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How have the 2010s been for you?

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Coffeeandtv1983 · 30/12/2019 07:15

Sorry if this has already been done.

I was 27 in 2010. Since then met my husband, got married, bought a house, had 2 kids and changed jobs a couple of times. Feels life has changed massively and I sometimes miss those days when I had a lot less responsibility. Have lost too many family and friends over the last 10 years but ultimately it’s been a good decade for me.

What about everyone else?

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CurlyWurlyTwirly · 30/12/2019 07:18

First half great. Second half shit.
Looking forward to the 2020’s

confusedandemployed · 30/12/2019 07:22

I was 37 in 2010. By then I'd met my now exDH, but DD came along 3 years later.

I've changed jobs a few times but finally found a field I'm happy to stay in.

I'm financially better off since ex and I split, we're still on good terms (more or less) and I've just moved back to my home town.

Life was good in 2010, but 2020 could hopefully be even better.

1995-2008 were utterly shit years for me so swings and roundabouts.

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 30/12/2019 07:33

A mixed bag to be honest.

2010 - I had poor health and DH was unemployed

2012 - A great year - both of us were well, working and had some great adventures

2014 - had our beautiful boy. Soon to turn 6 Smile

2016 - moved house - chaos for months

2017 - worst year of my life. DM had an awful battle with cancer, saw the NHS and adult social care sector at its most inadequate following years of austerity. Support for DM was pitiful. DM died 6 months in. Am still dealing with the fallout. Still have strong urge punch various Tory politicians. DS went through diagnosis process for ASD.

2018 - DS started school. A 6 month battle to get an EHCP for school. General lack of funding due to austerity. Very stressful - still big urge to punch Tory politicians.

2019 - DS thriving in school- is happy and his language and social skills improving week on week. Proud beyond belief of his progress. Smile

EmmiJay · 30/12/2019 07:34

I was 24 in 2010😯 So I've done all of my growing in the last 10 years. Had my bebe, own my flat, had some pretty sterling jobs etc. Its been a challenging time with losing family members and going nc with some. I loved hard and lost hard but ultimately I've learnt I'm actually very resilient and I'm leaving this decade perfectly zen.🧘🏾‍♀️

YearofMisAdventure · 30/12/2019 07:50

So much change.

Split with bf in 2011 and have been single since. Not what I expected but I have changed careers and am doing well, and bought my own flat.

Got a life changing diagnosis which involved several weeks of hospital so that was a curve ball.

Ending the decade with gratitude and full of optimism for the next one ahead.

Tarahumara · 30/12/2019 07:56

10 years ago I was 35 and was a SAHM to three young kids (all under 5 at that time). Now I have three amazing teens / pre teens, I'm still happily married and have re discovered my career. So it's been a good decade! I've also got back into reading. Still need to lose weight though.

HelloCanYouHearMe · 30/12/2019 08:03

I bought my forever house, had DS, split from now ExDP, left my forever house, got a new job and a few years later - a massive promotion, met the person who I thought was the love of my life and then had my heart well and truly broken.

Im curious to see what the 20s bring!

MarshaBradyo · 30/12/2019 08:06

Big change with dd arriving in 2017

CigarsofthePharoahs · 30/12/2019 08:07

In 2010 I had my first child.
2012 we moved house.
2014 had my second child.
My health has been slowly worsening though and I now have a fibromyalgia diagnosis.
Mixed bag, but over all a positive decade.

Booyoo · 30/12/2019 08:10

I got married, had DS, got divorced, moved house

Holdingtherope · 30/12/2019 08:18

2010 got clean from cocaine and alcohol, mainly loved recovery throughout the decade. Have three teens who are all hard work

Last two years been awful with my mental health, suicidal, weight loss. Constantly wishing to die. I hope next decade improves things!

welshweasel · 30/12/2019 08:26

Since 2010 I have met my husband, got married and had 2 children. Bought two houses and sold two houses. Moved 5 times. Given up smoking, run a marathon, completed an Ironman. Made some brilliant friends and lost contact with a few I’d previously considered to be very close friends. Finished my training and got a job as a Consultant Surgeon in a hospital that I love, with a work life balance better than I ever could have imagined. I feel immensely thankful for my lot and can only hope the next decade is half as good!

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Coffeeandtv1983 · 30/12/2019 08:50

Thanks for letting me be nosy. Hope things get better for anyone who’s been having a tough time.

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IWillWearTheGreenWillow · 30/12/2019 09:07

Started the decade with DC aged 8, 6, 5 and pregnant with DC4. Still in the same house, with the same DH, doing the same jobs (self employed), but DC are now 18, 16, 15 and 9 and we've added a dog. Lost DDad and DMIL very suddenly, so also supporting DMum and DFIL. Suddenly I am 46 and properly part of the sandwich generation, pulled in at least 16 different directions.

Hoping the next decade is quieter.

Bezalelle · 30/12/2019 09:17

Mixed, but generally got better!

2010 - age 28, living abroad with a man who was cheating on me.
2012 - met a woman, fell in love, and lost her to cancer all within a year.
2013 - met another woman, who majorly fucked me over when I was grieving. I turned to alcohol to cope, then went sober in September that year.
2014-2015 - rebuilding my life and career.
2016 - moved back to the UK and bought a flat.
2017 - met an amazing guy
2019 - got married and pregnant, age 38.

So it definitely was an upward curve!

TheWinterCaillech · 30/12/2019 09:21

Had a horrible decade in multiple different spheres. Work, family, personal, local area, wider world.
Not sorry to see the back of the 2010s, let’s hope the 20s are better.

formerbabe · 30/12/2019 09:28

Good...had my second dc. Moved house. Been a sahm throughout. Been pretty uneventful and just focussed on bringing up my dc. Nothing too horrendous happened which makes up for the previous decade!

ClownsandCowboys · 30/12/2019 09:30

It's been the decade of having children for me. DS was born towards the end of 2009 and dd in 2012. I reckon its been the hardest decade so far. The one before was university, travelling, having fun. This one has been hard.

I was admitted to a psychiatric ward after dd was born, she had feeding issues, and a year ago she was diagnosed with ASD. My marriage almost broke up this year, but we've done counselling and worked at it and I think it might survive now. I left teaching after more than 10 years and my own mental health has meant some rocky periods with work.

Honestly it's been a slog.

HRH2020 · 30/12/2019 09:31

Long uphill challenging battle - but finally feel I might be on the plains and in a place for some stability for a few years. I'm looking forward to DS getting older and hopefully being able to manage more on his own.

Shockers · 30/12/2019 09:38

We bought this house in 2010 and moved to a rural market town. Took our youngest out of a private school and enrolled him in the local school, where he thrived. I got a job there and thrived too. I started wild swimming, cycling in the beautiful lanes round about, and running. We made lots of friends.

Then, two years ago, I was struck down with osteoarthritis and began to struggle at work. A year later my mum died suddenly, then another close relative. My daughter, who has learning difficulties, imploded because she couldn’t cope with the loss.

I now have no job; I can barely walk, and a few of my closest friends have vanished from my life because I can no longer keep up... and I’ve been a bit too sad for them.

I’m in a much better place emotionally now; have been amazed by the support of the friends I have left, and I’m having joint replacement surgery in January. I’m hoping that 2020 will be my comeback year!

leapinglucy · 30/12/2019 09:45

By far the absolute worst years of my life!

mummyof2ds · 30/12/2019 09:47

Turned 19 in 2010
3 days later had my first ds
Then darling Nan passed away had a hard couple of years
2015 had my 2nd ds me and partner got a house
2018-2019 had 5 deaths in the family
Bring on 2020

maddiemookins16mum · 30/12/2019 10:19

My mum died in 2013, I miss her so very, very much.
The travel firm I’d worked for (and loved) went bust in 2017 - Monarch - I was devastated - I’d worked for them for 25 plus years. It was very hard getting a new job in my 50’s.
But, we have survived, and are moving forward healthy, happy and have a lot to look forward to and be thankful for.

raskolnikova · 30/12/2019 10:29

The 2010s have covered my twenties. I was a 19/20 year old university student in 2010, now I'm a 29 year old unemployed single mother. I've had a lot of ups and downs, but 2019 was definitely one of the worst years of my life! So now I have a lot of New Year's resolutions and aims and things I want to achieve to make it better.

ChristmasSweet · 30/12/2019 10:48

In 2010, I was 20, in university and completely lost on what I was going to do with my degree when I finished in two years. Also in a bad relationship.

Now, I'm 30, got a great job, bought a house and in a great relationship.