I felt that way with Rune Factory 2 for the longest time. Theres like a six or seven year time skip in that game and I basically lived it in real time before I actually made it through the game because the game just starts on such a slow pace and it was really difficult for me to get into, despite loving that series. Things went faster after making it to the time skip finally. RF2 has a really good story though.
What annoyed me today was the trashguy leaving our garbage lid in the street and cars ran it over and now its a pancake. Rip lid.