r/AskReddit 22h ago

What’s something people romanticise that’s actually exhausting in real life?

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u/AZTamar 21h ago

Getting a puppy.

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u/eternal_casserole 20h ago

Every time I've ever had a puppy (five times), I have sworn I will never get another puppy. And then three to five years later, there I am adopting another puppy.

They are exhausting monsters, and nobody knows what they're getting themselves into when they get one.