Article created by: Rūta Zumbrickaitė

We, people, are interesting creatures. Or maybe complicated and messy would be better descriptive words. But why are we throwing such words around, you might wonder?

Well, today we’re going to talk about the things people tend to romanticize that are actually pretty horrible, which is a complicated matter, isn’t it? And so, the words fit the theme very well. So, now it’s up to you to go through today’s list and decide whether the mentioned things fit the theme too.

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#1

Those “little kid raised $25,000 for his mom’s cancer treatment” stories.

We (the U.S.) should have universal healthcare. We are the richest country on the planet. We shouldn’t be go fund me’ing our health.

We send our tax dollars to Israel regularly and they have free healthcare.

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#2

Romeo and Juliet… It’s a tragedy not a romance. .

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#3

Childbirth and having a baby- I say this as a mom. It’s portrayed as being hard to give birth but afterwards everything being perfect. No it is a hard time for a lot of people.

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#4

The song, “Every step you take,” by Sting. I’ve heard it played at weddings. It’s a stalker song.

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#5

Growing up poor. People act like it was an enriching experience that they chose to partake in. It certainly can build character but I wouldnt intentionally have been born on the struggle train and I dont look fondly back on those days.

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#6

The Victorian Era. Disease, ppllution, filth, and child labor.

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#7

Being a workaholic and perfectionist.

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#8

War.

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#9

‘Bad boys’.

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#10

Running a pub. It’s really hard work, long hours, finding a great team you can trust, managing drunk customers, being on call all the time, it can quickly wear a person down.

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#11

Working in a bookshop.. it’s just like any other retail job. Boring, bad for your back and the customers are still annoying as fuuuuck.

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#12

Being a small business owner.

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#13

Casual heavy alcohol consumption.

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#14

Living in “a quiet little town/village where everyone knows each other”.

Sure, some people prefer city living and some countryside. But the latter can be boring, claustrophobic, and full of judgy locals.

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#15

ADHD

It’s not only the quirky bit.

Actually it is mostly self doubt, low self esteem, near instant forgetfulness, rsd, time blindness, audio processing issues and so on and so on.

Oh yeah, ADHD tax!
Forgot about that one, sigh.

Edit: thank you all for the conversation, up votes and award.

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#16

Jealous partners. i get that some kind of jealousy is normal, but sometimes people isolate themselves for their partner because they suspect cheating everywhere and once they break up they wonder where their friends are. as a friend it feels like you didn‘t mean anything to them.

also, most of the time a partner who suspects cheating everywhere is the one actually cheating. people tend to think everyone is like them, therefore they think their partner is likely to cheat, too.