snooping. And she’s not alone. The UK is a nation of nosy parkers, a recent survey revealed, with more than 60 per cent of adults admitting to spying on their neighbours.
![[Charlotte is also often able to find out how much her pals earn by rifling through paperwork to find payslips]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/payslip-calculator-high-contrast-791295701.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Charlotte says: “My passion for digging around people’s houses always makes Christmas and New Year parties exciting because neighbours, friends and family let you into their homes and I’m poised for a good poke about in their private space. “I’m always the first to suggest a group get-together, but it’s not because I love a party — it’s the perfect opportunity for me to go snooping.
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