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Do you have or have you had an exciting life?

62 replies

TheGeoffLinton · 14/04/2022 20:04

Just that really. Or maybe what people would consider an interesting life? Anything that’s out of the ordinary.

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PleaseYourselfandEatTheCrusts · 17/04/2022 15:57

No, not particularly. I am on benefits and I do reckon I could put a spin on my life where everything I said was 100% true, but sounded ultra posh! Smile

Seafog · 17/04/2022 16:03

Yes, I grew up off grid, homesteading and living in a one room log cabin.

dizzydizzydizzy · 17/04/2022 16:08

Spent 9 months backpacking on my own in Latin America. Does that count?

Have also lives abroad for a few years.

Most of my life has been pretty ordinary though. School - uni - office job - 2 kids- freelance work

EastHer · 17/04/2022 16:12

I’ve had a varied life, with moments of excitement. I suppose it depends what you’d call exciting?

I had a glamorous career in my twenties, which gave me opportunities to travel, go to exclusive events and hobknob with celebs.

I’ve travelled extensively, which has been exciting at times.

I’ve socialised with all sorts of weird and wonderful and notorious characters over the years.

I’m a scaredy car about taking big risks, though, and I’ve ended up with quite a staid life in my 40s. Not really chasing excitement anymore.

Mrsbclinton · 17/04/2022 16:15

No, my life is so mundane even more so since the pandemic.

sweepeep · 17/04/2022 16:16

I have lived abroad (Caribbean and another EU Country) , lived on a boat for a few years and sailed around the Caribbean also. I have had two very different careers also.I'm still only late 30's do I don't think I've done too badly so far...

Lightning020 · 17/04/2022 16:26

I have lived in London from age 19 to 44 except for a year teaching English in my thirties.

Done a fair bit of studying and worked in about five different sectors now.

I left London at age 44 (now 58) and have been a single parent since age 41so parenting usually entails a more settled life which I was craving by then to start with.

I have never enjoyed many holidays abroad however but I have met many diverse backgrounds. You can find interesting people anywhere really.

TheGeoffLinton · 19/04/2022 20:11

Spent 9 months backpacking on my own in Latin America. Does that count?

Yes I think so!

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MrsTerryPratchett · 19/04/2022 20:32

I used to be wildly exciting. Travelled the world, lived in different countries, worked in dangerous and scary places (prisons etc.), toured with rock bands and fraternised with famous people.

When I mention any of it now, DD rolls her eyes and says, "I know mum, you used to be cool" Grin

Memories!

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 19/04/2022 20:33

No! Thank goodness for that. I like a quiet life.

badlydrawnbear · 19/04/2022 20:38

No.
I had a normal childhood, went to school, then uni, got a normal job, met DH and got married, had kids, still doing the same job 20 years later

Bookridden · 19/04/2022 20:44

Doesn't it depend how you define "interesting"? I have a humdrum life and job, but I feel very curious about lots of things, and I like to discover what makes other people tick, and the stories they have to tell. Most of the time, I don't believe that lives are necessarily more interesting because people have travelled a lot, or lived abroad. I think everyone who has an active interior life (and isn't that everyone?) is probably interesting in some way.

UnitedFront1er · 19/04/2022 20:47

If there was a list of exciting things, I've probably done lots of them & loved it

However, I want more !!!

Just home after stressful 12 hour shift + commute

I really crave the non working, excitement

Perfectlystill · 19/04/2022 20:49

Yes, largely thanks to work. But it's quieter now I'm in my 40s and I am really happy with that. Glad I had a fairly wild youth as I don't feel I've missed out.

needmorethanthis · 19/04/2022 20:49

I have a job where I get to meet young people from all across the world. Pretty exciting.

gemloving · 19/04/2022 20:50

I did before I had kids, went to university abroad, then had a year abroad, met the love of my life, we travelled, got a great job, travelled more, bought our first house, hosted great parties, went out for dinner & drinks 2x+ a week.

Now I have two young children and I don't do anything. I go to work or work from home and have the kids, still see my friends here and there but raising two little ones has taken so much energy out of my life.

FindingMeno · 19/04/2022 20:51

Yes. Exciting and unconventional.
You would never think it of me nowadays though.

SpinningMeSoftly · 19/04/2022 20:52

Well I'm not exactly Vita Sackville-West but I've had my moments.

Bunnyfuller · 19/04/2022 20:54

17 years in RAF Intel as a Linguist now work in police education (nowhere near as fun as the previous career!) so hear lots of very interesting things.

CornishGem1975 · 19/04/2022 20:54

No, not exciting, but it's certainly not been quiet.

TedMullins · 19/04/2022 20:56

I’ve had moments, I used to work in the music industry which entailed some travel and mixing with celebs and going to cool events. It was a very toxic industry though and I was pretty unhappy most of the time. I’m pretty boring now but planning a sabbatical and extended travel in the next 5 years - I’m 33 with no kids so I want an exciting middle age!

RagzRebooted · 19/04/2022 20:59

@Seafog

Yes, I grew up off grid, homesteading and living in a one room log cabin.
Kind of similar, mostly in caravans with no electricity or water. Makes an interesting story but I'm boring now, lol.
peaceanddove · 19/04/2022 21:12

Hmm. Well, I was educated at a Steiner school so did lots of bizarre stuff like Eurythmy, milking goats and writing Sanskrit. In sixth form I did lots of street theatre and spent one summer working backstage at Miss Saigon in the West End.

While at university, doing a Summer job, I inadvertently became embroiled in my manager's court case. I was arrested, charged and appeared at the Crown Court with my own barrister! I was granted an unconditional discharge, luckily.

In the mid 90s, we lost our rented house to a full house fire. We lost everything except the clothes we stood up in.

Nearly three years ago, over a pint in a pub with a mate, DH came up with a rather clever business idea. He took a huge gamble, mothballed his existing business, and threw everything into his new venture. It's been successful beyond our wildest dreams, to the point where he'll have made enough money to retire a millionaire before he's 54.

Other than that. Very normal.

Mintyt · 19/04/2022 21:14

Winks, taps side of nose. No exciting life here, nothing to see- move along

XenoBitch · 19/04/2022 21:15

Only when I was ill, and that wasn't anything to be proud of. Now I am trying to keep well, and am maybe boring as a result. Keeps me out of trouble though.

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