" I thought it was all large paychecks and corporate perks . Nope , I ’m just babysitting farm adult . "

For a myriad of reasons, people tend to glamorize certain things that maybe don’t need to be. So, when Reddit userSoloSammySilvaasked: “What’s something people only romanticize because they’ve never actually done it?” so many people shared their thoughts. Here’s what they said below:

1.“Living in the past. The 1920s weren’t awesome, nor were the 1200s or the 1400s. You wouldn’t have enjoyed life more if you were a knight in medieval times; you’d probably just die from an infection.”

2.“War, I’d imagine.”

— Unusual - Shopping1099

" My maternal grandfather had a romanticized view of WW2 , all the Vera Lynn and ' make for the boys back home ' bullshit . He did serve up but never see any natural action , but had plenty of stories about space he had been . Not really sure what he had done other than drive ammo trucks around . My paternal gramps , on the other hand , was from Poland and live through the horrors of WW2 . He was still just a boy , really , when he had to go fighting ; he never see to it any of his family again . He never speak of Poland or the war after settling in Scotland . "

— sgw79

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3.“Renovating an old house. Are you a person who can never sit still? Probably for you. Do you enjoy downtime? Probably not for you.”

4.“The Mafia.”

— tonnemuell

" Living in constant fear of being murdered or arrested , with either the authorities or a rival mob faction using your phratry as leverage to get you to do their bidding . One fiddling screwup or relapse in judgment could think either a shallow grave accent or a concrete cell . No thanks . "

— OldCarWorshipper

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5.“Moving out to the middle of nowhere and building a shelter and living off the land.”

6.“Been in a serious relationship with ‘the bad boy.'”

— SuchTutor6509

" you may fix him ! "

— javerthugo

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7.“Mt. Everest.”

8.“Sex on the beach.”

— Maximum_Battle_9147

" Sex on an old - vogue hayrick . It used to be a romantic trope .

Those fucker are like piles of fibreglass filled with insects .

Snow-covered mountain range with a prominent peak towering in the background under a clear sky

I do not recommend . "

— this - guy-

9.“Business travel.”

10.“Being stalked. Seriously, a friend of mine was raving about a romance book where the guy stalks a woman and is obsessed with her, ‘but he saves her life.’ I’ve been stalked, nothing about it is romantic.”

— houseofaddicts

" Same . I used to think it was romantic and was flattered when the somebody I really like did this to me . I soon realise the obsession was about control , emotional manipulation , and validation . The stalking turned into an anxiety - bring on emotional rollercoaster drive where I end up being the one who was hurt . "

— Infinite_Ad_5257

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11.“Piracy. People assume that piracy was all treasure hunting, drinking, and sword fights, thanks almost exclusively to Robert Louis Stevenson’s novelTreasure Island. In reality, no buried treasure has ever been found in the quantities we’d otherwise been led to believe, there were never maps where X marked the spot, and most pirates weren’t world-class swordsmen. The majority of pirates during the golden age were ex-navy officers or personnel, freed slaves, or criminals on the run who initially accepted pardons from England as privateers to prey on Spanish treasure fleets in the Atlantic. And even then, the ‘treasure’ wasn’t so much gold or jewels as it was spices, cloth, and other textiles. Finding actual gold or jewels was extremely rare. Additionally, most pirateships were not massive galleons or man-of-war ships; they were pretty commonly sloops of 20-30 men and maybe a handful of 10-pound guns.”

12.“Threesomes.”

— KittenDust

" I ’ve had a really good one and a really bad one . The high-risk one was so forged , I do n’t recollect I ’d ever try it again . "

— 21ratsinatrenchcoat

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13.“Starting a business.”

14.“Depression. No, they’re not all tortured geniuses; they’re just tortured.”

— psycharious

" This is so true . There is nothing cute or quirky about feel like your mind and eubstance are in a cage . Being able-bodied to see the world around you , but not being able to take part in it in a meaningful way . It suck so hard . "

— My_Clandestine_Grave

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15.And finally, “Being a manager. I thought it was all big paychecks and corporate perks. Nope, I’m just babysitting grown adults.”

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