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What do you never have at home, that most people would always have?

316 replies

Hairymaery · 01/10/2022 22:30

I'll go first, we never have margarine, I just hate it, even though DH thinks it's the best! (sorry dh)

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Scottishflower65 · 02/10/2022 12:37

Sugar. Anything less than full fat.

BakedTattie · 02/10/2022 12:44

I don’t have an iron.

my brother doesn’t have a tv. Bloody weirdo.

WheresTheLambSauce · 02/10/2022 12:50

A tv license, maybe? Although I imagine with the rising popularity of streaming services, I won't be in the minority for long.

LimpBiskit · 02/10/2022 13:25

WheresTheLambSauce · 02/10/2022 12:50

A tv license, maybe? Although I imagine with the rising popularity of streaming services, I won't be in the minority for long.

I've not had a TV licence for a while. I've not watched live TV for years.

ThreeRingCircus · 02/10/2022 14:45

Shower gel....swapped to bar soap years ago. Cheaper and better for the environment.

Floralnomad · 02/10/2022 14:48

Alcohol
an iron
make up

FlySwimmer · 02/10/2022 15:31

Tumble dryer.
TVs in bedrooms, or anywhere apart from the living room.
Airfryer.

Food wise…

Biscuits/cakes, apart from for guests.
Brown sauce.
Instant coffee.
Butter substitutes.
Jam/marmalade.
Sugar.
Squash.

Very often there isn’t bread either.

MeanderingGently · 02/10/2022 15:36

Takeaways, have never had or ordered one.
Tomato ketchup
Alcohol (not a drinker at all...although I suppose brandy sauce at Christmas counts?)

reelcat · 02/10/2022 16:41

Tea bags

newnamethanks · 02/10/2022 17:58

Margarine
Alcohol
Sweeteners or anything containing sweeteners
Milk
Tea
Bread
Pork products
Bio washing powder/liquid
Fabric conditioner
Air freshener spray nor the plug in things
Brassicas

OldFan · 02/10/2022 20:40

A lot of this has become a brag of how orthorexic or crunchy people are.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 02/10/2022 22:15

OldFan · 02/10/2022 20:40

A lot of this has become a brag of how orthorexic or crunchy people are.

Or that they're celiac, diabetic or allergic to things that most people would probably have in the house, combined with a couple of general preferences.

It's quite irritating to have orthorexia bandied around when you genuinely can't have stuff that is 'normal' or 'most people' have.

CrappyJob · 02/10/2022 22:22

Nobody has margarine in the UK, it was banned a few years ago. What is available is called spread, and as far as I know, spreadable butter comes into that category too.

LibertyLily · 02/10/2022 22:46

Tea
Coffee
Milk

IncyWincyGrownUp · 03/10/2022 00:35

Lactose, if I can help it. I was buying lacto free milk but the price is a little too steep at the moment, so black tea and coffee it is!

Air fresheners because they trigger migraines for the most part.

Ornaments. I don’t get them.

Football.

Discwriter · 03/10/2022 00:41

Needle and thread. After years of home ed and both my mother and grandmother trying to teach me - I still can't sew.

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