Ever WANT to like something, but just can't?

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Funny that the OP mentioned video games. I have always wanted to like Final Fantasy because people talk about it like it's this amazing series and I'm crazy for not liking it. I just don't though because there is too much grinding.

I wish I could like whisky, because my husband does and it would give us another connection (he's really into it). I just don't, though.

Nah.

It would be nice if I could like html, java, python. But I just hate it and I'm an IT person.

I tried to like comic books (even the The Walking Dead series), but simply could not get myself interested enough to purchase them. Some of this has to do with the idea of spending money (you never know when you may actually need that money, so it is just best to hang on to it). Another reason is the annoying fandom surrounding the series and comic books in general (though this does not provide a very significant deterrence) and the third reason is unknown to myself (I just dislike comic books). I managed to read the first two trade paperbacks in the series (which were gifted to me, so no financial contribution was made on my part), but found them oddly uninteresting.

I really wish I was religious. I just can't do it. It's a fairytale. Tried for awhile, I just can't, might as well be santa or the tooth fairy.

I do hate it when some people believe that everyone chooses not to like something. That's not always the case. It's like wanting to grow wings of your own and fly freely like a bird, but knowing you can't because it's not possible. But you don't choose to not have wings, therefore you don't choose to not fly. You don't fly because you can't, or if you did want to fly you'd have to have special equipment to fly, when flying freely like a bird would be much quicker and easier, and more natural.

So it goes the same for me with socialising. I want to become really confident and be able to mix without coming across as strange, but I know I can't because it's not possible. I don't exactly choose to not be confident, therefore I don't choose not to attend social situations too often, I just feel I can't because I'm too shy and unsociable to enjoy them. If I did want to become confident and able to make friends and enjoy social situations, I'd have to have aid, like attend social groups and confidence-building courses, and/or take meds or do illegal drugs or something like that, when, really, being a confident NT is much easier in certain social situations because it's more natural.

See? The two are the same!

I also want to be into clothes shopping, but I can't. I have forced myself before, but I began to feel awkward, even though nobody else was making me feel awkward, it's just how I felt. I just wish I was naturally into clothes shopping to begin with. I would love to be in my glory when entering a clothes shop, and really know what I want, and know what suits me, and know how to admire myself in different clothes. But when I go into the fitting-rooms, it's like I'm doing something that's not me. Also I feel the girls who gaurd the fitting-room area always stare critically at what I have brought into the fitting-rooms to try on, no matter how stylish the clothes I got are. Or at least I think they do.

That's another thing I have learnt, is that social anxiety can put you off trying to like new things. I can't enjoy clothes shopping because I feel other girls are watching me whatever I am doing and criticising whatever I pick out. I can't enjoy socialising because of social anxiety. I can't enjoy vacations because of social anxiety (because whoever I go with always has to make friends with other people, and mixing is so hard for me to do that it spoils my time).

Blade Runner

Ive tried to watch it like 5 times, and each time gotten bored and switched the channel after about an hour. I keep thinking there must be something im missing as its viewed as such a classic and so many people list it in their top 5. I just cant get into it. I like the atmosphere and the art/photography, but the story just plods along to me. /shrug

5 years ago I would've had a big long list, but now I'm content with what I like.

I wish I could relate more to local history, but I've always found it boring because I harbour a bit of contempt for the place I've lived nearly all my life.

I tried really hard to like anime... just couldn't get into it.

This is going to be another one of my long lists... because there are a lot of things I wish I were interested in -some so that I might develop certain skills which could be useful for getting a job and/or just functioning in society and others so that I could connect with people better ..........since I don't have many common interests with my family or friends. There were also certain novel series that I wanted to become really excited about and them to become special interests but they never did.

things I wish I were interested in for
developing skills and because these seem like worthwhile pursuits:
1)learning foreign languages
2) physics and maths
3) technology-computer programming specifically
4)playing a musical instrument (could teach music) or creating visual art
5) handy things around the house/mechanical knowledge
connecting with people:
6)socializing in groups (parties, clubs, bars)
7) comic books
anime
9) comic cons- cosplay
10) role playing games
12) video games
13) current events and politics
14) mainstream movies and names of actors
15)mainstream current music and knowledge of singers/bands
16) sewing so I could make costumes with my friends for comic con and halloween (can't sew-poor manual dexterity)
just because I wanted them as SI's but they never took:
17) the Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth series - I did love Wizard's First Rule but never got into the books after it
18)Clive Barker books- I really enjoyed reading Imajica and Weaveword but somehow they weren't conducive to my daydream world and just didn't become an SI-I also tried The Aborat series by him but didn't really like it.