Popular things you wouldn't even do for free... (Glastonbury for me)

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Me? Glastonbury. There isn't enough vodka in Russia to get me there. Too many people, too much noise, hay fever, having to piss and shit (both of which I need to do a lot) in shared portaloos probably with no bog roll, not having a proper shower or proper anything wash wise, feeling sticky and unclean, not having a real bed to sleep in. The list goes on and on and on. If someone offered me £50,000 to go from the very beginning to the very end I'd probably consider it but even then I doubt I'd bite. If I did I'd probably die of misery by day two anyway. Utter, utter misery.

What's yours?

A surprise party for me. 😱

Trout lips 🫢

I challenge you to visit!! An unmissable highlight of any trip to Cornwall! 😆

Yes, Glasto, football, cruises.
And Butlins, did it at Skegness once, never again.

Skiing, riding, motorbikes.

I mean, imagine it - you've cleared your schedule, you're looking forward to a quiet night in in your comfies, you decided you hair could go away another day without a wash but you were wrong, you can't wait to get these shoes off and - surprise! Every noisy self-regarding wanker in your family and friend group is dressed to the nines and has been looking forward to this fun all month! You have to smile and act happy and spend another four hours being sociable and doing Something You Weren't Ready For!

Safer just to quarrel with everyone now so you remove the possibility... 😬

They shouldn't be called Surprise Parties. They should be called Shock Parties.

As an introvert with IBS who doesn't travel well, I'd avoid many of the events and venues already listed. I also abominate large-scale gambling; I can't imagine what would get me into a UK casino, much less onto a flight to Vegas. I deplore horse racing and greyhound racing and am bored out of my tiny mind by anything to do with cars. Even events involving vintage cars do nothing for me and the interwar period is intrinsic to my PhD; I know cars from that time are beautiful and interesting, but go to a vintage car rally...nah. I don't like physical risk of any sort and I can't swim, which cuts out a whole range of activities. Oh...an exception would be cable cars. I like them, but my DH, who is generally braver than me, can't stand them.

My ideal holiday would be somewhere in the UK with a lot of tearooms, bookshops and museums, all within easy walking distance of each other.

😂true, awful

Absolutely camping, I can see the appeal but it's not for me

Or Compulsory Fun Events, because may the good Lord help you if you express any emotions other than gratitude and delight.

Glastonbury (or any music festival)
Camping
Lying on a beach/sunbathing
Cruises
Any sporting event like football, tennis, rugby

Edited because I forgot some!

These include things I also wouldn't do if you paid me vast sums of money.

Disney
Coachella
Skiing/snowboarding
Dubai/UAE
Escape Room
Triathlon
Face lift
Intimate waxing
Using the Tube
A diet where you only have shakes/bars
Facial filler on anywhere but lips
Jogging
Giving birth
Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals
Star Wars films

As a garden lover ❤️, Chelsea Flower Show, having been one year, hideously crowded, over priced and the gardens piddly and small (if you can get near enough to see them). Much better watching on TV from the comfort of your armchair with glass of pimms in hand that didn't cost you a small fortune at show prices. Saying that, if I were to be offered VIP access, with Monty Don as my personal guide, I would be there like a rat up a drainpipe. 😊

There´s more than one of us!

Watch Formula1! Jesus the noise is like claws down a blackboard!
Visiting Dubai - The heat!
Visiting Australia - The creepy crawlies
Visiting vegas - no interest in gambling!

Why though? Most of the things mentioned are pretty high end or stereotypically middle class activities (like camping).

Also lip fillers!

As a temporary waitress at events while living in London, one year I got a job working at the gala opening of the Chelsea Flower Show. For the first couple of hours we had to stand behind a table topping up glasses of champagne, goggling at the entire Royal Family wandering past, then the rest of the evening our job was to wander round the show, free of crowds, admiring all the gardens while ostensibly retrieving empty champagne glasses.

And we got paid for it!

Alongside the ' we binge eating spinach and mushrooms' thread I think we've hit peak Mumsnet with this one.

Music festival I agree, it’s the worst of camping and some of the worst of parties/clubs mashed into one. And morning exercise regimes. Especially morning exercise regimes done outside.

Watch any of the Saturday night game/quiz/light entertainment shows. Especially if they involved Stephen Mulhern, Paddy McGuinness or Michael McIntyre.

To be clear I do quite like camping!

I have more - love island, or any reality tv with vapid young people who’ve had cosmetic help. Does not compute.

What on earth was the "binge eating spinach and mushrooms" thread?

I recently met a 19 year old who had Botox "to stop the wrinkles ever happening".