Are you happy? Is your life going well?

This year, lost my dog of 14 years. Last week wife of 30 years was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer, incurable.

I'd end it now if it wasn't for the kids (24 & 21 not really kids)

Nice to see others enjoying it though, I mean that genuinely.

Reading that back I should have put the wife before the dog, made me chuckle so I'll leave it :lol:

Edit - Forgot my work are changing my role so a 4k pay cut. happy days.
 
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Nope, never been 'happy' since my (so called) friend fell out with me 18 months ago. My life feels so empty without her even though I have other great friends and my kids who I adore. I'd love to be truely happy again but it feels so far away.
This year, lost my dog of 14 years. Last week wife of 30 years was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer, incurable.

I'd end it now if it wasn't for the kids (24 & 21 not really kids)

Nice to see others enjoying it though, I mean that genuinely.

Reading that back I should have put the wife before the dog, made me chuckle so I'll leave it :lol:

Edit - Forgot my work are changing my role so a 4k pay cut. happy days.
Bloody hell, that's awful, so sorry to read that. What a shit time for you xx
 
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I've got a great set up really but the non stop work with the covid cloud where its all fast lane has had its toll
Just need to count my blessings now and again.Need to get back seeing people ,mates and family etc
Its too easy not doing stuff and i'm at an age little health niggles come and dont go
 
I am and mine is. Yeah there’s always room for improvement but I’ve got pretty much everything I want. Had a few crap things in my life in the last year but I’ve erased them. Accepted a new job with the home office this week that I wasn’t even looking for and more money so nice way to end the year.

Just was interested to see how people are feeling. Had a funny few years I suppose and it would be nice to hear if people are optimistic for the future. We tend to dwell a lot on what’s not going so well.
Nice to hear you are doing well, happy days, life is there to enjoy.

Same here, things looking up and everything going right at the minute. Couldn't be happier.
 
Reading these posts it must be shit being the glass half empty type and i dont mean that in bad way .I've had some really tough times and never been sailing along but i've always had a positive outlook .I do know people who are just never happy or content andd its not like its a choice ,some people are just different .It must be a bummer because life's too short .
 
Its shit not being able to do it though.

Just had the kitchen done for example, it’s really nice. I stand there cooking and thinking ‘probably need to move house soon, don’t get comfy’.

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I suppose in a way how can you be optimistic if you always live in the moment.
 
I’m generally quite chilled and positive about life. I have a good lifestyle, I’m healthy-ish, got a loving family and partner, dog, friends, interests and hobbies that I get to pursue to the full. It’s been a hard year or so with good bits and bad though, I pushed myself in my career and made massive steps forward, I’m making a lot more money than most my age round here now, I bought a house with our lass that we could only have dreamed about a couple of year ago. Went through some horrible shit at work though last year, really nasty ugly politics that rolled on for months, its hard to let go of and move on from, it put a massive strain on my mental health and my relationship with our lass, there was a lot at stake and it’s all over with now and I’ve landed on my feet but I still ruminate about it and really resent a few people for how I was treated. It’s a long story not for this thread but it took the shine off a massive achievement that I worked really hard for while everyone was making banana bread and watching tiger king, it’s had a lasting effect and after all the stress, grievances and investigations etc there was no good reason for any of it, I was simply shafted because it was more convenient for a few people and there was nothing I could do about it with the information I had at the time, was a sour life lesson though that I won’t fall for again, trust me - don’t take anyone’s word for anything, don’t ever put yourself in a position where you need something from someone and generally remember that people go to work to see to themselves first and foremost, colleagues are never proper friends really. I also lost an uncle suddenly who was central to our family, it’s brought us even closer together in some ways even though we were already close.
 
Aye the pandemic has certainly changed our lives , managed to sell our house for more than we ever imagined and allowed us to move to a lovely new one closer to my parents - the joys of a detached house in a quiet village coupled
with the ability to pop ten mins down the road
to see them is ideal.

Gone from a really stressful job via a slight stroke to working at home for another team and having every weds off to chill which has really helped with my health issues.

Last thing to be sorted is another surgery to turn my innie stoma into a outie one which is happening early Dec
 
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Reading these posts it must be shit being the glass half empty type and i dont mean that in bad way .I've had some really tough times and never been sailing along but i've always had a positive outlook .I do know people who are just never happy or content andd its not like its a choice ,some people are just different .It must be a bummer because life's too short .
Glass half full is the only way to be.
 
This year, lost my dog of 14 years. Last week wife of 30 years was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer, incurable.

I'd end it now if it wasn't for the kids (24 & 21 not really kids)

Nice to see others enjoying it though, I mean that genuinely.

Reading that back I should have put the wife before the dog, made me chuckle so I'll leave it :lol:

Edit - Forgot my work are changing my role so a 4k pay cut. happy days.

Howling at this :lol:
 
I'd be satisfied with remembering what happy felt like.

In the last 4 years I've separated from my child's mother, my dad was diagnosed with a terminal illness and passed away, had to move away from Sunderland to be closer to the bairn and work which was followed by the pandemic. I haven't made friends with anyone here and friends back home/family never come to visit. Come to think of it it's 24 November and I'm still waiting for my first foot. Old friends have absolutely no desire to do anything more interesting than standing in an empty pub once every 3 months or so and there's been zero romantic interest since me and my ex split up.

On the plus side I have an ok job, my own home and an amazing son but if anything ever happened to him then I would choose to end my life.

I'm happy for everyone who is happy though :lol:
Where are you living?

Can you not join an online dating app or summat to meet someone too?
 
Good days and bad days. Health issues on and off over the last couple of years.

Work can be shit at times but same as most people I guess.

Life is hard and is for most, but could always be worse.
 
This year, lost my dog of 14 years. Last week wife of 30 years was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer, incurable.

I'd end it now if it wasn't for the kids (24 & 21 not really kids)

Nice to see others enjoying it though, I mean that genuinely.

Reading that back I should have put the wife before the dog, made me chuckle so I'll leave it :lol:

Edit - Forgot my work are changing my role so a 4k pay cut. happy days.
Sorry to hear it mate. Hope things turn around for you soon.
 
Honestly, long term yes. Lots to look forward to and be happy about over the next few years.

Short term, I'm struggling, evern before you factor in covid I've had a horrible 18 months personally. But I put a brave face on it and try and grit my teeth knowing the worst is over. Luckily I have very good friends and family.
 

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