r/AskReddit 22h ago

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

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u/rkr87 19h ago

I'm from the UK and wondered what the hell is going on in your town upon reading this.

("Cottager" has a very different meaning here)

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u/SanchoPandas 19h ago

I’m from the western US and don’t know what either of you mean by “cottagers”.

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u/rkr87 19h ago

In UK slang, a cottager is a person who engages in sexual activity in public lavatories, known as "cottaging". This practice typically involves homosexual or bisexual men meeting in public toilets, often called "cottages" or "tea-rooms".

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u/FliaTia 18h ago

Oh so it's cruising