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

232 replies

FormerCarer · 19/11/2022 17:09

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?

OP posts:
Melvin2021 · 19/11/2022 20:10

Cats

stuntbubbles · 19/11/2022 20:11

::signs at @sausagepastapot:: I love coffee Revels! And coffee creams! The lack of coffee creams in most big cheap chocolate assortments is a grave indictment of how far we have fallen as a nation, imo.

Stardustkid · 19/11/2022 20:14

@SillyBub oh me too and when I figure out how to use a new formula I’m the happiest, I’ve been going on and on about xlookups - I love them.

marzipan too, but hate fruitcake -my DM and I share a slice of Christmas cake.

justcallmebozo · 19/11/2022 20:21

Axolotls

and bats

Ohmygoshposh · 19/11/2022 20:23

Bikes / cycling

lotuspie · 19/11/2022 20:28

Me too

Courgettecity · 19/11/2022 20:29

Absolutely nothing, I quite like some things but ultimately I'm just a miserable bastard, but hide it very well.

Pandor · 19/11/2022 20:41

Advocaat
Train spotting
Bingo
Banger racing
Nipple clamps
The Spectator
Neighbours
Searching for fossils

Verbena87 · 19/11/2022 20:44

Camping
knitting
poetry
running up big hills for fun
Plain live yoghurt (DH finds it hilarious but I just think it is fucking delicious and it goes with everything)

Wauden · 19/11/2022 20:46

stuntbubbles · 19/11/2022 19:30

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!

I have attachments to things, vintage, antiques, memorabilia.

janie85 · 19/11/2022 20:48

Raw peas from the pod!

justcallmebozo · 19/11/2022 20:54

@Verbena87 - Plain live yoghurt - and much cheaper than canesten

@Bunsandtophats - Horse manure smell - me too, love that smell!

ham hock flavour stock cubes

mizu · 19/11/2022 20:56

Star Wars Grin I'm 50 next year and still love it. Currently obsessed with Andor on Disney +

justcallmebozo · 19/11/2022 20:57

@Pandor Banger racing

Did a double take reading that, thought it said Badger Racing. Now that would be worth watching...

bluetongue · 19/11/2022 21:20

Podcasts. Not podcasts while driving or cleaning the house but podcasts on a lazy Sunday afternoon lying in bed under the duvet with my whippet snuggled up next to me. Even better if the weather is a bit inclement. It’s lazy as hell and there’s a good chance I’ll fall asleep but I don’t care.

TitaniasAss · 19/11/2022 21:31

Shakespeare.

Mirabai · 19/11/2022 21:32

TitaniasAss · 19/11/2022 21:31

Shakespeare.

Yes.

COPPER3 · 19/11/2022 21:37

My dog (my world!) (despite being blessed with 3 kids!)
Peace, solitude
Peanut butter
Murders. Preferably Nordic ones!
Big pants
Searching for seashells
The ocean
Nature

Scarecrowrowboat · 19/11/2022 21:38

Sprouts

Needhelp101 · 19/11/2022 21:55

Terry Pratchett.

That's why I love the Pratchett discussions on here,they get it!

pastabest · 19/11/2022 22:03

pickled cauliflower
McFly

Autumnnewname · 19/11/2022 22:27

COPPER3 · 19/11/2022 21:37

My dog (my world!) (despite being blessed with 3 kids!)
Peace, solitude
Peanut butter
Murders. Preferably Nordic ones!
Big pants
Searching for seashells
The ocean
Nature

Don't people like your dog then?

Autumnnewname · 19/11/2022 22:29

The bounty in celebration

I don't understand why they were always the sad leftovers

stuntbubbles · 19/11/2022 22:32

Autumnnewname · 19/11/2022 22:27

Don't people like your dog then?

I don’t like any dogs. Lots of people don’t.

Judellie · 19/11/2022 22:32

Dog free places (mostly because there hardly seem to BE any)
Coffee creams including the coffee revels
Irish folk music
Church

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