Things that are nice but not worth the hassle

[CrabbityRabbit]

I made sweet potato gnocci for dinner yesterday from scratch. They were lovely. But they also covered both me and my kitchen with a thick layer of orange gloop that took ages to scrub off. And the gnocci were all funny shapes since they were too sticky to roll out properly. I shan't bother again.

In the same category I put properly decorating the house for Christmas/Halloween. I love decor but can only just be arsed to decorate the tree/carve a pumpkin. So they are the only things that get done despite the fact I would love a house covered head to foot in fairy lights/skeletons.

A decent skincare routine. Can barely remember/be arsed to slap on a moisturiser most nights let alone toner, eye cream or anything of that ilk. Am convinced I would have dewy, glowing skin ala a South Korean skincare advert if only I could be bothered to use 39 different products every day.

Anything else?

Playdates in your home.

SUCH a faff, before during & after!

Off to the park it is, or a sprint to a cafe for a hot chocolate in cold weather.

@YeahCorvid I agree!

Clothes shopping
Good hair
London
Short breaks abroad - exhausting to have to career round a new city for 3 days

Apple trees. Most of our apples were eaten by birds and insects on the tree. The few apples we managed to rescue made tasteless crumble. It's got to go.

Baking with small children.

I agree about

Ironing
Men
Sex

But you are so wrong about gardening. It’s so much easier, more creative and more rewarding than having children. People are always telling me how beautiful my garden is but all my kids do is complain, create mess and ask for money and lifts.

Ironing.
Cooking most things from scratch - takes too long for a meal that is finished in 10 minutes!

Bedding plants..every year for the last 43 years that I’ve lived in my house..I’ve put them in, weeded then, watered them, nurtured them...and then watched the garden end up in a total state of disrepair over winter...till this year

No more...I’m doing a perennial border. I hope
It’s a bit lacklustre at the moment...and it may be dead as I’ve been away for 10 days...but I’m hoping next year it will be stunning

Oh and pots...on the decking...never bothered with them either this year

Anything made of viscose.

Lovely and soft to wear, a nightmare to wash because it needs ironing to get it loose and soft again. Ugh.

Short breaks abroad -
These are one of my 'absolutely worth it' things.

Real Christmas trees. Look and smell beautiful but a pain to top up the water in the stand everday. Then you have to drag the dried up needle shedding corpse of it through the house to dispose of.

Yes fake trees all the way although real ones make the house smell so good.

DP says roses in the garden as they are a pita to keep alive and flowering. He also thinks sports cars are not worth the effort (or money) as whats the point having a car that can go 200mph when you are not allowed to go 200mph.

I switched to a posh fake tree years ago and replace the smell with naice candles. I don’t miss the mess.

Yes to roses in the garden, I moved house earlier in the year and was given two, within two months they had rust spot and some sort of insect. Too much effort.

Lengthy and arduous sex. Who has the time or the energy? DH and I have got it down to a fine art, 20 minutes from start to finish and we're both guaranteed an orgasm. Job done, everyone happy and relaxed and still time to read a chapter of my book before lights out

Any recipe that calls for more than shallow frying. If I have to heat up vast quantities of oil (I’m looking at you scotch eggs!) and risk burning myself/fire/making the house smell, it isn’t going to happen.

I even find frying a chore ( moving stuff around so it doesn't catch!)

I try to bake everything in a dish. Benign neglect in the kitchen.

YY to real Christmas trees, good hair and deep frying. I love the idea of crispy fish, croquetas or doughnuts, but they're strictly a Someone Else Must Make thing.

On my list:

• high heels (live in flats unless I have a meeting)
• holidaying with a toddler
• gardening
• makeup

Yes yes or rather no no to long sex sessions. I'll never understand how people can be bothered with dressing up and blindfolds and whipping each other in 50 Shades of Grey style! The whole palaver must take hours!

Eating kippers

Ironing bedding

Thrice cooked chips

Bikini wax

penelope

Toyboysrus I know, just the thought of it makes me feel tired. I always think that if you have to employ lots of gadgets and role playing then you just can't fancy each other enough.

Fried egg butties.
I love them but only when someone else makes them
I know they aren't the hardest things in the world but I hate making them and they always taste better when someone does them for me!

I once made home made hot cross buns. Total faff, took ages, cost more and tasted worse than the ones from Aldi.

Also swimming. It's nice when you're doing it but the faffery involved ruins it.

Barbecues. The mess ends up both indoors and out. Cleaning the bloody thing and all it’s prongs and tongs and skewers is a nightmare. Can’t enjoy the food thinking about th clearing up process after.

Parties. Stress from start to finish whether you are giving one or going to one .

Growing tomatoes. They taste gorgeous but all that watering and making sure someone is around to do it if you are away more than a day just isn’t worth it.