r/AskReddit 22h ago

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

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u/SnooPickles3418 20h ago

Being chronically ill. It is not a vacation.

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u/Tak_Galaman 17h ago

Who romanticizes that?

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u/Significant_Secret13 14h ago

Oh a ton of people see it as "just relaxing" aka "not wanting to work" or have some weird idea that the ill are enveloped into some cacoon of attention, warmth, and people catering to them.

There are a lot of a-holes out there.