‘Anti-Bucket List’: 25 Things People Promise They Will Never Do Again

We get excited to try new things and have new experiences. After all, it’s fun to try something for the first time as we usually don’t know what to expect. These leap-of-faith experiences can cause an adrenaline rush in our bodies and the moment becomes indelibly seared into our memory banks. But not every first-time experience has a positive effect on us. Recently, Best-Palpitation-915 inspired an online conversation folks started sharing the things they tried once and knew instantly it wasn’t for them. 

#1 Living with roommates. Cannot stand it. I'm fine living with a partner, family, or by myself. But a stranger, no thank you.

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#2 I was shocked at how much I hate weighted blankets. People say so many good things about them! I put it over me, boom, instant claustrophobia. I don't even have claustrophobia. Except with weighted blankets.

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#3 Hanging out with coworkers outside of work f**k that.

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#4 Partying at clubs lots of way to drunk people, loud noises and crowded.

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#5 Sex without emotional feelings involved.

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#6 Party with a group of people where I only know one.

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#7 Adulting. 0 out of 5 stars.

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#8 Sales. I don't like convincing people they need things, they can decide themselves lol. Don't want a phone? Thats cool with me.

Image source: DriedUpSquids, Antoni Shkraba /pexels My boss once questioned why I didn't try to push an iPhone 14 onto an old man who came in asking for advice on how to use his flip phone, always loved that one. The only time I ever had good performance was when I got a lucky streak and the customers came in wanting something already.

#9 Manual labor.

Image source: feralkitten, Ronaldo Guiraldelli/pexels My grandfather did construction. One summer he hired me on one of the roofing teams. All it took was one summer running shingles up and down a ladder to convince me to stay in school. My dainty little IT hands thank you Pop. well played.

#10 REAL camping with no creature comforts of home. Not for me!

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#11 Pregnancy. I have one perfect daughter and I'm never ever going through that s**t again!

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#12 Tinder (actually online dating in general).

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#13 Telemarketing.

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#14 I tried ballroom dancing once and realized my two left feet have a secret pact to avoid any rhythm. I’m better off sticking to dancing like nobody’s watching—because nobody should be.

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#15 Jogging. I’m in good shape, so it wasn’t solely for health reasons. My dog, who I used to go on long walks with, died mostly of old age. I wasn’t ready to get another dog, so I decided that jogging would be a great hobby. Feeling connected to the neighborhood was a priority for me as I found myself staying at home a lot with no dog to walk.

Image source: moochir, Daniel Reche/pexels So I bought decent shoes, did a little research on methods and started jogging just a few blocks a day at first to get into the groove of my new hobby. Omg I f*****g hated every second of it. There was nothing relaxing or enjoyable about it at all, and I got home every night feeling like I was foolishly making taking a walk punishing rather than fun. About 2 weeks in, I stumbled and fell, scraping my hands up a little. I walked home, put my new shoes in a closet and never jogged again. I adopted a new dog about a week later.

#16 I once tried to be a morning person. We both agreed it wasn't going to work out.

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#17 Gambling. I gambled for the first time against my cousins when I was around 13, I lost 100 bucks, that was a lot for me. Never gambled again since lol.

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#18 Public speaking.

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#19 The whole dominatrix thing. Went to some femdom dongeon once in my youth. Before, I was always fascinated by it. But after the second stroke of whip, I just said my safety word and left.

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#20 Pegging. Never sat right with me, and neither did I for a few days...

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#21 Working in retail. No thank you.

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#22 Nightclubs. Happy for the people who like it, but i do NOT understand the appeal .

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#23 Oysters, too slimy. Telemarketing, also too slimy.

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#24 Sex with another woman. It was a good time but I realized I am indeed straight.

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#25 I put on roller blades, stood up, sat down and took them off. Was going to break my damn neck.

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#26 Sex. Tried it once 25 years ago. Stopped before it progressed (lovely understanding bloke).

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#27 Black licorice.

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#28 Horses. They’re beautiful, I rode a very gentle one for a week. But after that week I knew it wasn’t for me. They’re scary.

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#29 Beer. Hated the taste. Was told I had to get used to it. Why do I have to get used to something that taste gross?

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#30 Snow skiing. I fell, a lot. I hurt my a*s. I couldn't figure out how to stand up without falling again. I fell again. I hurt my a*s again. I was freezing. It took me another five minutes to stand up just so I could fall yet again and get even colder. Tiny children were whizzing by me like they were competing in some weird kindergarten version of the X Games. I am not cut out for skiing.

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#31 Strip club. I don't fully grasp why men of all ages seem to love the idea of watching nude women together. Like, are we going to watch porn and jerk off together too? Also the constant pressure they put on to get you to spend money is anxiety inducing.

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#32 Customer service. You’re all a bunch of f*****g babies and I’m not your mom.

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#33 Getting into management…no thank you.

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#34 I tried to be a morning person everyday TWO YEARS. I got a job that started early in the morning. Even though I pushed through and got up every morning, I still could barley do it!!!!! I was miserable every single day. Complete b******t that you can just train yourself to become one, I literally set an alarm to wake up early every day even on my off days and it was f*****g agony to get up. I’m just not wired to be one.

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#35 I tried learning Python, programming is incredibly abstract and difficult. My brain just couldn’t proceed, wish I was smarter.

Image source: OctoberBooks, cottonbro studio/pexels Update: Giving Python another go because the good people of Reddit provided awesome advice/guidance and resources! You guys are a wholesome bunch, thank you!