What were you doing with your life in 2007 and does it seem long ago to you?

[AbsentmindedWoman]

That was the year I first moved to London. Feels like a lifetime ago, but also when I hear "2007" it seems like that shouldn't be as long ago as it is

What was your life like then? Do you miss it? I miss being so young and all the potential opportunities!

Qualified as a teacher. Single and miserable. Still trying to get over an ex I had separated from the previous year. It took a further 3 years.

Gosh I forgot the actual events of 2007 in my last post, it was actually awful, my parents split up & my mum got together with the abusive partner that is the reason I haven’t seen her in years. My dad got together with my stepmother that then did her utmost to isolate him from us, very successfully I can add - he barely knows me now.

So no I absolutely would not go back.

Just finished my degree started a new job meeting new people and having a blast. Good times :)

Living in England, had a good job, just had my first D.C. nice life. 14yrs later, different country, unemployed, 3 more DC, it’s a struggle

It was the worst year of my life. My mother died and I was homeless, living in a women’s shelter. But, onwards and upwards!

Such a long time ago..

I was 32, married with a 9 year old son (wasn't my husbands child).

It was rough. I was working 3 jobs 7 days a week because my then husband refused to keep me (although I was the one who paid all the bills - had lots of savings before we met and he was worried my money was going to run out, he was working full time too but kept all his money for himself).

He was verbally, often physically and mentally abusive.

Sadly, even until recently my pattern on being with abusive men has continued - one day I might learn.... 🤷🏻‍♀️

I was in my 2nd year of uni though I was 26. Lived in a student flat which I hated, a friends living room and another shit student flat. Loved being a student and really excelled this time around.

Met exh in the December which was life changing in good and bad ways.

It does feel a long time ago yes, I was in a bad place. I relocated with two small dc and rocked up at new school gates as a ''single mother'' which I found hard at the time. Now I'd shrug it off of course. I was dealing with having escaped an abusive relationship geographically but I was still letting him in to my head for another few years. luckily my eldest is in college now and I have a job, a house, savings, a pension! I left with a rucksack and a buggy so it' is possible to leave and start again. Anybody reading this feeling it's too late to leave, it's not, feather YOUR OWN NEST

@Glassofshloer 😂😂😂 my friends and I were reminiscing about that foundation the other day

I had a one year old and was finding it very tough.

I was living in Beirut with my ex. I don't miss him but I loved my time there.

Second/third year of university, living in a flat with no proper central heating with my two best friends. I somehow had the energy to keep up with my studies whilst working in a pub down the road and going out partying most nights and up to London on the bus most weekends.

If I hear a song that was around that year it seems like yesterday. However, if I look at a picture of me at 21 and then me at 35 I can tell it was a while ago!

I was still in secondary school, hating being there and falling into a bad crowd. Funny how things work out.

Goodness. Yes it does seem like a lifetime ago. I was 38, ds was a very full on 3 year old, I had a fairly crap part-time job and I'd started an A-level to begin the retraining process. Dh was getting very ill right about this time of year, having come off his meds without telling me. I was trying to hold it together as he became psychotic first slowly then very fast.

14 years later ds is in his last year of school. Dh died 4 years ago. I've now worked for nearly 10 years in the job I'd started retraining for back then. I'll always wonder if it was the pressure and freedom of me retraining that contributed to dh's death. I hope not.

Very difficult pregnancy and then giving birth to a very poorly DD. Was a tough old year. DD is somehow 14 now and probably eye rolling at me (if I could see her right now but she's taking part in her nightly 3 hour shower and pamper fest)

2007 was the year I dumped my old boyfriend from drama school because I met my now DH and thought he was the kindest, bravest, funniest person I had ever met. (He still is.)

My ex ended up doing quite well for himself and we occasionally exchange pleasantries via text or email which is nice, he is married now and very happy which he absolutely deserves. Anyway, 14 years and 2 babies have changed my outward appearance dramatically- people wouldn’t believe I used to go out with him if they passed me in the street now ! !