I was raised to drink lots of soda. Water tastes bland to me, and also weird, especially after a meal. I'm conditioned to want something sweet. I don't drink coffee--for some reason, the caffeine in coffee gives me unpleasant visits to the bathroom, whereas in diet soda, it doesn't. Tea has to have sugar for me. My boyfriend gets "dough" (pronounced DOOG) at the Persian restaurant we frequent, and that's mostly yogurt and salty. I can't understand how it would satisfy one's thirst. I can learn to tolerate water, but I don't know that I can learn to like it.