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

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DailyMailDontStealMyThread · 06/12/2018 22:06

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 Grin

OP posts:
Greenteandchives · 07/12/2018 07:44

Become addicted to cruising. I have been to places I could never have imagined going to, on cruise ships. ...

Silvercatowner · 07/12/2018 07:49

After 30 years of not flying I finally got into a plane for short flights and then flew long haul. When you have offspring on another continent, not flying is a huge issue.

starlight45 · 07/12/2018 07:53

Stand up to my abusive parents. Stop contact and be successful at living my life, raising my dcs and be able to make decisions without them telling me what to do.

lightlypoached · 07/12/2018 07:55

went on live national telly.

Auntiepatricia · 07/12/2018 07:56

Take on a housewife role. I’ve always been a fierce feminist, even as a small child before I knew what feminism was, but here I am doing a lot of my DHs share of family work. I also work full time. But the reason is he works 24/7/365. So it makes sense for me to do the home life graft. But it does bother me because fundamentally I don’t want my kids to see what looks like a woman serving a man. Dishing up his dinner, clearing away after, making sure he has clean clothes. I outsource as much of it as possible so that it’s not me (because it’s no more my responsibility than his) but I also worry about his stress levels and how he’s killing himself working so end up minding him and caring for him in a way that looks very ‘wifey’.

Jimpix · 07/12/2018 07:57

ellesbelles same here! My twins are 6 now and I can still hardly believe that we had twins! We don’t have a family history so it was a HUGE shock 😬.

ManicUnicorn · 07/12/2018 07:59

Become a gym bunny/exercise addict. I was that kid at school who was crap at sports and always forged notes from my parents to get out of PE. Now Ive run a 5k, I try to run at least once a week and I lift weights. It's a revelation and has been so good for my mental health.

BeautyQueenFromMars · 07/12/2018 08:01

Met someone I actually want to spend the rest of my life with.

Got married (to said person).

Passed my driving test and own a car that I drive on my own, with nobody in the passenger seat Grin.

KatharinaRosalie · 07/12/2018 08:10

Do sports. I was the least sporty person you can imagine. I never, ever did anything. That kid at school who's never picked for any team and comes last at any race? That was me. In my 20s, I could not even run 100 meters without needing a break.

I now have an evening job as a group fitness instructor and have gone from last in races to finishing in the first 1/3, incluing a half marathon.

darumafan · 07/12/2018 08:10

Arranged my beautiful son's funeral. 😢

MemorialBeach · 07/12/2018 08:51

Had sex

TanteRose · 07/12/2018 09:31

darumafan SadFlowers

shiveringtimber · 07/12/2018 10:05

Bring up two SN children on my own.

akerman · 07/12/2018 11:41

Oh Darumafan Flowers. Sending love xxx

ContessaHallelujahSparklehorse · 07/12/2018 11:44

Darumafan Sad

I got a degree in a difficult subject (well I still think of it as difficult!) and then a PhD. 15yo me would have scoffed at the thought of fat, useless me being intelligent enough to do either.

Also, am married. I never expected anyone to like me enough to date, let alone marry!

brizzledrizzle · 07/12/2018 12:29

Swam in a river with alligators.
Held a tarantula without killing it.
Watched my DC swim with sharks.

Tighnabruaich · 07/12/2018 12:36

Passed my driving test first time aged 52. Graduated aged 36. Confronted my mother about my paternity. Then went NC.

MargoLovebutter · 07/12/2018 12:37

Good for you OP. It is a great feeling doing things like that.

My list is long and sadly not many of them are in the same spirit as your post, but one that is, was climbing a tower for charity. Terrifying but huge adrenaline rush afterwards.

paap1975 · 07/12/2018 12:40

Run 3 half marathons. Lost 20kg first!

crosser62 · 07/12/2018 12:42

Had 2 babies.

  1. I never liked children.
  2. hideous fertility issues
  3. multiple miscarriages

Also I got to the top of my game professionally. I left school with 1 I level.

Started again pretty much from scratch professionally. That has been the hardest and most unsettling.

thewalrus · 07/12/2018 12:45

Given birth with no pain relief. Am the first to reach for medication at the first sign of a headache etc.

Self-injected. Was needle-phobic for years after school TB jab at 11. If I had to have an injection I would need someone to drive me home etc and prone to fainting. Then I needed IVF.

Snowwontbelong · 07/12/2018 12:46

Had 4 dh's!
*to clarify not at the same time!

loveka · 07/12/2018 12:48

Moved into a semi detached house, after 20 years in a detached.

I am hoping this is not madness! It is halls ajoining but now we have done it I find myself listening for noise.

ifeellikeanidiot · 07/12/2018 12:53

Ride a bike
Drive a car

Not voted. Quite a few times. Younger me would be horrified.

Manzana · 07/12/2018 13:04

Never liked swimming out of my depth (still don't) but in my 50s I joined a kayak club on a river and absolutely love it, even the falling out is ok