Which part of your life would you like to re-live?

[RiderOfTheBlue]

I was listening to an episode of Uncanny earlier (don't worry, it's not really a woo thread) and they were asking if you were able to come back as a ghost which part of your life would you choose to re-live over and over again? Interesting question.

I was slightly surprised when I realised I'd choose this period of my life. I don't think of myself as being ecstatically happy all the time but it made me realise that I'm not unhappy, I'm quite content with my life now. So although I miss my youth, I wouldn't choose to go back to my younger years.

Which period of your life would you choose?

Uni days without a doubt, best years of my life .

Uni days, probably. More fun than I could fit into half a lifetime.

Being 14-17 was amazing. Summer of GCSEs was the best time of my life. Me and my friends still reminisce

When my kids were little. But I'm not sure I understand the question- would I be a participant or just watching events that already happened?

The giddy feeling of falling in love with my wife. OR backpacking around 20-21/uni days.

I love where I am now. But the days of covid when it was just me and my eldest and we could do skin to skin all day were lovely looking back on it.

When is just met dh and the days were filled with texting and meeting up and delighting in each others company.

It was the best. We had a happy marriage until he passed away.

I guess you'd be a participant but reliving the same period of your life over and over again. The Uncanny episode was about a supposed ghost who was repeating a series of events from his younger years. I lean towards sceptical so don't believe this would actually happen but it made me think about which period of my life was the happiest. I was pleasantly surprised to realise it's now. Despite all the crazy shit going on in the world I'm happier now than I have been in the previous 50 years.

I'd go back to 1993 - the best year of my life. I was on my gap year and I was just spreading my wings for the first time and enjoyed such fun and freedom.

Probably the first 6 months with each of my children. It was the happiest of times ❤️

Over and over again? Most of my life really as I've been/am very happy with my lot. I would d like to relive the lovely time my ds was small and my own childhood too. Age 20 - 25 were particularly good years, meeting my dh, looking and feeling great and marrying.

Year 2000, went travelling, was a lot thinner, had tons of energy and nothing hurt or creaked.

Plus I got my first proper job either a company car etc. Truly felt I had the world by the ass.

@Bbq1 you're a lucky person I'd you've been happy throughout your life.

Well, @RiderOfTheBlue not really as I've actually had cancer twice (aged 38 and last year aged 50, it returned ) and am in recovery from intense Chemo and a Bone marrow transplant - consultant said if I didn't have it then the cancer would definitely return. I have a lot of treatment linked health conditions. However, I'm a very positive person and happy I'm alive and able to be with my family. In that respect, I feel very lucky.

The years I met my husband and got married before babies. Does it have to be in the exact way it was lived before? There's do much id change now, knowing that I'd only have eight years with him before he suddenly passed away.

@Bbq1 I hope you're on the mend now

@mondaytosunday well I suppose if you believe in ghosts etc you'd say it just gets replayed exactly as it occurred before. All hypothetical of course. For me it just made me think about periods when I've been happy or content with my lot.

The 2 years before late DH was diagnosed with cancer.