Iām back with another round of Things I Wish I Liked (or Loved).
- Black coffee. I think it would be nice to enjoy black coffee. Last year I had a coffee that could have stripped varnish. The person who prepared said coffee downed her cup contentedly and I remembered, yet again, how much I dislike black (or excessively strong) coffee.
- Herbal tea. Letās stick with the warm beverage theme for a minute. Iāve tried ā really tried ā to like herbal teas. I just donāt like them. Peppermint, lemon, chamomile, peach. Ick. They’re a great caffeine-free option, but I donāt enjoy them.
- Company (that sleeps over). I love my family (and non-family guests) but Iām generally uptight when company comes to stay (except my father-in-law; he’s just…easy). Itās like I no longer feel at home in my own house. I donāt sleep well, I never know how long I need to stay up with the guests in the evening, I worry about the timing of meals. It never feels appropriate to be in my pajamas by 7:30 pm, but thatās exactly what I want to do. Everything just feels slightlyā¦off. Are the visits great? Yes. Do I love being surrounded by people I love? Yes. Do I want people to come visit me? Yes, yes, yes. Am I almost always ready for visitors to leave? YES. I have an acquaintance that LOVES to have people in her home. She has even gone out of her way to have someone in her space long-term. This is not me, but I kinda wish it were?
- Hills. I hate hills. Some people see them as a challenge and a great addition to their workout, but I genuinely dislike hills when walking/running.
- Playing group sports. I am uncoordinated and unathletic (for sports at least). I love the idea of belonging to a womenās soccer league or playing volleyball with the kids in the backyard, but it is not in my suite of talents.
- Gardening. I wish I liked gardening. I love the aesthetic of a nicely landscaped yard, but have no desire to do these things myself. Maybe in retirement?
- Wine. It just doesn’t do it for me. I think sipping wine seems very refined, but it makes me gag (I also think beer tastes revolting.)
- Cheese. I know, what kind of monster am I? I don’t like wine and I don’t love cheese. Cheese is okay. Occasionally it’s enjoyable, but if I’m having a sandwich I’m likely to leave the cheese off, and I want the corner of lasagne with no cheese and the pizza slice with the least amount of cheese possible…(my husband and children stare at me in horror; A and John ADORE cheese…they basically live for their next hit of cheese). It feels very cultured and refined to enjoy fine cheeses, but it’s not for me.
- Talking on the phone. I would prefer to exclusively text/e-mail (or see someone in person). I donāt like talking on the phone and do everything I can to avoid it. But I know there are some special people in my life who DO enjoy/prefer this mode of communication, so I wish I liked it more, especially for their sake.
Your turn. Anything you wish you liked (or loved). Do you enjoy black coffee, hills, overnight company, and working up a sweat in your local recreational soccer league? What about wine, beer, and cheese (I feel like I’m likely the odd person out on this one)? Do you prefer phone calls or texts?
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mbmom11
I wish I loved coffee- the smell if it brewing is so wonderful. But it tastes like poison. So does alcohol, which I don’t mind as I can easily avoid the empty calories.
Yogurt would be a great thing to eat, but I cannot stand the texture.
I will eat some cheese if it’s baked/grilled. No raw cheese for me.
Herbal teas taste like the water from a ditch with grass clipping in it.
I don’t mind overnight guests if it’s close family. It makes me clean up the house better than usual. We did host some exchange students from Germany for a few weeks. It wasn’t bad- they were very nice, and I made sure they had the flexibility to be alone/retreat as needed.
I want to exercise more, but going to a gym is my idea of torture.
I think I’ve established that I’m really a picky 5 yr old at heart.
Elisabeth
Coffee with a bit of flavoured creamer is so good to me (but I used to HATE coffee and cannot tolerate it black).
This made me laugh: Herbal teas taste like the water from a ditch with grass clipping in it.
I’ll be a picky pre-schooler with you š I also wish I loved exercise; if I’m being honest with myself, I BARELY tolerate it.
sarah
CHEESE?!?! Please come visit me and try all of the way WI makes cheese delicious.
Elisabeth
I know, I know. It’s okay. Like I can even enjoy a few cheeses occasionally, but I wish I loved it because it just feels like such a social bonding experience. Everyone seems to love cheese…except me š
Jenny
We are in agreement on many points here! I wish I liked coffee, period. When my son was here he made me a cup of coffee that he was sure I would love, with steamed oatmilk… it was OKAY, but when he wasn’t looking I snuck off and made myself a cup of tea. Over and over again I’m reminded that coffee just isn’t my thing. I also don’t like herbal teas! And I don’t like roiboos tea. Just give me a cup of earl grey and I’ll be fine.
I’m also very uncomfortable with company that sleeps over! Like you, I don’t feel at home in my own house. And, I hate talking on the phone. The greatest invention, ever, is texting. And I like emails! And I’ll meet in person- but I don’t like phone conversations. It’s nice to know I’m not alone!
Elisabeth
Earl grey is my absolute favourite tea. Orange pekoe is okay. That said, I’ve become almost exclusively a coffee gal this last year. That first few sips. Heavenly.
Texting and e-mails are my FAV.
Ally Bean
Yes to black coffee, hills, cheese, and texts.
Indifferent to recreational soccer, wine, and beer.
No to overnight company and phone calls.
Elisabeth
Who likes hills? This just stymies me.
Jessica
Same for me with gardening. I have tried so many times to plant flowers and vegetables but each summer I just dread it and it doesn’t work out. I wish I wanted to be a gardener because I love nature and being outside so it “fits” but I just don’t like it.
Elisabeth
I don’t have the knack; like you it seems like a wonderful activity – getting outside and it has a concrete structure to what needs doing when and FRESH PRODUCE and relaxing/meditative movement, but I just can’t even summon the energy to consider attempting. For the foreseeable future I will be buying any veggies and flowers from a local farmers market.
Christa
I have a (sort of) funny story about my hatred of speaking on the phone. When I emigrated to the US from the UK, one of medical requirements was being up to date with tetanus shots. I am highly allergic to them. The first one I ever had made me extremely ill but the connection/allergic reaction, wasn’t made at that time. The second one I had several years later, put me in hospital for a few days. I was told in no uncertain terms to not ever have another tetanus shot. The only way I could prove my allergy to immigration was to phone my doctor’s surgery in the UK (email wouldn’t work for this) and ask them to send me proof/my medical records. I seriously considered just getting a tetanus shot rather than make that call. In the end, a friend of mine in the UK went to my old docs and sorted it out for me. I don’t have the ringer turned on, on my phone, so I never answer the phone or make calls.
Elisabeth
Okay – you definitely hate calls more than I do! I’m glad you didn’t have to get that third tetanus shot. How horrible!!! Reactions to shots/medications can be so intense and scary.
Katie
I feel super lame, but I don’t love travel.. I’m such a homebody and love the comforts of home and my own bed. I would also struggle with overnight company, but thankfully our families live close enough that hasn’t been an issue!
Also working out in the morning. Bleh. I think I had too many early morning swim practices growing up that scarred me on this, lol.
I feel like it’s a rarity, but I love talking on the phone with people! Thankfully I have some long distance friends who do too!
Elisabeth
I hate doing anything in the mornings, including any form of exercise.
I know a few people who LOVE the phone. It seems so fun and whimsical (now, in an era of text/e-mail), but my skin almost feels like it’s crawling when I have to make a call.
And hey – it’s great to celebrate being a homebody!
Suzanne
You and I are so aligned on most of these things! Aside from gardening, wine, and cheese, I am in agrteement with you about everything. I wish I liked herbal tea and coffee. Life would be easier, I think, if I liked coffee? I can drink an occasional mug of chamomile tea but that’s it. Fruit teas — no thanks. And having houseguests is something I desperately wish I loved but I just do not love it. Like you said, it feels like I can’t be myself in my house. Bleh.
Wine and cheese I straight up LOVE (although I am not the hugest red wine fan, and will avoid blue cheese unless its buried in dressing. And gardening is something I have no aptitude for but I wish I did because I love love love growing flowers and veggies and fruits.
I wish I liked eggs, oatmeal, and tomatoes. They all give me the major ick but they are ubiquitous and/or good for you!
Elisabeth
Fruit teas are the. worst.
I do LOVE eggs and oatmeal and tomatoes are fine; I can see how it would be very hard to avoid these ingredients because they are in a lot of recipes!
I’ll eat your eggs and oats and send you my wine and cheese š
Alice
I wish I loved chicken. I hated it in childhood and pushed myself to tolerate it in certain preparations as an adult.
I wish I was more comfortable with engaging with new things involving people on my own. There are classes that I would like to take at the gym, but I feel hugely uncomfortable about not knowing where to go, what to do, or what to expect.
I very much wish I liked driving and wasn’t so intimidated by traffic.
I don’t care for wine or anything with carbonation, but also don’t wish I liked them. Coffee, I’ve come to tolerate in cafe au lait form with a generous supply of sugar. I don’t know if I feel like I need to like it better, though.
Elisabeth
I like driving in our small town but driving in traffic or a city makes me feel very, very panicky.
It’s tough to try new things; I think I’d feel the same way about classes at the gym.
The great thing about being an adult is mostly getting to make all the choices around what foods you have around; chicken is a tough one to avoid, though, as it shows up in a LOT of recipes.
M
I learned to drink coffee from my husband, who drank/drinks black coffee. I love mint/peppermint tea but some of the other herbals are too sweet for me. I like green Jasmine tea but don’t care for the black teas. I don’t know why I think black coffee is fine but black tea is too bitter! LOL
I don’t like hills, either…but since our neighborhood is hilly, I just tell myself it’s good for the heart. Ha! I like tennis — but maybe this is not a group sport? — but only when I’m playing with my husband or son who are very awesome tennis players and can hit the balls back to me so I don’t have to run all over the court to chase it! LOL
Wine and cheese: I have learned to like and enjoy some of them. I only like the sweet-ish (but not overly sweet, unless it’s for dessert) wines, mostly blush or white…and certain expensive (so I don’t indulge often) red (Merlot) wines. I used to pull out the cheese from my sandwiches if made with cheese…but I discovered Boar’s Head Muenster cheese over a decade ago — we use it in our sandwiches (I still take out other cheeses if my sandwich comes with them). And I’ve discovered a few milder cheeses that I like to eat with my fruit and olives (my mini charcuterie in the afternoons) that I like such as Manchego and Dubliner. My niece makes a mean charcuterie and for Christmas she had a lot of nice cheeses that I enjoyed (she said most were from Trader Joe’s).
Elisabeth
I wish I could play tennis. I’m comically bad and really should take a few lessons because I genuinely think I’d LOVE it.
I do LOVE Dubliner. That is a delicious cheese.
Erin
Haaaa, I wish I DIDN’T like cheese QUITE so much š Or wine!! Seems like quite an easy way to be a LOT healthier, but alas. I love both, so I’ll continue to enjoy.
I hate having houseguests that sleep over but I also don’t feel bad about it so I don’t wish I liked that š I also really don’t have anyone that needs to sleep over and we don’t have the space for it anyway, so it doesn’t really matter that much. I LOVE hosting people for social events, I just want them to leave by 9pm.
The biggest thing I wish I liked is for sure exercise – I just don’t. It’s dumb and boring and I hate it. Basically, overall I wish I was just a healthier and more driven person – maybe a BIT more of an upholder vs a Rebel! It would be helpful in many regards.
Elisabeth
I’m with you on the exercise. I try to convince myself I enjoy it (and the yoga hasn’t been too bad), but I don’t crave it and I would 100% never do it if it wasn’t good for me. I don’t really get an exercise high (maybe I’m not working hard enough). I hate sweating and hate hills and I’m not very coordinated. Yeah, exercise isn’t for me.
That said, I think “exercise” has changed. Going on a hike or strolling through town I DO enjoy. I guess I should clarify that I generally really dislike moving for the sake of “health.” When I do it as part of getting from Point A to Point B, I can very much enjoy it.
Diane
Oh I’m with you on gardening. My Husband LOVES his garden – he spends a lot of time and money and energy on his garden, plus he has a grow room in our basement. It makes him sooooo happy to make things grow. I just can’t. It’s too sunny and buggy and dirt everywhere. I do like the vegetables that he grows, though.
Elisabeth
A GROW ROOM IN YOUR BASEMENT. Okay. He is serious.
John is also not a gardener; hence the problem. With zero gardeners, we wind up with zero garden. And it would be nice to send the kids outside to get a fresh cucumber for our salad in the summer. Oh well. We shall survive.
J
I wish I liked jogging, I guess. Mostly I’m comfortable with my likes and dislikes. I enjoy having guests stay over, but we don’t have room (they have to sleep on the sofa in the living room) so it doesn’t happen often. I dislike making phone calls for appointments and things like that, but I love talking to my friends and family on the phone.
Elisabeth
That’s the sad thing – I don’t like ANY calls. I almost dread a family call as much as a medical call.
Beckett @ Birchwood Pie
My hot takes:
Black coffee – yes it would be very convenient for travel if I could enjoy black coffee and not have to worry about keeping half and half refrigerated.
Herbal tea – neutral
Staying over – all of our rooms are bedrooms or offices right now. Maybe we’ll do a guest room after the kids move out.
Hills – I love them for hiking, otherwise they are overrated.
Group sports – hate
Gardening – meh
Wine – yes please!!!
Cheese – more yes!!!
Talking on the phone – mega hate
Elisabeth
MEGA HATE. Hahaha. This made me laugh.
Sophie
Iām with you on the black coffee, team sports, hills, and talking on the phone. And I get the houseguests thing, although with certain close friends/family Iām OK. I do like gardening, wine and cheese though!
I wish I liked wind! It should be refreshing. But I donāt like how it blows my hair around, gets in the way when having an outdoor event, makes me cold on a sunny day. Obviously itās good to cool down on a really hot day but Iād rather the pool or a beach for that!
Elisabeth
I hate wind, Sophie. My inner ears hurt easily and wind is a big culprit. And I hate how it sends my hair flying every which way. I am with you on the wind – basically NEVER a fan.
ccr in MA
I do like coffee, but not black, ugh. And I dislike all teas. Friends were trying once to convince me to try this tea or that tea, but the problem was, they all tasted like tea at the base, and I don’t like that flavor.
I also don’t like beer, or wine, or any strong alcohol. I can take a little bit of, say, caramel vodka in a Coke, but I don’t get any sort of buzz. Which is fine, I save my money and calories for other things.
I do like cheese well enough, but not hugely.
Even with people I love, I am not fond of having house guests. We don’t have a dedicated guest room so I have to make space and it upsets all my routines.
I also hate exercise, all kinds, and I do kind of wish I could like something along those lines. The closest I came was water aerobics, which I mostly didn’t hate (“For you, that’s progress!” a friend said encouragingly), but the logistics just became too complicated.
This may sound convoluted, but I wished I liked not living alone more. I lived alone for a long time before moving in with my mother, and I still really miss it in a lot of ways. There are things I enjoy about living with Mom, but oh, she makes me crazy in a lot of ways. And it’s not that she’s awful, but she’s … always there. And talking. And I just like to be quiet sometimes.
Elisabeth
As an introvert, I can see why it would be VERY hard to adjust to living with your mother. And it’s not a normal co-habitation role since you’re helping so much with her care and such. I hope you find more peace in the situation, but craving peace and quiet and aloneness (when someone is quiet but there…it’s NOT THE SAME THING AS BEING ALONE). I felt this answer hard.
Alcohol is expensive and has lots of calories, so I guess it’s a good thing I really dislike it.
“I also hate exercise, all kinds, and I do kind of wish I could like something along those lines. The closest I came was water aerobics, which I mostly didnāt hate (āFor you, thatās progress!ā a friend said encouragingly), but the logistics just became too complicated.” Haha. Not hating exercise IS progress. Like you, I wish I loved it. But I don’t…
Kate
I’m definitely with you on the disinclination towards group sports and gardening (I *wish* I knew how to garden but I don’t have the mental energy or time to devote towards learning, and I kill every “hardy” mum I buy in the fall). Watering the Christmas tree is even delegated to one of the kids because they remember to do it more reliably than I do!
You might enjoy a non-caffeinated tea my mom likes called Bengal Spice. I don’t know if it’s technically an herbal tea per se, but it tastes like more like a black tea and it’s very rich and flavorful.
We are most definitely on different pages when it comes to wine, beer, and cheese š And talking on the phone for me depends on the person. I LOVE talking on the phone with my sister and one of my best friends. When we do carve out time for a conversation, we can talk for up to 2 or 3 hours if time permits, usually via earbuds while we’re running errands, folding laundry, or tidying up the house. But with many other people, I’d rather text or email.
I don’t like black coffee either. I *can* drink it that way, but I much prefer my super sugary, chemical-laden coffee creamers (white chocolate raspberry and peppermint white mocha, to be exact!).
I wish I liked initiating activities & get togethers with my friends more. I guess I don’t dislike it, per se, but I get so wrapped up in day-to-day life as it stands and my friends, God bless them, are so great about reaching out and planning things that I sometimes take that for granted. I’m trying to be more conscious of that and not rely on them to handle the emotional labor of maintaining the friendship. (Now I’m making it sound like drudgery, which it certainly isn’t — but it *does* take conscious effort to stay connected and I want to make sure that’s not one-sided!)
Elisabeth
I seem to do okay with houseplants, but I have at least two that need to be composted. Sigh.
I cannot even begin to imagine a 3 hour conversation on the phone. When I was dating John we did much longer conversations, but texting wasn’t really a “thing” – I don’t know what it is about the phone that I find so offputting. As a teenager, I loved it š
And it’s a lot of work to make plans and you are already planning A LOT for your kids/work etc. It can very easily feel like another to-do because there is such a pile of stuff to organize. Even though it’s fun, it’s effortful fun and that can be a real barrier in the midst of a busy season of life. I say give yourself grace and I bet your friends are happy to do the reaching <3 To everything there is a season and you're in the throes of parenting four young kids!
Allison
I don’t like coffee at all and I wish I did, at least enough to blend in. I also don’t like herbal tea, and I like tea but never drink it as much as I think I should. I revert to ice water a lot of the time, which just feels kind of weird on winter mornings.
I wish I liked olives. They seem to sophisticated and worldly. My palate doesn’t read them as food.
I like gardening, but I only like doing it about one-eighth as much as it should be done in order to keep the garden in any kind of order.
I like red wine, but hate my teeth turning purple. I like cheese, but not blue cheese or any of the fancier kinds.
Agree about group sports – I see the appeal but I’m always nervous I’ll screw up and ruin it for everyone.
I wish I liked getting up early. Or conversely, I wish I was just happier and more comfortable and less apologetic being a night owl.
Elisabeth
I can tolerate olives; my daughter and husband – yup, the cheese-loving ones – are CRAZY about olives.
Ha, well your 1/8th is a lot more than my current efforts, so a confetti of gold star for even having a garden.
You may know by now how I feel about mornings. I DO think our society is designed for morning larks and I am not one of them. I don’t want to sleep in until noon, but I think my mental health would be significantly improved if I never had to be out of my room before 8 am the rest of my life. Kyria (guest post Monday) GETS UP AT 3:45 am most mornings.
KV
These are so interesting! I literally can’t function without coffee, so although I prefer it with milk, I will drink it black if I have to. I like decaf (or herbal) tea in the afternoons but am pretty fussy about it. Like some other folks have mentioned, a chai/cinnamon situation is best.
We don’t have a proper guest room so the only guests we have are (rarely) family. We do like going away for a long weekend and sharing a house with friends a couple times a year–no one is hosting and we can all hang out in our jammies. Does that count?
I am with you 100% on the gardening and talking on the telephone. I don’t like them and basically never do them.
I love running and hiking up hills. Somehow it improves my form? I feel very powerful when I do it. Also, a life without cheese, for me, would probably not be a life worth living.
I love all kinds of group games. For you, what about non-athletic group games or competition–do you like trivia, or charades?
Elisabeth
I like chai tea, but it’s caffeinated. I also like Earl Grey. But straight up herbal (especially fruit varieties but even mint) are just not my thing.
Hanging out in jammies in a communal space that no one is technically responsible for (since you’re meeting there) sounds like the best of all the worlds!
My husband and daughter look at me like I am nuts on the cheese thing. They also don’t think life is worth living without cheese.
Trivia and charades are okay; to be fair, I don’t love most games, either. Maybe I just don’t like people? I’m kidding, but I AM an introvert and I have literally never connected the dots before that in addition to not being coordinates, it makes a lot of sense to not love group activities because my favourite thing to do is BE ALONE.
Marcia from OrganisingQueen
Black coffee. I like weaker decaf coffee and no-one gets this. I just like the taste, not any “hits”.
Herbal tea. I do love the no caffeine part of herbal tea but I have only two flavours I like (mixed berries and ruby orange) – they are strong teas that taste very fruity. I don’t like the peach and milder herbals either.
Company (that sleeps over). Oh gosh, I love ANYONE over and sleeping over, but only for 3 – 4 days max. Here’s the problem – I live with 3 introverts and they all don’t like “other people” in our space.
Hills. 100% agrree
Playing group sports. 100% agree
Gardening. I also wish I liked gardening. I like the look of flowers and plants – does that count? I have a “wild garden” that does its own thing.
Wine. Same – you may find this interesting. I drank ONE glass of wine at university and didn’t like the way I felt so I just never started up again (saved me tons of money!)
Cheese. I love cheese but not blue cheese. Basically most cheeses I like are not fancy.
Talking on the phone. I am the opposite. LOVE the phone, love talking on the phone and can ignore texts and whatsapp messages for months and months.
Elisabeth
I mostly drink decaf now, too. It has REALLY helped my sleep.
I’m the introvert *waving arms wildly* and I feel like 2-3 days is my max. I feel bad saying that…but it’s who I am.
I LOVE the look of gardens (and the taste of fresh produce); I think the amount of time it takes is a big hurdle for me. And, at this point, we’re away a lot in the summer so I feel like it would start to feel like one more burden and to-do on my list?
Lisa's Yarns
I wish I liked black coffee, too. It would be cheaper if I did and I don’t feel like a true coffee connoisseur since I need cream in it, and not just any cream – french vanilla creamer. I wish I liked beer but puke. Granted I have a gluten intolerance so it’s not a great beverage for people like me but there are a lot of new GF beers that are allegedly great.
I wish I loved wine less! Ha. But I only drink sauvignon blanc, unless I am a guest at someone’s home.
So I kind of like having house guests but we have a guest suite in our basement and usually if someone is staying at my house, I know them well enough that I am fine putting pjs on at 7:30 and they know that I need to go up to bed early to read. Like Kyria – she is the easiest guest to have around because we know each other so well. Similarly, my parents are easy to have around.
Phil doesn’t like cheese either! And he HATES being a guest at others’ homes. He has had to get over this because we do spend a around 5 days at my parents every summer but he just feels uncomfortable and like he is imposing. But my parents LOVE guests and are happiest when they have someone staying with them. So I keep reminding him of this, but I don’t think he’ll ever get over his discomfort over being a guest.
Elisabeth
I also prefer to have a flavoured creamer. Straight cream is okay, but it’s not GREAT. And coffee with flavoured creamer is just like…a dessert? I find it so soothing.
My FIL is a lot like this – he has his own space in the basement and is very independent and does lots of things solo around the house. I don’t feel obligated to stay up late etc. But usually when other people visit I feel like I need to be “on” and then I tend to get overwhelmed/overtired. If I stay up until 10 talking with guests, I will then have to stay up another hour to unwind before I can go to sleep.
I don’t love being a guest, either! I think because I still feel like I need to be “on” and end up staying up too long engaging and then have to unwind.
MAYBE I JUST DO NOT LIKE PEOPLE???!!! *Sigh*
Emily
Love these lists! I love coffee, but not black! I LOVE cheese, and I like wine, but wine doesn’t like me.
I wish I liked hiking, but I just don’t. Walking on the beach? Yes! Running? Yes! Hiking through trees and dirt? No thank you.
I wish I liked gardening more, I do it because I like the vegetables. Gophers ate everything (like the entire plants) last year and I am trying to muster for this year.
Elisabeth
Darn gophers! Better luck this year I hope!!
San
I always joke that I LOVE good coffee, but hate coffee otherwise. It’s really an interesting dichotomy and I still haven’t figured out why it’s just so black and white.
I am very sad you don’t like cheese, because it’s the one reason I could probably never go vegan. Vegetarian? Not a problem. Vegan? Just no š
I am also with you on wine. I like the idea of winding down with a glass of wine, but it will always be tea for me LOL
Elisabeth
You’re so right. Good coffee is amazing; bad coffee is just horrific.
Elinoora
Coffee, yup, sometimes I wish I liked coffee full stop. But I don’t. I only like coffee beans. Once the water hits the coffee the smell just… Makes my face go into disgusting mode. But I love tea, even some herbal ones. I generally drink fennel tea at least once a day to help with the inner workings. Of stuff.
I love wine. Well, some wines, not the very dry ones. And cheese. And beer, although I’m not into IPAs. My favourite is still Palm (Belgian beer, closest thing in the USA / Canada is fat tire I think?). And cider.
Funny thing: both my sisters married men who hate cheese and anything cheese related. So when they come by themselves I’ll make them mac and cheese š
Elisabeth
I don’t hate cheese, but it just…doesn’t do it for me. Also, CHEESE IS EXPENSIVE. Like alcohol, maybe I should be really glad I’m not “into” these options because “good” cheese is sooooo pricey.
coco
we share quite few things: I don’t like black coffee, I don’t like wine nor cheese, I don’t play any group sport. Honestly I don’t mind not having them in my life. Otherwise I don’t like: people being late, too talkative about details, who talks about themselves all the time, running under the sun, most types of meat, apple cake, berry cake. haha… quite random.
Elisabeth
I love cooked apples but one of the kids HATES any cooked fruit. Like…hates it.
Ernie
This is so fun. I am with Mbmom11 – I do not like coffee. Ick. I don’t do tea unless I’m in Ireland. The, yes.
I don’t like sushi and I’m not sure I wish I liked it.
I wish I liked red wine, but so gross.
I also hate gardening or any yard work. I have enough trouble keeping the inside of my house in order, which is the space that (let’s face it) matters the most.
I love talking on the phone. I spoke to a friend today for 2.5 hours. Yep. It was great to get caught up. I got a lot of housework done and I barely even realized it.
Elisabeth
Ha! Yes. Great point. If I can keep the inside under control, then maybe I can worry about outside.
See, this is why I wish I loved talking on the phone. It sounds like such a great way to “kill two birds” – you got work done AND had social time. But it’s just not my thing.
Stephany
I can agree on the majority of these points!
I wish I liked black coffee but I need it sweetened to choke it down. I’m a no on teas of all kinds, especially herbal teas. I don’t like company (and find even hosting people over at my house to be so, so stressful). No to group sports – I’m always the worst on the team and that just makes me feel bad. No to wine and I can be picky about cheese, too. Anything that’s a little too rich doesn’t work for me. Give me an easy pepperjack any day.
Elisabeth
Dare I admit I don’t even know what pepperjack is? Do they sell it in Canada?
Anne
Weighing in late. Sigh. But. I like coffee, but no longer like *black* coffee. I like flavored creamer but preferably unsweetened (current favorite: Nut Pods). Tea? Well, depends on the day. And I’ve largely stopped drinking herbal teas because my night-time routine has shifted to include more reading in bed and less reading on the couch with a mug o’ tea. š
Company staying over? I respond *exactly* like you do. Makes me think of the time I did not sleep after feeding a visiting friend and her family something that was grilled and worrying all night that I had given them food poisoning. For real. Best part about my current apartment? One bedroom, no sleeper sofa, and only one room other than the bedroom, so where are they going to sleep? Better to go to a hotel. (Ha.)
I wish I didn’t like caffeine so much. Sigh. Or Diet Coke. (These are 2 related issues.) That said, I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I figure that having one terrible vice is probably not going to do me in. Let’s hope I am right. š
Elisabeth
I’ve heard about Nut Pods before but never tried them!
Absolutely. We all need some comfort items and there are worse things that caffeine!
Tobia | craftaliciousme
I get you with the coffee… says I who is sipping black coffee while typing.
I used to hate black coffee. But then I tried intermitted fasting last summer and that meant no coffee with milk. So I skipped. Then I tried. Didn’t like it. But then during the boating schools with my dad I bought coffee from a local roastery ā cream almond roast. My dad drinks his black. And I didn’t want to buy milk for two days so I figured this could work. And it did.
For Christmas I order myself a macadamia roast and it is so good black. I guess it is in the roast.
I still like a coffee with milk though.
I wished I loved watching sports (specially basketball) more since the husband loves to watch lakers games. I try for like 90 seconds and then I leave the room.
Elisabeth
I bet that the roast makes a BIG difference.
Ha. I really enjoy watching sports…just not playing them.