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What should you have been impressed by but were not ?

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Sago Sun 24-Nov-24 08:18:30

Not me but my daughter aged 13ish begged us for a pot noodle, she asked why she couldn’t have one for “tea” like her friends.
We relented, she chose her pot noodle and couldn’t wait until we sat down to eat, she opened it poured on the boiling water,stirred and proceeded to eat, 2 mouthfuls in she declared the most disgusting thing she had ever eaten.
She was then begging for the homemade lasagne on the table.

monk08 Sun 24-Nov-24 07:55:42

Georgesgran

The Mona Lisa. Beautiful, but tiny.

That was my disappointment also.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Sun 24-Nov-24 07:00:26

The DJ at our recent 50th WA party. He cost £300 too. I wish we’d just set up a playlist really - background music the first couple of hours then ramped it up with a different playlist for murder on the dance floor. 🤣

Ladyleftfieldlover Sun 24-Nov-24 06:51:28

Three items of food: caviar - tasted like fishy jam; birds nest soup - appalling, sharks fin soup - equally appalling.

Mum used to make mine and my sister’s clothes. We would have loved shop-bought!

Georgesgran Sun 24-Nov-24 06:33:41

The Mona Lisa. Beautiful, but tiny.

NotSpaghetti Sun 24-Nov-24 00:09:58

Usually it seems to be people.
The "important" ones!

Babs03 Sat 23-Nov-24 23:40:29

My first ever date. He was late to the cinema and brought one of his mates along and all through the film he kept making stupid jokes with his mate. Once the film finished he asked if I wanted to go home with him because his mum had made sandwiches, I said no but that I was sure his mate would go with him. Which he did. Well, we were only fourteen.

Skydancer Sat 23-Nov-24 23:11:44

I went to Bruges for 3 days. It was a much-anticipated break but I felt one day would have been enough.

BlueBelle Sat 23-Nov-24 22:48:39

We were not very well off and I went to a school that had a uniform My mum was a seamstress and made all my clothes and although she was brilliant you could just abut tell it wasn’t shop bought Nobody bullied me but there were obvious digs ‘ ‘oh is yours home made’ etc etc

Auntieflo Sat 23-Nov-24 22:43:45

Welsh Rarebit(rabbit)!
I was to have a photo taken and my aunt treated us to lunch.
I heard the choices and chose Welsh Rarebit, as I love rabbit.
I was so disappointed when the posh cheese on toast appeared.

Grandma70s Sat 23-Nov-24 22:01:09

So many things! On a visit to London when I was seven, Buckingham Palace was a big disappointment. Where were the turrets and battlements that surely a palace should have? 10 Downing Street also (one could walk along it in those days). It didn’t appear to even have a garden. At the Natural History Museum, the jawbone of a whale was certainly big, but so what? Not impressed.

Calendargirl Sat 23-Nov-24 21:22:41

Being allowed a taste of Sanatogen Tonic Wine one Christmas when I was young.

I thought it would be a sort of glorious ‘pop’.

Yuk!

Such a disappointment!

Deedaa Sat 23-Nov-24 21:03:59

A thing that stands out for me is the costumes my mother used to make for me for nativity plays. She was an artist and used to create very nice outfits, straight out of a 15th century painting. All I wanted was a white nightie with a bit of tinsel like the other angels. I tried to be grateful, but I just hated looking different.

Floradora9 Sat 23-Nov-24 20:45:00

Following on from the thread of what impressed you as a child what did not impress you ? A friend's daughter was quite obsessed by the thought of having a barbecue . She nagged and nagged until her parents gave and went to great pains to make it a good one. As they were finishing the daughter asked plaintively " was that a barbecue ? " I do not know what she was expecting but she was not impressed.
I came from a musical family while my talent was OK but not exceptional . I was in the school opera , only the chorus , and on the last night my aunts asked me to go their house afterwards. When I arrived they presented me with a large fancy bouquet of flowers . I know that was what principal singers might get but I just hated the fact that is was not really appropriate . I should have been grateful but I just felt terrible about it al ..