How did your life change in the 2010's

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Ok so I've seen this going around and I think it's interesting to look back on how things have changed in our lives from 2010 to 2019. It's crazy that the decade is almost over. I feel like I'm getting old and haven't done enough in life 😮😮😮 but that'll all change in the next year onwards. For me this decade has been a very up and down one. A lot of lessons throughout. A lot of good times and struggles but it's all part of life.

I want to hear about your decade in review ☺️💕

@Pepperwand we had babies in the same years. Had my first in october 2017 and second july of this year :)

V interesting thread!
Wow, thinking about it, this decade has been a total rollercoaster:

2010 - wrote and published a book
2011 - DD was born
2012 - I split up from EXDH when DD was just over a year old
2013 - after nearly a year still living with ex due to not being able to sell property we had, I move into a new flat I buy on my own, and get a job, having been off on mat leave

• Spend the next five years in a job where my boss is a total lunatic and am stressed and stretched beyond belief, working all hours and coping with being a single mum.

Spend years in many, many unsuitable relationships, bouncing from one car crash of a man to the next. 2017 - get a massive pay rise, double my salary, and decide to buy a house, tripling my mortgage 2017 - between exchange and completion, it becomes apparent that the company I work for is going down the pan, due to total incompetence of boss. He’s in debt up to his eyeballs and company goes bust. I move into new house and have many sleepless nights about how I’m now going to afford the huge new mortgage. Colleague and I decide to set up on our own. Launch new business. 2017 was just horrible tbh, with the stress of it all. I turned 40 then, and was so depressed and down. My mum and dad had to pay my mortgage for me for several months, until I was back on my feet. 2018 - massive turnaround / the new company turned over 100k, I met my new DP, he moved in within 6 months, and we got engaged last Christmas! 2019 has prob been the happiest year I’ve had in that whole decade

@Grobagsforever I’m so sorry for your losses

I can't believe it's almost 10 years either!
My husband left in 2010
I lost 5 stone
I went back to college
Did a degree
Became a nurse
Lost a grandparent
Managed to stay in the family home after years of being financially unstable
Made lots of memories with my dd's
Became a nonna (twice)
Dated
Decided single was better for me
Learnt so much about myself
Become a better version of myself

2010 started with a bang, my husband walked out of his job, the next day he broke his wrist. This started months of panic about getting another job, in April he did.
I was a sahm to 3 dc, youngest being 1. I had pnd, but was silly and refused meds, still regret that.
All 3 children had chicken pox in the summer hols, middle child almost hospitalised due to secondary infection.
2011 was a terrible year, my mum got dx with pancreatic cancer, she died just before New year.
2012 my dad had a 4x bypass 5 days after my mum died. Our relationship broke down throughout that year.
Had counselling, it worked. I volunteered at preschool and took art glasses, all yo keep busy and not think.
At this point I realised how tricky my dd2 was, but blamed myself.
2013 I qualified to work with children. Got offered a job by the end of the year, where I was volunteering. Had house extension.
2014 offered different role in new job. Hated it and very nearly walked.
2015 my ds1 started secondary, my dd2 behaviour was becoming more difficult, esp to me and dd1. My dh had undiagnosed depression, I asked him to go to Dr's, but he didn't.
2016 retook gcse- passed
2017 retook gcse - passed
2018 started uni course, had two hols.
2019 second worse year, my 18 year old goddaughter died, my friends 13 year old died, my friend died. My dd2 dx with asd. My dh dx with depression on meds. Suspect ds has asd, but he doesn't want to go Dr's.
Will be truly glad to leave this year.

2010 met my hubby
2011 got engaged and my darling papa passed away
2012 went to Mexico
2013 got married and found out we were 12 weeks pregnant 2 weeks before our wedding which was a blessing and surprise as we had been told we would struggle to have children
2014 bought our first house and fixed it up and our dd was born
2015 Mat leave & hubby got a permanent full time job after doing 4 part time jobs 👌🏻
2016 changed jobs
2017 got my promotion at work
2018 took our dd to Florida
2019 our dad started school
It's been a busy one with so much excitement next one I hope we can save £ and enjoy our dd growing up, we are extending our family with a puppy and can't wait for the joy that will bring 💕

@Scotmummy1216 ahh another person with a small age gap then. Wouldn't have it any other way but blimey I'm knackered! Congratulations!

Such an interesting thread!

2010- i was still in school
2011- finished school, started uni, turned 18
2012- depression
2013- depression continued
2014- felt great! Lost weight, and turned 21!
2015- graduated
2016- graduated with a masters, but depression again
2017- moved abroad, but stressed and depressed
2018- married DH, broke but happy
2019- got a full time job! Still broke, but still happy!

I'm thinking / hoping the 20's will be when I really settle!

Had a child
Swapped careers
Left relationship
Drifted apart from childhood friend
Swapped back to original career
Got involved with a psychopath
Left the psychopath
Enrolled onto higher education
Left career to train in a completely different job
Moved house
Lost the fairweather friends
Lost faith
Found faith again
Childhood friend died
Lost precious pets
Met lots of new people
Gained a new perspective on life
Gained another child

Kids, career change, house move, cats.

Completed my degree
Got divorced
Became a teacher
Cared for my mum
Travelled for 3 months
Mum died
Met the love of my life
Had my daughter
Realised the love of my life was an asshole
Realised I have autism and ADHD
Quit work to be a SAHM

The End

Met my now dh, have had 2 children, moved away from my hometown, moved again to a completely different place, throw in lots of holidays, camping, weekends away it's been alright

I started 2010 living a student type lifestyle in a flat in Manchester. Met my partner in 2012, had a great few years and some amazing holidays and moved around a bit, bought our house in 2017 and had DD Dec 2017, had a rough time of it in 2018 due to postpartum mental health and I'm not sure I recovered. I managed to get my masters this month though! My relationship has deteriorated though and isn't good...i hope by the end of the next decade I'll have found the strength to leave my partner, I've got a feeling it's going to be a tough decade, but you only get one life and I'm determined to live it. Happy 2020 mumsnetters x

Started 2010 recently married to my long term partner.
Bought and moved to this house 2013
Had our child in 2015
He’s just left this year so ending the decade on a shitty note getting divorced
Here’s to the 2020’s.....

I was 19 in 2010.

-Started my first degree.
-Moved to new area.
-Started my second degree.
-Struggling with severe depression i decided I would kill myself.
-Met my current therapist three months later.

• did my first 5k,which i never thought I could do.
• Diagnosed with BPD.

-Acknowledged the sexual abuse I didn't want to confront. -My grandmother passed away. -Now almost done with my second degree. (medicine) -Saving for my own home. -I've learnt to be more comfortable in my own skin.

2010 - 30 and living in ex dh's home country with DD1 as a toddler. Fucking awful marriage, fucking unhappy all round ....just generally life was shit.

Now just turned 40 - as the decade passed DD2 came along, I got my shit together and left the wanky husband. Got counselling, realised all the shit going down in my life resulted from growing up in a dysfunctional family. Now live alone with my 2DDs, lost a shed load of weight and feel proper foxy. Met a new bloke OLD. Very early days but he's an absolute gem and makes me feel desirable and attractive for the first time in my life.

Life is very definitely starting at 40 for me

Well you did ask . I had never thought about the decade before
2010 I unhappily married 2 children at home just they were late teens . And dog . Was is large house that need lots of work .
2019 I single took years to get divorced. He left in 2010 . Kids left home 2014 . The old house was sold in 2015 bought a flat that need work . 3rd time I have done this and not done the work.
2015 had operation that left half blind.
Took this year to get over it .
This year
Well has been brilliant done so much .
The dog still have him . He is best thing ever bought me loads of freinds .
This was decade of my 50s
No idea what 20s will bring

In 2010 I got out of a long term toxic relationship, had a few years catching up with friends, met my husband at the end of 2012, had my first baby in 2014, got married in 2016, had second baby in 2017 and bought our lovely little home in 2018! This has by far been my best decade, I'm very much looking forward to the next

This has made me think through the last ten years!! And what do I want / where do I want to be by the end of the next ten years!! Thankyou OP for starting this..
2010 - newly single mum to 2 dc after 15yrs with ex dp.
finished PgCert
lost 4 stone.. regained my old confidence and met a few new male friends and joined the online dating thread on mn.
started a pgdip (madness but good for career)
Met exdp; realised he was the same as the dc’s df and just as controlling. Decide staying single is best and gain back 5 stone
Went on my first ever girls holiday abroad with no dc, never spent 4 days away from dc previously.
Took dc abroad on holiday on my own
Ds goes to uni. Take ds2 long haul on holiday (ds1 decided he’s too old now to go come with me).
2019 start my MSc. Wondering if maybe after ten years I feel ready to dip back into the dating world..

Had my first child 18th December 2009, he’s 10 years old next week. DH and I had started a business in 2005 that was only just starting to make a tiny bit of money in 2010, I was working elsewhere to pay everything but on maternity leave we just had my SMP and credit cards to live on in a rented 1 bed flat. Things were tough financially. Didn’t return to work but stayed at home through the toddler/baby years and did paperwork for our company although couldn’t afford to pay me for it. Had second child in 2012. Company started making a bit of money. DH and I bought and renovated two houses in two years from 2014-2016 after we finally earnt enough for our first mortgage, this while children were small, we were both mid/late 30s. I started my own business when youngest started nursery in 2015, November 2019 has been my most profitable month to date. So hard at times, it’s been a busy decade, company started in 2005 now employs over 150 people and has been valued at £15m. Everything could change tomorrow but the last 10 years has taught me we can survive the hard times and appreciate the good. Especially the small things like the dc both passing their swimming badges, youngest moving up in his reading and watching them in their Christmas concert playing in the orchestra last week.

2010: 26, Single MSc student, living in Ireland

2019: 35, mother of two boys, facing up to my future as a single parent. STBXH was emotionally and sexually abusive and was arrested last week over the worst of his behaviour.

Started the decade in a relationship with someone awful, serious drug issues which caused mental health problems and I went through some terrifying times just waiting for his physical abuse when I couldn't afford to fund his habit. Got the courage up to leave in 2012 after 3 years, got guilt tripped into going back after a week then finally left in 2017. Bumped into first love literally that evening, we were both picking ourselves up from horrific relationships. We went onto marry and have a child, I never had wanted a child but he is the best thing ever and I am now so happy. He has helped in rebuilding a relationship with LC mother. Lots of other things happened in the meantime, including new jobs, redundancies, money issues and personal losses but I can say I am finishing this decade way happier than I started it . Next decade must include doing more things just for me...

Started job 2011
Moved house
Had a child
Became single parent
Moved house

I'm a completely different person entering this new decade. I'm questioning long term friendships, realising that I'm getting more out of my more recent relationships.

I can feel my job transforming into something that's not right for me.

I think I'm due some major changes...eeeek!

Had gone back to uni at the start of the decade to do a 2nd degree and help with a career change. I was renting, single and had an active social life.
After graduating, found a well paid job but it was boring and not the sector for me. Left for a job that I thought I would enjoy but didn't.
Met a guy who I'd met years back and started seeing him.
Changed jobs but again it wasn't so great.
Got engaged and had a big fat wedding (far too soon looking back at it).
Bought first house with DH.
Changed jobs to one I'm still in and enjoy.
TTC for 5 years. In that time had many great holidays.
Finally conceived (with help from Clomid) and went on to have DC1.
Back to work after ML and conceive again (unplanned).
Have DC2 and end the decade on ML again with a very inactive social life! Netflix is my friend! Having children has eclipsed everything this decade.

Got married
Built our own home
Dd1 went off to uni
Gave up work to look after my mum
Mum went into a care home
Fell pregnant with dd2 (unplanned )
Dd1 died
Gave birth to dd2
Mum died.
The last 10 years have been awful. At least I know the next 10 can't get any worse.