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Have you ever done something once but never want to do it again?

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nanna8 Mon 27-Jun-22 13:06:24

Helicopter ride for me. Wonderful views up over the bush in South Australia but I was very nervous. I once went sand surfing down a stonking great sandhill in New Zealand, ended up in a river. I screamed the whole way down, got a mouth full of sand but wouldn’t do it twice.

amazonia Tue 28-Jun-22 11:53:29

Pot holing. Hated it. Absolutely pointless in my opinion. You would also never get me on the Tower of Terror in Disney again but didn't mind Space Mountain!

Athrawes Tue 28-Jun-22 11:54:46

Ice skating when I was a teenager. Went with a dishy young police cadet but hated the skating as I've never had good balance. The end of a very brief friendship! I do go to watch my family ice skate occasionally but don't envy them

Greyduster Tue 28-Jun-22 11:56:56

I used to go pot holing in my youth, with just a light on a helmet, crawling through barely accessible passages, and enjoyed it, but like bohemian, I was persuaded to go down the deep pit at the National Mining Museum by DH (who had once been a miner) and was frozen with fear from the word go! When I got back to the top I could barely stand my legs were shaking so much! I had a new respect for him after that!

SachaMac Tue 28-Jun-22 12:01:28

Having a full body massage in a hotel spa, I had one on a holiday in Egypt, I felt crippled by the end of it, couldn’t wait for it to be over, it wasn’t relaxing at all. The following day I had a severe stomach upset which kept me in bed for 24 hours!

LilyoftheValley Tue 28-Jun-22 12:01:43

Have anything to do with my late husband!!

DillytheGardener Tue 28-Jun-22 12:05:53

Caving. Became paralysed with fear trying to crawl through a ‘letter box’ sized entrance into another cave. Had to be pushed on one side and pulled on the other in a state of panic and hyperventilating. Humiliating and scary. Never again.

Daisend1 Tue 28-Jun-22 12:09:23

Story of my life.Fortunately* my* never again's were not life threatening but taught me a lesson.
When in doubt DONT

grandMattie Tue 28-Jun-22 12:10:53

The Crown Ridge on SI NZ and the Siete Lagos route near Bariloche in Argentina. They were two absolutely terrifying roads. I cried the whole journeys and NOTHING would induce me to go either again!

missdeke Tue 28-Jun-22 12:12:01

I've done some extreme sports, loved white water rafting and scuba diving, but although I must confess I've never tried them nothing would ever induce me to go diving under ice or potholing. I'm feeling faint at the thought of it.

Fronkydonky Tue 28-Jun-22 12:13:00

When my daughter was young we rode tandem in a little boat type seat down a water slide which was enclosed, in Cyprus. I hated it so much I felt I was going to suffocate. I couldn’t see anything and hyperventilated- I just couldn’t wait to get out. I had a panic attack and vowed I’d never ever attempt to ride one again. It was the longest minute of my life.

Alioop Tue 28-Jun-22 12:13:49

Got married!

Clevedon Tue 28-Jun-22 12:13:54

Another one for roller coaster!

TopsyIrene06 Tue 28-Jun-22 12:16:16

Marmight. That lunch sounded something else! Was it just any old submarine?

Juicylucy Tue 28-Jun-22 12:16:26

Sat in nosebleed seats at the 02 omg they are so steep and in my eyes very dangerous.

Buttonjugs Tue 28-Jun-22 12:20:10

DillytheGardener

Caving. Became paralysed with fear trying to crawl through a ‘letter box’ sized entrance into another cave. Had to be pushed on one side and pulled on the other in a state of panic and hyperventilating. Humiliating and scary. Never again.

Just reading this made my heart race! Must have been awful.

Damdee Tue 28-Jun-22 12:32:23

Husband arranged for us to go up in a balloon as a treat for my birthday. I was petrified. You are up in a 'little' basket with nothing between you and the ground way down below. The cars, cows etc looked like little toys. I hardly dared move or breathe. The only thing I liked was the smell from the top of the trees - it was heavenly and surprisingly strong. I would NEVER do this again!

yogitree Tue 28-Jun-22 12:35:15

Riding on a cable-car up to the crater of Mount Teide in Tenerife. Every time it went past a 'post' it would plummet downwards as if falling. I was crying when I got to the top.

Hazeld Tue 28-Jun-22 12:35:17

Same as nanna8. I always wanted to go in a helicopter, it was on my bucket list, and I got the chance in Hawaii. Never been so scared in all my life. I'm glad I did it so at least now I can cross it off, but never, ever again

readalot Tue 28-Jun-22 12:49:43

I once went on the pepsi max ride at Blackpool. It was 28 years ago. My friends daughter wanted to go on it so I said I would go on with her. She loved it I was petrified. Never again

SueDoku Tue 28-Jun-22 13:06:52

I've skating. I went with a friend who went every week and loved it. Why I went I have no idea - I've always had no sense of balance (couldn't ride a bike etc).
I spent two hours mainly sitting on the ice, unable to even get up... At the end, my (thick, navy) school knickers were so wet that I took them off and went home on the bus without any on - feeling very embarrassed ?
Never again...!

Hetty58 Tue 28-Jun-22 13:21:55

I love outdoorsy things, so riding, rafting, climbing, biking, skating, flying are just wonderful. Nothing claustrophobic though, no potholing or mining for me - and an ongoing dread of dentists and hospitals!

paddyann54 Tue 28-Jun-22 13:25:47

nadateturbe I did Newgrange too and was so relieved to get out of it I giggled hysterically for more than an hour after .I refused the rope bridge over the Atlantic even though the lovely attendant offered to escort me over and back .
I hated my one and only skiing trip never again .
I loved walking over hot coals ...so much I've done it 3 times

Froglady Tue 28-Jun-22 13:28:39

The London to Brighton cycle ride - just the thought of ever doing it again fills me with absolute dread

kevincharley Tue 28-Jun-22 13:31:21

25Avalon

Going to the Scilly Isles for the first time on The Scillonian, a flat bottomed boat, that rocks side to side as well as up and down. The weather was terrible gales and lashing rain and I spent most of the time leaning over the rail being violently ill. Now I go by plane.

There's a good reason for it being nicknamed 'the great white stomach pump'!

Zetacatty Tue 28-Jun-22 13:33:52

Tattoo eyeliner! It took ages, was expensive, hurt and my eye lids swelled for several days. After all the swelling went down you couldn’t even see it.