What did you never expect to happen but it did?

[sashh]

I hope this can be just positive or funny stories, I know there are lots of bad things that happen to people but there is so much bad news about I was thinking about things I've done.

So mine

I never thought I would be headbutted by a reindeer.
I never thought I would be able to stroke a wild bandicoot in a restaurant.
I never thought I'd go to uni.

One of my friends, who is black (this is relevant) never expected to have a white child and white grand children

I think the unexpected pregnancies/children have to win but I'm loving all the 'new starts' whether that's a new life, job or partner.

I never thought a fox would try to get in my house (luckily I had both windows and backdoor closed). This happened in January and I still haven't washed the wet nose marks off the glass! He was scrambling to get in, in the middle of the day. It was so bizarre.

@WelshyMaud

DH, me and Dc1 and 2 are all dark haired. I never expected to have a white-blonde youngest child that sticks out in photos like a sore thumb and literally looks like we stole him from somewhere.

Same here!

At the age of about 25, with no guy ever having expressed even a passing interest, I assumed I'd be single for ever, and I was genuinely ok with it - I liked living by myself.

I'm now in my early 30s, married with a child and another on the way, and, in case anyone's wondering, I also very much like living with my husband and child!

I never expected I would find 'the one' after feeling so alone and abandoned. But here I am, 8 years later, still as happy together as we were the first day we met. Happy and grateful.

Never expected to walk across America alone.

Never expected I'd write a book

I never thought I'd believe that us going to war in Iraq was the right thing to do. I went on the marches, waved banners in Hyde Park, shouted at the telly when Blair or Bush or any pro war "Hawk" came on.

I now think I was wrong and have had to eat humble pie on the matter.

I never thought I’d be good at golf.

I never expected to be married to my year 10 boyfriend. Everyone else was pretty surprised when we got together in our 20s too. married 17 years now.

I never though I'd have a little boy, I grew up surrounded by a family of mainly strong women (my poor dad) and just assumed I'd have a little girl. From the moment the sonographer told me I was having a boy, my reaction was "oh! A boy!!!" Rather than "oh, not a girl..." and he is bloody brilliant. If I were to have another I think I would hope it was a boy too.

To be honest, given my gcses and alevel grades, I never expected to cut the mustard at university, never mind achieve a degree. It was most odd and yet excellent to pass.

Single late 30s, not even so much as a kiss for 17 years when met my DP, expected to be single forever, now hope to be with him forever!

If I elaborate on mine, I was told that with my ex husband. I then met new dh at 29 and all pregnancies have happened with him.

So another one. I never expected to have been married and divorced by 29

I never thought I would get to hold a baby sea turtle and walk it down a Mexican beach to set it free.

Absolutely thrilling for me.

I never thought I'd see the day where I was publicly congratulated and cheered on for 'coming out' as a lesbian on social media.

Firstly, I'm not a lesbian, and I certainly didn't 'come out' because I was never 'in' in the first place. I merely updated my relationship status and a few folk jumped to the wrong conclusion far too eagerly.

Was quite amusing though, and the person responsible has since admitted what an arse they made of themselves.

That id finally have the courage to leave my awful twenty year relationship, sell my house , move counties and be living on a farm with my dog, actually learning to drive , have a job I enjoy and have met my amazing fella 🙂...18 months ago I couldn't see any light at the end of my tunnel in fact I felt like it had collapsed and trapped me forever.
It can be done.

I was a bit of a gloomy teen and never expected anything to work out in adulthood really so I'm amazed by everything good I have now (decent job, a house etc.)

Snap @Packit ! I never thought we'd manage a move to a lovely little market town, let alone one in Wales!

I never expected to live in Devon. I love Devon. That’s the positive one.

I never really expected Brexit to happen. That’s the negative one.

And as one who was v slow indeed to relationships I never really expected a husband and two gorgeous kids.