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What did you hate as a child, but love as an adult

123 replies

00100001 · 17/06/2023 16:29

For me it's mushrooms and also showers.

Mushrooms were the disgusting things that weren't nice in any way! Now I love them, eat the raw, fried, grilled, in soup etc 😋

I absolutely loathed showers, even to the point where I'd sit in the showe tray and try and have a really shallow bath! Love them now. Absolutely hate baths now and only have them when no alternative is available.

Not sure when I moved from a hate to a love...but there we go!

OP posts:
rc22 · 17/06/2023 16:55

Custard
Cheese

savethegorgeousbees · 17/06/2023 16:55

Home made soup Grin

ShakeYourFeathers · 17/06/2023 16:55

Oh thought of another one

Going to garden centres and other home improvement stores such as b&q and Homebase

LindorDoubleChoc · 17/06/2023 17:05

New potatoes.

Icannoteven · 17/06/2023 17:05

Getting a smacked bum 😁

Also vegetables.

thebear1 · 17/06/2023 17:07

Olives, garden centres and Statley homes.

Redglitter · 17/06/2023 17:08

Naps I love naps now

murasaki · 17/06/2023 17:08

Olives, fish, pate, national trust properties, my curly hair.

Crispymandm · 17/06/2023 17:09

Onions.

murasaki · 17/06/2023 17:10

Oh yes, @musixa , both my sisters

CuriousOranges · 17/06/2023 17:10

Going to bed early

MyGrandmaLizzie · 17/06/2023 17:13

Green olives

Swearwolf · 17/06/2023 17:15

Sport! I'm not naturally sporty and was never encouraged to try, just spent my whole childhood thinking I just wasn't that kind of person. Hates PE with a passion, and grew into a chubby teenager. Now I love it! I still can't catch a ball but have learnt to run, and at uni I discovered my love of dancy/boxingy exercise classes. I wish I'd been encouraged to try, and not just told I wasn't sporty so never mind.

Leapintothelightning · 17/06/2023 17:15

Mushrooms, potatoes and cheese!

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 17/06/2023 17:16

Running
Mainly because there is a big difference between being forced to race against people who are so much faster than you it’s humiliating and just going for a lovely run somewhere beautiful at your own pace.

onlymyselftoanswerto1 · 17/06/2023 17:18

Beetroot. Love it now and could happily eat a full jar of baby beet.

ElizabethinherGermanGarden · 17/06/2023 17:25

Naps
Staying in my room
Not going to parties

FelisCatus0 · 17/06/2023 17:26

Brussel Sprouts.

Timeturnerplease · 17/06/2023 17:28

Sleep. Apparently I was a legendarily bad sleeper until I started school.

Karma is now having a laugh by torturing me with a preschooler and toddler who also detest sleep.

Tigersinthetent · 17/06/2023 17:37

Brussel sprouts

ginoclocksomewhere · 17/06/2023 17:48

Roast potatoes (don't ask- evidently I was an odd child)

FlemCandango · 17/06/2023 17:50

Sweet potato

Scrunchymum · 17/06/2023 17:52

Olives
Red onions
Porridge
Lemon curd
Fish cakes

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 17/06/2023 17:52

Dunelm.

sawnotseen · 17/06/2023 17:55

Olives - but did only start to enjoy them in my 40s
Eggs cooked any kind of way or as an ingredient (apart from cakes)
Cheese of any variety and now I eat probably too much

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