What were you doing half your lifetime ago?

[Bobje]

I was 26, working in London, living with my sister in a very nice flat, just off Russell Square.
We both worked in media and were having the time of our lives.
Little did I know, in the following week I would meet my now DH.

I was 16 and had just done my GCSEs. I was working in a shop over the summer before starting 6th form.

28, living my best life. Just started seeing now DH, progressing well with my career. Lovely friends, many of whom I'm still friends with.
All was good.

A few young 'uns on here 😉 - this week's GCSEs results news coverage must have brought back a lot of memories for you all!
Very fascinating to see what stages of our lives we were all at.

26, living in a shared house, just split from my boyfriend because I didn't think he should be with someone who was feeling so messed up - on my birthday, I'd found out a whole load of family history I'd never had any idea about, including a half-sister, which made me question whether I could trust anyone. My full sister was really pissed off with me because I forced her to know things she had chosen not to (as, unlike me, she had realised there must have been something.) We both agreed we couldn't talk to our parents about it, which meant I couldn't talk about it to anyone else who knew them.

Life has never really been the same since, and I still feel unlovable and alone now I'm in my 50s. No one ever wanted to marry me or have children with me.

@EBearhug nobody wanted to marry me either! It bothers me much less these days but I wasted too much time on shit men in my 20s. Anyway, I’m sorry that you’ve had to carry that load alone for so long.

The disease i had (now in remission for years tg) was going full throttle trying to kill me..choking me when swallowing food.. breathlessness- very frightening..not able to walk far. somehow I got through it although everyone who cared about me suffered..
Been healthy for years but still feel very lucky

The disease i had (now in remission for years tg) was going full throttle trying to kill me..choking me when swallowing food.. breathlessness- very frightening..not able to walk far. somehow I got through it although everyone who cared about me suffered..
Been healthy for years but still feel very lucky

I’d just finished uni and got a job as long haul cabin crew. I was sunning myself on wonderful beaches and seeing the world, having the time of my life and not believing my luck.

I was 28 and in my party era! I was a very shy child and young adult. I met my best friend when I was 22 and we just clicked. We lived for the weekends when we went out partying. Great times!

I was 20, moving in with my now OH and finishing college and working part time🙂 Life was hard, but good 👍

I was 29 with a toddler and a baby on the way. Working full time in admin at a University.

I was 16 with a newborn baby and now I'm 32 with a newborn baby 😅

25 and 7 months old, not long married to DH, doing my nurse training. We were probably just about to move in to our first bought flat together, having rented together for a few years. Life was good!

I’ve been nursing since 2001 and we have been married 25 years soon. Life is still good to be fair but so much has changed in this half of my life, things I never would have imagined….dh lost both parents, twin pregnancy identified very early on and then one had no heartbeat a few weeks later, I got cancer and more recently sudden death of dbro. That’s the reality of life isn’t it, very unpredictable!

I was 22 and had just moved to London after working in Spain for a summer behind bars. I lived in a flat share, was always out and drinking too much and in debt!

I was 351/2, so busy with 11 year old and 8 year old twins. Didn’t know 2 years on Id have another baby… barely looked up during those years!!

I was 28 - just finishing my training contract and living in Balham in a great house with a friends. Lots of fun and great memories. And yes, I was also much thinner than I am now. Not quite by half but not far off!

Working as cabin crew for BA, living with someone I wasted a total of 5 years with before I came to
my senses. He was an unpleasant liar and sadly it took me years to realise this.

Work was fun and I had another career in healthcare that I did PT too. I’d say I was happy but yet to discover my love of exercise and I hadn’t met the group of friends I value now. It feels like a lifetime ago as I’ve been with my husband for 23 years now.

Finishing my PhD.
Didn’t realize that I was about to meet DH at a conference.

Congratulations @Dairymilkisminging!🎊
How are the newborn days now comparing to how they were 16 years ago?

I was 23 and enjoying my best life, clubbing at the weekends, drinks on a Friday at my friend's, festivals, job that I enjoyed, a social life, just about to start an evening course so I could go to university. I had a life planned out and not a care in the world and the confidence to go with it.

If only I could go back and tell that 23 year old what I know now I would have told her not to go clubbing that night the following April. Life would have been so very different.

I was 26, living in a house share in Clapham - having an amazing time, going out all the time and saving up my deposit (£3000!) to buy my first flat. I was working at a magazine publishers which was a nightmare, but I soon left there and got a better job. Had a whale of a time!

I was just about to move across the country to start my undergrad. I remember that summer being one of the best ones ever, before everything changed. It feels like a lifetime ago but also like just last week!

Met my DH half my lifetime ago - today! 🙂

I moved to a London council flat from my council house in the north, as a 23 year old single mum with a 2 year old. A smart move as it meant I could get a cheap rental in zone 1 and have access to excellent schools and walk to work, and eventually buy it cheap from the council.