What post would you have posted exactly 15 years ago tonight?

[ShadowoftheFall]

That’s December 2007. I would have posted something dull about work, and being bullied under the guise of “managed out”. All worked out well, in a better place now. You?

That I was blissfully happy with my new husband, excited for our first Christmas as a married couple and eagerly awaiting the birth of our first child in Feb.

Two weeks later she arrived prematurely, a month later I realised he had been having an affair and my world came crashing down. The next 12 months were extremely hard. I would needed to sell up and move out of our family home, change jobs - family connections! - Plus get divorced.

15 years later I am very happy with an amazing partner, my DD is a delight (most of the time!) I have paid off my mortgage, have my dream job and a fab social life with brilliant friends.

AIBU to leave my 7-week-old DD, who is EBF and has never accepted a bottle, with DH for the day while I go to my friend's hen party?

(Spoiler: I went and it was fine. She accepted a bottle when she got hungry enough. She's 15 now and it doesn't seem to have done her any long term harm!)

I was 4 days away from starting maternity leave with my eldest.. he's in Yr10 and towers over me now. I was glad to be leaving my job as I was burnt out so I jumped at voluntary redundancy and went self-employed 5 years later after my second kid turned 2. Had no idea or plan for being self-employed in 2007 but it's turned out great.

I wouldn’t have actually bothered at the time as I didn’t have a child, and no doubt I would have taken one look at the place and felt it wasn’t for the likes of working people with no inheritance.

But if I had it would have been something about how we were supposed to build a life in this country while having to pay rent. Maybe something about jobs - I was happy where I was but technology was causing change. Something about how wages were being driven down, and jobs were requiring more skills of us youngsters (as I was then) for lower wages, but fees had been introduced and there was no way to retrain. No free courses then either.

And no doubt I would have been shouted down, as I was in rl, by the baby boomers raking it in as landlords telling us that the war generation had it worse.

These issues have been happening for a loooong time, and this country has no economic resilience now because of the way it shafted us in what should have been the most productive years of our lives.

And I would have asked for stories about how to leave the country for Europe with no money, because at least that was an option then.

I was running a pub at the time so probably something about decorations being stolen by drinkers! (Same year, someone stole a solid concrete lion from the beer garden)

Probably asking for fun ideas to do at Xmas time with my new boyfriend (I was aged 19) who I had just met at uni and was coming down to London to stay with me for the first time.

Have been together since, married for five years and have a two year old 🥰

Quite blue I think. Work was meh but more importantly it would have been almost the first anniversary of when my first baby was due but no baby and no sign of another one. Took another 3 years from that point.

Probably about enjoying the build up to Christmas with my firstborn, she'd have been 3 and old enough to be excited properly.
She's 18 now and is desperate to put the tree up very soon.

I'd have said that I felt a bit odd but was looking forward to starting mat leave for No 2, due in Jan, and hoping to exchange on our new house. Baby arrived unexpectedly a few days later and is now about to turn 15. We did move and are still here!

Wonder if the others who've posted about Dec babies are ones I've come across on other groups.

I had a very nearly one yr old who wasent quite walking ,he's 16 on boxing day!

Had one dc at that point I suspected asd (took a further 14 years to get diagnosed).
Was also back and forward to gp/hospital and labelled a neurotic first time mum - 2 years later got a partial diagnosis and then a full diagnosis 8 years later where we finally got some treatment.
My thread at the time would probably be about juggling work/ill child/nursery and getting the treatment we needed. It was a stressful time but I'm glad I didn't give up and accept the Dr's opinions as I may not have an 18 year old if I had.

I’d have been 19 and my Facebook memory post was along the lines of “going out with my girls on the pop, oh yeahhhhh”.

God I loved being 19. I was pregnant at 20.

Very likely about baby DC and when would he ever sleeeeeeeeeppppppp?

He's now a strapping teen who does nowt but sleep given half a chance.

Completely heartbroken that my boyfriend of a year had broken up with me out

Completely heartbroken that my boyfriend of a year had broken up with me for no real reason - out of the blue and he couldn’t articulate why.

10 days later and a massive conversation and it turns out he had a bit of a “holy macaroni this is it wobble”. We’ve been married for 12 years and have 3 kids now so all worked out in the end!

I know exactly what I'd post, as I just looked at my posts from that year and month!!

Oh no...dh has just told me if I don't get off the computer my dinner's in the cat!!

So I was doing exactly when I'm doing now! On mumnset. Although not a big computer now, on my app!

Although he's no longer my dh but I do still have the cat!

That my baby (now recently just turned 16 year old) DS was such a shit sleeper and look for tips ,funny now I can not seem to drag him out of bed!!!
How times change

It was my first Christmas with DP.

We'd only been seeing each other a few months and didn't actually spend the festive period together (although we moved in together in January 2008!)

15 years later we are 3 cats and 3 kids down the the line. Lots of happy memories, good times and positive experiences but its not all been plain sailing. We've lost jobs and dealt with having a disabled child. We've lost parents, suffered illness, got fat (me!) and got bald (him!) but overall its been a good 15 years.

So I'd have been positing about my fit new BF, how much fun we were having and how I'd happily spend all my Christmasses with him ❤️

Hang in there, in two years’ time you’ll be four months pregnant with DC1.

Hi! Sorry, I forgot that I started this thread on a whim. But how lovely to hear all your stories. (Most are saying things are better now, which I am so pleased to hear.)

Heartwarming to hear about so many newborns and new beginnings. And for those who posted about bereavements and shocks still to come, I hope you’ve found some peace and acceptance.

One thing is sure, it’s a good thing that we can’t know what’s coming. Good and bad, it’s better not to know, I think. Thanks for sharing.

When will my baby sleep. She’s attached to
mu boob again!

I’ve would’ve posted I’m finally in love again after 15 years.☺️

Something about being excited to break up from sixth form for Xmas lol