What do you love about your life?

[DelilahDingleberry]

I need cheering up - tell me what you love about your life (or loved about it before covid).

I have 3 wonderful dc that I am incredibly proud of.
Dh and I are both fortunate enough to be in secure jobs that pay a comfortable enough wage to pay for things we need, and also want (not that we have extravagant tastes). We also both have interesting jobs.
I have a dh that is my rock.
I have friends.
I have interests and hobbies.
I was lucky enough to have parents who brought us up to get on with life, be kind to people, to appreciate what you have, and to look on the positive side of life.

Is that enough things ?

I like threads like this. For me it's,

• DS, nearly 17. I'm in awe of what an amazing person I managed to produce
• DH, mostly. He's not perfect and we have definitely had our moments, but we are still together and having managed not to murder each other during lockdown I reckon that's enough.
• Where we live, an area people travel to and which will be rammed solid once the schools break up. However it's still where we live when the crowds go home
• My job. Having worked a number of shitty jobs while DS was young I'm now in a job that I adore. It's secure and I will stay there in some capacity until I retire
• We have a pair of wrens nesting outside our bedroom window. Along with the hedge of cheeky sparrows I feel very blessed.
• DDogs 1&2 and ChampagneCat. They're a bunch of knobs at times and there's always hair somewhere, but I wouldn't be without them though I'd be much richer

Lovely idea for a thread. I love the fact that we can all hates each others’ guts one minute amid hectic family life then within half an hour we’ll all be giggling & hugging & being silly again. I also love that we have a nice home that we are slowly doing up - nothing at all extravagant but a sweet Victorian semi with enough space & ‘potential’ for us which is all i’ve ever hoped for. I love it when the house is calm & everyone is asleep bar me & I check on their cute little snoozing faces & remember how fortunate I am. I also love sneaking a cheap bunch of flowers in with supermarket shop as these little things genuinely brighten my day along with a nice cup of fresh coffee to wake me up each day. So just the big things & the really little things I guess.

Survived cancer..fingers crossed,I'm a nanny 3 plus times x

My ds
My cat
My family and can’t wait to see them (they live abroad)
My friends really enjoying meeting up
My job

Line of Duty I’m sure I won’t be the only one mentioning this! In particular Ted ‘I’m only interested in bent coppers’ Hastings

I often feel blessed. 2 very sweet kids. Work from home in my little Cumbrian cottage. Lakes to swim in on my doorstep. Very supportive DH who knows money isn’t everything. Great friends. A very quiet and chilled village life. Not rich. Not poor but content.

I have a wonderful 7yo DS who is my little best friend.

I have a very close family and we all look out for each other.

Great friends that are always there for me.

A good work/life balance.

My kids are fabulous. Clever, funny, lovely little people.

I love our little home and its fab location close to the prettiest bits of our busy little city. It's taken a few years to get it how we want it, and now I really love it.

I love my close relationship with my DM. My childhood was difficult and rather traumatic, but she's been my absolute rock as an adult.

I love that I've had the opportunity to change career in mid-life and have a go at doing something that's been a lifelong dream.

I'm married to a kind, gentle, generous man who's supportive of me and acknowledges me as his equal. Our relationship has its issues, but I'm very grateful for that.

I have some really lovely female friends, and live in a really supportive community.

I'm really extraordinarily lucky, tbh.

I'm married to a decent man who treats me with kindness and respect. We are absolute equals in the marriage.

I do a job I find generally interesting and rewarding.

I have a circle of hilarious, kind, clever, supportive friends.

I had parents who believed in the value of education.

I love my house and feel lucky to be able to live in a clean, spacious, safe environment.

I'm fit and healthy. I earn enough money to be able to eat well.

I feel so lucky to be born in an age when we have the internet. The fact that I can expand my world and learn new stuff about any subject at all whenever I want just by clicking on my phone actually boggles my mind.

I have an amazing DH who is a good and kind and wonderful man who worships the ground i walk on.

My family are fabulous and i couldn't ask for more. there is nothing more that i love than spending time with my sister and dad (lost mum a few years ago sadly). We are incredibly close and i love them to pieces

My in laws are amazing. always kind and so generous and my friends tell me i won the in law lottery.

Financially we are stable - just bought a gorgeous house and have enough in the bank to cover bills for 18 months so we don't really worry about finances. we are very very lucky on this front.

I am retired and like my house, garden and where I live.

DH and I have enough money to live comfortably and not worry too much about unexpected expenses.

I have a bunch of great friend from school (45 years ago ) who keep in touch and all live fairly locally - meeting up for the first time in nearly a year tomorrow.

From being baby and child-averse in my younger years I have discovered the joy of being a great aunt

After a shit marriage with a cheating rat, I now have a lovely bf who thinks I am fab.
I love my house and am proud it’s mine (nothing to write home about, but I made sure cheating rat wasn’t getting his grubby mitts on it, and now I can relax in it and be happy).
My pets are the lives of my life. I also have great friends and my family are pretty nice too.
I love my job and am good at it.
I have an awesome shoe collection and even though I have barely left the house in a year I wear them round the house!

I'm 40 today and just so thankful for everything I have. I have 3 beautiful healthy children, an amazing DH who is my very best friend,a lovely home, financially secure and I have lovely relationships with my friends and family.

I'm also sitting in my garden listening to the birds sing and the sun is out. Life is good.

Today I have nothing urgent to do and the sun is shining, so I'm sitting in the garden for an hour with a coffee, listening to the birds.

What a great thread. Thanks OP.

-DS (10) is my best friend. I think he's hilarious and so smart.
-DW is my rock and we have such a happy marriage. I feel really lucky every day, 7 years on.
-Financially we're ok. I'm able to not work right now which I needed thanks to DW working super hard in her career.
-Beloved dog. 13 months old and just wonderful. He's like an antidepressant for me!
-Great friends who are there to listen to me when I need it
-Lovely house with a secure contract. Lived in crummy flats for a long time before here and I love it every day.
-Netflix! Weird thing to be grateful for but I love the brilliant ways in which I can spend my time.

How about you, OP?

@puddled2

Survived cancer..fingers crossed,I'm a nanny 3 plus times x

brilliant

I have two wonderful daughters, both of whom I’m hugely proud of. I haven’t seen them in almost a year and I can’t wait to visit them and have a proper catch up!

I have a husband whom I absolutely adore and who adores me too. Of course there’s the odd sticking point here and there and we take turns finding each other utterly exasperating. But we agree on all the important things and are so well suited to each other in every way that I thank my lucky stars every day that we managed to find each other. He had several heart attacks last year and I’m very grateful that he’s still here. Every day we have together is a wonderful day.

We have a little home that we love. It’s our space, just for the two of us. Our tiny courtyard makes me very happy.

We are both good cooks which means we can help each other out as needed and it doesn’t fall to one person to always have to do it. He likes cleaning more than I do, and loves having something to do all the time, so he’ll happily tackle the things I can’t be bothered to do.👍

A manicure and pedicure in cherry red makes me very happy. As does a lovely handbag. And coats, hats, scarves and beautiful shoes. And boots. And dresses. And so on. 😉

Nothing. I hate my life.

Why @LudoBear? What would you like to be different?

Most things really.
I bloody love my job and I’m good at it.
I’ve got a great home and family - DC all grown up now and me and DH still happy after a gazillion years.
My mums still going strong at 80.
My dog’s hilarious.
I love films, TV, books, cooking, wine, theatre, music, comedy gigs, eating out, travelling.

Pre covid I loved living in London, taking my tiny Dd to baby groups, seeing her take her first steps in the park, going to amazing art exhibitions that have you thinking about them for weeks afterwards.
Now in the country I love going for lovely walks straight from our doorstep, watching the sun set in the beautiful view from our sofa with tiny DS falling asleep in my arms, having my Dd name the ducks on the pond outside, and stepping outside the back door to drink tea in the fresh air on clear starry nights.

I have a beautiful cat, a lovely (but tiny) house and garden and food in the cupboard.

Not sure I'd be cheered up reading about other people's lovely life's !!

Knowing that my house is secure and comfortable, that I have no financial worries, that I have a healthy family, and that I am loved