Things you wish you could get into but you just can't!

[HalfWayAroundTheLoop]

The biggest frustration for me is running. I just cannot run, I've tried so many times. It's just too hard, too uncomfortable and boring boring boring. Yet running clubs seem like such a good way to interact with a community.

Cycling, same as above. I HATE it.

Gardening. What a lovely way to spend a sunny afternoon, pottering about planting flowers and growing your own vegetables in your very own garden. Unfortunately I hate gardening. It gives me backache and my hands aren't strong enough.

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Pilates is incredibly boring and difficult 😅 But it gives you an arse that points upwards, abs of steel and shoulders/arms that look great in a strappy top - it's two hours of my week that I'm prepared to sacrifice just to look awesome.

Gardening on the other hand.... I may as well just buy a load of dead plants 😭

Christmas day.

Hate it.

I love the run up to Christmas. I get excited, I love the decorating and the food and the music but I can not stand the stress on Christmas day and I am a decs down on boxing day type of person.

Classical music. All of it sounds the same to me!

I'm still resentful that other people think you can hear different characters in Peter and the Wolf. No, mum, I can't. It's just a load of instruments warbling on.

Have you tried the full face masks instead of the two separate pieces? I love mine 😊

Clothes, hair and make-up.
I'd like to look a bit less of a scruff and from time to time over my life I've bought new clothes and experimented with make up but then I just can't be bothered and give it up again to return to living in hiking clothes.

I had cataracts and when they were removed I had my shoet sightedness corrected with the implanted lenses.
Once I was allowed to swim again it was amazing - being able to see the end of the pool and the other swimmers and the clock on the wall!

Running or jogging, it just hurts my shins. I've always got shin splits when walking to fast

Skin care. Buy the stuff, have the best intentions to do it religiously, and do a few days before thinking what's the point, and go back to my usual hot water and a flannel and a good moisturiser day and night

Waking up early. I'd love to be an early bird but I love my bed too much. I think struggling to fall asleep every night doesn't help

A routine. I have so many things I want and need to do, and the time in between caring for my disabled dds, but zero inclination to do them

I saw a recipe very similar to that on Insta yesterday! I will have a look.

They're nicer roasted than boiled.

"Pilates is incredibly boring and difficult 😅 But it gives you an arse that points upwards, abs of steel and shoulders/arms that look great in a strappy top - it's two hours of my week that I'm prepared to sacrifice just to look awesome."

How long and often did you have to do it to get this result?

Medieval fantasy stories. My brain disengages from anything with a princess and sacred or magical objects; I just can't get into it. Even as a child I disliked Disney princess films and preferred a good crime documentary.

I’d have to do 160 hours a week to get that kind of fantasy result. I do two hours a week of reformer Pilates and my arse still points south!

Poached eggs. I really love the look and appreciate why people love eggs benedict, but I just can't eat them 🤢.

And podcasts. Want to like them but it just seems like chatting about fuck all.

I have a friend who is the same about seafood and Strictly Come Dancing.

Fake nails/acrylics. Square eyebrows. I hate that sort of thing. Tried the nails twice but just can’t bear them and the cost of upkeep

Tea. I’d like to be one of those people who solve all problems by putting the kettle on

@MummyJ36 I was coming on to say Pilates.
I did it for a year and found it so boring.
Plus I was heavier at the end of the year than at the start and in no better shape.
I can't get into reading music and I would so love to play the piano.
I have been looking at clips online showing a sort of "playing by numbers" approach and wondering if it really works.

Another vote for gel nails. They felt strange and heavy and chipped after a few weeks and then I had to have them taken off. They looked nice for a few days but the upkeep ! It’s a hobby for some people!
Swimming , cold and clammy and the getting dressed and undressed and all the faff.

I do piloxing, which takes some elements from Pilates. I can’t do classes where you have to take things slowly and quietly.

All my clothes

Tennis. I’ve got friends who are obsessed with it. Playing it snd watching it. Soooooo boring - hitting a ball backwards and forwards.
Golf the same.

Knitting. My 7yo is obsessed. I’m trying to do it with her as a bonding thing but I just find it so weird!

Macha tea