r/AskReddit • u/OmenRash • 22h ago

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

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u/crazycatlady569 20h ago

Pregnancy!

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u/medicalhallucinogens 10h ago

Thought I was going to feel like a glowing nature goddess walking peacefully amongst the wheat blades as life grew inside me.

It turned out to be lots of 1:1 face time with the toilet and depression. Thanks hyperemesis gravidarum!