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Aibu to tell you I'm going to graduate today?

43 replies

Flipflopflipflap · 19/09/2017 00:11

I don't want this to be a stealth boast or anything like that, but I am lying in bed like a little girl all overexcited. OH is out like a light and has had a virus all week, and I don't want to wake him up just for this (although he's been incredibly supportive over the three years we've been together and the five years we've been friends.)
I just feel so bloody proud of myself although I can't vocalise it in front of my friends as they're all graduates straight from school.
I just think the whole process was such a challenge for me, I'm normally much a defeatist and I encountered so much adversity over these last four years, from escaping an abysive partner, to having a friend murdered, to losing my grandad, being diagnosed with a physical disability, finding a new partner, sitting finals whilst pregnant with morning sickness, then losing a baby at 21w the day my final assignment was due.
I thought it would never end, and it's all over. I feel like I can take on the world.

If any of you lovely mymsnetters are contemplating a return to education I would say do it everyday. You'll be amazing

Thanks to anyone who read this. I just wanted to get it off my chest

Xxxxxxx

OP posts:
Pinkbedsheets · 19/09/2017 00:12

Congratulations!Flowers

SerfTerf · 19/09/2017 00:12

Congratulations SmileStar

ladybirdsarelovely33 · 19/09/2017 00:13

Congratulations are in order!
Sorry to hear about everything you have been through.

Maya12 · 19/09/2017 00:15

Well done! Hope you have a fab day!

ComingUpTrumps · 19/09/2017 00:16

Well done!!! Huge congratulations SmileStarCake xxxx

PitilessYank · 19/09/2017 00:16

Good job!!

Flipflopflipflap · 19/09/2017 00:17

Thank you all. It's just so exciting I feel like a kid at Christmas and I can start my dream career!!
I just wish I could sleep 😂

OP posts:
hayli · 19/09/2017 00:19

Oh congratulations! FlowersSmile

IamaBluebird · 19/09/2017 00:19

Hope you have a lovely day. CongratulationsFlowers

LondonNicki · 19/09/2017 00:22

Wow!! Amazing.. good for you... what an achievement !!

Enjoy feeling proud girl. You've earned it x

LondonNicki · 19/09/2017 00:23

What's your next move?

Aquamarine1029 · 19/09/2017 00:29

Well done and congratulations!! I know exactly how you feel. I finished my degree last month at the age of 44. It's never too late!

FadedRed · 19/09/2017 00:32

Well done you! Star 🍾💐🎓
Enjoy your day, you deserve it! And all the best for the new career!

NOW SWITCH OFF YOUR PHONE/iPAD/DEVICE AND GO TO SLEEP!!!
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NearLifeExperience · 19/09/2017 00:32

Yay, go you! Flowers

TiesThatBindMe · 19/09/2017 00:35

Well done. What a fabulous achievement. Sending you sleep dust....

EloquentlyIneffable · 19/09/2017 00:38

Congratulations! You deserve to feel so so proud! Flowers

LellyMcKelly · 19/09/2017 00:40

Huge congratulations! It is a great achievement. And it is just the start of your journey. You've overcome big challenges, worked hard, know a lot more about what you can do, and hopefully are a lot more confident in your talent and abilities. I absolutely love the words of Nadiya Hussein when she won Great British Bake Off.

"I’m never gonna put boundaries on myself ever again. I’m never gonna say I can’t do it. I’m never gonna say ‘maybe’. I’m never gonna say, ‘I don’t think I can.’ I can and I will."

And you will. You total star!

oldlaundbooth · 19/09/2017 00:41

Done the business there op.

Now get to sleep you graduate, you! 😇🙋

AuntyEstablishment · 19/09/2017 00:48

YANBU to tell us. I'm genuinely happy for you. I hope you have a fantastic day. I know graduations are often a lot of standing around and listening to boring speeches etc etc but they are really wonderful too.

👩🏻‍🎓🎓🥂🍾💐

kohl · 19/09/2017 01:14

Bloody well done OP! You can conquer the world. Enjoy every second of your graduation-you richly deserve to.StarStar

ladyballs · 19/09/2017 07:35

Congratulations OP, enjoy your day. StarFlowers

I graduated at 43 2 years ago. It's a wonderful feeling.

dudsville · 19/09/2017 07:42

You are amazing!!!! You must have had such focus and perseverance to push forward through all those hurdles. I hope your graduation is a fabulous celebration of what you can do when you set your mind to it. And then I hope you get some rest!

Skittlesss · 19/09/2017 07:44

Ok, you are soooo not unreasonable, lady! WELL DONE! To have completed your degree whilst all the things life has thrown at you is amazing!

Have a fantastic day and be so very proud of yourself. Star

MrsHathaway · 19/09/2017 08:00

Congratulations! Hope you are well rested and have a fabulous day.

mydogmymate · 19/09/2017 08:10

Have a great day. I did a degree when I had 3 children and I was a single parent. Going on that stage to receive my degree in my gowns was the proudest moment of my life. I had a great day, and you will too👩‍🎓. Enjoy!!

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