I can't, I won't, I'll never!

[Palamon]

What is something you hope you never have to do? Or what is something you refuse to do?

[Neo Emolga]

Go through Hell. Literally, the world of damnation and not just temporary rough times. Just the very idea of being forever stuck in such a place gives me the creeps. I'm the kind of person that would die for their faith in God, but it makes me anxious to wonder what's enough and what isn't. I also wouldn't wish Hell upon anyone else that truly didn't want it. I'd rather see people sent back to try again or perform remedial actions to make up for whatever wrongs they did in life, even if the list is hundreds of miles long. But then again, there are those that would simply refuse regardless of what they saw or were shown.

Besides that, on a more earthly plane level, being hopelessly, tragically drowning in debt. To me, it's essentially slavery. So yeah, being stuck with having to pay off a massive debt and being chained to it is something I really don't ever want to have to go through. I don't think I could do the whole being broke and homeless thing either. I have a Master's and plenty of work experience, so I doubt it'll ever get THAT bad, even if I have to start taking retail jobs and such, but you never know for sure. It's just the idea of having no place to go to, no place to belong, all while having no idea what tomorrow will bring in terms of trying to survive is an idea that I struggle with imagining. Yeah, I'll be honest, I don't think I'd enjoy a zombie apocalypse at all.

[Noblejanobii]

If you know me personally, you'll know there are four things I'll never do:
1) Use a swear word out of context
Having grown up in a household where my mother swears worse than a sailor, I've decided that there are other words that can better fit the situation. As such, unless I am describing the true meaning of the word (such as female dog), I will refrain from using the inappropriate words in terms that they were not intended to be used. And even then I tend to refrain from using them in their true context. I've never truly liked curse words in speech. Writing is different because it can add an emphasis that the story might otherwise be lacking, but only if you don't use them that often. In speech, however, they are just flavor words added to make a sentence sound more powerful but end up doing the opposite effect by making you appear less intelligent.

2) Have sex before marriage
This has become true for multiple reasons mainly stemming from how I was raised and the trauma that has been inflicted on me throughout the many years of my life. Being raised in a Catholic household, I was taught from the instant puberty hit that intercourse was a sacred act between a man and a woman to symbolize their love for one another and their loyalty to each other. Thus, performing the action the with many different people made the act no longer sacred and rendered it meaningless with no loyalty or love within it. I couldn't stand the thought of that, and the fact that I've been traumatized through a rape attempt and a sexual assault, it's hard to even fathom that I would even get up the courage to consent to such a thought. Thus, I've saved myself and hope to present my future husband with a gift that is uniquely his.

3) Judge people
Being a bully victim myself, I know first hand how it feels to be judged. It's not fun and I know it hurts. I don't want to inflict the same pain I felt when being bullied into other people, so I never judge them at first glance. Assumptions lead to bad things and I don't want to put someone into a frame that doesn't fit them.

4) Cut my hair
Originally, when I was a kid, I wanted to be Rapunzel when I grew up. My parents, not having the heart to tell me otherwise, allowed me to try for this dream and never cut my hair. In fact, there's actually no "baby's first haircut" in any scrapbook of mine because I'd always start crying and throwing tantrums when they tried to cut my hair. As I grew older, the goal changed to beating the world record for the longest hair. With the record holder having hair over 18 feet long that took her roughly thirty years to grow, I realized I might have some difficulty in that aspect because in almost 20 years my hair has only grown about 3-4 feet. So, then came the question. Do I cut it? As I was pondering this, I came upon the story of Samson in the bible. To summarize for those who don't know the tale, there was a man named Samson who wanted to be strong. God gave him strength and told Samson that his strength would remain forever as long as he did not cut his hair. For a long time, Samson did not tell, until Deliah came along and tricked Samson into telling her. She cuts his hair and he gets sent to prison. His eyes get gouged out and he gets put on a public execution but, before he gets killed, he prays to God for strength and then pushed the two main pillars holding the building up out from under the building and caused it to collapse. After reading it, I came to realize that my long hair has been one of the few constants in my life. It is the symbol of my strength and if I cut it then I'll lose the strength that I have gained throughout all the years that I've had my hair.

[Corey]

Honestly, I don't know what I absolutely wouldn't do! Reading the other replies, I don't see anything that I'm horribly opposed to (I mean, yeah, I definitely don't want to go through debt or actively judge people, but those don't jump out at me, and I'm not really opposed to the others at all).

I guess I'd never try to offend or hurt someone's feelings purposefully. I'm very non-confrontational (I handle most of my grievances passively, which I know isn't very healthy lol) - I don't like to confront or especially be confronted. I just am absolutely opposed to stepping on toes, more so if I know I'm doing it. I hate hate hate having my feelings hurt - I'm really, really sensitive and feel emotions very strongly and for longer periods of time than most people (because I have a personality disorder), so for most of my life I guess I've always just felt hurt by someone in some way. I usually just end up ruminating about it for a few days, but behavior I perceive as more offensive causes me to avoid that person until they make it up somehow (because I'm so sensitive I usually hold grudges for ungodly bouts of time), which, admittedly, isn't really fair to the other person because they can't make it up if I'm avoiding them! But, I can't really put my emotions aside...I simply don't feel comfortable talking to someone who I feel has hurt me - it's also kind of because I don't want to make them think it's okay because I ignored their offense. I dunno, I really don't like hurting feelings unless I deem it absolutely necessary. So I'd never do it purposefully unless it's intended to help them.

[SassySnivy]

I'm with Corey: there isn't much I'm totally opposed to, I just want to live my life to the fullest. As with Corey, sure there's the obvious things I don't like to do. The only things I can think of now:

• NOT to spoil Undertale for myself until I get around to completing the game.
• I'll never smoke. Ugh. Yuck. No thanks! I don't have anything against people who smoke, but I just think it's a disgusting habit.
• Never will I cheat on my husband. I'm serious. I mean sure I get crushes, like how I do now (which is driving me crazy by the way =_= ), but they don't mean anything. Anyway, it just means that I'm happy and comfortable. I know it's kinda ironic; usually you'd think the opposite, that someone who is unhappy in their relationship would become attracted to other people. Sure that's true for some, but not for me.

By the way I beg to differ with the argument that cursing in a casual setting makes you look unintelligent, but that's probably a story for another day.

I also can't say I go out of my way to not offend people. Seeing how easily offended people are nowadays, I don't care if something I say so happens to offend someone. Sure I won't typically go out of my way to offend someone unless I'm super pissed-off at them, but yeah. I've learned that its good to speak your mind and NOT be afraid to stand up for something you strongly believe in. If you live just to please others, you're gonna lead a miserable life.

You always have such great thread ideas, Palamon!