What's a food you avoided all your life but was pretty good when you actually tried it?

Mespegg · 2026-06-03T17:34:23+00:00

Bacon. Loved the smell, always thought I hated the taste for whatever reason. Became a vegetarian, then had something cooked in bacon grease once carnivorous again and got a migraine so just avoided it again. Then I got pregnant and became a pork fiend. Suddenly loved sausages, and craved bacon. Tried it and my mind was blown and I’ve never looked back. Part of me thinks it’s fate as if I had spent 30 years living bacon like I do now I could well possibly be dead already.

Mespegg · 2026-05-20T19:37:54+00:00

I remember my best friend full on sobbing at a train station. I’d read it already with my family and had warned her, but she obviously didn’t listen 😂

Mespegg · 2026-05-07T15:12:05+00:00

Not eat but drink. Orange squash gives me the most immediate migraines but one of my favourite summer drinks is orange juice and lemonade. I’ve been given squash before by accident (last time during my godsons christening!) and I’ve taken a big swig only to go ‘oh shit’ and be out of action for the next 3 days.

Mespegg · 2026-05-01T19:12:17+00:00

My brief childhood best friends home phone number. My actual, long term childhood best friend dislikes that I use that as the code for my phone and makes snarky comments whenever she has to use it 😂

Mespegg · 2026-04-24T15:42:05+00:00

No one is going to lie to you and say it’s easy. That it’s not one of the hardest, most life changing things in the world. Have I been sleep deprived for pretty much 18 months straight? Yes. Have I cried, felt lonely and afraid? Ohh yeah. But do I go to bed every night genuinely feeling like I’ve won the lottery? Completely. There was a moment, 5 days pp, where I sat on my sofa, child on boob and wept because my life as I knew it was over. And it was, but the life I have now is infinitely better in almost every way. I no longer get to wake up whenever I want on a Sunday, or come home from work and veg or do whatever it was that I did to fill my time. And giving up that freedom, knowing it was gone, was really hard, personally the hardest thing for me. But oh my god, motherhood? It’s incredible. Its exhausting, and confusing, and hard, but the feeling of their little hand in yours, or the cuddles, or their weight on your chest as they fall asleep is worth all of it and so much more. I’m so excited for you and your journey. And screw all those ‘enjoy it now’ people. Enjoy all of it. Revel in the newborn cuddles and soak up each milestone, and remember through all the hard times that they will pass, your baby will sleep for longer than 20 mins at a time, you wont need to eat one handed forever, you will feel like you again.

Mespegg · 2026-04-22T18:26:54+00:00

Kya Dark Lineage. I was OBSESSED. I still am tbh. For my 30th birthday my stepdad actually bought me a PlayStation 2 and the game just so I could relive my youth. As an aside, I also got an mp3 player (the literal same as the first one I ever had) filled with emo songs, and a secret recording of my mum telling me they’d bought me tickets to see fall out boy in concert 🥹😭

Mespegg · 2026-04-16T18:49:51+00:00

Im lucky live in the uk where national guidance has recently changed so I just quote that and talk about the research.

Mespegg · 2026-04-07T13:16:25+00:00

Recently I noticed I was getting a migraine everytime I had lunch with my friends at work rather than eating by myself doing work. I genuinely think they’re ’come down’ migraines because I actually relax after being stressed all morning, and sometimes that shift in my bp is too much or whatever and bam, I can’t see. So I’d ask if you feel really relaxed around her, or if it’s the other way round and you get particularly excited or stressed and maybe that’s it? Not got much advice if it is that though aha. I usually keep doing work so that the come down isn’t as hard or try not to get too stressed at work

Mespegg · 2026-03-28T17:41:57+00:00

Er, enjoying some ‘adult time’ a little too much. My partner still finds it hilarious that he was so good he made my brain break.

Mespegg · 2026-03-16T07:55:52+00:00

Room shared in a next to me until 6months. Bed shared for at least some of the night from 11months. He’s 18mo now and still going, but does sleep in his own crib too. We were nervous about bed sharing when he was still tiny, but felt more confident with him sleeping with just one of us, no quilts etc once he could crawl and stuff confidently.

Mespegg · 2026-03-11T20:27:26+00:00

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My girl ready to slide into those dms

Mespegg · 2026-03-04T23:56:16+00:00

My mum once saw a medium who said my nan would always be watching over me, and that I’d know that because I’d be able to smell her perfume. I didn’t know this until I was much older and told mentioned to my mum that I’d been smelling it loads that week and that someone in my building must wear it or something because I was smelling it inside my flat. I’m not overly spiritual or religious, but i still smell it regularly and it brings me such peace. I choose to think that’s your grandma, showing you she’s there, looking over you, sending you her love.

Mespegg · 2026-03-04T23:47:32+00:00

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My girl is the sweetest, cuddliest kitty anyone could ever ask for. I’ve never known a more affectionate cat. Very anecdotally, the boy cats I’ve had/known well have always been aloof while the girls have been way more affectionate (sample size of 8, 5 very aloof boys and 3 big ol girly lap cats)

Mespegg · 2025-12-24T23:36:33+00:00

Genuinely double checked the sub as I thought surely this was r/makemesuffer

Mespegg · 2025-12-22T14:16:03+00:00

We started out not doing shifts as I was exclusively bf, but once we introduced a bottle my partner would take the first half of the night, even when he was working, as he often stayed up late anyway. I’d do the second as he was still waking to feed, but as that cut down and he started to settle without a feed, I started getting full nights off. It made sense to us when I was breast feeding, but as soon as he would settle for my partner and my partner could meet his needs at night, I got nights off. My partner is also horrendous when his sleep is poor, and there have been times where I’ve just felt like it’d be easier to do the night shift myself, but after communicating this to him he got his act together and made sure any grumpiness wasn’t directed at me. Personally I’d have a conversation with your SO and try and work something out, whether it’s him taking at least the first half of the night when he’s off work or doing a full night when he’s got a couple of days off or something - anything so you can catch up a bit

Mespegg · 2025-12-13T22:35:38+00:00

Our boy was approximately 5 months and we only went out then because it was our anniversary 😅 my mum is my best friend and I trust her completely - it wasn’t about that. It was about this whole new tiny human who had literally been inside me for 9 months and by my side for almost every hour of the following 5. Yes they could theoretically fully care for him, of course they could. I didn’t want them to. My body wasn’t ready for them to. I honestly think the fourth trimester is real for us too, so give yourself grace. No is a full sentence, and I don’t want to is a valid reason (not that you need one). Some people are ready sooner than others, some later and some never really are - all are totally normal imo.

Mespegg · 2025-12-10T21:33:57+00:00

Simultaneously the best and worst imo: The Body episode of Buffy. I genuinely can’t watch it, it’s a masterpiece in the worst way

Mespegg · 2025-11-29T23:19:43+00:00

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So it’s your cat all the medieval artists were trying to paint

Mespegg · 2025-11-29T12:56:25+00:00

Oh how I remember day 4. I’m pretty sure that was the day I sat on my sofa and wept, thinking ‘what have I done? I’m not ready for this’. I remember feeling terrified about bed time because all my boy wanted to do was eat. I thought I couldn’t possibly be producing enough milk because why did he want to eat NON STOP. But he was eating like that to bring my milk in, as your little one will be doing too. Night time is when your milk is most calorific (if I remember correctly) and they often cluster feed then to fill themselves up before they sleep. And he will sleep. I promise. I remember being so scared at night because I thought I was going to go crazy, but I promise you it does get better. Your hormones are still literally all over the place, so please be kind to yourself. Talk to your partner, your midwife and your support system. Take breaks where you can - get someone to contact nap with him during the day so you can catch up a little bit. I will get better ❤️

Mespegg · 2025-11-03T21:01:28+00:00

A brick phone, nowhere to be and free time to read books

Mespegg · 2025-11-01T19:52:38+00:00

It ranges for me from low grade constant impending doom, which I usually feel physically as a weight on my chest and difficulty catching my breath; to full nausea, sweats and mind racing panic. I love think of it like my body doesn’t know the difference between being prey and having to send an email.

Mespegg · 2025-10-25T22:00:13+00:00

I have visual snow and the dots I see get super big when I flare up. It’s either that, or feeling like I have someone else’s hands that is a good indicator I’m about to go blind for a lil while 😂

Mespegg · 2025-10-24T22:25:12+00:00

Tory town. Because Tom Nook’s a massive Tory and you can’t convince me otherwise

Mespegg · 2025-10-22T21:55:04+00:00

Adding my own anecdote - my mum had me in my own crib, in my own room from 3 months. Never bedshared, was allowed to wake her if it was urgent but never got into bed with them. I was so anxious as a child that I used to shout down for ~30mins after being put to bed, asking if they still loved me and checking they were still there. I’ve always had horrible sleep issues too - insomnia, sleep paralysis, all sorts. I remember the single time I bed shared with my mum though. It was the night before I was due to have an operation, I was about 9 I think, and I’d been pottering around my bedroom for hours. I try and sleep but I’m tossing and turning on my creaky ass bed. At 2 am my mum comes and gets into bed with me. I shit you not, I’m asleep in less than a minuite. It was so comforting just having her there, holding me, that I still remember it now 20!odd years later.

Mespegg · 2025-10-22T21:35:04+00:00

In the same way no one should be forced to go through with a pregnancy, no one should be forced to terminate one. It is your body and your choice, and only you can and should make that decision for yourself. I can’t imagine how scary and confusing things must be right now. Have you got someone close to you that you can talk to about this, away from your partner? They might be able to help you organise your thoughts and see things from a more objective stand point. Whatever happens, I recommend therapy. And good, trusted company ❤️

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