AIBU to ask of your miracles just when you needed one!?

Mungomango · 2025-06-03T01:38:51+00:00

Who has had a miracle (major or minor!) just when you needed one? i.e. lotto win, or something good come into your life just when you needed it? Having a shit time of late. DH has lost his job, we've had some water leak issues and everything seems to be piling up at once. I'm trying to stay calm and positive, so would love to hear other people's stories of unexpected rescues!

LaLaLaLavaChChChChicken · 03/06/2025 02:55

Drove all the way to a seaside town for an evening out with ny young kids. Years ago, so before smart phone WiFi pay. Got parked up and realised I had forgotten my purse so had no money to pay for parking or any entertainment and the chippy tea.
I checked the parking meter and there was £2 in the change tray and a long time left on it. No one around. Spent £1 in an arcade and won £20, so spent the other £1 and won a bigger amount. I had never won anything before.
Managed to have a great night, pier, arcades, chippy tea and ice cream and came home with £3 left.
Minor miracle. I gave the £3 to charity to pay it forward.

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Mungomango · 03/06/2025 03:06

So lucky @LaLaLaLavaChChChChicken ! So gambling is the way forward? ;) And I also believe in paying it forward

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LaLaLaLavaChChChChicken · 03/06/2025 03:15

@Mungomango I hope your luck improves. We have an “alphabet house” in that job A leads to job B then C then you’re whizzing through the alphabet. It’s crap.

I haven’t been lucky before or since, but something miraculous happened that evening. Euromillions win this week would be nice!

PoopingAllTheWay · 03/06/2025 03:24

I dont think iv had one but oh do i need one

Everything has come all at once

Dishwasher is broken, A leak under the sink (noticed today) , Tv keeps switching off, We have moths, im praying its not an infestation

We are overdrawn and both to ill to work.
Partner has some tests coming up which im hoping and praying are all clear…
My health is declining
We are gonna struggle with the bills and already dreading the winter bills coming up and its not even summer

Theres lots of people worse off i know
I hope we all get a miracle soon! X

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Mungomango · 03/06/2025 03:42

That sounds tough @PoopingAllTheWay . I hope your luck improves soon, and that your partners tests come back clear X

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caringcarer · 03/06/2025 04:10

My husband cheated on me, we had 3 DC, a shared business and a shared house. Husband was hiding money from business. I was at my wits end and a friend told me to hire a forensic accountant. I found one and he was brilliant at his job. He found a paper trail of where the money from our business had gone. He found evidence of husband hotel stays and even gifts he bought OW. He prepared documents I could use in court. He came with me to court and was my expert. He took me to lunch. He rang to check on me and after my divorce we dated then eventually married. Without him I'd have lost business instead exh was forced by judge to buy me out at market price or forfeit his share in business due to fraudulent behaviour. We've been married for 20 years in July. He's helped me bring up my DC and been a great step Dad.

LogicalBlodge · 03/06/2025 04:13

LaLaLaLavaChChChChicken · 03/06/2025 02:55

Drove all the way to a seaside town for an evening out with ny young kids. Years ago, so before smart phone WiFi pay. Got parked up and realised I had forgotten my purse so had no money to pay for parking or any entertainment and the chippy tea.
I checked the parking meter and there was £2 in the change tray and a long time left on it. No one around. Spent £1 in an arcade and won £20, so spent the other £1 and won a bigger amount. I had never won anything before.
Managed to have a great night, pier, arcades, chippy tea and ice cream and came home with £3 left.
Minor miracle. I gave the £3 to charity to pay it forward.

Aw I had a a similar thing when I took friends son out. Walked miles to an entertainment place on the beach. Nice man let us hire a boat on the lake for free. Friends son had best time. Thank goodness.

LogicalBlodge · 03/06/2025 04:17

Was going through hell in a job.

Posted on a support forum for a specific thing about it. It was a forum where some of us knew each other and met us sometimes.

Someone I didn't know contacted me who worked in HR. She helped navigate me through it. I would have been absolutely mentally broken and left my career if not for her. She was like an angel.

It was during the pandemic when I couldn't get through to ACAS and wasn't part of a union.

Havvingaalaugh · 03/06/2025 04:20

LaLaLaLavaChChChChicken · 03/06/2025 02:55

Drove all the way to a seaside town for an evening out with ny young kids. Years ago, so before smart phone WiFi pay. Got parked up and realised I had forgotten my purse so had no money to pay for parking or any entertainment and the chippy tea.
I checked the parking meter and there was £2 in the change tray and a long time left on it. No one around. Spent £1 in an arcade and won £20, so spent the other £1 and won a bigger amount. I had never won anything before.
Managed to have a great night, pier, arcades, chippy tea and ice cream and came home with £3 left.
Minor miracle. I gave the £3 to charity to pay it forward.

That’s made my day. Thanks for posting. ❤️

LogicalBlodge · 03/06/2025 04:23

Also - got diagnosed with something extremely rare and that would eventually kill me. Like 1 in a million type thing.

Very very unexpected - never been ill with anything of note.

But a) it all happened very quickly and I wasn't searching for ages to find out what was wrong, which in itself I am grateful for.

But even more importantly I found out b) the extremely rare thing was the mildest version of the extremely rare thing I could have had meaning that it's treatable- it's now a moderate extremely rare thing but the treatment for it means it will never become severe or be the thing that kills me.

So am the luckiest unlucky person.

I honestly have so many examples like this in my life - my family have noticed that a miracle always seems to present itself when I needed it.

Edited to add - this is also true - anytime in my life when I've felt proud to the extent of slight smugness or even gloating then very soon after something bad has happened to derail things. It's that old saying pride comes before a fall.

So what I prefer to do is work hard and take nothing for granted and marvel at the wonder of it all!

Havvingaalaugh · 03/06/2025 04:26

I worked at a rehabilitation hospital, when I was a student nurse. It was a really difficult environment to work in and many of the older nurses were literally on their knees. There was a small group of them who played the lottery and yes, they won. It was enough for each of them to retire. The retirement party was epic.

PoopingAllTheWay · 03/06/2025 04:27

Mungomango · 03/06/2025 03:42

That sounds tough @PoopingAllTheWay . I hope your luck improves soon, and that your partners tests come back clear X

Thank you. Hope you win the lotto :)

LogicalBlodge · 03/06/2025 04:32

caringcarer · 03/06/2025 04:10

My husband cheated on me, we had 3 DC, a shared business and a shared house. Husband was hiding money from business. I was at my wits end and a friend told me to hire a forensic accountant. I found one and he was brilliant at his job. He found a paper trail of where the money from our business had gone. He found evidence of husband hotel stays and even gifts he bought OW. He prepared documents I could use in court. He came with me to court and was my expert. He took me to lunch. He rang to check on me and after my divorce we dated then eventually married. Without him I'd have lost business instead exh was forced by judge to buy me out at market price or forfeit his share in business due to fraudulent behaviour. We've been married for 20 years in July. He's helped me bring up my DC and been a great step Dad.

Oh wow that's a plot twist! I'm just being nosey - how did it move from professional relationship to dating? Who / how was the date initiated? Is there a time limit to dating former clients to wait for?

imisscashmere · 03/06/2025 04:51

LaLaLaLavaChChChChicken · 03/06/2025 02:55

Drove all the way to a seaside town for an evening out with ny young kids. Years ago, so before smart phone WiFi pay. Got parked up and realised I had forgotten my purse so had no money to pay for parking or any entertainment and the chippy tea.
I checked the parking meter and there was £2 in the change tray and a long time left on it. No one around. Spent £1 in an arcade and won £20, so spent the other £1 and won a bigger amount. I had never won anything before.
Managed to have a great night, pier, arcades, chippy tea and ice cream and came home with £3 left.
Minor miracle. I gave the £3 to charity to pay it forward.

I love this!

Mymanyellow · 03/06/2025 05:01

That’s a great answer.

CrocsNotDocs · 03/06/2025 05:01

During my first week of uni, my all girls residential college had a breakfast social with the all boys residential college. We weee out in the courtyard in full Australian summer sun and I began to feel very nauseous. I knew I was going to spew everywhere and forever be known as The Spew Fresher. I had no escape and didn’t know where the loos were at the all boys college in any case.

We were shuffled against the courtyard wall for a big group photo and I remember being at the back thinking that I’m going to projectile vomit over everyone in this crowd. Suddenly, I was drenched head to toe in icy water. Some boys had been waiting on the top of the wall and tipped ice-filled Eskies all over us as a joke. Instantly my nausea was gone. I have never been so grateful for anything in my life. All of the other girls were soaking wet and furious.

caringcarer · 03/06/2025 09:57

LogicalBlodge · 03/06/2025 04:32

Oh wow that's a plot twist! I'm just being nosey - how did it move from professional relationship to dating? Who / how was the date initiated? Is there a time limit to dating former clients to wait for?

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We had to go to court 3 times, because exh just didn't turn up first 2 times. Judge made us wait 2 hours on each occasion so we had a coffee and lunch while waiting. We got on well but it was professional not a date. After divorce was settled he rang me out of the blue and said he'd been thinking of me and could he take me to dinner. It sent from there. I know exh was so pissed off when he realised "that bastard who helped her screw me over is now dating me bitch wife". Exh said this after we were divorced. Annoyingly he kept referring to me as his wife for years after we were divorced.

Arraminta · 03/06/2025 10:46

My heart was badly broken when my boyfriend of 2.5 years dumped me out of the blue. I just wanted to drag myself into a deep hole and I had honestly believed I was going to spend the rest of my life with him.

Then my best friend insisted I went clubbing with her. My car wouldn't start so thought I would have to cancel, but my father came home unexpectedly and gave me a lift. In the queue for the club I realised I didn't have my membership card, but luckily another friend happened to walk by and lent me her card.

Once inside the club my friend quickly pulled some bloke (great) so I decided to go home. As I was leaving I accidentally knocked over the pint of the most gorgeous bloke I'd ever seen. The rest is history and he's still absolutely gorgeous 34 years later.

Sometimes the planets do align to make something wonderful happen.

Lifesd · 03/06/2025 10:54

This is a lovely thread 🧵

Dolamroth · 03/06/2025 10:56

caringcarer · 03/06/2025 04:10

My husband cheated on me, we had 3 DC, a shared business and a shared house. Husband was hiding money from business. I was at my wits end and a friend told me to hire a forensic accountant. I found one and he was brilliant at his job. He found a paper trail of where the money from our business had gone. He found evidence of husband hotel stays and even gifts he bought OW. He prepared documents I could use in court. He came with me to court and was my expert. He took me to lunch. He rang to check on me and after my divorce we dated then eventually married. Without him I'd have lost business instead exh was forced by judge to buy me out at market price or forfeit his share in business due to fraudulent behaviour. We've been married for 20 years in July. He's helped me bring up my DC and been a great step Dad.

Not all heroes wear capes ❤️

squashedalmondcroissant · 03/06/2025 11:13

Many years ago when I was married to useless exH, we were completely broke and in debt.

We had bills/rent due and I literally had £0.00 in my bank account and no access to any other money. I was panicking as I had no idea what to do as I couldn’t pay it and had just accepted that I’d have to swallow a number of bank charges for non payment/late fees etc.

The very next day (day bills were due) I had a letter to say I’d had over £1000 tax rebate issued to me and I genuinely cried with relief. Bills were paid on time and it allowed me to pay off some of our debt. It wasn’t a magic fix but gave me some valuable breathing room.

Skulling · 03/06/2025 11:25

What a lovely thread 😊 I could do with a small miracle atm so this gives me hope!

ClowningArounds · 03/06/2025 12:05

I was doing a PhD in a foreign country. I went through some extremely difficult times with the work. Additionally I had a tough breakup and then some messy situations with dating which messed with my head. I decided that for the final year of my PhD I would swear off men - no one dating, no hooking up, just concentrating on my work.
The day I handed in my thesis, for the first time in a very long time I accepted a social invitation of a friend to go out for a big group dinner. At that dinner I was seated next to a friend of the friend, who started flirting. My initial thought was to back away, but then I remembered by thesis was done and decided to have a bit of fun.
I've now been married to that friend of a friend for 7 years. Thank god I finished my thesis that day!

SunshineAndFizz · 03/06/2025 12:15

caringcarer · 03/06/2025 04:10

My husband cheated on me, we had 3 DC, a shared business and a shared house. Husband was hiding money from business. I was at my wits end and a friend told me to hire a forensic accountant. I found one and he was brilliant at his job. He found a paper trail of where the money from our business had gone. He found evidence of husband hotel stays and even gifts he bought OW. He prepared documents I could use in court. He came with me to court and was my expert. He took me to lunch. He rang to check on me and after my divorce we dated then eventually married. Without him I'd have lost business instead exh was forced by judge to buy me out at market price or forfeit his share in business due to fraudulent behaviour. We've been married for 20 years in July. He's helped me bring up my DC and been a great step Dad.

I absolutely love this.

suki1964 · 03/06/2025 12:32

This will seem to be so very minor to most, but it was my miracle when I needed one

I was doing a charity hike - 26 miles - on my own. Most of the way there were loads of people to chat too and fall in with but the last 7 miles, the walkers were few and far between - much more spread out. I hit the wall. I could barely put one foot in front of the other , I had to stop to take pain killers and really struggled to get started again, I was getting slower and slower, crying with the agony of it , just concentrating on getting my legs to move

When a fella fell in beside me and asked how I was getting it. I said I was struggling so he stayed with me, we only had another 4 miles to the finish line Within a mile my legs started again and I picked up my pace. He then needed to dive behind a hedge, told me to carry on he would catch up - I never saw him again even though I waited at the finish line for an hour waiting for him to come through , yet he really should have come in 5 minutes behind me at most