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As an adult I have never.

278 replies

Stopnames · 27/05/2024 20:20

Never Been abroad, never worn heigh heels, never worn makeup. Never Smoked , never drank wine , never been to a wedding.

OP posts:
Mummyoflittledragon · 28/05/2024 05:50

Had a 3some.
Been to all 7 continents.

I’ve done most other things listed. Off the top of my head though I have never had a tattoo, bungee jumped, ran a marathon, gone in a hot air balloon or ate oysters. Not been in a same sex relationship either.

Edit to add, not done these as a child either. 😬

LittleTalkingMan · 28/05/2024 05:54

Never smoked
Never taken drugs
Never watched the Kardashian’s
Never had a tattoo
Never watched “I’m a celebrity”
Never seen any of the godfather films, Jaws, Rocky or Rambo despite being an 80s kid!
Never been for a run
Never had a driving licence (other than provisional)

EllaDisenchanted · 28/05/2024 06:02

Never worn jeans.
Never eaten McDonald’s/kfc
Never had a tattoo
Never eaten pork
never smoked a cigarette/vaped

LeilaLettuce · 28/05/2024 06:05

EllaDisenchanted · 28/05/2024 06:02

Never worn jeans.
Never eaten McDonald’s/kfc
Never had a tattoo
Never eaten pork
never smoked a cigarette/vaped

Never worn jeans? How is that possible?

EllaDisenchanted · 28/05/2024 06:10

LeilaLettuce · 28/05/2024 06:05

Never worn jeans? How is that possible?

I’m religious, only wear skirts and dresses 👗
Does tempt me though!

TootGoesTheOwl · 28/05/2024 06:20

Hmmm going off some of the answers on here I feel like a bit of a wild child now....I mean, I've drank tea, got tattoos, been to a spa day, ride horses, vape, drink alcohol etc!
As an adult I have never:
Eaten snails or octopus (hopefully I never will)
Taken drugs (see the alcohol and vape, I would be addicted within seconds)
Done any form of Crochet.
Been in a submarine.

Searchingforsunshine · 28/05/2024 06:44

Never eaten a cheese burger

Princessfluffy · 28/05/2024 06:59

Never been on a motorbike.
I think that's about it.

RedHelenB · 28/05/2024 07:00

Stopnames · 27/05/2024 20:29

40+

Never had tea or coffee? I dint kniw anyone that wouldn't have at least tried those.

RampantIvy · 28/05/2024 07:21

RedHelenB · 28/05/2024 07:00

Never had tea or coffee? I dint kniw anyone that wouldn't have at least tried those.

Surely someone must have at least tasted them to know they don't like them?

Riapia · 28/05/2024 07:44

Never had grass stains on my knickers. 😉

Ginmonkeyagain · 28/05/2024 07:49

@TootGoesTheOwl Ha! I decided to learn how to crochet earlier this year. It was not the relaxing hobby I was led to believe. After three Sunday evenings of frustrated rage and producing tight knotty little squares, I abandoned it

TheGiantEmperor · 28/05/2024 07:52

FortunataTagnips · 27/05/2024 20:55

These threads depress me.

I always think they turn quite judgey.

Ginmonkeyagain · 28/05/2024 08:00

I think the post earlier about there being a difference between things you have had thebopportinty to do but decided not to (for all sorts of reasons) and things you have never had the opportunity to do.

Skiing for me sits between those two. We didn't have a lot of money or time (parents self employed tenant farmers) whnn I was gowing up so holidays were few and fsr beteeen, never mind skiing holidays! Also the only people we saw skiing was pictures of the royal family in the tabloids at Klosters. I first met "skiing people" at university and was invited to go on a ski trip, but was on a tight budget and there was no way I would use my peciously saved holiday budget on a snowy break to do something I wasn't sure of.

Now I have the time and money to go skiing if I wanted to but I still, somewhere deep down, feeling it is someting that isn't for people like me.

Also the idea of having to go on a whole holiday dedicated to it puts me off - what of I don't like it? I think I would be happy to try a day of it as part of a wider holiday.

Waitingfordoggo · 28/05/2024 08:11

I have never broken a bone or fainted including in childhood, and as an adult I have not had flu or needed to go to hospital, apart from when I had DC1.

Hoping I haven’t jinxed myself now!

RampantIvy · 28/05/2024 08:20

@Ginmonkeyagain I tried skiing on snow on a holiday in Lapland. We did all sorts if snowy activities - being pulled on a sled by reindeer, riding a skimobile on a frozen river, husky sledding and skiing. The whole trip was an utterly amazing experience with the icing on the cake being when the aurora borealis made an appearance.

ShagratandGorbag4ever · 28/05/2024 08:23

Changed a tyre
Changed a nappy
Changed sex (which you can't actually do, by the way)

DeadMabelle · 28/05/2024 08:24

RuthW · 27/05/2024 21:49

No everyone wants to go abroad.

I last went in 1989 when I was 21. My 27 year old dd has never been.

And you don’t think there’s a relationship between those two statements?

VictoriaEra · 28/05/2024 08:26

Never owned a pair of leggings

KnitnNatterAuntie · 28/05/2024 08:28

I have never drunk alcohol

I have never been abroad

I have never read Shakespeare (despite being an avid reader)

I have never ridden a horse

I have never been inside Buckingham Palace (I've been to Balmoral, Sandringham & Windsor Castle)

Runnerduck34 · 28/05/2024 08:31

Never
Been to a football match
Watched a James bond film
Taken illegal drugs
Smoked a cigarette
Drunk a whole cup of coffee ( had a sip but don't like it)

Womblealongwithme · 28/05/2024 08:31

RedHelenB · 28/05/2024 07:00

Never had tea or coffee? I dint kniw anyone that wouldn't have at least tried those.

DH is 54 and never had either, he hates the thought of any hot drinks at all. I'm real tea Jenny myself so I don't understand it.

Womblealongwithme · 28/05/2024 08:33

My friend has never been abroad and has no desire to. They spend every weekend and holiday rock climbing because that's their thing and what they want to spend their money on. Different strokes and all that.

usernother · 28/05/2024 08:34

@Stopnames My 2 sisters got married abroad. I had no passport and was not bothered either. My other siblings have never got married

But what about your friends? Didn't you attend any of their weddings?

This thread is making me sad for some people.

CeeJay81 · 28/05/2024 08:39

Only weddings I've been to are relatives
Never been to the wedding of a friend.

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