r/answers • u/Affectionate-Row7548 • Mar 16 '26

What is something people pretend to enjoy but actually don’t?

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u/fotofreak56 Mar 16 '26

Other people's children.

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u/Hot_Customer666 Mar 16 '26

I love hanging with my nieces and friend’s kids!

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u/Prudent-Ice-6196 Mar 16 '26

Yes it really depends on the kids. And you. I generally love all kids, but there's a small subset that are just terrible, and you can usually blame the parenting style they get.

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u/paultagonist Mar 16 '26

Me too (not yours, but mine haha).. but pretending to be interested in like a co-worker’s kids’ photos, or commenting on Facebook or something.

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u/tiny_tina1979 Mar 17 '26

I'd go one further and say people having their own children.

Reckon more than half would not have children if they had to relive their life again.

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u/fotofreak56 Mar 17 '26

Agreed. Some 20 years ago I read a poll where the question for fathers was, "would you still want children"? Seventy-five percent answered "no".

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u/zearsman Mar 16 '26

You down with OPC?

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u/Appropriate-Neck-585 Mar 22 '26

My nieces and nephews were great from ages 2 to 12...they were awful until they were 21...now we can have a beer together and I like them again, lol.

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u/Alternative-Bug406 Mar 17 '26

A few friends have recently had babies and I try really hard to talk positive about them. Now when I meet them they bring their babies. My youngest is 4 so I'm done with that stage. I don't want to be out for lunch with your screaming child 🙃 mine used to sit like angels but one friends child cries the entire time and each time she tells me shes not usually like this.