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To ask if you believe you’ve lived a luckier life than most?

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MyAmusedOpalCrab · 21/07/2025 16:27

Whether it’s down to circumstances, timing, support, or sheer chance - do you ever stop and think, “I’ve had it easier than others?” Or do you believe we mostly make our own luck?

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SchnizelVonKrumm · 21/07/2025 16:32

Posters living in the UK in 2025 are luckier in most respects than the vast majority of human beings who have ever existed.

W0tnow · 21/07/2025 16:32

A bit of both. Circumstances and chance have gone my way on occasion. I purchased property at the right time, for example. I have taken some risks though, and made some major life decisions that could have gone either way. They have worked out well but took some bravery at the time.

I will say that in my mid 50s I’ve not experienced great tragedy or heartache. I’m aware life can change in an instant. Friends have lost children to terrible diseases, friends are dying from terrible diseases. I’m so lucky in that regard.

CommissarySushi · 21/07/2025 16:32

So far, yes, but there's plenty of time for things to go wrong yet. I do like to look on the bright side.

Imperfectpolly · 21/07/2025 16:31

I think I've had zero luck in life. Dh will sometimes say we're lucky to have our house. I disagree and think we had no luck and just worked really bloody hard for it.