Things I'm sad I'll never do again

[Sunny54321]

Ride a horse - too old and too many dodgy bits to risk a fall and nervous riders more likely to come off.

I'm sure there are loads of others but this is mine today.

Anyone else have one?

I have a sex life I’m very happy with but i am sad i wont have sex ever again with one particular guy.

Also sad I’ll never again have hips narrower than my shoulders.

Another one who misses horses. Not just riding but being around them. My knees and back won't allow it now. The lovely stables I used to go to closed and moved away.
I miss owning a dog too. Reasons and family responsibilities prevent it or having any other pet apart from my pond goldfish.

Where there's a winch there's a way.

Then you have to hope the winch is still there when you get back...

Travel. I've travelled loads, by myself mostly, having interesting adventures all the way. I doubt I could even manage a package holiday now.

Have sex. Antidepressants + disability have taken away most of the desire, but I remember what great sex felt like!

Have friends that I could talk with for hours, get pissed with, roll around shrieking with laughter.

Just get things done. I live in filthy chaos, not for lack of motivation but lack of physical capacity.

Run, dance, swim and gym. My daily step target is 1,000, for fuck's sake.

Eat at lovely restaurants. I do it maybe twice a year. Am restricted by finances and the need to travel to anywhere good.

Look really good! (Shallow) I know it comes to us all. I'd rather be old than dead. I wouldn't have surgical interventions even if I could afford it and it was safe. But we're allowed to miss being 'conventionally attractive', aren't we?

Shit, I now need to spend twenty minutes reminding myself how well I'm doing to make the most of my tiny, restricted, uneventful life! Damn you, OP and PPs!

Flicking through the NME and choosing a band to see and then going to a record shop and buying the reasonably priced tickets. I miss those days.

I haven't given up on horse riding just yet, need to lose a lot of weight and get a bit fitter, and choose the horse with care ( nice sofa back cobby type ), gone are the days of falling off backwards umpteen times at a gymkhana and jumping up without a care in the world, often without a hat
Going out out on a school night, just because someone mentioned there was a 10p a pint night on, and still getting to work the next day on 1 and a half hours sleep.

All I want to do at the moment is sit with Mum under her heated blanket laughing at what my daughter is doing with her and having her care I might be late 30s but I was always her little girl.

Why are people not riding a horse anymore? I am in my mid-late 50s, and still have no problem riding a horse. Ditto sailing. Still do that. Age doesn't stop that either! Many friends and acquaintances of mine (around my age and older) still go horseriding and sailing...)

I do miss clubbing in the 1980s though! Used to love it. Used to go on the bus with my mates, and have a great time til 1.30am, then walk home together (as it was (roughly) about a 20 minute walk back to where we lived...)

Can't do that anymore, as it's a bit sad for anyone over 40 to be clubbing! 😆

Definitely sad that I will never have - and raise - my 2 beautiful children again. I loved it so much! I do have 2 beautiful, intelligent, and successful young adult children though!

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Be pregnant and have a newborn. Felt amazing and newborn days on the sofa with a tiny baby on you are impossible to replicate!

Also horse ride. I was never a horse girl but did enjoy it. Value my working body too much now and appreciate I am clumsy.

Oh, and also, (as someone else said,) I miss being able to order concert tickets over the phone, and just pay by debit card for them, (and it took less than 5 minutes in total.) Then I would have them delivered 4-5 weeks before the concert! And I miss the prices... Many of them were £30 or less! (Noughties and early 2010s...)

Leave it a few years and it may come back. My DCs in their 20s often take my hand when we're walking. They wouldn't in their teens though.

So sorry for the loss of your brother x

Be pregnant. Breastfeed. Cuddle a newborn. Carry a baby in a sling.
Drink more than one glass of white wine without getting a headache.
Travel without fear.
Wear heels.

Another one adding to the chorus of ride a horse.

Base jumping. Lost my confidence and only plane dive now

Run. When did I stop running? It just crept up on me.

Breastfeed. I LOVED it.

Ones that I miss: being pregnant (NOT the birth!), breastfeeding, carrying my child around or pushing them in a buggy, being slim and not having to watch what I eat, being in the early stages of my relationship with my husband, flirting, having my group of schoolfriends in the sixth form and through to early 20s when we did everything together.

Ones other posters have mentioned but that I have never done and would quite like to:
Take ecstasy
Ride a horse
Ski
Not at the same time! 😄

rollercoasters

Are you very rich??

Lots of hot sex references, why can’t you have it??

Go on a white knuckle ride. I have PVD in both eyes and while it's stable, I'm too scared of a detached retina. I love a very, very terrifying roller coaster.

Eat a phaal with a giant naan. My stomach's knackered and hot curries are totally off the menu, and more than a mini naan would have me in pain for 24 hours.

Lots of hot sex references, why can’t you have it??

Too fat in my case !

Go dancing to the music I like. Loads of 80s and 90s and even the occasional britpop nights, but not that bouncing mix of grunge , punk, ska and metal that characterised a 90s alternative teen experience. Anything that promises to play oasis can fuck right off.

Pull a stranger.

Go to a wedding (unless possible dc).

I miss a small child's genuine wonder and the unadulterated delight in their eyes. All I get now is the teenage eye roll!

Pre DH, the anticipation of getting ready to go to work, to see my office crush. Nothing ever happened but it was so thrilling. I kept the old perfume bottle from that time, and even 26 years later, I am transported when I smell it but sad I'll never feel like that again.

I’m nearly 50 and getting into horse riding.

Miss that first flirtation feeling.

Also miss being pregnant and snuggling my newborn. The smell 💕

Also miss the spontaneous weekend breaks with friends. Drop of a hat plans and adventures!