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When was the last time you were genuinely excited?

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MalcolmsBrokenWalrusMoneybox · 15/01/2018 12:17

I was watching the recent Big Bang Theory episode where Sheldon surprises Amy on her birthday and she is so delighted and excited.

I think the last time I felt that level of excitement was as a student, late last century, about to go on a trip to Dublin. I was jumping up and down with glee. Maybe it was just youthful exuberance but I would love to feel that way again.

When was the last time you felt like that? And how can I rekindle that?

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Taffeta · 15/01/2018 14:35

I got excited this morning as I had to go somewhere different for work

I got excited yesterday when Amazon delivered a cookbook and I saw how awesome it was and how many recipes I’m going to cook from it

I got excited I did 17,000 steps on Friday

Doesn’t take much Grin

littlebunnyhophophop · 15/01/2018 14:36

Today me and dp booked our wedding today plus my new cordless hoover has been delivered (early birthday present) excited doesn't cover it GrinGrin

Flippetydip · 15/01/2018 14:36

The most excited I have ever been was 7 months ago, the week before going down to meet our potential new addition to the family - a rescue greyhound.

I couldn't tell the kids about it because I didn't want to get their hopes up and us not have a match with one but I could not sit still for about a week. I've never been that excited about anything before - wedding, children etc - because whilst this was a sense of responsibility it also seemed very simple.

We came home with one - she's adorable, we love her :)

So, that's my advice - get a greyhound!

FreudianSlurp · 15/01/2018 14:39

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IcaMorgan · 15/01/2018 14:39

This morning when DH text me to say he’s got tickets for Cirque de Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall on Valentine’s Day

Cocolepew · 15/01/2018 14:42

In November, I went to see the Prince exhibtion in the O2.
I couldn't sleep for the week leading up to up. I was so excitedI felt sick Blush

Tuscansausage · 15/01/2018 14:49

Had a phone call 2 weeks ago to say I’d won a competition.
I’ve won a 2 week road trip to California!!
I’m very excited!

hellokittymania · 15/01/2018 14:52

Yesterday, when I watched mrs doubtfire for first time in about 12 years

Shhhhhh2018 · 15/01/2018 14:54

Xmas eve as it was the first Xmas that DD really "got" father Xmas etc!

PrivateParkin · 15/01/2018 14:55

Wow Tuscan, how good is that?!

tinytemper66 · 15/01/2018 14:55

Going skiing in half term to USA with great colleagues and 40 pupils! Can't wait!!!!🤗

cptartapp · 15/01/2018 14:57

Landing in Iceland for a short break last week.

LagunaBubbles · 15/01/2018 14:59

Last week when a friend asked me to make her a wedding cake, with an Alice in Wonderland theme! So excited, not till later on in the year but I can feel my creative juices flowing already.

Tuscansausage · 15/01/2018 15:01

PrivateParkin I’m so lucky. It’s a Ford Mustang cabriolet Grin

implantsandaDyson · 15/01/2018 15:01

I got concert tickets last year - didn’t think I’d be able to get them but was able to - I jumped up and down like an eejit and almost imploded with excitement at the actual concert.

sproutsandparsnips · 15/01/2018 15:02

Yesterday when my son's u11 rugby team won their first match in 2 years! So excited!

Cocolepew · 15/01/2018 15:03

Wow Tuscan, lucky you!

Oblomov18 · 15/01/2018 15:04

No. Years ago. Going to Barcelona. I'd wanted to go for years.
Why do I not feel excited very often. That's a bit worrying, isn't it. Hmm

AnnaMagdalenaGluck · 15/01/2018 15:12

16th December 2006 when we went to pick up our new puppy. She's lying next to me now, snoring away. Grin

bfgdreamtree · 15/01/2018 15:13

I think its really sad that so many people haven't been excited for years or decades. Do you not look forward to things? Do you not ever have any fun?

confusedandemployed · 15/01/2018 15:16

I get excited about quite a lot of things: booking holidays, nights out, days off, weekends away. A life without excitement is a pale imitation of the real thing.

I got quite excited last night when my lovely FWB (perhaps more, we're neither of us quite sure yet) said he was on his way over to see me Grin

whiskyowl · 15/01/2018 15:18

I don't think you have to be excited in anticipation of something to have fun in the present moment. For excitemnet, you need to have a sense of entitlement that things will work out more or less as planned. If you come from the kind of background where the future has tended to be taken away from you, or you've had a rough ride so that you no longer feel certain about things happening beyond the present moment, excitement can easily feel like something painfully risky that you cannot afford emotionally. That doesn't mean you can't have fun in the present moment, spontaneously, however.

ShatnersWig · 15/01/2018 15:20

bfg We didn't say we didn't have fun. We said things like this:

I look forward to things and I'm happy but I just don't get excited.

heron98 · 15/01/2018 15:21

I entered a cycle race that I thought I could win (I did!) so I was really nervous and excited during the week leading up to it and couldn't sleep. That was about 2 years ago.

bfgdreamtree · 15/01/2018 15:24

What do you think excited means?