What do you consider a treat?

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What do you consider a treat?

No right or wrong answer here - because it will mean different things to different people.

On another thread I have stated that a takeaway coffee or a basic chain lunch is more functional than a treat for me. I am not saying that it isn't a treat to others.

It was even suggested because I went shopping for a chopping board it was a treat.

So what does a treat look like to you?

Going to bed really early.

Treat can be used in a lot of different contexts.
A small icecream or chocolate bar I would say ‘oh shall we have a treat’ and have that.
also went to Six by Nico Sunday and going on holiday this weekend and consider them big / luxury treats.

I would refer to buying myself something new as a treat, like new shoes, but not a new washer if it broke.

If it is a want, not a need, it’s a treat, there are just levels.

Brunch, Donuts, Coffee out is a treat. Might not be a big treat, but still something nice you had for yourself.

I can think of some non materialistic treats like a morning reading a book, no phones, no distractions and sitting by the sea watching the waves crash

A day of sewing. Some new fabric, a new pattern.

I think sometimes things feel like a treat because of what you are used to growing up, even if you can afford it now. A take away coffee for me for example.

The things is, if you live in a bubble where everyone you know can afford to regularly spaff £50 on a brunch for 2 people just because you can’t be bothered to cook, you’re obviously not going to see that sort of thing as a treat. Doesn’t mean it’s not a treat for many other people.

I sort of know what you mean.

Which is why I asked the question!

New make-up, lingerie, clothes, shoes. I spend most of my time in crocs and a lab coat so it's nice to feel dressed up. I don't agree with food as a treat.

Surely you already knew that people with less money than you exist?

But that's not what I asked is it!

Of course, there will be people with a lot less and people with a lot more!

A one-night hotel stay, perhaps with a meal in their bar

Joyful, calm moments, whatever they look like.

I took my older child to the museum without the younger one a couple of weeks ago, and bought him a hugely overpriced ice cream and we sat on some steps watching the world go by, and he let me have a couple of licks. That was a treat.

I wouldn't necessarily class a takeaway coffee as a treat, but if I'm enjoying it sitting on the grass in a beautiful park next to a river, then yes, it's probably a treat. We unexpectedly found a fountain during the recent heatwave, and the kids were running about in it having fun and splashing while I enjoyed...yes, a takeaway coffee. That was a treat.

The last time we went to a theme park, despite being very expensive, was not a 'treat' for any of us. We had to queue for hours for every ride, managed to do about 4 rides and there were even long queues for ice cream and cold drinks. Very little shade and the grassy spots were rammed. I'd rather 'treat myself' to tidying the kitchen drawers than go again 😂.

I think, for me, the whole 'treat' thing is just quite a different mindset.

if someone else pays for me, that's them treating me. Though that really doesn't happen anymore. I have people in my life where we might take it in turns to pay, but no one that really 'treats' me to anything.

If I pay, it's just 'a choice'. Whether it's a cup of coffee or a weekend away. It's how I've chosen to spend MY money.

I have health issues that mean I shouldn't eat/drink a lot of different things. If I do it's just a choice I'm making, it's not 'a treat'

3 kids books from a charity shop & a chopping board. Beyond belief how anybody thinks they're treats 🤣🤣

A takeaway and a take away coffee is a treat as I don’t do them often. Also a meal out , theatre, holiday, weekend away. But also stuff like a long bath, a new book, a bar of chocolate or a large bag of crisps.

But people explained the concept that ‘treat’ means different things to different people on your previous thread? Or do you just specifically want to know what random strangers on the internet consider a treat?
If so, for me a ‘treat’ is an entire day when my autistic child doesn’t self harm.

But why is it 'a treat' & not simply a choice you've made?

Which is what inspired this thread!

As I said there is no right or wrong.

More fascinating than your own children were?

I've got quite a tight budget, so a treat to me is on the first Saturday after payday I buy myself a large trifle or cake from morrisons on my way to work and I eat the whole thing about 8.30 in the morning before I even start work. (I work Saturdays and Morrisons is next to my workplace).

Holidays are the main treat for us. I do recognise that a lot of our ‘normal things’ would be considered treats by others e.g horses, expensive hobbies, frequent meals out etc

For me, the best treats are completely free or only cost pennies. Totally agree with GreyCarpet, just sitting in the garden with a hot cuppa first thing in the morning while everyone else is still asleep and it is completely quiet is pure bliss. Or a long candlelit bath in the evening without anyone banging on the door. And of course, a proper ice cream from a local independent shop. It is those little rituals that instantly lift your mood after a hectic week.

There’s a certain yoghurt I get that they very rarely stock and that is the ultimate treat for me, saying that the cinema with popcorn, crisps and malteasers is huge for me, or haribo, a can of coke and a packet of crisps so all varies.

The other day I did a shop in a ound shop and got clothes baskets, hangers, cleaning products and toiletries and I came out of it as excited as most are going on holiday 😅

Oh and reading with no interruptions!!! (Never happens!!)

Its just a choice I can't make that often because of work and stuff. Would love to just read books all day

I replied to your other thread, too.
Convenience is a treat. If you're hard up you have to do it the hard way or go without.
Things designed to make life more convenient are luxuries and always tend too be more expensive.
IMO you've come to take these luxuries for granted. Did you grow up like this?