Jff-common Things You've Never Done

Updated on November 03, 2011
H.D. asks from Allen, TX
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Hi all,

I had to write down 5 things about myself for my child to take to school for a project they are doing and one of the things I wrote down was that I had never ridden a horse. It seems like such a common thing but yet I've never been anywhere that I'd have that experience. I also got thinking, I've never used an outdoor patio grill in my life either. I've been to plenty of bbq's but at my house, my hubby rules the grill so again, it's never posed an opportunity for me to use the grill myself.

So, is there any common things out there that you've never done?

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S.K.

answers from Chicago on

I've never had a cup of coffee or glass of beer in my 34 years of life. I've had sips of both and can't stand either one.

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☆.A.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Never had a cup of coffee. Love the smell, hate the taste!
Never been arrested.
Never planted a vegetable garden.
Never skinny dipped....well....do hot tubs count? :)
Never kayaked or rock climbed.

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A.C.

answers from Savannah on

Dude. Hmm...

Sew. Grill outside.
Hard to think of other things....what's common to some is not to others (I suppose I do the things that are "common" to me, lol). Conducted an orchestra? Never done that. :P

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A.G.

answers from Houston on

Been on a plane
Ice skated on a naturally frozen lake
Birthed a boy(so far.about to break this one)
Passed out
Driven a 4 wheeler
Eaten politically incorrect meat
Had sex in a public bathroom
Had a one night stand
Broken my own stuff in anger
Ran a mile
Driven more than 10 minutes on a freeway
Been broken up with

added*** Ive never seen star wars....or voted....those are biggies

i really could go on all day

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E.B.

answers from Seattle on

Things I have never done.....Been arrested. Although recently I have been working on that:)Thank you Occupy Tacoma for humbling me more and more everyday.

I have never truly Gardened for myself. I have had great intentions, yet have not had the follow through. I really really want to give it a go this spring..So hoping for a nice short winter;p

I have never stood up for what I believe in. I always stood idle and allowed things to plow me over..and then I would figure out how to except them.

This is no longer the case for life:) I now fight loudly.

There is alot of stuff I could rattle off I have not done..But I will eventually.

Go out and grill.....It is a fun and relaxing experience....Ask your husband to step aside. I started doing this last summer when we moved into our house. I am now the grill master.

Realize you did not ask for the how to for making the things you have never done come true...but It is fun when you finally get to tackle some of that stuff:)

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P.B.

answers from Spartanburg on

Plenty...I never got drunk, I never went skiing, I never could draw, or paint or fix mechanical stuff (some mamas are pretty handy - i have NEVER been!), i have never had a wedding although I used to be married, I have never watched a football game (except few glimpses while running around in the house and somebody else was), I have never cooked a turkey and never, ever, dressed with Christmas themed sweathers. Oh there are so many things, I have yet to try...

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M.R.

answers from Phoenix on

Gotta learn to grill Girl - I love to plan that.

I've never been to a professional Baseball or Football or Basketball Game..never. I can't stand the noise. So I don't have plans to attend either.

I've never been to Chicago. Traveled the world, just not there.

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H.G.

answers from Dallas on

I have never been on a airplane and don't plan to! Im terrified of airplanes and to some its no big deal, but its just something I don't want to do :)

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N.B.

answers from Minneapolis on

Good question!

I also have never ridden a horse. Touched them a few rare times, but never ridden one.

I have never touched a gun of any kind, let alone shot one. Not for lack of exposure..I am surrounded by hunters and military friends and conceal and carry folks, even as a tiny child. But my hubby as an adult does not hunt, so his teeange/young adult hunting weapons are still stored at his dads, so none in MY house.

Hmm..its not much but its all I can think of...LOL..will edit if I come up with more! LOL

I agree that "common" is a relative thing. The horse thing is maybe crazy talk in Texas...never playing golf (Hey another thing I have never done!), probably the same in Arizona? And here in MN, as an AVID snowmobiler...here and in many Western states if you said you lived there but never rode one, people might wonder if you are an alien Body Snatcher?? LOL

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A.M.

answers from Kansas City on

I have never gone to a movie alone.
Lived in Colorado for five years and never went snow skiing there. I've been snow skiing just not in CO.
I have never been arrested (almost once but random guy at a bar called me the "c word"...so I punched him and broke his nose).

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X.O.

answers from Chicago on

I've never ridden on a motorcycle
I've never used any illegal drug
I've never gone out clubbing
I've never intentionally skipped church on a Sunday
I've never worn a bikini
I've never tried yoga
I've never gone on a typical college spring break
I've never met my paternal granfather who passed away a year before I was born
I've never watched an entire episode of "Jersey Shore"
I've never done ribs or a rotisserie chicken on the grill
I've been fishing a few times, but have never taken a fish off the hook
I've never been to a professional hockey game (kinda weird growing up in Minnesota, and then living in Chicago for 10 years)

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E.M.

answers from St. Joseph on

I have never been in a physical fight.
I have also never used the grill.
I have never skied.
I have never scrapbooked.
I have never seen "A Charlie Brown Christmas" or "How the Grinch Stole Chrismas".
I have never been arrested.
I have never used the weed eater (thing scares me to death).

i'm sure there are more common things i've never done but my mind is a bit of a blank.

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P.G.

answers from Des Moines on

I have never used an illegal drug; or abused a prescribed one.
I have never been with anyone other than my husband in any intimate fashion.
I have never been arrested.
I have never seen an ocean.
I have never been snowskiing.
Pretty short list and the only one I want to change - I long to swim in the ocean and feel the waves. Short bucket list!

H.S.

answers from Cincinnati on

I have never tasted steak or ribs, while I do eat chicken and pork.
I have never driven a stick shift.
I have never seen a child born, not even my 2 children.
I have never had a dog.
I have never been skiing.

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M.B.

answers from Dayton on

Seen lady and the Tramp.
Touched a snake -- they freak me out.
Not cried when baby was born (gets me every time!)
Flown by myself anywhere
Understood my husband's fascination with sports ;)
Lived in a different city
Been well rested - oh wait, that's just lately!
Been to the Grand Canyon or Hawaii
Tried sushi
Seen a sunrise

K.I.

answers from Los Angeles on

Fun question!

Hmmm....
I have never:
Been Ice Skating (taken my kids but never skated up)
Changed a car tire
Approached a man w/intentions of 'picking him up or hitting on him'
NOT killed a houseplant :( still trying though
Traveled abroad
Been dancing with my husband. I like to dance, he does NOT

Thought provoking...love it!

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M.P.

answers from San Francisco on

I've never:
Broken a bone
Gotten a ticket
Dyed my hair
Driven a stick shift

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M.M.

answers from Washington DC on

I have never

had a cup of coffee
been to VT, ME, NH, HI or AK, I have been through or visited or lived in all other states.
eaten tofu or hummus
played pinnochle
seen Friends, Simpsons (or any of those spinoffs), SpongeBob, those two big Christmas movies---the one with Virginia and the one where the kid licks the light pole in winter

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K.P.

answers from Seattle on

I've never been on an airplane, train, or in a taxi.

F.H.

answers from Phoenix on

I'm 44 and I've never been drunk. And until I was 40 I had been in the snow, but never when it was snowING. And I've never seen one second of Saturday Night Live. =)

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E.J.

answers from Lincoln on

I've never mowed a lawn. I grew up with all brothers and they got stuck doing it. In my adult life I've always rented, so it's never been my responsibility.

Can't think of any others.... but I'm sure there is more!

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E.B.

answers from Washington DC on

I've never seen The Godfather (any of them) and I've never seen Gone With the Wind.

C.O.

answers from Washington DC on

hhhmmm... interesting question.

I've ridden a horse, BBQ'd and played hop scotch. I swam in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans....I swam in a lake and creek....

I don't know what you consider "common"...

i've never ridden in a hot air balloon....but I know plenty of people that have...

So what do you consider "common'?

M.D.

answers from Dallas on

wow, there isn't too much I haven't done that I can think of right now... sure give me a couple of days, then I'll be like, yeah I never did that... but there is one thing that does come to mind, that is common, I've had opportunities, but for some reason never done it and said I would when I was a little girl. I used to think that I would have all the neighborhood kids over playing with mine and make chocolate chip cookie bars, not just cookies, but the bars. Every time my mom would make them, I had that thought. To tell you the truth not sure if I ever made the bars for my kiddos...

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