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Describe the ‘perfect life’

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surferjet · 25/09/2018 08:41

for me it would be married. lovely supportive husband who earns lots of money so I can stay at home with our 6 children ( 4 boys 2 girls ) living in a nice big house in a trendy London suburb.

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WhatWouldLeslieKnopeDo · 25/09/2018 08:44

I'd live in Sheffield with my wonderful husband, a daughter and pet Pygmy goat. We would all be in good health.

BitchQueen90 · 25/09/2018 09:08

The one I have now but with more money so I can travel more and a nicer house. I'm a single parent at the moment and I actually prefer it that way!

sittingonacornflake · 25/09/2018 09:08

I'd live in a big Cornish cottage, nice and old with a big open fire but done up with all mod cons on the inside. Incredible sea view. I'd write, have a dog and children and run on the beach. Ooh I'd also bake (and actually be good at it). And I'd be 2 3 stone lighter. Oooh and eat lots of fresh fish and herbs and yum. And have lots of friends.

Maybe a husband? One who worked away perhaps. Maybe a space explorer

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surferjet · 25/09/2018 09:16

sittingonacornflake. Can I come & live in your life, it sounds wonderful

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keepingbees · 25/09/2018 09:20

On paper I have most the 'perfect life' things, but I'm not happy.
I'd love to live by the sea, lovely big house. I'd have no animal allergies and have a cat or two. But most of all I'd have some lovely friends and supportive family. That would mean the most to me.

Littlechocola · 25/09/2018 09:21

I quite like mine as it is.

HowlsMovingBungalow · 25/09/2018 09:23

Rural cottage with no neighbours, good plot of land to have a few animals, large vegetable plot.Enough savings to retire and live quietly. No toxic family - everyone gets on and visits for celebrations/birthdays.

MewithaC · 25/09/2018 09:23

What bitchqueen said - would be nice not to have to think about money as much but I definitely don't want a man in the equation!

Ignoramusgiganticus · 25/09/2018 09:24

My life with just a bit more money.

Causeimunderyourspell · 25/09/2018 09:24

All my friends and family would be happy, and free of any mental or physical ill health. More money would be nice but your health is your wealth, so I'd just be happy if everyone was good. I'm a worrier, can you tell?

stegosauruslady · 25/09/2018 09:26

I'm pretty content. I'd like a house with one more bedroom and a garden (working on it!) and for DP to find a job that makes him happier. ExH could be better at contact with the DDs.

iLoveSpaDays · 25/09/2018 09:26

It would be lovely for DH to earn really good money, so I can stay home with DD and have more kids.

KnitFastDieWarm · 25/09/2018 09:27

My current life, but in my dream Victorian villa and no toys strewn everywhere

BrokeLuce · 25/09/2018 09:28

A lovely big Victorian house in South London with an aga, two kids, a DH who is on six figures, a part time job for me that means I can be around to do the school run, two holidays a year, enough money for private school, money for a weekly therapist and a happy marriage.

iLoveSpaDays · 25/09/2018 09:28

It would be lovely for DH to earn really good money so I could be a sahp to our DD, and have more kids. Would like a nice big house maybe in US and have a cleaner! Would like all of the family to be healthy

purpleme12 · 25/09/2018 09:38

Living next to the beach. With a really nice house. Big windows. Patio doors. Lots of light. A big garden or even a garden lol. Money to go on holiday. A man who treats me right but not soppy I don't want someone to look after me I want someone to have fun with a be passionate about life with and make the most of life. Most of all I wish for a great relationship with my daughter when she grows up. I would wish got a close family too who loved me

MsForestier · 25/09/2018 09:41

I get very attached to places and don't move easily. I've already had to emigrate from my home country but when I daydream about a perfect life, it doesn't seem to involve going back 'home'.

So.....first and foremost I'd like a non toxic family who are much less troubled and who can engage lovingly with me. If that was the only thing I could have, I'd be made up.

I'd stay in the same house but it would be lovely to upgrade the house from top to bottom. My garden would be lovely.

I'd be much fitter and have got my weight down to a normal BMI.

I'm pretty content - I think if I was offered an amazing house I'd be upset to move because this little shack is home. But the family issues really upsets me.

MsForestier · 25/09/2018 09:43

Okay then, I'd like a flat in a German speaking city so that I could practise my German abroad Say Vienna or perhaps Munich or Berlin.

EssentialHummus · 25/09/2018 09:43

I have most of what I could need or want, but a husband who didn't constantly moan about leaving London and an internal feeling of greater security would both be game-changers.

Racecardriver · 25/09/2018 09:44

My perfect life would be with my husband a two children. Living in a 3000 sqf house (minimum) in the village where my children go to school with a annex for my lovely father. My husband would finally finish his books and get more work advising governments and eventually take on an important role in the UN. I would stay at home and make a living from some kind of art/writting/creative business or something.

thatmustbenigelwiththebrie · 25/09/2018 09:45

I quite like my life as it is but I would be able to work part time (current work won't allow it) and in my dream life the weather is a lot warmer and it's never cold and wet.

serbska · 25/09/2018 09:48

for me it would be married. lovely supportive husband who earns lots of money so I can stay at home with our 6 children

So your perfect life involves having a man who has to work his arse off to support you? And you don’t get to se whim. And he doesn’t get to see his children much. Shit life you’re wishing for your lovely supportive husband.

Why not wish you had ‘family money’ or a lottery win and free your husband from work and soend tome with him????

serbska · 25/09/2018 09:49

I’ll keep my life as it is, but have a £2m lottery win.

Not enough to quit work and have difficulties with everyone knowing you have a lottery win, but enough so I can drop to work 3 or 4 days, pay off the mortgage, do the house up and have a great retirement fund.

chipsandgin · 25/09/2018 09:57

My life with enough money, I’d love a car that worked, a house that I owned and could fill with lovely furniture & pictures on the wall and I’d like to be able to go on holiday before my kids leave home.

I feel very lucky nonetheless - we have food, shelter & health, lots of lovely friends & family, but the car/holiday/break from sleepless nights about how to pay the rent & not holding my breath every time I pass my maxed out card to a cashier at the supermarket would be nice!

Oh & I’d also look a lot less saggy, haggard & have some glowy skin & my abs back please whilst we’re at it!

Nutellaoffaspoon · 25/09/2018 09:59

My DD would always be happy and healthy. Always number one.

Oh and we'd live in a massive house (mix of contemporary and elegance) in Padstow, with a HUUUUGE kitchen and a massive garden, over looking the sea.

We'd have a really buzzy social life (currently lacking) and my anxiety wouldn't exist.

And we all lived happily ever after

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