Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Original poster

In retrospect, what wasn't worth the stress?

87 replies

RegretMeNot · 26/04/2021 22:26

Looking back on your younger years, what did you worry about/put too much emphasis on that, in hindsight, wasn't that important?

OP posts:
ssd · 26/04/2021 22:28

Meeting someone special

ssd · 26/04/2021 22:28

...cos i did

Pikabee · 26/04/2021 22:29

My looks
Marriage

Susannahmoody · 26/04/2021 22:29

Meeting blokes. Marriage.

shivermetimbers77 · 26/04/2021 22:30

Men! So much angst about men!

BettysCardigan · 26/04/2021 22:31

The actual wedding day. Nobody gives much of a shit about the nice touches and details.

My size.

tellmetologoffIamaMNaddict · 26/04/2021 22:32

Men

IndieKate · 26/04/2021 22:32

Other peoples opinions

Tambora · 26/04/2021 22:33

Getting little flowers hand-painted onto the bridesmaids' shoes.

Gingernaut · 26/04/2021 22:33

What other people thought

cerealgamechanger · 26/04/2021 22:42

Marriage

00100001 · 26/04/2021 22:43

GCSEs... Literally no impact on life whatsoever

Thereoncewasababy · 26/04/2021 22:50

Whether my nose was shiny
Little blonde hairs on my top lip
Boys and whether they liked me
What my parents thought

Basically worrying about what everyone else was thinking about me and wanted from me instead of working out what I was thinking about and wanted

CatrinVennastin · 26/04/2021 22:54

Trying to please my parents as what ever I do and how ever far off the rails my sister goes she will always be the favourite child who can do no wrong.

Puffalicious · 26/04/2021 22:55

Having the "right" shoes/ handbag/ clothes. Spent too much money on looks and too little on experiences.

JennyBond · 26/04/2021 22:57

@00100001

GCSEs... Literally no impact on life whatsoever
That’s just not true for a lot of people. Lots of jobs have minimum GCSE requirements.
romdowa · 26/04/2021 22:58

Trying to fit in

Puffalicious · 26/04/2021 22:58

Oh, and staying with men who i would never end up with. Why did I worry about their feelings and disregard mine?!!Confused

ThePlantsitter · 26/04/2021 22:58

Home baking iced buns. Is a whole day's activity when you can buy 6 for 99p. Ditto macarons.

Boys.

SusannahMartin · 26/04/2021 23:01

I always worked too hard. I'm successful now and it's certainly connected but if I had my time back I'd put in less effort. I'm trying to do that now

chocolatesweets · 27/04/2021 09:53

The job

Bells3032 · 27/04/2021 10:18

Getting on the property ladder

Luckyelephant1 · 27/04/2021 10:20

The perfect wedding. Turns out it will never be totally perfect and nobody cares anyway.

What people think of me. It affected and still affects everything I do, from what I say to how I dress. Less so now but still.

BrownEyedGirl80 · 27/04/2021 10:22

Sticking with my first husband as long as I did.Married for 8 years,should have been 3

raskolnikova · 27/04/2021 10:27

@shivermetimbers77

Men! So much angst about men!
Yep. I wasted so much energy on this.
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

Join Mumsnet Log In

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.

Swipe left for the next trending thread