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What was the best day of your life?

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Beekeepersmum · 23/07/2025 21:21

I feel like a lot of people say it was their wedding day, or the day their kids were born.

My wedding day was amazing, but all it really was was a bit of a party to formalise our relationship.

The day my eldest child was born wasn’t a great day, I had a horrible labour, EMCS and have been diagnosed with PTSD. The day my youngest was born was much better, but it just kind of felt like an anticlimax.

I think the best day of my life might have been Saturday just gone. Me, my DH and DC had a morning playing in the garden, then went to the local airport to watch planes taking off. It was exactly how I’d always envisioned family life, and I was so content the whole day.

What was your best day ever?

(NC as this has been quite outing!)

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SkintSingleMumm · 24/07/2025 11:10

Mine is going to be any day now, when i receive my divorce papers to say its all complete! Then life can move forward again!

Theposterwithlotsofnames · 24/07/2025 11:14

I have a few.

For me it was my 3 home births. Long time ago now but I still refect on them.

When I got evicted from rental. Felt like a massive weight had lifted.

When I was offered my council home.

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 24/07/2025 11:15

i am a total sap and would say every day since I met my husband is the best day of my life. I have pockets of absolute joy with him daily. But finding out we were expecting our first child when I had pcos and years of miscarriages and had adopted my first child was a particularly perfect day.

okydokethen · 24/07/2025 11:23

I remember feeling really overwhelmed with happiness and pride, climbing the Eiffel Tower with my two DC and getting to the top looking out, I was a bit scared of heights and incredibly out of breath! it was the first time I’d taken them on holiday by myself and we’d had such a great time.

Anyonecanachieve · 24/07/2025 11:26

The day I took my dog home having chosen him when he was three weeks old and waited 4 weeks for him. Best day ever.

Second best day 4 years later getting the call to say his puppies were coming and going to the dog having the puppies. She was a great mum and having her puppies and crying my eyes out at the wonderful girl dog and my boy dog and the gorgeous puppies. I held one of them as he was born and helped him to latch and he became my second dog as he was the puppy I chose to keep. When I took him home his Daddy curled up with him and even now 8 years later both of them are wrapped in each others paws on my bed snoring away whilst I am on MN. Perfect.

Bluevelvetsofa · 24/07/2025 11:51

Just moments of contentment really.

A gondola trip in Venice- corny, but just wonderful.

Meeting the one that got away. We danced all night and it just felt right.

Brendahollowayreconsider · 24/07/2025 16:36

My first Northern soul niter..44 years ago.👀✊😁

Diydanny · 24/07/2025 20:10

Beekeepersmum · 23/07/2025 21:21

I feel like a lot of people say it was their wedding day, or the day their kids were born.

My wedding day was amazing, but all it really was was a bit of a party to formalise our relationship.

The day my eldest child was born wasn’t a great day, I had a horrible labour, EMCS and have been diagnosed with PTSD. The day my youngest was born was much better, but it just kind of felt like an anticlimax.

I think the best day of my life might have been Saturday just gone. Me, my DH and DC had a morning playing in the garden, then went to the local airport to watch planes taking off. It was exactly how I’d always envisioned family life, and I was so content the whole day.

What was your best day ever?

(NC as this has been quite outing!)

Having considered… I think it was the day my daughter was born. Her birth was nowhere near as traumatic as her brother’s two years earlier. I felt proud of myself as it was the positive experience I so wanted. My husband cried with happiness as he knew how much I longed for a daughter. Yes, definitely one of if not the most best and favourite day, completing our family.

LifeOfBriony · 24/07/2025 20:33

Clearinguptheclutter · 23/07/2025 21:48

Snap here. We had a fantastic day. Weather was incredible, everyone was in such a good mood. I was genuinely proud to be British.

(pre Brexit obviously)

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I’m with you on proud to be British and pre Brexit, sadly!

My DS also still says it was one of the best days of his life.

AvidJadeShaker · 24/07/2025 20:39

I have two, my 50th birthday in Prague where I planned back to back amazing experiences for myself. The other was when I made 5k overnight on some shares I bought. I collected my DC from school and bought them and my DH tonnes of toys and gifts.

Elderflower14 · 24/07/2025 20:44

Giving birth to Wilf.. After losing my Jack.. Hearing Wilf cry and peeing over the registrar was the best thing ever..
Coming close behind are my wedding day and seeing Bruce Springsteen live!

SpottyAardvark · 24/07/2025 20:56

The day when we were on holiday in the Kruger National Park in South Africa & witnessed a leopard catch & kill an Impala was pretty special.

But, however naff it sounds, the day I got my A level results & realised I would be the first person in my family to go to university was probably my best day. I grew up on a shithole council estate in a dump of an ex-mining town and I knew that precious piece of paper was my ticket out.

Beachtastic · 25/07/2025 18:43

Today was the happiest day I can remember.

DH and I spent the afternoon on the beach, driving there and back through the exquisite English countryside in peaceful sunshine. Home to a lovely dinner (lovingly prepared by DH) and a glass of chilled wine.

Swimming in the sparkling waves, I felt immense joy and gratitude.

A couple of years ago, I was so weighed down with anxiety about so many depressing things that in desperation I attempted a gratitude journal in the hope that I could trick myself into enjoying life again. But it only made things worse, because although objectively I could think of things I ought to be glad of, it was a struggle to feel anything more than indifference and difficult to imagine a time when I could ever be carefree again. So then I just felt ashamed for my failure to be grateful for small mercies! and overwhelmed by what seemed to be insurmountable obstacles.

Bit by bit, I've extricated myself from difficult circumstances and the clouds have gradually receded. And here I am, perfectly happy and carefree. I probably appreciate it all the more because I've reached an age where the wheels might start to fall off any minute, so I'm aware that every day of delight like this is a very privileged experience. (As they all are, I suppose, at any age...)

Anyone feeling the heavy weight of life on your shoulders, I promise that you WILL be happy again, and when it all turns around you'll appreciate it all the more 💗

MrsPositivity1 · 25/07/2025 20:30

LunaTheCat · 23/07/2025 22:19

My wedding day .
My second best day was yesterday.
I have been severely short sighted my whole life … can only see vague outlines and colours without contacts or glasses.
On Tuesday and Wednesday I had an intra-occular lens replacement to correct my severe myopia.
I woke up yesterday and took the patch off my right eye .. I could see .. it’s a miracle. This morning I took the patch off my left eye. I lay in bed in utter utter amazement that I could see.
i had the most fantastic and humble ophthalmologist.

Ah that’s fantastic. Life will be much easier for you now

ilovebagpuss · 25/07/2025 21:18

I have had many happy times but I don't think I have had a happiest day.
No day is entirely perfect surely, like my wedding day was full of lovely moments but I was stressed and anxious for some of it.
Having my girls, amazing moments but not a whole day.
I just don't think it's a genuine concept for me anyway.
Perhaps I am dead inside 😀

Zippidydoodah · 25/07/2025 21:22

BarilynBordeaux · 23/07/2025 21:46

watching a bright pink dawn break over an ocean that was so calm it looked like blue glass. The beauty so staggered me it changed something fundamental about how I live.

I’d love to know more about this! It sounds idyllic. I’m interested as to how it has changed the way you live?

For me, I’m afraid it is the days I met each of my babies.

Zippidydoodah · 25/07/2025 21:23

JuneBabyBug · 24/07/2025 08:22

Mine feels a bit corny but my favourite day so far was stepping into disneyland earlier this year.

Two of my dc had years and years of gruelling hosptial trips, admissions and treatment, we had many years of worry and most likely many more to go. My dc top wish was to visit Disney, didn't think we could ever afford it but started saving up money away three years ago.

It was usually warm the afternoon we first stepped into Disney, sun warming our backs, music tinkling and as it was late afternoon the crowds had dispersed and it was just us, my family walking through into disneyland towards the castle, my eldest skipping ahead and my youngest in her chair wearing her favourite princess dress, clapping and squeeling. We went on two rides, then sat in the late afternoon sun with the kids eating their body weight in candy floss, we people watched outside the castle for an hour whilst chatting, talking and just "being". Then I held sticky hands and listened to giggles as we were accompanied by micky mouse himself into the restruant for tea, my kids faces are something I'll never forget. The children fell asleep after tea in the back of the car. We had no seizures that day, no emergency hosptial admission no oxygen required. It honestly was a wonderful day akin to a dream; when my daughter is in hosptial now wired up and the worry sets in I think back to that afternoon it honestly was perfect in every way. I hope when I finally leave this world, it's this memory that I will think of before I part.

Just beautiful ❤️

PearlsMaybe · 25/07/2025 21:34

My best day, or perhaps best days, were when I was four years old and had my own pet guinea pig. He used to sit on my lap and watch television with me. Sometimes I used to put him on my shoulder with my hair tucked round him and he sat there for ages watching the tv on my shoulder. We just seemed to be made for each other.

MagpieCastle · 25/07/2025 21:35

On holiday in Denmark when the kids were young. A tiny beach edged by woods. It was a bit of a trek to get to so we were the only people there. Warm summer day, not too hot and trees giving shade with birds singing. It was like being on our own private desert island. Ate our picnic and then built dens with our youngest dc. Dh helped ds build a raft from driftwood that he wanted to use to sail to Sweden. The sort of day when you catch yourself realising 'this is perfect' but then get back to just having fun because you know if you think about it to much you might jinx it. Everyone together, happy and content.

Testingthetimes · 25/07/2025 21:37

GenerousGardener · 23/07/2025 22:52

Mine was quite recent. Watched DH fight cancer (stage four) for two years before getting the all clear.
We booked a cruise to the fjords. Woke up really early on the first day of sailing into the first fjord. It must have been about 3.30am and the sun was out. DH was stood at the balcony window watching the beautiful scenery go by. At that moment I knew this was the best day of my life. I cried with happiness that he was still here, and cried at how beautiful Norway is. I knew it was going to be the best day of my life and it was. The sun shone, we had a fantastic time walking round the little town, buying little gifts. Then back on to the ship for a late lunch in the sunshine. We both knew how how wonderful it was for him to still be here (thanks NHS).

The best day, the best time, ever.

It’s really moving to read this. May you both enjoy many more amazing days together

MarySueSaidBoo · 25/07/2025 21:37

The day my grandson was born. I'd been up all night on my phone to DD, she was induced and taken onto delivery suite at 3am. We'd had a chat before where she said did I want to be there etc, and I said I would do whatever felt right to her at the time and this was her journey.... not mine. She rang at 6am, saying Mum please come in, come as quick as you can. I drove through red lights, you name it... and ran into the room just as the baby was crowning. It was the most magical morning, full of hope and love. She went off for a bath some time later, her DH went to help her and I just sat there with this beautiful strong healthy boy in my arms and just wondering at the amazing love I felt for him.

newrubylane · 25/07/2025 21:53

My wedding day. The sun shone, pretty much everyone I love was there, including our beautiful children, and I finally got to get married to a wonderful man after COVID scuppered the original day three years earlier. It was honestly perfect and I still think about it almost every day.

Testingthetimes · 25/07/2025 21:54

Showerflowers · 24/07/2025 07:50

I’ve also had so many many perfect days, but I didn’t realise at the time.

the first one that always comes to mind is the day after my mum died. We had an awful relationship. She was an addict. My childhood was horrific. But I was still there as she passed. And I immediately broke down and grieved not for her, but for the childhood I never had.

I went home and my best friend was waiting at my home for me watching my dc. We had met at work some years previously and were inseparable ever since. He had made a move in the early dats but I’d not long came out of an abusive marriage and I needed to concentrate on my dc. I wasn’t sure I could ever love again tbh.

so there he was ,waiting for me. My dc went to their dads that evening. And I couldn’t sleep. So at 3am he suggested a drive. I nodded off and when I woke we were by the sea. He walked around and literally picked me up out the car, carried me down the beach and sat with me in his lap. Total silence. And as that sun came up I knew he was the one. We’ve been madly in love for nearing 30 years now. More dc came, we have a LOT of grandchildren. We’ve built a lovely life. But yes that was and probably always will be my perfect day

wow.
he took you down to the sea and held you and you watched the sun come up together?!

im not surprised you fell in love. Or realised that love is what you had been feeling.

What a thing to experience- by what you said it sounds like you never got that kind of love from your mother. So I can only imagine how it most have felt to be loved and held and taken care of.

And how amazing to met a man who met you right there in all of that and offer you a new path.

so lovely to read

SecretNameforMN · 25/07/2025 22:00

The day I finally moved into a house I owned all by myself, from money made entirely by my own efforts.