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What are your "exceptions"?

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GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 05/04/2020 19:48

...to the things you really love, except for when you don't? My examples:

  • I love coffee...except when I think someone's likely to offer me instant. Then I'll ask for tea.
  • I love white wine...except when it's cold and wet. Then I want red.
  • I love swimming...except when the water's really cold, then you haven't a hope of getting me in.

Let's try to keep it light please!!

OP posts:
Gatehouse77 · 05/04/2020 20:50

I love scrambled eggs but hate any white flobby bits so tend to only eat them at home.

I love tomatoes but the thought of drinking tomato juice is 🤢

I love orange juice but wouldn’t eat an orange!

TrainspottingWelsh · 05/04/2020 20:55

Bread. Except for cheap white thin sliced. And cheese, but not mild cheap crap. Especially nasty plastic slices.

daisydalrymple · 05/04/2020 20:57

Very cold Diet Coke, out of a can. No to bottles and pub mix.
Prosecco, but again must be very cold and definitely not flat.
Baked beans must be Heinz and properly heated, not just 30 sec flash in saucepan.
Also agree re fresh bread for a sandwich.

I’m a bit fussy. I probably have more. Grin
OP I also wondered how you didn’t like cold wet white wine Grin

TemporaryName123 · 05/04/2020 21:00

Toast, except when it’s been buttered right away and the butter has melted in

bigchris · 05/04/2020 21:01

Snow

But only when I'm inside

olivehater · 05/04/2020 21:02

Coffee but only if it’s instant. I know, I am a philistine. Proper coffee tastes like ashtrays to me.

WarmSausageTea · 05/04/2020 21:05

Chocolate and strawberries, except when they’re combined. Envy

Tea as first (and second) drink of the day, except when away, then it has to be coffee.

Banana, except when it’s banana flavoured anything.

BikeRunSki · 05/04/2020 21:05

I love a good strong cup of tea, but not if it’s cheap tea or too milky. I’d Lea e too milky, and force down cheap.

I love nachos, loaded and dirty, but not if it’s a packet of Doritos with a cheese slice melted on top. I’d rather have something else.

panicstationsready · 05/04/2020 21:07

Only drink black coffee, unless it's a latte or cappuccino.
Hard boiled egg sandwiches, but only if the egg is hot.
Hate cheese but love cheddars and cheese and onion crisps.

BikeRunSki · 05/04/2020 21:08

Dark chocolate and oranges, but not chocolate oranges. (I do love strawberries dipped in chocolate though).

Cheese, but not goats cheese

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 05/04/2020 21:11

I like bananas, but hate anything banana flavoured. Ditto cherries.

ImNotShpanishImEgyptshun · 05/04/2020 21:12

Tea all day long and all the time, except with something savoury. The exception is toast or similar bread product, but spread with nothing more savoury than butter.

isseywith4vampirecats · 05/04/2020 21:12

yes to tinned tuna mayo sandwich if the tuna has come straight out of the tin, if its been out of the tin even one day no thanks dosent taste fresh enough

frumpety · 05/04/2020 21:15

Quite happy to eat anyone's squidgy fat from their bacon. Old cake , bung it in the microwave for 30 seconds and smother with double cream. Any cake that includes vegetables is a winner in my book, adds moistness.

This is possibly why I am the size of a small hatchback, will eat anything other than offal, unless you bung it in the microwave for 30 seconds and smother it in double cream Wink

OhTheRoses · 05/04/2020 21:16

Ooh BRS profiteroles but nt shop bought. My home made ones with cointreau cream, slathered with melted chocolate orange.

Samtsirch · 05/04/2020 21:21

I love thunderstorms, wind, rain lightning etc....
Except for when I’m out in it.
I need to be snuggled under the duvet to fully appreciate a thunderstorm 🙂

Flupibass · 05/04/2020 21:23

Chocolate and raspberries but hate them together
Coffee but not instant
One olive but not several
One bite of celery but not more
Fresh tomatoes but not tomato soup
Probably could go on.....

Elieza · 05/04/2020 21:26

Warm choc fudge cake with cream.
Unless it’s that squirty shit.
No no no no no.
That stuffs for hot choc with marshmallows only. Sigh.

Eckhart · 05/04/2020 21:33

Quite happy to eat anyone's squidgy fat from their bacon

Sweet Jesus.

Eckhart · 05/04/2020 21:33

Quite happy to eat anyone's squidgy fat from their bacon

Sweet Jesus.

BlueJava · 05/04/2020 21:39

I love sausages but only posh fancy ones with no gristle

WaterIsWide · 05/04/2020 21:44

Cheese and ham - yummy. Even on their own - yummy.

Beef and cheese - yuck. Beef yes. Cheese yes. Together, no just no.

Cauliflower cheese - yep.
Roast beef and gravy - yep.

Cauliflower cheese served as a vegetable with roast beef and gravy. No way. Cauliflower cooked and served without sauce is perfectly acceptable.

Cherrysoup · 05/04/2020 22:02

Also bananas but not banana flavour shizzle.

No to shit white bread.

Fresh mint, yes, mint flavour anything makes me want to puke.

Vodka, but not the synthetic flavoured weird ones, but I’ll chuck in cinnamon or star anise in plain ones.

Bumply · 05/04/2020 22:06

I like peanuts and butter, but squish them together and I can't abide peanut butter.

ExpletiveDelighted · 05/04/2020 22:11

Most puddings yes, but not if they've got alcohol in them, it ruins them.

Bacon sandwiches yes please but not if they've got butter or sauce in them.

Tea yes please but not if it's too milky.

Just about any veg yes, but not if they are served buttered. Same for new potatoes.

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