‘Nice’ Things That Aren’t Actually

[WheelieBinPrincess]

Just a random musing.

Breakfast in bed- lovely idea, reality is you need to get up for a wee and then a tray is plonked on your lap, and groggy from sleep you are supposed to exclaim in delight over bits of pastry flaking into your sheets and slopping coffee down yourself and trying to subtly get the sluggy bits of fat off the bacon because you usually just get medallions.

Relaxing massage- I went the other day and I kept thinking ‘I’ll switch off and enjoy it in a minute’ but just kept thinking about whether to get the tube or the bus home and if there are oven chips in the freezer or not or if I watered my peace lily last week and if not it’s probably died. Then it was finished and it cost me £80.

Anyone got anything they can add to things that sound so nice as an idea but in reality are just not really?

Piñatas in kids parties. Absolute hell

Being invited to somewhere I have to dress up for. Not got anything i could wear any more. Fancy dress parties, obviously.
A spa.

Baths. They sound luxurious with bubbles and candles. They aren’t, they’re boring. I’ve not long moved into my new house with it’s en-suite shower and I have never had a bath here in 6 months. My shower is amazing, much better than any hotel shower I’ve ever used.

Camping. It’s cold, miserable, damp clothes, wet socks, cooking in the rain, schlepping miles across a field every time you need a wee in some sketchy portacabin loo, kids crying because there’s buzzing/stinging type bugs in the tent or someone has touched someone else’s sleeping bag, not being able to starfish in said sleeping bag… Camping isn’t fun.

No one could ever convince me otherwise. I’ve tried it far too many times and my opinion stays firmly the same. Even my children agree 😂

The closest we get to camping in the “great” outdoors now is renting a caravan somewhere.

Flowers, you have to trim them, then change the water, then dispose of them and clean up petals, and then clean the vase….. so I prefer it if people didn’t buy me flowers really

Same here feel rotten after a nap never refreshed

Another vote for the beach. Loved it as a kid of course, because I was free to run, dig, swim, have ice cream and chips and only carried my bucket and spade from the car to the beach.

Fast forward 30 odd years, now we argue about which beach, whether it's best to go 'high or low tide', parking charges, where to sit, who sits with the mounds of stuff and who takes the kids in the sea (too small to go by themselves), why we should eat the sandwiches we made instead of queueing for overpriced ice creams/chips/lollies/coffees/teas/candy floss.

Spend all day fussing about with sun cream, hats, swimmers on, then off, then on again, get too hot, or usually too much wind in your face, get slightly burnt, get back to the car to find an enormous long queue to leave the car park, drive home 2 hours, try and persuade kids to go to bed after they slept the last 2 hrs, fall into bed feeling grubby, salty, knackered, wake up next morning feeling hungover and face the pile of left over picnic, sandy swimwear, toys and crap all over the hallway, in the car, in the kitchen.

Go to work.

Paris gone downhill some years ago, too.

@CatAndHisKit True.

Getting your hair cut and coloured. The end result is lovely, but too much sitting around, water in your ears, cricked neck when they're shampooing and sorting it out afterwards when they don't dry it quite right. I always think it's going to be relaxing, but it never is!

holidays

Oh and pedicures. Actually kind of painful!

Yes! Eating outside is so over rated. The flies, wasps and in our case being overlooked. I've planted up with the aim of screening but still, the whole thing is such a faff

Sleeping in too. I nearly always wake up early
and force myself to go back to sleep, then wake up, sleep, wake up, until eventually I get up feeling absolutely destroyed and more tired than I was at 7am or whenever it was I first woke up!

Being a bridesmaid. It's just a pain really.

Friends phoning for a chat when I can’t be bothered. Much rather have a text with an invitation to meet up

Regarding massages, you're all doing them wrong get the woman to come to your house and bring the massage bed with her ... mine one even brings the hot stones ... pure bliss

@Steelesauce

Days out with little kids. They tantrum and there's always some kind of drama. Always costs a fortune as they want everything.

Consequences for tantrums and no so they stop asking for everything? Might make them enjoyable in the future :)

Holidays

"Letsallscreamatthesistene WheelieBinPrincess

I’ll add baths- I get hot and bothered and want to haul myself out, but feel guilty about all the water so miserably force myself to sit there with a face mask on until the acceptable point where I think it’s ok to waste all the water down the plug hole.

Oh I disagree! In fact im going to have one right now"

Haha, absolute Boomer me, I cant do the cool, incorporating another post
I think quite the reverse to Wheeliebin and am off for a bath too. Most of the time I can't be bothered to have a bath and plan to spend 10 minutes, but once in can't move because it's so relaxing. I recommend continuing to add water to achieve the perfect temperature.

Floatation tank

Cocktails and caviar

Fruit teas - smell so good then just taste of water. I totally agree about breakfast in bed thouhg (not that I've had the opportunity that often) but you end up either with an achy back from sitting not leaning against anything or choking because you are leaning back against the pillows. Give me a leisurely breakfast at the table with everyone else out of the house any day!

@WheelieBinPrincess

I’ll add baths- I get hot and bothered and want to haul myself out, but feel guilty about all the water so miserably force myself to sit there with a face mask on until the acceptable point where I think it’s ok to waste all the water down the plug hole.

You are missing out on some great benefits apparently

theconversation.com/cant-face-running-have-a-hot-bath-or-a-sauna-research-shows-they-offer-some-similar-benefits-158552

Sex on the beach. Bloody sand everywhere and usually either too cold or to hot. Sex in the bath. Water everywhere and I keep getting distracted with the thought of cleaning the flooded bathroom in a very near future...

Sisters in Law.
Be lovely to have a nice sister.
But. Mine is evil.

@windysocks

Afternoon tea. Who wants to eat sarnies, cake,tea and Prosecco all at the same time

Ha! I’m literally in bed with a sandwich a glass of wine and a coffee right now. I had a bit of chocolate cake after dinner at 7, so nearly all that. I’ve also just had a boiling hot bath.

I think showers are over rated. There’s always a bit that’s being missed and if you aren’t hyper vigilant you get water/soap/shampoo directly into your eye
. It’s always freezing when you get out.
You also stay damp for ages and ages.
I like my face steamed gently in a hot Bath and to be toast warm when J get out.