What did you hate as a child but love, or even quite like now?

[Giggorata]

Inspired by the other thread: what were you surprised to find has grown on you, or isn’t so bad as you thought?

For me:

Tea shops
Opera
Cream
Charity shops
Documentaries
Snakes

Fish. I hated it so much I would retch if I even smelled it cooking. Love it now. But didn't like it until I met DH in my late twenties.

Running - I was useless at sport. Took up running late and really enjoy it even though I'm slow and bad at it. It's just so goreous being out watching the seasons change.

Dogs. I've always been a cat person but now see the appeal of dogs. They terrified me when I was younger. Now I really want one.

Beer!

I remember smelling and tasting my dad’s canned beer and thinking it was the most horrible, disgusting, bitter, metallic tasting thing I had ever tried. I couldn’t imagine why people would drink it.

That changed when I went to university and a boyfriend introduced me to the proper stuff, cask ale. What a revelation. I become a proper little beer geek, and I still am. I just love the stuff, in all its infinite variety.

Clarks shoes as I was forced to wear them, and most were pretty monstrous (and I got bullied at school for them)
But as an adult I have bought and loved a few pairs

Tomatoes

Goulash
Cheesecake
Abba
Thunderstorms

Peanut butter
Sensible shoes

Going for long walks
Running
Knitting (my grandmother tried to teach me when I was a child, but I didn't have the patience)

Gardening
Olives
Beetroot (I'll never love it but don't mind it - used to loathe it)
Pineapple
Blue cheese

Strawberries
Raspberries
Cheese (child-me was an idiot)
Running
Going for a walk

I used to hate coriander/cilantro, but love it now.

Same with coconut water.

Those are both very recent turnarounds.

When I was a kid, I was not a fan of red meat at all, least of all steak. Now I love a good steak.