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What thi g have you always assume you wouldn't like but tuned out to be actually OK?

90 replies

BarrelOfOtters · 06/07/2023 06:29

For DH it's guacamole...

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Pigeonbilly · 06/07/2023 09:51

QueefQueen80s · 06/07/2023 09:49

On a non food note... anal! I used to be all "It's all for the mans pleasure, they must get off on causing women pain" etc until I tried it and loved it.. defo all pleasure for me. I sometimes prefer it over vaginal sex.

😂Bet you didn't expect that reply OP. Have the school holidays started....

SomethingNastyInTheGenePool · 06/07/2023 09:52

Prague. People used to bang on about it endlessly, which put me off. Turns out they were right…

Lovetotravel123 · 06/07/2023 09:59

Teaching!

ShadowPuppets · 06/07/2023 10:01

Toddlers :D

ChocChipHandbag · 06/07/2023 10:03

Sausages. They used to make me gag as a kid.

Turns out it was just the way my Mum cooked them (I was duped because she was actually a really good cook when making everything else). When my husband made some it was a revelation.

ChocChipHandbag · 06/07/2023 10:05

ShadowPuppets · 06/07/2023 10:01

Toddlers :D

Ah yes, I also thought that having a non-verbal baby would be really boring and I would not really get into motherhood until he learned to speak. He’s almost 7 now and I think back fondly to those baby days when he’d snooze and babble and not have opinions about what we were doing with our day!

Smoothiecarton · 06/07/2023 10:05

Absolutely agree with Malaga! Gorgeous

Smoothiecarton · 06/07/2023 10:07

Also, butlins. Kids entertained at any hour of the day, bliss.

Dinosauratemydaffodils · 06/07/2023 10:08

White water rafting. Was terrified before we started but absolutely loved it. Have done it many times since.
Gin.

SoWhatEh · 06/07/2023 10:10

Lovetotravel123 · 06/07/2023 09:59

Teaching!

Same! I tried it. Hated it. Tried again ten years later. Loved it. Turns out I was teaching the wrong subject first time round.

kingtamponthefurred · 06/07/2023 10:11

Haggis.

SunThroughTheCloudsAt6am · 06/07/2023 10:15

The rapids at Centre parks. I don't like flumes and slides (I go on them for the kids, but I don't enjoy it). But the rapids are fun.

Crikeyisthatthetime · 06/07/2023 10:16

Another Malaga!
And Couch to 5k.

hettiethehare · 06/07/2023 10:19

Spin classes. I always hated the exercise bike when I used to go to the gym, so assumed I would hate everything about spin.

Turns out I actually love it.

Shufflebumnessie · 06/07/2023 10:20

Stilton. I found it absolutely disgusting, but after having my second child I love it!

Helendegenerate · 06/07/2023 10:20

Peanut butter

Anoushkaka · 06/07/2023 10:22

Blue cheese

LaBefana · 06/07/2023 10:24

Black pudding, when I was a kid. Didn't 'like' it despite never having tasted it. Challenged by mother to try a bit. Loved it. When I was a adult, it was flying. I was scared until at the age of 42 I was persuaded to fly to Nice. I was nervous right up until the plane started rushing along the runway to take off. It was amazing, like being in a racing car or on a powerful motorbike. Fear cured, instant convert.

caringcarer · 06/07/2023 10:26

After having horrendous MiL I thought I'd never go on holiday with a MiL. My second MiL is so lovely and I really enjoy holidays with in-laws.

maddiemookins16mum · 06/07/2023 10:30

Benidorm. We had a fabulous hotel, amazing food, great local bus service, lovely clean beach and lots of places to visit.

notprincehamlet · 06/07/2023 10:31

Black coffee, running, Lanzarote

PrincessHoneysuckle · 06/07/2023 10:32

Hoisin sauce

QueefQueen80s · 06/07/2023 10:36

@Pigeonbilly Long time very much adult poster. Pathetic that you assume anything sexual is a teenager posting.
OP didn't specify food.

QueefQueen80s · 06/07/2023 10:37

hettiethehare · 06/07/2023 10:19

Spin classes. I always hated the exercise bike when I used to go to the gym, so assumed I would hate everything about spin.

Turns out I actually love it.

This is good to hear! I see it and think it looks horrific 😆

FastBlueHedgehog · 06/07/2023 10:46

Ballet (watching not doing). Went to see it once so I could have an opinion and an now absolutely hooked.