Looking Back On Your Life.

[Caran]

How pleased are you with it.
I think we have had a superb life.
I totally disregard my life before I met OH. But since then we have had a fantastic time.
We have holidayed numerous times in Greece, Turkey, France and Spain.
We had a small cruiser we sailed all over England then took it to France. Sailed everywhere we could until we couldn't bring it back from south coast as we couldn't go against the current. We left it in Toulouse and visited every year until nowhere else to go so sold it.
Bought a motor home. Did most of uk in it. Then did everything we wanted to do in europe.
Since then we have pottered here there and everywhere. OH goes on his own holidays now twice a year in Europe by car. I enjoy his holidays as much as he does! What about you lovely folk?

[Mamyalynne]

I have had and am still having a wonderful life, a fabulous Husband (who died too soon) holidays weren't big affairs with having businesses to run but we loved the English countryside - two wonderful Daughters and four fantastic Grandchildren.

No complaints from me x

[Caran]

Brilliant Mamya.
I have a wonderful daughter, SIL and 5 delightful grandchildren.
They all live a couple of miles away. Difficult at the moment. Would love to see them, but thank heavens for the telephone.

[ummmm]

There are somethings I wish could have been different but in the main I've lived a happy and trouble free life.

3 kids...no grand kids yet. I reckon I'll have one in the next few years though :-)

[gness]

My childhood and life until my late twenties were a complete muddle trying to please too many selfish people. I wish that part of my life could have been different.

Life with MrG was lovely and interesting and where I learned not to be walked over. We had worked hard towards what was just beginning to be the start of our time together after raising a family but poor medical treatment put an end to that. We both made the best of a difficult eleven years. Whatever it was it had to be the best we could make it....and we did.
After some years alone I met Dave. These last few years have been wonderful. He walked into my house one night and asked.....why aren’t we living in Ireland....so here we are in the most beautiful and friendly place imaginable.
How did that happen?

I blame AnswerBank...... ;-)

[Theland]

Difficult.
We only ever managed a few caravan holidays, and days out to various places.
Chasing the money for my family, I was always in jobs working twelve hours a day, seven days a week, so I regret not spending more time with my kids, helping them through school etc, but I tried to be a good provider.
I now have, apart from my six kids, nine grandchildren and a great granddaughter.
I could have been a better husband and Dad, so regrets, yes, but so many happy memories too.
Two of my kids became disabled, and that gives me a great sadness to live with too.
So much more I could write on this.

[ludwigvan]

This post reminds me of one of those annual brag letters some people enclose with their Christmas cards when they boast about their wonderful life and family.

[aelmpvw]

easy for you to say ludwig, you composed some musical masterpieces

[allenlondon]

Is this really about holidays?

Do you gauge your happiness by the places you’ve been to?

Surely life is about the everyday, the ‘living’. Escaping for a few weeks a year being its highlights makes me very sad.

[dannyk13]

On the whole I have had a good life with one regret i.e wish I had never started smoking.

[joeski53]

//Surely life is about the everyday, the ‘living’. Escaping for a few weeks a year being its highlights makes me very sad//

Your right it encompasses everything else as well, Some people (not me fortunately) have not had a holiday even prior to this pandemic, I think sometimes how lucky Ive been with my life, but then

[allenlondon]

I had a holiday in 1988. It was fine, but not a high point in the last 33 years.

[nailit]

//Do you gauge your happiness by the places you’ve been to?
Surely life is about the everyday, the ‘living’.//

Agree 100%
Its like saying that you cant be happy unless you are fortunate enough to have the money to travel.
At 54, Im the happiest now than Ive ever been and certainly couldnt afford a holiday. But I have great friends, a job that I love, relativly good health, a roof over my head, food in the fridge and Im above ground.

[Bobbisox1]

I'm blessed with many friends a good husband who can cook and clean better than me , a nice family , if travel comes into it, then yes, we've been to many different countries but in the main , it's the stability we have, that's more important

[margarettom]

I agree with ludwigvan 06.37.

[Sqad]

I also agree whole heartedly with Ludwig, a perfect thread for the exhibitionist
Nothing wrong in that.
I played the cards that I was dealt throughout my life,sometimes well but at other times badly.
I tend not to look back at my life if at all possible and certainly see no point in past life analysis.
AB provided the inadequate and insecure with a bolt hole in which they can flourish...........and they do..nothing wrong in that.....

[naomi24]

^Yep.

[margarettom]

By the way, LOL aelmpvw @07.20.

[iluvmargie]

It's had its up and downs, never had a family of my own which I kinda regret, but give and receive a lot of love from my wonderful sister's kids. Been abroad several times, but not all that important to me, prefer to holiday here, Wales or Scotland. Been a lifelong dog lover which has provided me with much happiness, but if I had to live my life over again, would I do it differently ? Probably, so long as dogs were a large part of it.

[iluvmargie]

9:48 - does that last para. refer to you as well Sqad??

[david small]

Good grief sqad. AB provided the inadequate and insecure with a bolt hole in which they can flourish...........and they do. Kind of sawing off the branch that your sitting on there.