What is something you said would never do and actually stuck to it?

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Mine is smoking

I said I would never smoke and now at 32, I havent.

I was tempted as an older teen because at the time, everyone seemed to be doing it and I wondered why it was so popular, but now I’m glad I didn’t. It’s more common for people to not smoke now

Drink alcohol.

Smoke
Smack my children

Cheat on a partner.

Eat beans on toast. Never have, never will!

@MillieMollieMandi

Eat beans on toast. Never have, never will!

You're missing out.

Eat meat.

Leave my babies to cry.

Become financially dependant on a partner.

Rehome a pet.

Smoking and losing weight. Haven't had a fag in 20 years and lost quite a few stone between 2018 and 2020 and haven't gained any back

Get married.
Get involved in the occult (tarot, ouija boards, etc)
Eat veal (although yes agree if I drink milk then eating British veal is not only ethically ok but probably really sensible).
Have an abortion (personal decision for me. I am opposed to banning it for everyone).
Get a tattoo (again, personal choice, no intention to stop anyone else).

Wear a scrunchie in my hair.

I said I would never hit or smack my child. I grew up in an abusive home and my parents and family thought it was inevitable I wouldn't be able to keep to this, and told me repeatedly it's impossible to lose your temper and smack a small child, because they're too young to reason with.

DD is 4.5 and I have never hit or smacked her, and weirdly, never felt the slightest inclination to do so.

Likewise, I have never punished her by deliberately making her frightened (eg., 'now you must sleep in the dark because you were naughty').

I've never had hard drugs but that is an easy one because I'm just not at all interested. I had a very druggie friendship group at university and it would have been very easy - and they often thought I was a bit odd - but I just don't feel the slightest curiosity.

Get back with my ex

Be a martyr

swore I never would have DC at all (had many in the end)

Give baby a dummy (Achieved, freely agree this was daft stubbornness)

Regularly drive DC to primary school (very happy about this being achieved)

Buy the Sun newspaper.

@HotSauceCommittee

Wear a scrunchie in my hair.

My 21 year old dd wears them and I always laugh at her - I am a sheep and have forever been scarred by the SATC episode where Carrie says New York women don't wear them- I am a middle aged woman from the Home Counties who would like to be hip.

Iron clothes for a man. Spent a couple of hrs one afternoon ironing at 8 month pg, placed husband’s clothing neatly folded on our bed for him to put away, as he had previously said that I put stuff away in the wrong place and he couldn’t find things when he needed them. He came in from work and side swiped the entire pile off the bed onto the floor so he could have a snooze whilst I was cooking our tea. When I saw what he had done, I told him that I would never ever iron anything for him again and I stuck to my word. Needless to say he is my ex, and 22 years later I have never ironed anything for any man ever again.

@Marni83

All those saying drugs

What made you commit to that?

I want to learn so that I can try to do the same with my children!

I always believed that I would be one of the unlucky ones that would try it once and die. Most of the people I know/knew took drugs. Infact we have a few family members who are heroine addicts, so that also puts you off. DP has never taken drugs either, but he was brought up in a family where everyone took drugs and was were addicted to all sorts.

Vote Tory.
Speak to my mother again, it’s been years.
Eat things I really don’t like for the sake of good manners.

Vote Tory
Do the YMCA dance

Let kids come into our bed. I always went to them if absolutely necessary
Smoke
Go to the Notting Hill Carnival, it's just not my scene man

Run a marathon.

@WillaWeatherspoon

Buy cards or presents or send thankyous for DH's family. He's a grown adult, he can manage gift-buying himself.

Yep - this one. Never bought any gifts or cards for DHs family for birthdays or Christmas.

I've just bought a baby gift for his brother who's fiancée is due any day now, but I feel that's a bit different. DH will be on any future birthday gifts or cards.

Smoke
Do drugs
Bring a baby into our bed
Have a hot drink while holding/close to a baby
Ride on a proper roller coaster (have done a couple of kiddie ones so dc could ride)
Bungee jump
Eat another aubergine

smoke
smack my kids
iron
Get married.. I remember as a teen,then twentysomething never seeing the point...yet to be convinced.

Take Coke (a lot of friends used to do it when I was a young adult)

Vote Tory.