What opinion of yours will nobody ever change?

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For me it’s how disgusting it is to wash dishes in a sink or basin full of water. It turns my stomach a bit. The dishes have to be washed in fresh, running water.

That I'm a better driver than a man (or boy - specially a boy!).

Seriously.

I'm NOT claiming to be brilliant, just better than any man.

Honey? Is Haney wrong?

but it doesn't spread from the fridge? How do you spread it?

@Gall10 I wouldn't eat it. It's a bit of a grey area for some vegans (along with almonds, avocados etc) though.

Is it ‘unpopular opinions’ thread time again? Comes round so quickly. I’ll post my usual:

Gravy is horrible.

@PuppyMonkey very brave to confess that one! Holding your hand from afar. You will get through Christmas and New Year, you will!

@MyGhastIsFlabbered what is this about almonds and avocado again?

Autism is a disability not a difference.

The autism diagnosis is given to too many people with too many differing presentations to be meaningful.

Pepsi is better than coke.

All lives are worthy.

I have been dying twice and was accepting of it both times. I didn't think I would be but there is something very calming about seeing your life slowly slipping away, knowing that there is nothing you can do about it. (It is very weird to wake up and be alive after all.)

I do know that my experiences have been traumatizing for my husband and my kids but on the plus side we have all become better at showing and expressing our appreciation of each other. I know that my husband feels that he would do anything not to loose me.

I think that my acceptance of dying might have been because I felt ok about my life. I don't have regrets. Sure, I got bullied as a kid, and I have met my fill of unpleasant people but I feel that I have been true to myself and a good daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend, citizen, and employee.

I would like to have a long life and to experience a nice retirement with my husband. But what will be will be. He is lovely and I know he will not be lonely for long after I am gone. They will line up for him.

Having kids is over rated

From a financial standpoint it's cheaper to keep them in prison for life. This is due to not only the cost of the execution and the long prison stay beforehand, but also the state funded appeals process is long and costs a fortune.
Look at the amount of prisoners in this country , who, given the opportunity will commit suicide rather than spend the rest of their lives in prison. Harold Shipman and Fred West being just a couple.
It also isn't as rare as you might think that murderers are later found to be innocent. Look up some cases in the US. One death is too many.

Unless you've been to a point where it's a high probability, I don't think you can know this.
I've had a perforation in my intestine twice. This involved an 8 hour op both times and being on life support in ICU. I was very ill for a long time with complications such as kidney failure, pneumonia, an infection in my central line on top of peritonitis and sepsis.
The second time they wouldn't even give DH 10 minutes to get to me (we live around the corner from this hospital), before they rushed me off to theatre. The surgeon called DH. Even with the surgeon asking DH if there was anything he'd like to say to me, it never occurred to him just how serious the situation was.
I knew it was more serious this time and they told me I'd again go onto life support in intensive care after surgery.
On the way down to theatre I heard a nurse say, "Has her family been called in." That was the moment it hit me that they didn't expect me to survive.
I felt surprisingly calm. I do remember saying to the anaesthetist to knock me out as quickly as possible, not that saying that probably made any difference. I just wanted to be under because I knew from the first time that from being put to sleep to being roused a few days later there was no conscious passing of time. I wasn't scared, I just wanted to go to sleep.
Maybe if I'd had longer I'd have become scared. I remember thinking of my family and friends and good memories and that I had no regrets.
I have a life limiting condition and have the practicalities planned. I don't fear death but I wish for as long as possible to enjoy my family. I never dreamed I'd live long enough to see DC grow up and become a GP. My eldest DC (31) is about to become a parent in January.

Age gaps are fucking grim.
Men who chase young women are disgusting.
I'm open to my mind being changed on loads of things but these haven't altered since I started having opinions.

As I have got older, I completely agree with this. When I was 18/19, I was going out with men who were about 30-35. They made a big deal about my age to their mates and I didn’t fully understand the misogyny behind it until I was much older. I thought I was cool, actually I was being used. Dirty bastards.

I’d also add to my list:

Mushrooms are disgusting and belong in the bin, not in a recipe!! Why would anyone want to willingly eat fungus?!! They are disgustingly slimy and grey and I particularly despise the sneaky ones, all finely chopped in dishes, that try to ninja their way into my mouth and trick me into eating them accidentally. NOT TODAY SATAN!

There should be some sort of competency/suitability test that people have to pass to own a dog. Far too many clueless, poor owners and it’s the dogs that suffer.

Insurance should be mandatory for all travelling, pet ownership, home owners/occupiers. Really riles me up when you see all the sob stories of people getting ill abroad, their pet needing vet treatment after an accident or getting ill, having their home contents destroyed by a fire or flood etc, and they have started a go fund me to beg for money from complete strangers as they hadn’t bothered to be sensible and arrange insurance coverage in the first place. If you can’t afford cover, you shouldn’t be booking the trip/getting the dog/buying the house and all the expensive furniture.

Animal mistreatment should be punished just as harshly as abuse/violence against a person.

Writing / texting in text speak (no/poor punctuation, grammar, lots of abbreviations etc) is cringey and just makes the writer appear uneducated.

The standard of general knowledge/trivia, particularly for those in their 30s and younger, is generally abysmal in the UK. It astounds me (and actually winds me up) watching TV quiz shows where so many contestants can’t correctly answer what I would consider basic, obvious questions that they should have learned in school. There was a recent one on a BBC 1 quiz where the contestant was asked to identify which event WASN’T associated with the year 66; England winning the World Cup, The Great Fire of London, the Battle of Hastings or the signing of the Magna Carta. All four events significant, historical events in our country’s history and ones I’d expect everyone to be familiar with. They got it wrong?!! 😬

Devolution sucks

@Gall10 - it's because it's made from squashed up bees.

Sorry wrong thread!

Managed pollination of crops is seen as exploitation of bees. Not quite to the extent of honey production.

But where do you draw the line? It's a tricky one.

Women shouldn't take a man's surname on marriage. Either both parties should keep their own name or double barrel it or pick a third neutral name. Same for kids.

@Disturbia81 I agree that big age gaps are grim, but often there is "benefit" to both parties eg rich older man.

That and women should stop being the default sahp.

yes most of us would prefer not to work if we didn’t have to, but women make themselves so vulnerable by giving a man all the financial
power. If you don’t want your kids in full time childcare then both reduce hours, but keep
it as equal as possible.

Yeah obviously, but those "benefits" are fucking grim.

@Disturbia81 Ultimately the choice of both parties though!

Well, yes. Not the point of the thread though.