What things in life are exaggerated?

[sunnyday]

What things in your life have been exaggerated to a great degree? What have you feared forever because people told you it was horrible? Some of the contenders are childbirth and wisdom teeth removal. Neither is bad at all. I was scared of both because people told me scary tales, and then when they happened, I was amazed at the lack of pain involved.

[Rainband]

Reality

[Lindaloo]

That when I grew up and had kids of my own I would suffer the same woes that I gave my Mother but twice as bad and BOOM she was right. LOL!!

[Guest]

Are you serious about labor and the lack of pain? lol, I beg to differ.

Lindaloo, my mom told me the same thing! And yes, the prophecy has been fulfilled, lol, and he's not even 2 yet.
...Jennifer...

[sunnyday]

Yes, I am serious about very, very little pain in childbirth, and one of mine weighed 10l bs. I had taken Lamaze classes, and I was totally relaxed the whole time, so I felt next to nothing. It's when women can't relax that they fight the pain, and it hurts (so I hear).

[azskyman]

Things that are exaggerated and overrated...

The importance of good looks...how much you can save by switching phone services...movie trailers as compared to the movies themselves....a raise at work if you are unhappy there...professional athletes...the real value of fat free foods...the glamour of being a flight attendant...tattoos you can't cover...biggie sizes...the garden weasel...test scores...pennies...weight watcher frozen dinners...most staplers...air fresheners.

Likewise, things that are undervalued and underrated....

Thunderstorm clouds at sunset...a full size spare tire....your own pillow....a spontaneous call to meet for coffee....prescription sunglasses....the church greeting line...an aisle seat on an airplane...fresh bread...a cell phone set on vibrate...comfortable jeans...more checkout staff...a surprise telephone call from a friend...a six letter word in Scrabble...a parking place in the front space at the mall...getting a real letter in your mailbox...storms when you are off work or out of class...a clean car...the sound of ocean waves at sunset...a dog asleep by your side...being to work five minutes early.

[Miss Mary]

With all due respect sunnday, I agree with Jenn here! You must have a very high tolerance for pain! I had a sister-in-law who delivered naturally with her 3 children. She just glowed telling us all how wonderful it was, how she could give her babies their first baths, carry them to the nursery, etc. So when I got pregnant I said I wanted that 'wonderful' experience too. LOL Several hours into labor and my first doctor exam, I said wait a minute here. My doc said if you think that's bad, how are you going to get thru labor? He then suggested an epidural. I looked around the room, my husband and nurse were saying - take an epidural. I looked back at my doctor and he said it again - take one. It's a wonderful way to have a baby. So with that, they brought on the drugs and it was a wonderful way to have a baby! Just another way. I think my nurse, Jim and the doctor all sat down with a thud, thankful I was getting one. I was quite a handful that day but hey it was my first baby and it was God-awful painful! So overrated? I beg to differ too and have the lengthy post to prove it! But you sure have my respect if you got thru it w/o meds!

Mary

[sunnyday]

I never had any kind of medicine, but I didn't need any. The Lamaze had me trained to relax, and it was not painful at all. I never made a sound. I think one thing, too, is that a woman was in labor across the hall, and she screamed like a banshee. I decided right then not to do that. lol To this point, I have had some things much more painful than labor. But, yes, I do think I have a high pain tolerance.

[Miss Mary]

Sunnyday - if you ever need a new career, you just might make a great lamaze instructor! You sound my like sister-in-law.....LOL To each his own though. I just know for my second L & D, I couldn't ask for an epidural fast enough. I made sure that was in bold on my chart so no one would mistake me for a lamaze type patient! This woman wants drugs!!!

Mary

[pawlee]

someone once told me "size matters" which as i've learned is hogwash... p

[Rainband]

someone once told me "size matters" which as i've learned is hogwash... p

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[streetsoldier]

IMHO, it is "popularity"; one may have a horde of sycophants surrounding him/her, for a time. True friends, however, don't come by the truckful.

[Rainband]

IMHO, it is "popularity"; one may have a horde of sycophants surrounding him/her, for a time. True friends, however, don't come by the truckful.

Great Post and very very true

[rainydaze]

OK here is a totally wierd one, but maybe some members with respiratory problems like me might get it. II've always heard getting a "blood gas" reading is terribly painful. They have to inject a needle deep into your wrist to get blood from the artery, which is deeper than the vein. Anyway, after years of avoiding this, I finally had to get one in the hospital recently and luckily for me, it was not as bad as I had anticipated all these years!! Does anyone here know what I'm tallking about? LOL

[sunnyday]

Yes, I know what you mean by blood gases, but the guy who did mine was digging for gold, I think. He couldn't find what he was looking for, and it was one of my most painful experiences. This is coming from a mommy who felt very little pain in childbirth but much, much in the taking of the blood gases. If it had been done right, maybe it wouldn't have been so bad.

[sunnyday]

Root canals are exaggerated, too. I havew never had a problem with one, and I've had 3 or 4. The last one I had was totally painless.

[Lindaloo]

Well passing a kidney stone IS NOT exaggerated. lol. I would rather be in labor.

[Amanzi]

Having my first c-section. People went on and on about how I would not be able to stand up straight, and take weeks before I would feel like myself... well Ive had 2 now. Both of them I was out of the hospital on the second day, cooking dinner the night I got back home and driving within 4 days.. HMMM but I must admit I missed getting my doses of morphine when I got home.....whhhhhhheeeeeeeeee

[Miss Mary]

Ditto on the root canal. Chipped a tooth about 5 years ago. As the asst. was checking, out came the huge filling. And a "oh no". I knew it, without even hearing it - root canal. Finally had to ask and she said, yes, probably. Well, I'm the type that needs novacaine and years ago, age 7 and under, my two cousins and I went to a rough dentist. A pediatric dentist! He was very impatient with us, wouldn't allow parents back in the exam room. Bribed us with toys at the end. He did slap my cousins around, but not me. But I was petrified of him. Luckily they told their mom they were scared to go back, she wondered why and out the truth came. So we found a new dentist, he didn't believe in novacaine. But he was gentle. I put up with many fillings, no novacaine. Ancient dentristy......LOL I'm only 48, honest. Fast forward to now and we have a wonderful dentist, no doors on any exam room. Everything is so open, you want novacaine, yuo got it lady! Expensive though. So for this root canal he knew I was so nervous. Suggested nitrous oxide with novacaine. I took it and boy was that a pleasant way to have a root canal? What root canal? he he

Mary

[deb_in_nc]

How about the one that got away? I'm sure that some of the fishermen on the board could tell us all about that.