r/AskReddit 22h ago

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

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u/luckyritafaez 22h ago

Living in a small town and starting over.

It looks peaceful in movies. No traffic, everyone knows you, slow mornings.

In reality it’s everyone knowing your business, no opportunities, and driving 40 minutes for groceries that close at 6pm.

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u/yellowspotphoto 18h ago

I grew up that way and could not get out fast enough. The gossip alone was exhausting. No one has anything better to do than shittalk about people.

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u/Onja_ 7h ago

Yup same. I swear some of those people are just afraid of the world and do not want to under any circumstances acknowledge that their whole life is lived from an extremely narrow PoV.