Here’s a link to an earlier post I made on the subject.
I could echo almost everything @smokinhole writes here.
I smiled when I read about his first actual IMC.
When you get your instrument rating you usually do most of the training under a hood, because flying single engine IMC increases the risk. You only have one engine, and if it stops you better hope the ceiling doesn’t merge with the planet, or you will have a very bad day.
So my first actual IMC flight was during multi engine instrument training. I will never forget bursting out on top of the clouds, for the first time! What a feeling!
But yeah, flying VFR and getting trapped by weather is dangerous if you’re not trained for it and have experience with it.