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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!

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sawnotseen · 17/06/2023 17:58

And also @musixa, my sister. Fought constantly, wouldn't talk to each other, wouldn't walk to school together. Now we speak everyday.

thismeansnothing · 17/06/2023 17:59

Going for a walk . . . As a kid I hate being dragged around for no reason.

But now. Love it!

KickAssAngel · 17/06/2023 18:00

Loads of food and drinks. I developed a far broader palate as an adult.

Gardening. Hated until about 6 years ago. Now I spend every possible hour in the garden, or drawing plans for the garden, or writing out plant lists.

Bringonthesunforthewashing · 17/06/2023 18:03

ALL veg
ALL salad
Sunday roast
Stew
butter
yogurt
early nights
bath
my mum
kfc
Cleaning

thecatneuterer · 17/06/2023 18:07

Creative writing and pickles.

msmonstera · 17/06/2023 18:18

Coffee. Going to bed early. Not being in the 'in' crowd. Classical music. My red hair. And another for mushrooms!

BarelyLiterate · 17/06/2023 18:19

Beer. My grandad gave me a taste of his brown ale which he kept in bottles in the sideboard. I clearly remember the horrible metallic smell and nasty, overwhelmingly bitter taste. And it was warm. I couldn’t believe how disgusting it was.
Then I went to university and met some guys who knew & loved their beer. They encouraged me to try the decent stuff. Now, I absolutely love my 🍺 and I’m planning to have a Bavarian Weissbier with my dinner tonight.
Conversely, the biggest treat I could possibly have as a child was a McDonalds strawberry milkshake. Now, I wouldn’t dream of having anything so sweet & sickly.

cassiatwenty · 17/06/2023 18:21

Mashed potatoes

Brussel Sprouts

Broccoli

Cats

Documentaries

riotlady · 17/06/2023 18:26

Property programs and looking in estate agents windows. My parents used to do it all the time and I thought it was sooo boring- now I love the modern equivalent of a good browse on rightmove!

Wanttoshavemyhairoff · 17/06/2023 18:30

So much !

sundays when nothing was open !
walks
dinner time because I’d have to come in from playing
bed time
steak
peppers
any salad
cream
donuts
pizza

SandyLand · 17/06/2023 18:51

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 17/06/2023 17:52

Dunelm.

😂

SandyLand · 17/06/2023 18:54

onlymyselftoanswerto1 · 17/06/2023 17:18

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

Yeah I forgot about that. Love it in a salad now. But a a child I was just like why would anyone eat this? For the good cooks, home-cooked beetroot with goats cheese and salad is like amazing, but I just cope with doing that tbh, without some support in the kitchen (a commis or prep chef? 😆)

SandyLand · 17/06/2023 18:58

can’t cope, it should have read!!

JeandeServiette · 17/06/2023 18:59

Dogs.
Baths
Marmite.

Willmafrockfit · 17/06/2023 19:01

mushrooms eww, slimey
much better now, cooked in garlic

cream, still not that keen on eclairs, still dont like whipped cream.

Willmafrockfit · 17/06/2023 19:02

alpen was a real treat as a child

now it is just too sweet!

RabbitsRock · 17/06/2023 19:03

Another vote for mushrooms but I love them now! Years ago I stayed with a family in France who owned a 2nd home by a lake. Absolutely beautiful. They would pick mushrooms every day & oh my, I have never tasted anything so good!

PuppyMonkey · 17/06/2023 19:05

Shopping for clothes and footwear.

HermioneWeasley · 17/06/2023 19:05

naps and being spanked

Roselilly36 · 17/06/2023 19:09

Sitting still! Bloody master at it now 😂

husbandcallsmepickle · 17/06/2023 19:12

Definitely broccoli

Hated anything green as a child, now will happily eat it every night

notprincehamlet · 17/06/2023 19:17

Salad, running, Marmite, swimming, celery, London, rice pudding

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 17/06/2023 19:18

Sleep

Butteredtoast55 · 17/06/2023 19:19

The dark. I absolutely love the dark now, especially a cloudless starry night.
I can still get the creeps if I think too much about it though 😀

overthinkersanonnymus · 17/06/2023 19:19

Sleep