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What was your life like in 2005?

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AbsentmindedWoman · 06/08/2021 23:27

I was 20 and life was so, so easy compared to now. Just had such a sense of having plenty of time, and that the future was going to be great. I was at uni and loved my course, the people I met etc. It seems like yesterday in one way, can't believe it's so long ago.

What was your life like in 2005?

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BellsaRinging · 07/08/2021 20:28

Pretty shit. I was 31 and had a healthy baby, and I was physically healthy. That's the good news. But I had lost a fiance and my mother in the previous 12 months and I was working full time with a baby. Work was stressful, the baby was challenging, finances were a mess and I was...sad. 16 years later and I got through it...and life is so much better now. Love to you all that are struggling. Sometimes life sucks.

LadyCatStark · 07/08/2021 20:38

I was 19 and struggling with my mental health. I was doing a degree in Mental Health Nursing which I really wasn’t mature enough for and I’d split up with my boyfriend of 2 years. I wasn’t over him at all but I was with someone else that only lasted for the summer. After that I was sort of seeing my ex boyfriend for the rest of the year until I found out that he actually had a new girl friend! That was the end of that and I met DH in 2006.

princessspotify · 07/08/2021 20:48

@mrsmalcolmreynolds I'm very sorry for your loss. That was a truly horrendous day and I'll never forget it

mrsmalcolmreynolds · 07/08/2021 20:54

Thanks princessspotify.

OP I have to say I think this is a great thread - speaking just for myself it's good to look back and think about the whole year, and to read the context of so many other people's experiences.

CosmicComfort · 07/08/2021 21:20

I was early 30’s! Lived in the same house, with the same husband as now. Dses of 3 and 1. MIL was dying of brain cancer and I would be told 2 days after she died that I had cancer. Not my favorite year but I’m still here, dses are grown and both off to Uni before too long so all good now.

PaperMonster · 07/08/2021 21:47

@LadyTiredWinterBottom2 thank you. Yes, I survived, but by crikey they were bizarre times.

blahblahblah321 · 07/08/2021 21:48

I was a single mum to a 2 year old, going back and forth to family court. Met DH at the very beginning on 2006 and have never looked back - tbh he saved us

Zotter · 07/08/2021 21:52

Flowers to all sharing their v tough stories.

RuthW · 07/08/2021 21:52

Awful. My husband left Aug 2005 and I was in bits with as small child. The worst year of my life so far.

SunSeaSurfGin · 07/08/2021 21:59

I was 14 and puberty was in full swing! But I was getting used to freedom / benefits that being a teenager brought.

PoppyDotx · 07/08/2021 22:00

I was 11 and a kid, think I was in my last year of primary school. My dad was still alive, I miss him.

Babyroobs · 07/08/2021 22:02

Mine was very hard. I gave birth to my dd in the middle of 2005 and already had 3 boys under 6. Totally chaotic ! DD was in a special harness for the first 6 months due to hip dysplasia which made thiings worse !

MintyGreenDream · 07/08/2021 22:03

25 and been married a year to
someone I should never have married.

Sunshinealligator · 07/08/2021 22:10

I was 15, had just been diagnosed with ME, so pretty much thought my life would be me being too ill to work, I was too ill to go to school. I was very scared and thought genuinely everyone was an arsehole.

I'm now 30, in a professional job, I view people very differently. I am more inclined to believe people are good, and if they're not, I try to understand the reason and if I can help, I always will.

I'm enjoying life, new car, nice house, good job. A happy child and a strong marriage. Couldn't ask for more. (I didn't even hope for half of what my life is!)

Mydogisagentleman · 07/08/2021 22:16

I was 41, 4 year old DD, living in Bangkok. Brilliant life style

Caramelsmadfuzzytail · 07/08/2021 22:27

It was the year I was 33, my 2nd son was born and my dad died. My husband showed that he was an arsehole and my depression got the better of me.

Pegasusmail · 07/08/2021 22:33

I was 26. Still in the job/career I am in. I was a part time student also.
Start of the year (Valentines 2005) I broke up with long term boyfriend. Little did I know I would meet my now husband in the summer. Went travelling.
Bought a house in the late summer. Still own that house. I don't know if I was truly happy. It was a time when I worked hard but felt everyone else had it all (I really wanted marriage and kids).

MarleneDietrichsSmile · 07/08/2021 22:34

In 2005 I emigrated from Colombia to Argentina with my DH, 1yr old and 3yr old

It was the year I fell apart, with no family or friends nearby. Tried to make a life. Promised myself that by age 50 my life would be fab again

That is now Grin

So yeah, things are so much better now, here, in England. 2005 was super tough 🤯

Do not emigrate to far flung places with a baby and a toddler, that’s my free life advice for you all Smile

Nameandgamechange123 · 07/08/2021 23:05

I was 23 with a 1 year old and baby on the way. No decent smart phones back then and no watsapp groups etc so much harder to arrange to meet other mums and know what groups were on etc. Very much in it alone back then.

ConsuelaHammock · 07/08/2021 23:13

I had my first child towards the end of 2005. She was in hospital for 3 months. We almost lost her so I’d say it was the worst year of my life.

Sarahplane · 08/08/2021 03:13

I had my first dd who is almost 16. I'd just turned 20 and was a mess.

Nc123 · 08/08/2021 07:31

I got my first (adopted) child. It was wonderful.

Also first permanent job. I was 23 and struggling with undiagnosed health conditions, but my boy made up for everything.

Agadorsparticus · 08/08/2021 07:34

24 yrs old and living in our first home. We got married in 2005, broodiness just starting to kick in. Working full-time and studying after work 2 nights a week.

DinosApple · 08/08/2021 07:40

I was 22, just met DH and we were enjoying each other’s company a lot Grin. I was working in my favourite job, and I’d just started a university course.

3kidsandafewcats · 08/08/2021 08:15

Life was good. I was 37, my second child was one. I was pregnant with my third and my husband was still alive back then.