What’s the one thing you have done that you never thought you would?

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Mine is quite lame but, I don’t like heights and had to attend one of those work get to know you days at it was at Centre parcs and I had to jump off of various far too high woodland obstacles.

I loved it! I’m old and can’t believe I left it so late to fling myself off high obstacles.

I now want to do a parachute jump. 30 year old me would never do it

Consider applying for citizenship of the European country I’ve happily lived in, with equal right and benefits as a British citizen, for the last 30 years.

Ran a half marathon and passed my driving test. Both in the last year.

Have a baby. Never thought I could do it and I did!

I also emigrated in my 40s.

Learn a foreign language, take a toyboy lover, spend christmas on my own (last year - it was ok).

Shag random strangers for the fun of it

I also emigrated in my 40s! Feel like we need to start a club!!

Beat my addiction of over 20 years, stayed clean for 5 years but have now relapsed so have to do it all over again

Found Ms Right in my mid-40s, bought a house with her 18 months later!

go snowboarding
get a tattoo - its very elegant and discreet

both this year, when I turned 50

Not had children....I always thought I would but it hasn't worked out like that and now at 45 its a bit too late. I'm happy and at peace with it though, life is just different to what I thought it would be when I was younger.

Gave up meat, and I used to love it. Gave it up 2 years ago just to see if I could and here I am, almost vegetarian (I eat a little bit of fish).

Have twins! Wouldn’t have ever seen that happened and even then, it only happened thanks to ivf

Move to The European mainland to live

Get divorced (I never thought I'd get married so that's kind of bookended it 😂😂😂)

Be a single mother

Sometimes I feel like a 21 year old playing at "grown-ups".

Did a parachute jump. Went to uni in my 40's. Became a teacher

Finish my PhD, considering I spent every day for 6 years thinking about giving up!

See user name!

PhD.

Single parent. Went to uni to do my undergrad at 40. Graduated at 43. Thought up idea for PhD and pitched it and got funding. And I am doing it.

So much for my ex who told me I was thick and wouldn’t even get a degree.

Run for the enjoyment of it, not because shouty teacher is making me do it.

Look like my mum. I always looked like my dad but the older I get the more I see my mum looking back at me in the mirror.

Took up running. Couldn't do it for years but started 3 years ago. This year I've done a 5k race and 3 10k. Half marathon next year!!

Paraglided from a mountain in olu deniz, turkey.
Like being on a giant swing with great views. Freezing though. I'm so glad i did it.
Having a child. She's my gold.

Become a parent. Spent my entire 20s being staunchly against having children as I thought I was too messed up. Then met my DH and had my little boy two years ago. Has been hard as I still have issues I'm working through, but he's the light of my life

Exercise classes.

I hated and avoided all exercise in my teens, twenties, thirties. Now love it!

Vote Lib Dem.

Live in a different country for the second half of my life.

Go out on a yardarm on a three-masted schooner. Was both scary and exhilarating!

Have children - I was told I would never have them. Now I have 2.

Run a half marathon! Never exercised and I ran one this year. Full one next year.