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My children only exist because of....

137 replies

nojellybabies · 14/01/2019 20:19

Swan Lake. My children didn’t know I liked it till tonight so I told them it’s the reason they exist.

It’s like this:

Lonely musical little girl spends a decade dancing to the record
Is intrigued by the romance and mystery of Russia
Tries to go there
Gets as far as Prague
Meets man
Has babes

You?

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AlpacaLypse · 14/01/2019 22:04

@RLABC sorry had only skim read thread earlier. Flowers

IamFrauBlucher · 14/01/2019 22:05

A crazy trip to Thailand. A lot of cheap Thai whisky.

Millionsofthings · 14/01/2019 22:07

**MawkishTwaddle

...my fucking awful taste in men.Grin

That made me laugh!!

Mines is because of IVF!!

0lgaDaPolga · 14/01/2019 22:07

My best friend going on holiday to Kos. She met her (now) husband there and I met my husband through him as they were friends from uni. We lived in the same area but i doubt we would have crossed paths otherwise

90percentvodka10percenthuman · 14/01/2019 22:14

My first two: alcohol and youthful naivety in trying to make a shit relationship work

My youngest: definitely hope against experience

Clottedcreamfudge · 14/01/2019 22:17

Because of lack of parking near where I was working temporarily. Knocked on a friend of a friend's door and cheekily as if I could park on his drive. Married him 18 months later.

fifipop185 · 14/01/2019 22:17

My sister.

I had been dumped and she felt sorry for me and took a very reluctant 17yo me to a friend of a friends party. There I met this total babe and immediately fell in love. Was 24 years ago and DH is still a babe....

elfycat · 14/01/2019 22:22

I fell down the stairs (coughing after a virus, rather than pissed).

Bashed my knee on the way down, couldn't go to work. Had time to go on the internet dating site thingy...

RagingWhoreBag · 14/01/2019 22:23

Beer. Lots of beer. Otherwise I don't think I'd have snogged XH on holiday, but once I did I realised I actually quite fancied him Grin

Oh and a broken condom. DS1 wouldn't be here without that.

Momzilla82 · 14/01/2019 22:25

My husband having to repeat a year owing to burst appendix and his mother dying.
A level maths class. 🤷‍♀️
A persona machine (supposed to be used to avoid pregnancy)- reader it failed in month one.
A hen do in valencia where I drank too much tequila and came home and threw far too much caution to the wind.

The second one.

Because I recovered from the very dark depths of depression and he was my reward for getting well again. He is pure joy.

StillMedusa · 14/01/2019 22:25

Because at 20 I looked good in a bikini Grin Shallow but true.... (met DH in pool in Malta!)

GrapesAndCheese · 14/01/2019 22:25

Because I bought a latte from his coffee shop Grin

ScienceIsTruth · 14/01/2019 22:26

Car accident led to me going online as I couldn't get out and was isolated. Met someone, moved abroad to be with him. Tried and failed to get pregnant for over a year. Gave up trying, went to Dominican Republic for a few weeks to get over it, found out I was pregnant about 4 weeks later (on his birthday).

BertrandRussell · 14/01/2019 22:27

Because there was a full moon one night in Corfu.

willstarttomorrow · 14/01/2019 22:30

Thermal water. I was pretty reconciled to being infertile, we borrowed a friends house in a thermal town in Hungary. Had a lovely week taking to the waters. A bit of a shock a few weeks later! Obviously I cannot say for sure the healing waters are to blame but we never tried any medical form of intervention. I am going again soon but considering I am now in my mid 40s and have not slept with anyone since DH's death a few years ago I assume there will be no repeat!

MightyMagnificentScarfaceClaw · 14/01/2019 22:31

My children only exist because of Jonny Wilkinson. That drop kick had to be celebrated somehow....

Mummyoftwo91 · 14/01/2019 22:31

School. Where me and dh net

AornisHades · 14/01/2019 22:31

Snow.
We got snowed in. We made our own entertainment...

CandleConcerto · 14/01/2019 22:39

An armed robbery.

Pandamodium · 14/01/2019 22:42

My son only exists because I had a nervous breakdown and tried to commit suicide. I met DH in a mental hospital, nearly 5 years stable, married and sickeningly happy.

Rodenhide · 14/01/2019 22:48

@Pandamodium
I'm glad it worked out for you!

southnownorth · 14/01/2019 22:49

By logging on to a particular Yahoo chat room in 2000. Been inseparable ever since.

Ratonastick · 14/01/2019 22:51

A fancy Italian motorbike that I could ride but didn’t know how to maintain. He gave me a T-shirt that said “Ride like a girl. Try and keep up.” Biker and feminist, I swooned. A few crazy years, a few crazy bikes and a laissez fairre approach to contraception (side note: fertility specialists are fallible) and along came a perfect little boy. I still think he fancied the bike more than me though.

Dimedollar · 14/01/2019 22:54

My ex cheated on me, in order to keep up mortgage repayments I took on a 2nd job in a bar, met dh down the line a bit and happily ever after.

Purplewithgreenspots · 14/01/2019 23:04

A drug deal (or, as we told everyone, by chance when we both visited the same friends). Nearly true...