To ask what you dreamed would be fabulous but is actually maybe a bit shit

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I think this about lots of things to do with celebrity lives, when I was younger I thought it all would amazing now not so sure.

A particular one I have is that I always longed for a villa on the Italian lakes. We went to a hotel there one year for 5 days ( in the same village as George Clooney ) It pissed down for 3 days. Everything was dark and damp and that combined with the endless queuing for flights and the thought of maintaining a property in another country sort of did for the dream. Not achievable without a lottery win anyway but now I don't even want it.

Anyone else got stuff like this or that they actually got and then thought 'meh'. I seem to have it about more and more things as I get on - I just don't want stuff anymore. Is it just to do with age?

@Rebelwithverysharpclaws

Bungalows - always a tiny bit damp with a side serving of mould and gardens the size of fields that you can never get on top of.

This describes my first proper boyfriends, parents home perfectly ,and the Garden was huge!

@Bumblebee1980a

Prosecco. Most people bang on about how great Prosecco is. So I tried it. Absolutely disgusting.

Much prefer champagne. So wish it was the other way round.

I would agree but adult DDs genuinely prefer Prosecco. We normally have champagne in the house but buy in Prosecco when they are coming over.

Surely most everyone prefers champagne but drinks prosecco due to price????

I find Champagne is over rated TBH.

We stayed in Dublin in 1988, and I was shocked at the number of beggars on the streets.

And I agree champagne isn’t all that. Even the most expensive always seem to have this weird caffeine-y after taste I can’t quite explain. A lot of English sparkling wine is beautiful though! And there’s some superior Prosecco out there. But it’s just personal taste.

Surely most everyone prefers champagne but drinks prosecco due to price????

I hate champagne.

Barcelona. Very busy and loads of pickpockets.
Also beggars coming round while you’re eating at an outside restaurant. You’d think the owners would chase them off , but no.

@ZebraSpotts

Fancy car - i got a new BMW company car, well mehh and mehh. Takes me dxact same places as the previous car which was a lacklustre Audi. My fav company car was a brand new VW Golf, considerably less cost than the bmw, can could find a suitable size parking space anywhere.

Falling into the notion of wanting a fancy badge car is something i try not to repeat. Despite constant ads and marketing for cars. Happy with my 15yr old Astra now

Agree with this.

Had always wanted a brand new Mercedes. Got one. After a couple of months it just feels like any other car. Would happily go back to a VW Golf and save the money.

@Bluesheep8

Surely most everyone prefers champagne but drinks prosecco due to price????

I hate champagne.

I don’t t like champagne but love Prosecco.

@ukholidaysaregreat yes!grabs her dad's toes "wake up daddy breakfast's ready!"
We always used to say yuk a Swiss roll with baked beans!

We upgraded to a caravan after being campers as I hated being cold, trying to cook on a poxy 2 ring burner, nowhere comfortable to sit etc. etc. We love our caravan - it’s camping but more comfortable

France - we’ve been so many times and the last time we went I said to my DH no more - in contrast we went to the Netherlands a couple of years ago and loved it - would definitely go back there when we can

All inclusive holidays. Granted, it wasn't a particularly high end one but meh! Never went on one as a child and felt deprived!

Now grown up, thought the children would love it, be able to make friends, attend holiday club. No bother with shopping and cooking. Transfers and hassle free holiday

Uninspiring apartment, bland English food (I don't want to go abroad and eat chips!), crowded poolside, naff evening entertainment which children watched stoney faced! Expensive holiday for what it was.

Family had rented a villa close by and we all much preferred to go there!

Ended up renting a car and seeing some of the sights and visiting other places as we were bored!

Won't bother next time!

I loved the Swedish ice hotel. But I was young(ish) and very very pissed...(and so in fact don't remember much, but the pictures of me there look great!)

Holidays with children, I prefer to call them, a week away for a change of scenery, nothing relaxing about a holiday with young kids.

Mine are:

• LA: As per everyone else's experience, it's totally shit. Hollywood and the walk of fame are shit and the city itself is grim. We did enjoy Universal Studios

• Brand new posh cars as per my previous post

• Extended family and any kind of family get together because all of mine (except DM) are not actually that nice. I'm hoping to change this with my own family when we have DC

• Pet fish: once the novelty wears off they're just quite a lot of work for nothing

• New York: I'm glad I went as there are some things worth seeing and I actually found people really friendly (possibly because I'd broken my foot and was in a wheelchair, they were insanely helpful and lovely except the taxi drivers) but wouldn't go back and nothing I'd rave about

• Concerts: Always a pain to get there and back, the performer is the size of an ant from wherever you are and you watch the whole thing on a screen. Would rather watch the concert from my own sofa.

Mentioned upthread already but Matilda the Musical was a huge disappointment.

Also, the Northern Lights. Maybe we were unlucky but a vague greenish line across the distant sky that was so indistinct it had to be pointed out to us was NOT what years of watching The Snowman had sold to me

Lastly, Los Angeles. Perhaps we were in the wrong places but very bleak and meh compared to the Hollywood movie-fuelled vision I had in my head.

I really think with all inclusive holidays you get what you pay for. I’d rather not go on holiday at all or go self catering than a cheap all inclusive.

Prosecco is great: the real stuff, that is, which you get in Italy. I mentioned this to an Italian waiter in Florence a couple of years ago, who said with effusive disgust: 'You buy it in Marks eh Spencer? Iss noo Prosecco!'

He's actually right. Most of the sugary stuff you can buy in the UK is nothing like the real mccoy.

Ha brilliant! Similar experience queuing endlessly one Christmas for Bruxelles, where some celeb i can't even remember was rumoured to be gigging with the band. As we neared the door we realised they were only letting one punter in if one left. ' Jesus can u imagine what its like in that kip ' says my friend' 40 minutes later we were back in her local. Bliss .

Having a career. Takes ages to become professionally qualified, you’re worked like a dog, the day-to-day work isn’t what you ultimately envisioned & you have no decent quality of life. It’s not worth the money when you’re a) so stressed that you struggle to mentally be present for the ppl you love & b) you don’t have any time with the ppl you love. Much prefer a humble job that pays less, delivers more actual enjoyment in an area of interest & you can leave it at the door at 5pm.

Yes to this too.

Just left a six figure career for a £40k job I actually like.

Re Whale watching:

• pay extra for smaller faster boats
• dress really really warmly, regardless of how toasty you are on shore, woollen thermals and all accessories
• take an antihistamine first thing in the morning
• enjoy the sea air and the views. Whales are a bonus.

My contribution:

• bloody Cadbury’s world. I’m fairly open to joy but it was awful.
• kapla blocks.

@Abhannmor

Ha brilliant! Similar experience queuing endlessly one Christmas for Bruxelles, where some celeb i can't even remember was rumoured to be gigging with the band. As we neared the door we realised they were only letting one punter in if one left. ' Jesus can u imagine what its like in that kip ' says my friend' 40 minutes later we were back in her local. Bliss .

Eek. This is a reply to therewereroses.

@LooksLikeImStuckHere

Massive glass doors in an open plan extension.

In a south facing house, it made the whole extension like a bloody greenhouse on the hottest day in summer.

When I see that sort of extension on property programmes my first thought is always Who's going to be cleaning all that glass?? Ditto with properties that have an enormous amount of internal wood, ie dust magnets,

M and S bacon fries. Just rank.

Adulthood.

Family or any type of group breakfast.
There was an ad on TV when I was a kid, for a breakfast drink.
You could see a fantastic family having a lavisb breakfast on a sunny day in the garden, everyone so happy it hurts.

Turns out I always need a poo right after breakfast, there are flies and bugs in the garden, a jam stain on my pyjama, I'm not even hungry, there's always someone whose face says "I will kill you all" before they had coffee, someone who talks about their dream (booooring) and some tension over whose turn it is to clear the table.

Now I wake up early and have just tea in bed, on my own, with BBC radio 6.

Another one for Mr. Frosty!

The joy of getting my DD a Frozen Olaf 'Mr. Frosty' was short-lived when the manic turning of the handle culminated in me slicing my thumb open and produced less ice chips than when I had to smash the bag of ice cubes on the worktop to make them small enough to go in the bloody thing. I ended up feeling faint and having to hold onto the side of the fridge. 🤦🏼‍♀️