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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:
RicherThanYews · 17/06/2023 19:21

Anything with even a super mild dose or flavour of chilli. Can't get it hot enough now.

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 17/06/2023 19:21

Dark chocolate.

Beginningless · 17/06/2023 19:23

Museums. As a child I could think of nothing less dull.

SandyLand · 17/06/2023 19:26

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 17/06/2023 19:21

Dark chocolate.

Forgot that one!!!!!

OhBanana · 17/06/2023 19:26

Sparkling water and early bedtimes!!

InSpainTheRain · 17/06/2023 19:26

Roast dinners - hated them as a child, Mum used to make me sit with a cold dinner and eat it! Love them now I cook them myself.
Dresses - hated them!! Always had to wear trousers. But now I wear them and enjoy them (even have 1 with flowers on!)

JenniferAllisonPhillipaSue · 17/06/2023 19:28

I agree with the PP who said 'house browsing' - looking in the windows of estate agents, reading the Houses section of the local paper each week, I never understood my parents' interest given that we already had a good house. Now I love a good nosey on Rightmove or Zoopla, and always browse the windows when I'm on holiday!

YoureRockingTheBoat · 17/06/2023 19:29

My daughter’s nameBlush

Hopealong · 17/06/2023 19:29

Coffee and olives.
Olives is a common one, truly an acquired taste, absolutely love them now.

FoxtrotOscarFoxtrotOscar · 17/06/2023 19:30

Radio 4

ThreeRingCircus · 17/06/2023 19:33

Gardening and being dragged round garden centres. My parents were keen gardeners and encouraged us to help out and I absolutely hated it. Hard work and boring in equal measure.

I hit my 30s and I suddenly got the gardening bug. Now I absolutely love it and it's my main hobby, I'm usually at the garden centre once a week even if it's just for a browse.

So thanks mum and dad, I didn't appreciate it at the time but it came to me eventually! I fear I'm now doing the same to my children and dragging them round garden centres 🤣🤣

Georgyporky · 17/06/2023 19:34

My brother

Hollyppp · 17/06/2023 19:35

Naps, sleeping, gardens, gardening, National Trust properties, walks in woods and nature. Tomatoes, fennel, mushrooms, salad, herbs, curry, spicy food, relaxing tv like antiques roadshow haha. Cooking, cleaning.

god I sound old and I’m in my 30s

RachelHair · 17/06/2023 19:37

Early nights
Long baths
Going for walks
Studying
Most cheeses
Family holidays
Being alone in the house

mathanxiety · 17/06/2023 19:41

Cabbage
Spinach
Gardening
Sensible shoes

MeeThree · 17/06/2023 19:42

Olives and beetroot

Willmafrockfit · 17/06/2023 19:54

fish pie

getreadywillyou · 17/06/2023 19:55

Tea, water and the News. Three things my Nan loved and I now must have two cups of tea a day, one whilst watching the news and I only drink water now.

My Nan would be proud of me 😊

Longwhiskers · 17/06/2023 19:59

Sweet potatoes
cream
eggs (don’t love them now but can tolerate and occasionally tuck in to some scrambled )

onthefence23 · 17/06/2023 20:02

Agree with others on bedtime! And Gardening

areyouhavinglaugh · 17/06/2023 20:12

Long walks, bedtime and naps

Bananalanacake · 17/06/2023 20:15

Being given clothes as gifts.

BCBird · 17/06/2023 20:19

Sharp cheese= mature cheese and blue cheese

StrawberryWasp · 17/06/2023 20:21

Food.

As a child eating just felt like a chore something you had to do.

Now I spend 98% of my time thinking about or eating food.

This changed around 11years old. I remember thinking: wow this is nice.

stayathomer · 17/06/2023 20:26

geography!! I wish I’d studied it more back then!