I’m going on holiday to 2nd May 1997 because the present world is so awful - anybody want to come too?

[Mrsmunchofmunchington]

I am so depressed with all the shit.
Trump
War
Reform
Incels
Tate
Porn
Trad wives
Gender Ideology
Labour losing it’s way
Terrorism
Shop lifting
Influencers
Self obsession
Children obsessed with phones never going out
Climate change being ignored
Teenagers modelling themselves on US gangs
Potholes
NHS being run down
No banks
Sewage in the sea and rivers
Decline of good manners

I have had enough. Unfortunately I don’t have a delorean so I will have to do the best I can on my own.

I’ve picked 2nd May 1997 because I remember driving to work that day so happy as New Labour had just got in after a lifetime of tory rule.

I was full of hope and optimism. I was a community nurse then and pretty much all of my colleagues felt the same. It was a happy day.

I am not saying it was a perfect time, it certainly wasn’t but I would take it warts and all over today’s terror in a heartbeat.

I have decided that I am going to have a week in a bubble where I don’t see any news. I don’t speak to anybody who I don’t already know to be polite. I will only watch telly or films or read books from 1997 or before. I will only eat food from the same (not out of date!) too as part of the experience.
I even still have a few clothes from Miss Selfridge (my shop of choice back then) and my ancient levi 501s so will be wearing these. Clothes actually lasted then!

If it makes me feel better I may never return to the present.

Jeez that's a blast from the past! I had those half moon earrings and wore them proudly god alone knows why looking at them now. And a huge rug with them and the Yin/Yang symbols on it.

I remember that day well. I worked on the count and was up all night. I was elated when Labour got in as all I’d known was Tory govt. It felt like a really positive moment with hope for a better future for all of us.

Go on then. I am in my final year of university, in love and optimistic about the future - happy, happy days!

I can supply some reading material if anyone wants to drool over "footy totty". Such a 90s word 😂.

Makes me wish there was a version of sugar for perimenopausal millennials . Not sure what they’d call it . Maybe ‘Kefir’ 😂 fermented but good much like how I feel 😂 now I can’t stop thinking about what articles etc I’d like in it. Maybe a skincare column by Caroline Hirons, some kind of political feminism by maybe Em Clark. Off to plan my imaginary magazine now😂

Please include free samples! I lost interest in magazines when they stopped strapping perfume testers and nail polish to the front!

I think Kefir should have articles on vaginal atrophy for the shock factor.

Maybe a snog marry avoid quiz with Putin/Trump/Farage. Actually scrap that as suicide rates would re-surge.

I'd love some original storage solution ideas and reusing household items for new purposes. I'm in!

Oh absolutely free gifts !

@CarrotJams If you get it off the ground then I'll take out a subscription!

Perhaps I need to draw up a business plan. Maybe MN will sponsor haha

Ooh, I’d forgotten all about my moon earrings - bavk in the days wgere I was willing to put up with sore ears because I am allergic to everything in my ear lobes

I lost my virginity that day!!!! It was quite a nice experience, almost 16 and with a lovely boyfriend so I would be quite happy to go back there too. Did well in my exams that year so would hang around for a while!

Michael Owen and David Beckham?

Would totally still wear on the right day.

Yes please, I’d join you in a heartbeat.

Sorry I don’t think I’d be allowed to travel at 32 weeks pregnant… though technically I’d only be pregnant when arriving in 1997… so maybe?

I'd have guessed that too, but no.

Dougie Freedman, John Salako, Scott Minto, Noel Whelan and Carlo Nash. Names that mean nothing to me but then I couldn't even name a currently playing footballer 😂.

I'll join you

Im going to head to 1987, or even better 1977..was a teenager and child respectively, Im so over being a responsible adult!

I’m IN OP! Did someone say Keanu 👀 I’ll bring a dvd of Point Break! I’ve just met the love of my life - all the good stuff lies ahead!