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Name 5 things you love and 5 things you hate!

110 replies

cheeseisthebest · 09/07/2022 19:49

Love -
Winter
Coffee
Being on my own
My dog
Books

Hate -
Heat
Summer
Festivals
Loud music
Big crowds

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Fluxcapacitator · 09/07/2022 22:34

Love
Tea and coffee
A good day at work
Swimming
My children safely back home
Broderie anglaise

Hate
Anyone who has a dog in the city
Management consultants
Cartoon owls
Meal planning
Other people's music

Marikali · 09/07/2022 22:37

Love

  • Nice smells, gorse when it's all flowering on a warm day, sweet peas, my children's heads etc.
  • yarn
  • People working with their hands
  • Sauna and swim
  • Good hugs

Hate

  • Crap hugs
  • Kids losing things
  • The band Keane and other middle of the road bands, particularly if they are very earnest.
  • Going to work
  • Cars
wilddreams · 09/07/2022 22:37

Love -
Flirting
Writing poetry
Red wine
Holidays
Autumn

Hate -
Misophonia
Nightclubs
Music festivals
Cold sores
Facebook

floridana · 09/07/2022 22:41

Love
Christmas trees
Forget me nots
Ladybirds
A fresh notebook
Calippos

Hate
Beer
Snakes
Boastful people
New year
Pain au chocolate

Newpuppymummy · 09/07/2022 22:44

New babies
Perfume
Beaches
Baths
Holidays

Tea
Tomatoes
Rudeness
Tight clothes
Being too hot

methodbehindmymadness · 09/07/2022 22:44

Love- listening to the rain and on the roof/window
all animals
my cottage home
my hubby and kids
being a loner

hate -snobby materialistic people
fussy people
private number plate
people who call me love
getting up early

LibbyAlex · 09/07/2022 22:44

Lovely idea for a thread.

Love (besides the obvious - children, husband family and friends)
The smell of Waterstones
Yoga
Holidays
Afternoon naps
Cake

Hate
Rude people
Liars
Snakes
Flying
Poor hygiene

stargirl1701 · 09/07/2022 22:46

Love

  • books
  • swimming
  • being alone
  • camping
  • driving

Hate

  • getting 'dressed up'
  • make up
  • high heels
  • parties
  • autism
Rainbowbaby13 · 09/07/2022 22:46

Excluding my family
Love:
cheese (mainly on pizza)
Wine
Dinner out
Reading
Fresh air

Hate:
Spiders
Heights
Small spaces
Banana
Sweetcorn
People who don't say please and thank you
🤦🏻‍♀️oops sorry I think that's 6

Verbena87 · 09/07/2022 22:47

Love:
cloth - sewing and knitting but also fragments of old fabrics just to stroke/look at

mountains

sea swimming

sitting around with old friends doing nothing, someone singing, half-drunk coffee, nowhere to get to

cheese

hate:
coffee grounds in washing up water

Finding slugs in kitchens

Failed ivf

toxic masculinity

Jerusalem artichokes

mamaduckbone · 09/07/2022 22:48

Love

  • sunshine
  • country walks
  • stationery
  • the sea
  • coffee

Hate

  • rain
  • being cold
  • tomatoes
  • making decisions
  • driving in cities
iPud · 09/07/2022 22:48

LOVE:
My children
Summer
Xmas
Holidays
Sleep

HATE:
Dogs
Tories
Smoking
BBQ smells (and all meat cooking, but BBQ is the worst)
Bills

Smogtopia · 09/07/2022 22:49

Love
Good TV
Watching my babies sleep
Cats
My bed
Obscure nicknames

Hate
Milk
Mash
Cringey people
Household chores
London heatwaves

MegBusset · 09/07/2022 23:04

Apart from the obvious (kids, DH etc):

Love:
Walking
Books
Solitude
Cats
Music

Hate:
Injustice
Rudeness
Flying
Wooden cutlery
Lateness (mine or other people's)

WafflyVersatileOohOoh · 09/07/2022 23:07

Love-
Cold weather
Fancy dinners
Candles
Plant and flowers
Puppies

Hate-
Licorice
Birds in cages
Confrontation
Old man names like Archie/Alfie/Wilf for little boys
Burger King

Huntswomanonthemove · 09/07/2022 23:09

Love:

My family
My dog
Summer
Music
Food

Hate:

Paedophiles
Owners who don’t pick up their dog poo
Any sort of animal cruelty
Being 9million in the call queue when I call the doctors
Mosquitoes

Shangrila · 09/07/2022 23:09

Love

Festivals
Gardening
Washing on the line
Cats purring on my lap
Cannabis

Hate
People who refer to themselves as their pet's mummy or daddy. The term furbaby can be included in this too.
Drivers who don't know how to merge
BBQs
Littering
High heels.

MintyGreenDreams · 09/07/2022 23:14

Love (apart from family,friends and my dogs)

Carbs.
Alone time.
Losing weight.
Pampering myself.

Hate.

Rushing.
Late people.
Fresh tomatoes.
Bring cold.

roastedsaltedpeanut · 09/07/2022 23:14

Love -
Heat
Summer
Festivals
Loud music
Big crowds
(I am the exact opposite to you OP! 😄😄😄)

hate -
eating too much
insomnia
getting lost while driving
missing connection flight
being late

MrsHarrison87 · 09/07/2022 23:19

Love:
Chocolate
Hot baths
My back being tickled
Orgasms
Reading

Hate:
School run
Spiders
Watching sport
Waiting in queues
Fake people

RopeyOldBird · 09/07/2022 23:23

Hate

Intolerance of cyclists on the road (not pavements)
Selfishness
Extreme hot weather
Fennel
Lager

Love

The wisdom of children
Not having to go out when a storm is howling outside
Dogs
Cats
Hedgehogs

Yirk · 09/07/2022 23:24

Love,
Biscuits
Cats
Cup of tea.
The sea.
Music

Hate,
Litter,
Spitting,
Tomatoes,
Queue pusher inners,
Covid.

cheeseisthebest · 09/07/2022 23:30

roastedsaltedpeanut · 09/07/2022 23:14

Love -
Heat
Summer
Festivals
Loud music
Big crowds
(I am the exact opposite to you OP! 😄😄😄)

hate -
eating too much
insomnia
getting lost while driving
missing connection flight
being late

Haha!! You would have enjoyed my afternoon much more than me!

I have more
Love -
Puddings
Cats
Musicals
Going to back to bed with a cuppa and a book
Going for a swim or walk but only on a cold day

Hate-
School uniform and stupid school rules
All sport, playing or watching
Nagging my kids
Having hayfever
Camping

OP posts:
DashOfMilkNoSugar · 09/07/2022 23:32

Love


  • cake

  • live music

  • theatre

  • perfume

  • cinema

Hate

  • the wind (weather)

  • sulkers

  • cold callers

  • butterflies

  • liars


Just the first things that popped in my brain, tomorrow would probably be completely different.

Lyn29 · 09/07/2022 23:37

Apart from the obvious family children animals etc

Love-
Essential oils
Massage
Roast dinners
Rose
Face masks

Hate-

Bullying
Drama queens
Courgette
Mosquitoes
Cystitis

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