Anyone Else Who Can't Stand the "Taste" of Water?
FP4HSharon
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Ok, my husband thinks I'm crazy, but I'm hoping there are others out there like me. We've lived 15 different places mostly in the USA, but also around the world (military), & w/the exception of water in a California mountain cabin, I have NEVER liked the taste of water, not even bottled/filtered. Don't like to drink it, & when I have to, I chug it like medicine. So I drink slightly sweetened ice tea to stay hydrated. Yes, I'm like the little girl, Bo, in Mel Gibson's movie "Signs." So I've admitted it...am I crazy, or are there more of you like me? :-)
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No.
I'm sorry but your crazy.
It's water and it's the most refreshing thing on the planet and allows plants to grow and humans to breathe.
And YOU complain about the TASTE.0 -
Yeah, you're just crazy.0
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Yeah, you're just crazy.
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Ok, my husband thinks I'm crazy, but I'm hoping there are others out there like me. We've lived 15 different places mostly in the USA, but also around the world (military), & w/the exception of water in a California mountain cabin, I have NEVER liked the taste of water, not even bottled/filtered. Don't like to drink it, & when I have to, I chug it like medicine. So I drink slightly sweetened ice tea to stay hydrated. Yes, I'm like the little girl, Bo, in Mel Gibson's movie "Signs." So I've admitted it...am I crazy, or are there more of you like me? :-)
... what?
it... it has no taste... it's just water... i ... :huh:0 -
Water is tasteless. You're imagining things. Gustatory hallucination.0
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I hate water! It's horrible. I totally agree with you. I only drink it at the gym for rehydration but I can't stand it! I tend to tint the taste of mine with no added sugar squash!
Everyone might think you're crazy - and me too now - but I am right there with you. WATER IS HORRIBLE!!
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Water is fine...air I detest.0
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I don't like the taste of water so I only drink it in the form of coffee or tea and, of course, there is a lot of water in the foods we eat anyway. Been doing it this way for most of my life.
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I hate water! It's horrible. I totally agree with you. I only drink it at the gym for rehydration but I can't stand it! I tend to tint the taste of mine with no added sugar squash!
Everyone might think you're crazy - and me too now - but I am right there with you. WATER IS HORRIBLE!!
Ax
Are you perhaps getting it from the toilet?0 -
Well, in all fairness, water does have different tastes. Otherwise there wouldn't be articles on the "best" bottled water. Also if anyone's ever lived near the ocean, as well as other places, they can tell you water can have different tastes. I just seem to not like any of them.0
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I love an ice cold glass of water right when I wake up. It's so refrseshing for my mouth.0
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add coffee to it! XD0
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Wait...I hate water! It's horrible. I totally agree with you. I only drink it at the gym for rehydration but I can't stand it! I tend to tint the taste of mine with no added sugar squash!
Everyone might think you're crazy - and me too now - but I am right there with you. WATER IS HORRIBLE!!
Ax
Are you perhaps getting it from the toilet?
Where are you supposed to get it from?0 -
Some of us are very sensitive to mineral tatses especially chlorine which frankly tastes like a male body secretion :sick: I've been told I'm weird on this one for sure.
I can only drink filtered water. Ice even leaves a residual taste that I sometimes cant stomach, but with with that being said I keep a 100oz Big Gulp filled with water every day. I use a ton of filtered ice and I put a decaf tea bag in mine to steep which has enough tannins in it to cover the taste.
You're not alone, but it is possible to drink your water you just have to get creative.0 -
I hate water! It's horrible. I totally agree with you. I only drink it at the gym for rehydration but I can't stand it! I tend to tint the taste of mine with no added sugar squash!
Everyone might think you're crazy - and me too now - but I am right there with you. WATER IS HORRIBLE!!
Ax
Are you perhaps getting it from the toilet?
From a bottle... it's just horrible though. I think my problem is that it is tasteless! I need flavour!0 -
You're not supposed to drink saltwater.Well, in all fairness, water does have different tastes. Otherwise there wouldn't be articles on the "best" bottled water. Also if anyone's ever lived near the ocean, as well as other places, they can tell you water can have different tastes. I just seem to not like any of them.0 -
I hate water! It's horrible. I totally agree with you. I only drink it at the gym for rehydration but I can't stand it! I tend to tint the taste of mine with no added sugar squash!
Everyone might think you're crazy - and me too now - but I am right there with you. WATER IS HORRIBLE!!
Ax
Are you perhaps getting it from the toilet?
Wait...
Where are you supposed to get it from?
Hahaha!0 -
add coffee to it! XD
This exactly! Is there any other way to drink it?0 -
I drink about 4 liters a day. I'm in Oregon, though, and we have great tasting water compared to other states I've tried some water in :P0
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I hate water! It's horrible. I totally agree with you. I only drink it at the gym for rehydration but I can't stand it! I tend to tint the taste of mine with no added sugar squash!
Everyone might think you're crazy - and me too now - but I am right there with you. WATER IS HORRIBLE!!
Ax
Are you perhaps getting it from the toilet?
From a bottle... it's just horrible though. I think my problem is that it is tasteless! I need flavour!
I can help ya with that....
crystal light?0 -
I can confirm that scottish water does taste the best.
However, I also can't stand drinking water so always add 'no added sugar' diluting juice in.0 -
The tap water here tastes like chlorine to me. I can only drink it if I put lemon or something in it. I'm good with bottled water or tap water from elsewhere.0
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Ok, my husband thinks I'm crazy, but I'm hoping there are others out there like me. We've lived 15 different places mostly in the USA, but also around the world (military), & w/the exception of water in a California mountain cabin, I have NEVER liked the taste of water, not even bottled/filtered. Don't like to drink it, & when I have to, I chug it like medicine. So I drink slightly sweetened ice tea to stay hydrated. Yes, I'm like the little girl, Bo, in Mel Gibson's movie "Signs." So I've admitted it...am I crazy, or are there more of you like me? :-)
... what?
it... it has no taste... it's just water... i ... :huh:
Please don't "attack" her. She has a right to state her opinion.
"now you know how the rest of us feels about things YOU post."0 -
i used to not like plain water, simply bc it did not taste like anything to me and i thought it was boring.
i now love it, although i do know many people who hate the "taste" or lack of taste of water, and will only drink like gatorade or flavored seltzer water or something.0 -
Just drink the damn water, at least your water is not contaminated like it is in some parts of the world.0
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I have hated water all my life. I force myself to drink because I know I need it and it is better for me than all the Diet Coke I used to drink. I still have a diet coke when I want it. I now stay completely away from tea except when making it for my family. I do flavor water and I can now drink it room temp. which is an improvement for me. Since I've been trying to lose weight, I try to drink at least 2 bottles a day - more if I'm lucky.0
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I agree...water taste differently pending on where you get it. I live in AR and people come from all over for the waters from out "healing springs" but I can't stand that tast of the water that millions travel for! I'd rather just be thristy. However, I have found places that I like water at and make sure I have an extra bottles with me to grab some before heading home and I drink it all day and have one for me in the morning. There really isn't an excuse for not drinking water these days though, you can "dress it up" by putting different fresh fruits or even veggies in it (I personally LOVE cucumbers in my water) and the falvor packets are out there too!0
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i am sorta with you on this, I grew up drinking lots of milk, and fruit juice, Obviously as an adult this isn't so great, so I satrted trying to drink water instead of the flavoured beverages of all sort that i know and love. Water absolutely has a taste, and anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themself. chlorinated city water tastes much much different than the water at my parents house, where they have a 300 ft deep well, which tastes completely different from my grandparents farm, in an area where the ground contains a lot of sulphur deposits. I started out just chugging it as a means to an end, but have eventually come to not mind the taste at all. I am not fancy, i just drink tap water through a brita filter, but whatever works for you0
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There are lots of things on the market to flavor water. if you don't like it plain, then flavor it, brew it into tea, whatever you like.
Personally, I usually can't stand the taste of tap water but it's fine after going through a Brita Filter. I can taste the chlorine in the water at home. The well water at my Adirondack cabin has a lot of iron and leaves a metalic aftertaste. The Brita helps with that too.
yes, pure water is tasteless but most water has some dissolved minerals which can affect the flavor.
OP, you are not crazy.0
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