Things I don’t do…that apparently everyone else DOES do…

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Tonight I put some Nivea on my face but apart from taking my makeup off each day, I don’t have a skin care routine and I don’t use moisturiser that often.

Other things I don’t do…I don’t make the bed every day (might straighten it, but that’s it), I don’t keep takeaway boxes (does anyone?) and I don’t send Christmas cards (never miss a birthday though).

What things do you not do…that most other people seem to do? This is a ‘no judgement’ thread. 😆

I don't send Christmas cards anymore. Postage is too expensive.

I had a facial at a spa once and the girl was shocked that I did nothing to my face except wash in water. Unfortunately, in my mid-40s, I've developed very sensitive, dry face skin so now I have been medically advised to use copious amounts of Epaderm.

I make the bed about 50% of the time. I feel better when I do.

I definitely keep takeaway containers. I batch cook and put them in the freezer.

I don't drive
I don't drink tea or coffee
I don't have a TV
I don't wear make-up anymore, except on special occasions
I don't have a profile on Snapchat, Tiktok, Twitter or Bluesky
I don't shower in the morning, only at night

Im mid 40s and didn’t really do any skincare until relatively recently- I’d take make up off (probably not particularly well) and slap whatever moisturiser I had on but nothing beyond that.

I have a set routine now though - nothing to rival an influencer’s 10 step plan or whatever, it doesn’t take me long or cost too much but it’s done absolute wonders and I wish I’d started sooner. I’m converted.

Struggling to think of any interesting ‘don’t dos’ - I’m clearly easily led 😂I don’t watch much TV these days but that’s not a hard and fast rule, more a symptom of my ever declining attention span probably. I don’t drink coffee, never have.

I don’t use heavily fragranced washing or cleaning products/ don’t put scent boosters in my wash/ don’t have diffusers and scented candles on every surface. The odd candle is ok occasionally but generally it just gives me a headache. Same reason I don’t wear perfume much these days - used to but it made me headachey and nauseous during pregnancy and I’ve never really got back in the habit.

It’s funny how people think it’s incredibly unusual not to wear makeup or use skincare, because any threads on the subject of beauty are always teeming with women announcing that they never do any of those things. It’s really not unusual at all. I think it’s actually just advertising etc that leads women to believe they’re alone in not wearing makeup because I think if you look around you’ll see countless women without makeup every day.

Ditto tattoos. Tattooed women are, by a long way, in the minority - only about 25% of women have tattoos. If you don’t have any tattoos, that’s still the norm.

I don’t send any cards at all, Christmas or birthday or anything. I don’t want anyone to send me any either. PayPal me the £2.50 instead.

I don't have my nails done – but my nails are scraggy (the typing ones always break) and then I have weird fingers so I don't want to draw attention to them. I like admiring other people's nails tho.

I don’t go on holiday. Well we went to Paris last year for ahem a sporting occasion at some expense, but we have never been to a sunny resort for a fortnight. I have been abroad for various short breaks a few times in the last few years but not for a big family holiday since the DC grew out of a UK seaside hol.

I do iron tho.

No coffee or Tea
No chips/crisps/roast potatoes
No bacon
NoYorkshitr puddings
No fish and chips (though I do like the fish now)
Never ordered delivery- always pick up
Not a huge fan of alcohol never have any at home.
Rarely do my nails, and only just started to blow dry my hair
Also have a face routine in the last couple of years

I walk most places, but it is handy being able to drive (passed on my 10th attempt)

I also love having a made bed- so I do that every morning.

I don’t go to bed before midnight
I don’t ever work from home
I don’t use Tik Tok or ChatGPT
I don’t like automatic cars
I don’t watch (much) tv
I don’t think 100k is a low salary
I don’t wash the bedsheets often
I don’t go teetotal (I drink too much)
I don’t like dogs (cat person)

i dont drink tea
i dont iron, dont even own one
i dont keep takeaway tubs
i dont get this whole fad of decorating for every season, i love my decor, why would i keep changing it?
also dont shower in the mornings, im a nightime showerer
dont watch soaps, keep up with celeb news, or reality tv crap
dont do christmas cards, and only DCs and OH get birthday cards

Great thread!

I don't use social media.
I don't drink coffee at all or hot drinks very often.
I hardly ever buy new clothes (hate shopping and hate waste so will wear clothes until they are threadbare).
I don't use Alexa or voice assistants (hate the idea that they're secretly or not so secretly recording me)
I don't exercise (I do want to change this!).
I don't throw away glass jars - it's turned into a hoarding habit but I hate the waste so I'm constantly giving them away!

I don't like salt so don't have it on anything including chips, tomatoes ... anything!

Why cant you freeze stuff in them or put them in the microwave? I do - hoping thtat its not a health hazard!

I don't make my bed, I don't even straighten it to get in.
Me and my DH have separate duvets and his side is perfectly made, he straightens the sheet every night before getting in. My side is a dishevelled mess but I don't mind!

I don't listen to the radio, music or podcasts. I like silence when in home.

I don't enjoy clothes shopping, much prefer buying online, even with the hassle of sending unwanted stuff back.

Also no social media, alexa, ring doorbells.

@MissBattleaxe While I dont spend my time cleaning my skirting boards I do from time to time (ok maybe year to year). Yours must be minging if you never do them surely?!

Never cleaned a skirting board in my life. ( and I'm 54yo) The pp with no salt is worrying me. That's kind of a fundamental part of the joy of food isnt it?
I don't make my bed
I only wash the sheets once a monthish
We have more pets than people in our home
I don't have pet insurance
I don't like coffee
Let the dogs sleep on our bed ( kicked off occasionally)

I don't do christmas cards
I don't decorate for christmas at all these days other than the tree and wrapped presents under it
I don't drink semi skimmed or oat/nut milk - full fat every time
I don't like margarine
I don't drink enough water mostly because I hate the taste of tap water
I don't have snap/facebook/tiktok etc (seems to be common on here!)
I don't know famous people or bands since about 2010, haven't bought an actual album since Taylor Swift's 1984
I don't hoover as often as I should do considering the hairy dog

I don't wash my sheets as often as some people, but I decided that if you shower before going to bed, they will stay fresher for longer.

I don't use TikTok or Instagram or Facebook.
I don't have a smartphone and hate them.
I don't use anything with a touchscreen! Ugh, those filthy things with all those poke-poke sticky fingermarks!
I don't make or accept phone calls.

I don't do housework apart from cleaning toilet and bath and mopping up anything I spill.

I don’t cook
Never had a manicure
Don’t use Alexa or Siri
Never been married
Never been pregnant
Never had a negroni

I chuck the duvet back in the morning to air the bed, then I make the bed when I get in from work. I can't get into an unmade bed.

I don’t drink tea or coffee.
I don’t iron. (If anything gets really creased I’ll get the creases out with my hair straighteners)
I don’t use scented candles or wax melts.
I don’t eat breakfast.

Absolutely.

@largepinkcontainer - I hope you at least recycle them

I don't care.
It shows!
But I don't care.

We're non-identical twins 😁

I don't mind working from home, but am no longer working. So - same.
Have sometimes used AI chatbots.
I binge on Netflix, haven't got a TV.
Otherwise - same.
It's 2:30 am, time for a drink.

It is a health hazard. You should never microwave plastic, it releases chemicals into your food. Those plastic containers are cheap plastic and should never be reused, again because of chemicals. Switch to glass containers and get rid of those plastic ones.