Things that always disappoint

[RosieLemonade]

For me it's baths. Never quite the experience I crave.

Holidays in Britain
Going to my mum's
opera
champagne

Agree with cinema. I just want to lie fully stretched out in my PJs to watch a film!

Agree with Afternoon tea, especially outside of London. Prepared for a flaming

British holidays, new years eve parties

Socks. They're the absolute last word in luxury when they're brand new and your feet go OMG, then after one wash they're like all the other shit socks in your drawer.

Going out for dinner. Always get food envy, always feel judged, always get indigestion, always feel robbed. Throw in my food allergy and dislikes, and it’s a total waste of time!

Work nights out even though I try my hardest to avoid them when I have been on one we seem to spend our night in the pissing rain traipsing round pubs not getting a seat eating a mediocre meal fretting over missing the last train home and no one really knowing what to say to each other

@imadeitnice

Fish and chips

I was going to say this !

The thought of them is better than the experience of eating them.

KFC. Smells delicious, tastes bland and texture is suspiciously not like chicken. What on earth is it?--

People and life.

I agree on takeaways always a let down, and chocolate just does not hit the spot like ot used to.

@SquirryTheSquirrel

Cat toys. You buy an expensive, elaborate toy for your cat - he sniffs it for two seconds and wanders off, never to look at it again. Five minutes later, you find him leaping round in manic excitement over an old wine cork that had rolled under the sofa.

Yes to this! Thinking of last Christmas buying my dcats the flippety fish toy. They loathed it! Much preferred the cheap furry mouse from Home Bargains...

Expensive / posh hotels in big cities. They don’t offer anything that a good chain hotel doesn’t, except fancy bed linen which I don’t care about and obsequious forelock-tugging staff which annoys me. Give me Premier Inn at a quarter of the price any time.

Eating out, my DH is such a great cook that I think we should have just stayed at home and saved all the money !

@SunShinesBrightly

Tulips.

They go from poker straight to floppy the second they are introduced to a vase.

That sounds like someone I know.

@Hassled

That's because Wagamama s food IS disappointing.
Not just what you order. The entire thing is just below average.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles

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Mumsnet parking threads.

Yes to fruit teas! Also, boxes of chocolates - look really inviting but the centres are usually sickly and bland. (Unless they're really, REALLY good ones)

My people! Though crispy batter on fish definitely exists, chippy chips are always soft here. And you've had enough after 3 mouthfuls then starving again after an hour.

Coffee. It smells amazing and then I take a sip and am disappointed because I don’t like coffee

Weddings. I get excited at the idea of dressing up, the sense of occasion, nice food etc. Ends up with loads of waiting around nursing half a glass of warm bubbly desperate for even a sniff of a sausage roll.

Cocktails - sound amazing, look amazing.
Disappointing and overpriced.

Always fruit teas. The promise of luscious flavours - rose hips, camomile, etc - plus the warm glow of healthy choices, yet the result is warm pot pourri water.

Cupcakes. Somehow tastes exactly the same as the sponge/buttercream combo I'd knock up at home myself. Plus resentful guilt at having spent £3.50 to be reminded of this.

Spa days. Sitting awkwardly in your swimming costume on a hot tiled banquette, trying not to make eye contact with a woman who might be your mum's friend Jean from book club, while waiting for a single 30 min massage. Why do I always imagine hotel spas will be Elemis Disneyworld?

@SunShinesBrightly

Tulips.

They go from poker straight to floppy the second they are introduced to a vase.

If you put a copper in the vase they stay straight. Don’t ask me how or why but they do. It’ll change your relationship with tulips 🌷