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Hey Pandas, What Is The Best And The Worst Thing That Happened To You So Far This Year? (Closed)
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#1
My husband passing away. My very shy cat jumping onto my lap for some tlc (she misses him too).
Final score:
19points
Scagsy 3 years ago
That's so sweet your shy cat knowing you needed a bit of a love. But I can't imagine how hard it must be for you and I am so sorry for your loss. I wish I could help you with it somehow, but it's just time, I guess. And hugs: ***HUG***
Caro Caro (Submission author) 3 years ago
Scagsy thank you. Yes she's shy but needed her fix as well because she was always on my husbands lap. Now she only has me. She does love sleeping on my hip in bed tho :). I know time heals but right now it's been 6 1/2 weeks so still very raw. Thanks for the hug.
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AW 3 years ago
I'm sorry for your loss and hope you've plenty of two and four legged family and friends to support you
Caro Caro (Submission author) 3 years ago
Thanks AW, yes I do have friends and family.
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Mouse Man 3 years ago
I'm so sorry. My dad has been gone a year, and I swear his cat still looks for him. You need each other, and kitties are good snugglers.
Caro Caro (Submission author) 3 years ago
She is getting better at snuggling. She loves to lay on my hip in bed and do the whole purr and pump ritual. She's started to play again too, loves her fuzzy ball so that's a good sign.
Load More Replies... Caro Caro (Submission author) 3 years ago
True, especially when she stretches and takes up half the bed :)
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mcborge1 3 years ago
Sorry for your loss Caro Caro, I know what you are going through. Your shy cat is there for you as i'm sure everyone else in your life is.. including your Bored Panda familly. We wish you all the best. :)
Caro Caro (Submission author) 3 years ago
Thanks mcborge1. And you know I'm here for you too!
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#2
The worst thing to happen to me this year: losing my 16yr old nephew and my 52 year old brother in law three months apart. Best thing? My cancer is gone 😊
Final score:
19points
Mouse Man 3 years ago
Keep the faith. I lost my dad last year on my birthday. I really am being a hypocrite here, but I hope it helps you.
Caro Caro 3 years ago
Lia, let me start with saying how sorry I am for your loss. 16yo ... so young. Now I can congratulate you HOORAY I'm happy for you that the cancer is gone. Hugs.
Lia Joseph (Submission author) 3 years ago
Yes, my kids are happy to have mom back. Thank you for the condolences
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I started the year with my SO, whom I absolutely adore. Two days ago we had to put my dearly loved and crazy old dog to sleep.
Final score:
16points
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
Having to put down a dog is terrible! But know now he may rest peacefully.
#4
Finally getting pregnant. And having hyperemesis.
Final score:
15points
Caro Caro 3 years ago
Aw congratulations. The hyperemesis sucks but I hope the baby is ok and you have a beautiful healthy baby.
#5
Worst: Two hospital stays. 5 nights for back pain and leg weakness. Followed 10 days later by 4 nights for blood clots in my lungs. Best: Being back home with my husband and cats!
Final score:
15points
#6
Worst: my mom dying of cancer. Best: becoming an auntie for the first time :)
Final score:
14points
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
I am sorry for your loss. But being an Auntie will open new doors! So I wish you the best!
Scagsy 3 years ago
Congratulations AUNTIE! Sorry to hear about your mum. I imagine losing one's mum is one of the toughest times in anyone's life. I'm sure you had some fun times with her and eventually, I guess, the sadness will fade leaving only the happy memories. Hugs.
Mouse Man 3 years ago
Be the aunt that spoils! Hugs in sympathy for your mom.
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Best: Getting approved by the rescue shelter to adopt our new doggo today! Worst: Catching Covid. It wasn't too bad though because I've had my jabs.
Final score:
13points
Caro Caro 3 years ago
Hooray! Will you post a photo of your doggo please. Sending you grapes and a hug.
Scagsy (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
We are adopting from an international rescue centre so our little pal isn't here until (EDIT:) 6th May. but I'll post some pics when he arrives. We were approved to adopt him yesterday and we are SO excited! We're just arguing over names right now. Kylo, Marmaduke and Leonard are all currently in the mix!
Load More Replies... *Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
Getting Covid sucks... My mother found out she had it two weeks after a trip across the state we live in, she is all better and now has her taste back. But hey! You now have a new buddy (dog)!
Scagsy (Submission author) 3 years ago
Yep! Glad your mom is all better. I'll be glad to see the back of Covid.
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Worst: working at a job with a toxic environment where I felt worthless, unvalued and ignored. Best: Getting a new job I love and continuing my schooling towards earning my degree at 40 years old.
Final score:
12points
#9
Best: eating anything I like and still losing weight. Worst: the terminal diagnosis.
Final score:
11points
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
I'm sorry for your disease, but at least you can eat what you want now.
Kyle (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
No problem. The illness will kill me. I’m not looking for sympathy here. It is what it is.. and I can eat anything, which to someone who’s been heavy all their life is heaven.
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#10
Best: Falling in love and finding a true soulmate after being single for 20 years after losing my wife to cancer. Worst: Finding out my gas fire was dangerous and should have been condemned years ago even though it kept passing it's annual safety check.
Final score:
10points
mcborge1 (Submission author) 3 years ago
Thank you Mouse man I intend to, I have found my true soulmate. :D
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Elizabeth VanDyke 3 years ago
That is scary! My furnace has an annual checkup and now I'm wondering just how good is that checkup.
mcborge1 (Submission author) 3 years ago
It was scary. The gas fire I had was supposed to vent from the back into the chimney but it wasn't sealed properly so it was back venting into the fires innerds causing dangerous hotspots and overheating that warped the gas fire itself, it turns out it could have easily blown up if I used it at a high setting for a long period. I now have an electric fire in it's place. My gas appliences are serviced by my local authority and they have had their budgets cut over the last decade so unfortunately mistakes are being made.
Load More Replies... mcborge1 (Submission author) 3 years ago
Thank you Caro Caro. We met as friends as we are both single carers for daughters with special needs and we both soon fell in love and realized that we were meant to be together. We are like a couple of teenagers right now, it's wonderful. :D :D
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My mom getting better after battling schizophrenia for 11years.And then she relapsed
Final score:
9points
#12
best: i've got my new job a year ago and i'm finally overcoming imposter syndrome and i started seeing friends again... worst: got corona last week
Final score:
9points
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
I hope you get better! Covid is harsh on your lungs so I pray that you recover fully!
Francis (Submission author) 3 years ago
thanks. it was awful but only lasted 6days. i'm well again :)
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getting a GF and the worst ( I haven't really had a bad year) getting temporary suspended on BP
Final score:
9points
Caro Caro 3 years ago
I'm glad you have a girlfriend, hope she's nice. Trey: you got suspended??? what did you do to deserve that? And why am I mentioned in your bio?
Nitro Codes 3 years ago (edited)
You are like an aunt to us all, Auntie Caro Caro, so it makes sense that you are mentioned! And he's not wrong, you have mentioned on multiple occasions that you love cheese!
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finally got comfortable in my school then moved to a new one
Final score:
9points
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
I'm sorry, I can relate. My father was in the military so we moved A LOT! I would get comfortable in one school, then move to another, even after my father left the military I still move schools a lot. Rn I am homeschool, and my mom plans to keep it that way, but I want real friends...
Mouse Man 3 years ago
You can still make real friends! Join a community group or club. Start a hobby or take a non-curricular class.
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#15
getting an acceptance letter to be a counselor at a summer camp.... in Alaska.
Final score:
9points
StevenTheNeat (Submission author) 3 years ago
yeah. its great to be able to do that, but... its so far away!
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They said i have PCOs, can't get pregnant. I'm giving birth at 31 next week Turns out, it was a medical scam, no cysts, just a little overweight. Losing 10 pound, happy marriage and a caring life partner has solved everything
Final score:
9points
#17
Best: I went back to public school Worst: My dad has Heart problems ( he is 65)
Final score:
8points
Madeleine Flowers 3 years ago
Oh, I'm so sorry about that. I hope you have many more great memories to make with him!
#18
Worst: Getting coronavirus and then missing out on my state meet because of it. Best: I guess getting shots and stuff is great
Final score:
7points
#19
I got to see my best friends do their play, in person. 3rd time ever that I've seen them, because we became friends over quarantine. My mom had a fight with my dad, and relationships with our extended family have worsened to the point that they nearly had a 'text fight'.
Final score:
7points
Caro Caro 3 years ago
What was the play about? I'm sorry, it's not easy watching your parents fight and act like little children. Phew.
Madeleine Flowers (Submission author) 3 years ago
It was the Lion King Jr. It was REALLY good; somebody even did backflips across the stage. Thanks for asking!
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Didn't really happen to me, but... Worst: one of my friends was in an accident. Best: in three weeks he was nearly perfectly fine. Amazing because they weren't sure if he would live and three weeks later, no real problems except slight trouble reading but by now he is completely fine.
Final score:
7points
#21
BEST: Got a fantastic job 100% working from home! WORST: Sitting all day working from home gave me hemorrhoids.
Final score:
6points
#22
Best: Reconnected with a buddy from many years ago. Worst: My wife's health keeps deteriorating.
Final score:
6points
#23
worst: getting hit by a car. (im better now) best: getting a better boyfriend!!
Final score:
6points
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
Wohoo! No more bad boyfriend! Also congrats to getting well after getting hit by a car!
Boreddd 3 years ago
I read congrats on getting hit by a car🤦♀️. I don't think I'm functioning correctly
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best: got to deepen some old friendships worst: this is not in my personal life, but the news is pretty depressing...
Final score:
5points
#25
Best: I got to travel ALOT which I love cause I get to see my extended family! Worst: had to put my 15 year old chihuahua down😭 I have known her my whole life!!
Final score:
5points
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
... I wish I could help you, my dog was old, blind, and going deaf. She had her since I was around 4, I had known her for what seemed like forever. But about year ago we had to put her down due to a a dog fight. Horrible.
#26
Bad: breaking my foot, having surgery, not walking for >6 weeks Good: my husband doing the cooking
Final score:
5points
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
I fear breaking my bones. Not to mention getting surgery, I hate to imagine someone cutting my skin open, stitching it up with needles, and so on... (Not to mention the blood. 🤮) When I see someone bleeding [even on tv] I have to apply pressure to my rists. Idk why my rists... but it feels like someone is pushing my bone out of place but in both directions...
Jackie Lulu (Submission author) 3 years ago
I've had 10 orthopedic surgeries counting the foot, and so many x-rays I'm going to start glowing. It got to be ho-hum, but I don't ever, ever want to break a foot again. Hurts the most, and still can't walk normally after 9 weeks. The fun part is zooming around on my knee scooter. I hope you never break anything, but if you do have surgery, relax. They will have it stitched it up, bandaged up, and blood cleaned up before you are awake, so don't try to imagine it. You will be fine.
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Worst thing: my dog died and cat died in the same 2 weeks, both from a stroke (dog was 2, cat was 18) Best thing: I got a girlfriend and I'm super happy!!!!
Final score:
5points
Spampampams 3 years ago
I'm sorry. Loosing them so close together like, that's just so sad. Please be well
That nerd Zoe ️🇺🇲🇺🇦 (Submission author) 3 years ago
I'm good now, but it was worse then because I had an 8 hour mandatory swim meet. I didn't even swim at all. Lol-
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#28
Best: Winning an Aviation scholarship to the school of my dreams Worst: the man who gave it to me died of covid.
Final score:
5points
#29
graphic designer here. got laid off from a family business i busted my hump keeping afloat during the pandemic (and death of owner) in january. was heartbreaking but their loss. used the opportunity to launch my etsy shop and will be setting up booths at local events. currently been using my time to making stickers, coloring books, etc.
Final score:
5points
Caro Caro 3 years ago
James, what a sh!tty thing to happen. Hey, put some of your work here on BP! go on ....
James Tartaglione (Submission author) 3 years ago
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#30
Best: Going to Orlando Worst: Getting COVID and realising that Kurt Cobain has been gone for 28 years
Final score:
4points
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
Why did you go to Orlando? Also it's good you recovered from Covid, Covid is aggressive to some people..
#31
Best: Meeting my amazing BF in June, '21 Worst: Having to put down my soul dog in November '21 due to cancer
Final score:
4points
*Displayname*=idk 3 years ago
Losing a dog is hard. Ik from experience, I still miss her. But we will all have our difficulties. But you have a new relationship to create with your BF!
#32
Well, I think that the best thing was... getting to have a really fun day with my best friend, and the worst thing is that my grandpa died. He was pretty young but had bad lung health..
Final score:
4points
#33
The worst thing that has happened to me this year is my dad dying. My best thing is that a skull and nasal fracture that I had had for 2 years is finally getting fixed because I am now 16 and so there will be less risk to it affecting the growth and movement of my face.
Final score:
4points
#34
I finally cleaned up my room. And my mother nearly died, banging her head against the bathtub
Final score:
3points
Laura Mende (Human) (Submission author) 3 years ago
Yeah. It happened at the end of February. She had a big bleeding wound on the forehead. Ambulance came and took her to Hospital, X-ray, everything was fine. But now she only has reappering headaches. I don't know what to call it in English, the brain was shaken and she had a shock from the fall.
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The Truth Behind The Myth Luna Lightning 3 years ago
The way I read that made it seem like your mother was so shocked that she banged her head on the bathtub
#35
Best: the noisy neighbor moved out of the apartment next door Worst: i keep getting sick ( not covid, just the flu)
Final score:
3points
Alex (Submission author) 3 years ago
yeah biut im sick rn ;wi, and my mom is making me go to school
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My worst thing is that my twin dogs (Jack & Victor), had to be put down on my birthday. The best thing that has happened is that my cats are finally getting after 5 years non stop fighting with. each other. Ευχαριστώ Δία
Final score:
3points
#37
I started a new business from home. Nothing bad yet.
Final score:
2points
Caro Caro 3 years ago
Let's hope nothing bad stays nothing bad! Good luck, I hope the business takes off!
#38
Best: I finally was able to figure out that I have misophonia. My therapist finally was able to tell me what it was, so I can tell people why I have issues with certain noises, and I can tell them to talk to my therapist if they don't believe me. It's really been affecting my life and it feels so good to finally be able to explain it with a word. Worst: trying to commit suicide and feeling tired and stressed all of the time.
Final score:
2points
#39
Best: Taking a college course because I WANT to. Worst: Had to put our beloved dog down.
Final score:
2points
#40
Kiwi died of lung cancer and Flair was very sad about that and developed depression about her hubby's loss. She laid some eggs but they didn't hatch :'( One managed to survive but my brother-in-law's son destroyed it. I was beyond sad and just kicked them out of the house. But the best thing? I got a new pair of baby budgies and a pigeon! Flair started recovering pretty quickly after I got them. She also accepts Caramel (my pigeon) as a part of her family too! I am so happy for Flair! Flair, Snowball (6 weeks old, female budgie), and Banana (1-month-old, male budgie) have piggyback rides sometimes on top of Caramel UwU
Final score:
2points
#41
Best thing: Jackson being confirmed to the Supreme Court. Worst thing: Everywhere one looks, seeing the faces of Bobeck, Greene, Halsey, Cawthorne, Trump, Trump Jr., Ivanka and her husband; who, along with an unending list of others of their ilk, seem to be the turds that floated to the top as the Republicans 'drained the swamp' as they had promissed in 2016.
Final score:
2points
#42
Best thing =new job paying 40% more than old job. Worst thing = being in higher tax bracket
Final score:
2points
Maria B. (Submission author) 3 years ago
Had to add : forced to sell my home cause couldn't afford to keep it
#43
The best and the worst thing is all in one- getting a boyfriend.
Final score:
2points
#44
Worst: Operation to remove a massive cyst that developed at an alarming rate (all gone now though just over a month on, but one heck of a scar) Best: My wife and daughter, always the best thing about any year.
Final score:
2points
#45
Worst: I've been stuck a lot and had COVID twice since January Best: I cut my toxic parents and sibling out of my life
Final score:
2points
#46
Getting diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer....
Final score:
2points
#47
worst: had surgery to remove a giant lipoma that results in a frozen shoulder, still in post-op therapy after 3 months. best: I can take unlimited paid leave until full recovery.
Final score:
1point
Caro Caro 3 years ago
That's good you got rid of the lipoma and great news you have paid leave. Still, I hope you will be ok bc frozen shoulder is not funny - have you got fysiotherapy??
22Rincut (Submission author) 3 years ago
Yes, I do, combined with acupuncture (I’m Asian and my surgeon recommended it). It's a slow process but at least there is progress. Thank you for your concern, appreciate it.
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#48
Worst: Having 92-year old neighbor tell me about having sex in the backyard with his 65-year old girlfriend while we were both cleaning up the remains of the privacy fence that blew down in a storm. Best: Getting the damned fence replaced so I can look out into my backyard without fear of possibly seeing them.
Final score:
1point
Kusotare (Submission author) 3 years ago
Nothing. I just don't want to hear about it, and I especially don't want to see it.
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#49
best: going back to in person school worst: a good family friend dying of cancer
Final score:
1point
#50
Well I make a school track team but I have to run almost every day in the hot sun
Final score:
1point
#51
My sweet baby gecko passed away at 10 months old, i miss him every Day :( And i traveled to my countries capital to go on a Cruise ship with my SO for the first time :)
Final score:
1point
SweMilkiWae (Submission author) 3 years ago
Signifikant other, aka my boyfriend :) Don't worry, you won't know Something until you ask right? 😁
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Best: finding a lot of books by my current favorite authors. Worst: nearly drowning yesterday while snorkeling. Mask leaked while I was rather far out.
Final score:
0points
What do you think ?
*Displayname*=idk (Post author) 3 years ago
Yeah. I hate it but I love it.
Load More Replies... *Displayname*=idk (Post author) 3 years ago
Most of these are super sad... <==|-(The worst part)
Caro Caro 3 years ago
The worst that happened for this year is usually very sad.
Load More Replies... *Displayname*=idk (Post author) 3 years ago
Yeah. I hate it but I love it.
Load More Replies... *Displayname*=idk (Post author) 3 years ago
Most of these are super sad... <==|-(The worst part)
Caro Caro 3 years ago
The worst that happened for this year is usually very sad.
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