To ask what was your 'sliding doors' moment?

[Fairyicecream]

For those that haven't seen the film Sliding Doors, it basically showed how different her life turned out if she caught the train/didn't catch the train.

What was one decision, one moment that could have changed your whole life?

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. A few years ago my marriage went through a bad patch (understatement to say the least). DH talked about leaving. It was the worst time of my life and I honestly don't know how I got through it.

Anyway, i often wonder, what if I had just told him to go? We would now all be living separately and we and our beautiful DC would have a completely different life.

Instead, we are all now happier than we have ever been. But it could have all been so different with that one decision...

@Arielsgift

If I hadn't of downloaded tinder for a laugh, I'd have never of met my wonderful DP. I never knew I could find someone that loved and cared for me so much. He filled the void that stemmed from a toxic childhood. I honestly didn't think I would meet anyone decent from tinder!

I also downloaded Tinder for giggles snd something to fill the boredom after my child was in bed. I met my partner on it and we've been together 5 years!

I hit my head and became seriously ill from it as a baby. If there are parallel universes then there is one where I died then and one where I didn't hit my head at all.

The sliding doors moment belongs to my father.
As part of a drug trial he is currently on, he is required to have certain scans every couple of months. His last one was a month or so ago. He left the clinic in London, and in the taxi home the consultant called him to ask if he felt ‘chesty’ or had trouble breathing. He said “no”.
The consultant advised my father that the scan appeared to have caught a glimpse of his lung, and what appeared to be a blood clot, and to get himself to the nearest A&E as a matter of urgency.

Our local NHS hospital were amazing l, despite being up to their eyes in COVID, and had him on anti-coagulants in a matter of a few hours. My father never had any symptoms of an pulmonary embolism, and if it wasn’t for that 2 monthly scan happening to fall that very week, God only knows what would have happened.

Mine is tinged with some regret.

I was in a very abusive relationship with a 15mth old DC and was trying and failing to escape when I got pregnant again. I knew that I would be stuck with him if I continued with second pregnancy so I had an abortion which he said he'd never forgive and we split up (and he moved onto his next victim).

Early the following year, around about what would have been my due date, I met my future DH at a work night out. We didn't get together immediately but it was definitely the night that our interest was piqued.

I never would have been there if I had continued the pregnancy and it was definitely the right decision for me and my existing DC

My DH and I have been together almost 30 years now - every year when we celebrate our 'anniversary' I always take a moment to acknowledge my decision.

It wasn't me but dh.
We'd met the week earlier.
I went out after work and he'd gone to the city for a friends birthday. Someone was refused entry and he decided to come back to our town and to the pub I was in.
That was nearly 11 years ago.
It's crazy to think it might not have happened at all.