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to not drink water?

297 replies

sugagi · 17/08/2020 16:07

i literally don't drink plain water. i drink a can of coke zero with my lunch and another with my dinner, i try to drink green tea with my breakfast but.. this almost never happens and i give in and have an iced coffee/milk tea (cold, milky tea), it's really bad, i get headaches but i can't bring myself to drink water. Blush

OP posts:
User7312019 · 17/08/2020 16:09

What is it you don’t like, the taste? Hmm Grow up, no wonder you get headaches.

sugagi · 17/08/2020 16:11

@User7312019 i honestly don't know, i just can't drink it. i've not been able to since i was a child, my parents used to try and force me, but i wouldn't have drank it out of my own free will, and now i have my own free will... i dont Blush

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SpookyNoise · 17/08/2020 16:11

Is that all you drink in one day? You must be seriously dehydrated. What about it you put some cordial/squash into water to flavour it?

Diceroll · 17/08/2020 16:12

Do you like squash? Or fizzy water? Not as good as plain water, but hydrating still.

HouchinBawbags · 17/08/2020 16:12

How about flavoured water? I absolutely hate plain water. People try and say it has no taste but it does, and it's awful in my view. It's only drinkable when abroad in 30+ heat and it's half frozen bottles water.

Flavoured water however I can drink bottles and bottles of the stuff all day long at home. Flavoured is better than nothing surely?

BunniesLoveBananas · 17/08/2020 16:12

Yes I think people who won't drink water are silly, as are people who buy bottled water because they "don't like" tap water.

Get a filter.

Coke Zero twice cannot be good for you.

sugagi · 17/08/2020 16:12

@SpookyNoise yes that's all i drink, sometimes i drink a cup of green tea/regular tea throughout the day but very very rarely, like less than once a week usually.

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Throckmorton · 17/08/2020 16:14

How about drinking more tea instead? Get decaff though, otherwise you'll be hyper :)

Treaclepie19 · 17/08/2020 16:15

Gosh you must be so thirsty.
I've had a cup of tea, peppermint tea and 1.25l of water so far. I'll probably have anlther litre before bed.

There must be something you can drink? Even if you have well diluted squash it would help.

RightOnTheEdge · 17/08/2020 16:15

I don't know why some people have to be so rude Hmm

I have to make myself drink water OP it feels like a chore. Like PPs said can you drink it with squash or drink flavoured water.
It doesn't sound like your drinking enough, especially with all the hot weather we've been having.

Twigletfairy · 17/08/2020 16:15

Do you not get thirsty?

It just seems really silly and childish. You know you should be drinking it, you know not drinking it is making you feel like crap, yet you still won't drink it.

HouchinBawbags · 17/08/2020 16:15

Some people don't like milk. Most of us do. Some don't like fizzy pop, a majority of others do. Some like tea but hate coffee. Some like coffee but hate tea. Why should plain water be different? Why are people not allowed to dislike the taste of it?

FedUpofLockdown123 · 17/08/2020 16:18

I'm the same. I have headaches too all I drink is cola/pepsi. I don't drink anything else. I go through phases of trying to drink glasses of water throughout the day but it never lasts. A couple of weeks ago I stopped buying cans and drank nothing but water for about 4 days but then went back to my old habitsSad.

RaspberryToupee · 17/08/2020 16:18

I know people who only drink tea/coffee but they usually have more than 3 drinks a day. I call my husband the camel and even he drinks more than 3 drinks a day. I’m getting a headache just thinking about how little you drink.

Try squash, flavoured water.

pigsDOfly · 17/08/2020 16:18

Just adding a slice of lemon or lime and some ice to the water might make it more appealing.

You really need to cut out the coke twice a day and put some effort into actually drinking the green tea, rather than 'trying' to drink it.

Apart from that you really aren't drinking nearly enough.

doadeer · 17/08/2020 16:18

God sorry to be graphic but your wee must look like irn bru!

I feel weird if I don't have about 8 classes! Less concentration, headaches

angelfishrock · 17/08/2020 16:19

I am a terrible water drinker. I have a 2l bottle and fill it up on the morning and keep taking sips throughout the day. it's not really that hard and you get used to it. I actually feel thirsty now when I don't drink enough - this never happened before. I think you can train your body to seek and like water.

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 17/08/2020 16:19

I do this but it's not because I don't like the taste. Usually I'll drink abut 3 cups of coffee a day and that's it until night time when I'll have a drink of water because I'm so thirsty. I just forget.
What about some putting some juice in the water?

thedevilinablackdress · 17/08/2020 16:19

It's causing you harm OP. You need to find a way to get plain fluids in. Fruit teas? Sugar free squash? A few sips of water here and there to get used to it.
I LOVE drinking water, but not everyone is the same.

TheFormerPorpentinaScamander · 17/08/2020 16:20

I don't like the taste of plain water. My children think I'm weird and claim it has no taste to it. I've just bought a water filter and it does taste better so I'm hoping I will start drinking more water.

KarlKennedysDurianFruit · 17/08/2020 16:20

You must like some other liquid that doesn't contain caffeine, forget about plain water at this stage, you're going to damaged your kidneys of you don't drink more

Regularsizedrudy · 17/08/2020 16:21

...what do you want people to tell you?

Aquamarine1029 · 17/08/2020 16:21

You are massively dehydrated. If I were you, I would work very hard at trying to develop a tolerance for water. Have you tried squeezing fresh lemon into it?

spence246 · 17/08/2020 16:21

i rarely drink water and if i do its sparkling water with lots of ice.
i drink bout 10 cups of coffee a day with the odd glass of squash or diet coke.

Snailsetssail · 17/08/2020 16:21

I don’t like water either and have never drank it since being a young child.

I drink dilute squash all day and occasionally a coke or lemonade as a treat if in a restaurant.

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