What do you love so much that you can't understand why others don't?

[FormerCarer]

I hope that the thread title makes some sense.

I was having a chat about this with a friend who is a camping fanatic and who is genuinely puzzled as to why other people e.g me despise it. She's that passionate about it.

I have various interests that I enjoy but I can generally see why they don't appeal to some others but it made me wonder what do you love you so much that you can't understand why others don't share your passion?

Wasabi
Below Deck
Hamsters

Love Star Trek and Babylon 5.
Dr Who - well most si-fi

The mini series - Hollywood.
Love cycling and walking.
Adore a clean , tidy, well organised house.
Sherry. Hello

Tidying, decluttering, and organising. Have zero sentimental attachment to stuff but love empty space; always bemused at the hand-wringing on decluttering threads – put it in the bin!

Not 'hello' not sure how that got in there

Prawns
Cheese
Reading
Charity shop shopping
Walking
Being on my own

@stuntbubbles

Tidying, decluttering, and organising. Have zero sentimental attachment to stuff but love empty space; always bemused at the hand-wringing on decluttering threads – put it in the bin!
^^^^^^^^
TOTALLY LOL

Also: salted liquorice. So delicious! So many friends who have stared at me with watery eyes and faces full of hatred after accepting a piece!

Same.
It's the best thing ever.

Paddle boarding
Yoga
Pole dancing
Milkshakes

I love time alone too. I’m happy to do hotels, restaurants, museums, days out etc. Some people are incredulous that I can enjoy such a thing!

Cats
Pickles
Tea
And +100000 to being alone

Another history buff. Local history, genealogy and ancient British history.
I research it all the time, watch videos, read about it, attend local meetings about it.
Most people don't seem interested at all.

The Manic Street Preachers 💕 I love them so much.

Also, The Leftovers.

Cats and books

I read the first few posts and knew I had found my tribe.

Yes to

Blue cheese
Marzipan
Silence
Dogs
Cats

christmastreewithhairyfairy
you must be my pickle loving cat loving tea loving twin!

I forgot to mention (vinyl) records, quite the rabbit hole they are.

Cats and dogs
Staying in
Not being sociable

I’d love that but it’s a huge non-negotiable for my DH so 🤷‍♀️

Eating beige processed food from the freezer

Sounds amazing, all of those!

Other things people have mentioned: going away on my own, to a hotel on my own. Silence. Rain. Baths.

Writing letters. January.

Drinking coffee. I guess on an intellectual level I can understand why people don't like it - it's strong and quite bitter tasting. But on an emotional level, it's a small but reliable moment of euphoria every morning.

I also really enjoy a trip to a museum. Yes, the big, swanky futuristic ones but even more so the small, specialist volunteer-run ones with slightly wonky labels. I don't know that anyone hates a trip to a museum, but some people find them dull, whereas for me a browse around a museum and a coffee after is a top day out.

Coffee revels/any coffee chocolate
Lifting very heavy weights
Sign language
Burnt cheese (I like putting cheese on the outside of a cheese toast and burning the shit out of it)
Burnt bacon
Next day cold takeaway pizza purposefully not re heated

Cats

Love history, visiting places, touching old walls and houses. Imaging the people that lived there and their lives.
I am soon taking a job where I am going to travel and can’t wait to get into the history of places.

I also love rodents 😂which people find a bit odd !