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What wouldn't you do for someone you love?

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WallabyWay · 30/04/2023 11:14

"Inspired" by the thread about group holidays, what things would you refuse to do for someone you love? I mean lighthearted every day activities/things not murder or bank robbery.

I wouldn't go camping for anyone. Thankfully I don't need to but unless someone's life literally depended upon it, and even then I'd have to consider how much I really liked them, you're not getting me in a tent ever again. I'd rather go without a holiday for the rest of my life.

Also Eat coleslaw.

Where do you draw the line?

OP posts:
GalileoHumpkins · 30/04/2023 11:22

Have any kind of reptile as a pet.

blahblahblah1654 · 30/04/2023 11:23

Go paintballing

Diningtableand6chairs · 30/04/2023 11:23

Great, now I'll have Meatloaf in my head for the foreseeable

Original poster
WallabyWay · 30/04/2023 11:26

Oh definitely no paintballing.

Actually add most other outdoor sports to that.

OP posts:
blahblahblah1654 · 30/04/2023 11:27

@WallabyWay agree!

TheApplianceofScience · 30/04/2023 11:27

Camping,skiing or safari.

BreviloquentBastard · 30/04/2023 11:29

Skiing. I absolutely loathe it and no amount of love in the world can make the idea of strapping two bits of wood to my feet and throwing myself down a mountain sound appealing.

Truestorypeeps · 30/04/2023 11:33

Go rock climbing/abseiling (hate heights)!!

I don't see the attraction in skiing either. Not just the activity itself which doesn't interest me in the slightest, but I like to go to warmer places on holiday, not colder!! It also seems to attract knobs.

notprincehamlet · 30/04/2023 11:37

Iron

Whochangedmynamec · 30/04/2023 11:41

That

greyhairnomore · 30/04/2023 20:41

Camping , pot holing , living with a smoker.

AllIeveknewonlyou · 30/04/2023 20:44

Coleslaw?!

This is very Meatloaf!

OK, I wouldn't eat meat. I'm not talking about BJs.

Dotcheck · 30/04/2023 20:47

Diningtableand6chairs · 30/04/2023 11:23

Great, now I'll have Meatloaf in my head for the foreseeable

Came on to say…… ‘That!’

NeverTrustAPoliceman · 30/04/2023 20:47

Cook or serve them meat. Fortunately in well over 30 years of marriage DH has never expected me to.

Shave my pubic hair.

Organise presents and cards for their relatives.

Chesneyhawkes1 · 30/04/2023 21:04

Camping, have a pet tarantula or have a life with no dogs in it

TheEarlofButties · 30/04/2023 21:04

Rimming

SunnyLion · 30/04/2023 21:05

Watch snooker, darts, golf or cricket.

HeadNorth · 30/04/2023 21:06

Anal

MysweetAudrina · 30/04/2023 21:08

Another vote for rimming.

NoraLuka · 30/04/2023 21:08

Heights. Any kind of flexible footbridge type thing with rope sides and gaps on the part you walk on.

Ifulikepinacoladas · 30/04/2023 21:09

Play Monopoly.

RosettaTheGardenFairy · 30/04/2023 21:09

Keep the butter out the fridge

mischlerischler · 30/04/2023 21:11

Give up my dog. Jump from the plane. Anything to do with heights really. Eat meat.

Ragwort · 30/04/2023 21:15

Most of the things already mentioned..definitely absolutely nothing sexual apart from totally vanilla.

But I did try white water rafting once in an attempt to 'do things together' ... everyone said "you'll be fine ... the boats never capsize" ... mine did.

But happy to watch cricket and eat coleslaw.

Binfire · 30/04/2023 21:23

I wouldn’t give birth again, not for anyone or any thing. Beyond that it’s all just minor discomfort really.