Things you enjoy which are supposed to be terrible

[InPraiseOfBacchus]

I'm inspired by a thread about ""Nice" Things That Aren't Actually Nice" over on the AIBU board.

I'd love to know about things you (secretly or not-so-secretly) love which you're "supposed" to find dull, inconvenient, or just plain crap.

For me: the cheapest tinned vegetables, replacement bus services (nicer view sometimes!), Travelodges.

@Brollywasntneededafterall

Anal sex!!

Tmi

Gore-filled horror films.
The Real Housewives franchise.
Twilight.
Eating in bed.
The rain/thunder

Channel 5 films

@FizzyPink, I had root canal treatment recently and I dozed off. The dentist had to keep waking me up as my mouth was inconveniently trying to close 😆

In a similar vein, I also nodded off while having a tattoo recently. I was hungover. Yes, I know, I should not have got hammered the night before a tattoo.

MRI scans - I find them really relaxing!

Like other posters, I also like general anaesthetic. Best sleep ever, and woke up feeling super relaxed and chilled out.

I like those really naff processed packets of pasta that you add to a saucepan of heated milk/water.

I like doing push ups, squats and lunges. I don’t think that’s very unusual but I do know a lot of people hate them.

I like washing up (but wouldn’t want to do it all the time).

I like admin. Give me a few hours sitting with my laptop to do my accounts etc and I’m in a happy place. (Spreadsheet joy)

Melissa McCarthy comedies - the ones that got panned. Love her, will watch her in anything.

Going to the osteopath. I love having my bones crunched.

Having the heating on. I hate being too warm. It was a massive bone of contention with XH as he was always turning it up (DC do likewise now). I like my bedroom to be icy cold.

Instant mash wont eat any other
cheap white bread delicious made into a crisp sandwich
ginger cake and custard

Me too, @Brollywasntneededafterall

Needles at the dentist, absolutely love them. I'm dentist phobic and it's awful but those injections are fab. Me and my Dad used to compete to see who needed the most (I held the lead with 5).

[quote Graphista]@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll good stuff!

There's also...

Tablet
Macaroon
Empire biscuits
Pizza crunch...

Be prepared to gain at least 2 stone [/quote]
Haggis pie
Bran scone
Square sausage

Scottish delicacies!

Children at weddings

Yes! I was raised on "Peter kay" style family weddings everyone went babies and kids up to great grandparents

Had loads of kids at mine and everyone had a great time

I tried angel delight again about a year ago, it's rubbish now they've taken all the sugar and chemicals out!

Going to bed at 8.30.

Zoom meetings because I can turn my camera off & don’t have to meet people face-to-face.

Dying my own hair.

Tweaking my finance spreadsheet (family budget.)

Budgeting in general. Love it. It’s my challenge.

Eating Nik Nak crisps

Shaving my vag

I love seaside-style amusement arcades and funfairs, especially after dusk. The lights, music, repetitive jingles and shouts of stall holders. I love the smell of candy floss and fried onions. I love watching rides and demos on videogames. I love feeding a £1 into a machine and watching loads of 2ps clatter out, and then walking round with my cup full of change working out which prize I'm going to win from the pusher machines. I love playing really old video games with nice pixelly graphics or blocky 3D.

@puppymonkey love that you specified Armageddon (the movie) and didn't leave us wondering why you love the end of the world!

Greggs (especially the bakes)
Gap jeans
Weddings, the more kids at them the better
Preparing fancy dress costumes for children

Cadbury's Dairy Milk in big slabs. I live in Switzerland now and I would happily swap Lindt and other nice Swiss chocolate for a big ol' slab of Dairy Milk.

Children swearing - okay, not at people, but saying "oh shit!" when they drop something or stub their toe etc, I find that harmless and actually kind of endearing

Covid lockdowns!

Being poked and prodded by doctor/dentist/ osteopath etc.
marmite (obvs)
Cleaning very dirty things, car, patio etc

Processed cheese. I like proper cheese too. Just any cheese.

Pot Noodle and Super Noodles. I don't know when I last had them, but I bloody love them.

True Crime
Brown bananas
Staying in
Storms
Badly behaved children

@Graphista this was in the period of 2000-2004 so I don't remember massively. I worked in Bakers Oven for a while and we didn't do them so I don't think it was Greggs either. Don't remember Auld's at all! I absolutely loved empire biscuits and have no idea why they aren't sold down South.

Married at First Sight
Working with primary school children
Housework

I really enjoyed my last general anaesthetic. What a nice sleep. Apart from being sick after, they always make me sick.

Those really trashy channel 5 programs where a rich family and a poor family swap holidays or they follow families with lots and lots of children

I used to love Greggs vegetable pasties, when they used to have a samosa-like filling. Now they have a mild cheese sauce and are not the same at sll.