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Life is full of twists and turns, and none of us could have predicted them. That’s what makes it so interesting and keeps people on the edge of their seats. Its unpredictable nature is exactly why people worry about what’s coming next or feel excited about the possibility of the great things they may experience.
In the spirit of not knowing what to expect, here are a few things folks never thought would ever happen to them until they actually came true. These experiences show exactly how life keeps people on their toes.
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#1
Finally found and then lost my soulmate. 38 years alone looking. 3.5 years together. 3 years of pain since he's been gone. Grief is brutal and destructive.
Ace 10 months ago
I had 31 years with my soulmate, lost her just three months ago now. I'm sure the pain will never truly go away but hope that life going on around me will help me find a new 'normal' in time.
Cathy Null 10 months ago
Posting this on my beautiful wifes' account. Mar 17 will be 1.5 yrs since I lost her. Agree with OP. Grief is brutal & destructive.
Michelle C 10 months ago
I’m so sorry to read of your loss and I’m praying for you as you grieve her passing. May God comfort you with fond memories of your wife and His peace.
Load More Replies... Michelle C 10 months ago
I’m so sorry to read of your loss, OP, and am praying for you as you grieve, whether you ever see this comment.
Janelle Collard 10 months ago
When you lose your soulmate, it never gets "better" just marginally less heartbreaking.
KatSaidWhat 10 months ago
I spent all of last year in a grief stupor thanks to losing 5 people in 11 months. I finally got on top of it by deciding to go absolutely mad and angry for a weekend. Ugly cried, shouted, got angry, got drunk. Was quite cathartic but probably wouldn't work for everyone.
Bi.Felicia 10 months ago (edited)
Hey, whatever works and helps you get through, within reason of course. I'm sorry for all of your losses, in such a short time. My best friend of 26+ years, who's more like a sister passed away on Jan 31, 2025, she was 45 and I haven't grieved yet but I will, at some point.
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#2
Found out I was the guy in the friend group everyone kept around as a joke and to mess around with. I really thought they cared about me, and I loved them. .
SmooshyFries 10 months ago
Ha! Heres a funny one. I thought my 3 bosses liked me. Walked in their office, they didn’t hear me come in and they were openly making fun of me. Felt AMAZING! Took the wind out of my sails to ever go the extra mile let alone an extra foot for them from now on. This sucker has sailed!
Michael Largey 10 months ago
If a group keeps you around as a joke, then they're the joke. Definitely.
#3
That I would find people who actually like, love me and want me around. Growing up everybody made me feel like they tolerated my existence.
kayteeisdabomb 10 months ago
All my friends have moved to other provinces for cheaper homes. I feel alone, especially since my mother passed in January...she was my rock
Although the folks in this list didn’t expect to go through the things that they did, research has found that people often tend to believe the worst stuff will happen to them. Our brains seem to focus on the negative aspects of the world and conjure up scenarios about bad events or experiences and put us smack dab in the middle of all that.
This kind of negativity draws our attention more than normal circumstances or positive events. Then, due to confirmation bias, we believe that we are always unlucky or doomed, which isn’t actually the case. Rather than letting the bad memories hold so much space in our minds, it’s really important to pay more attention to and value the good moments.
#4
Being a miserable adult who hates his job, his life, and struggles to stay in the higher tiers of poverty.
SkippityBoppityBoo 10 months ago
Not always possible. It can depend upon where you live, your skill set, what you're qualified for etc. Moving can be difficult, not to mention the expense and family situations.
Load More Replies... Petra Peitsch 10 months ago
There is a point, when you have to say: F.ck this shít! And just step out. You are not a cat. You have just one life. No "self-sacrifice" worth your own well-being. Nobody will appreciate. Not even your loved ones.
ILoveMySon 10 months ago
Actually, I assume OP suffers from depression which is quite different. Just an observation, of course.
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Be crushed by the machines I operate. I was in a heavy equipment incident where the dirt caved and I slid over while in the machine into a retention pond without water and was ejected from the machine on the way down. My legs and lower body were pinned under the machine and my head was split open and could see my skull. I was blessed and survived and walked out of that incident without a broken bone.
Nils Skirnir 10 months ago
A guardian angel probably would’ve prevented the accident if there were such a thing
Load More Replies... Johnnynatfan 10 months ago
Thats why you wear your seatbelt in those machines. Operators are notorious for never wearing a seatbelt
Okido 10 months ago
Nope. The same thing happened to my husband, only he was able to jump out of the crane. If he hadn’t jumped out, he would have been seriously injured.
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Julia Mckinney 10 months ago
Wow, that's amazing that you didn't break a bone. But, how was your head afterwords?
Dragon mama 10 months ago
I had to go back just to confirm that he referred to that job in the past tense, and yes, he does! I can't imagine going back to work after something like that.
#6
Got pregnant with triplets at 41 after being told I was infertile my whole life. Life really knows how to throw curveballs at you when you least expect it.
Jorie 10 months ago
My mom got pregnant with me at 36 after being told the same thing as you. Unfortunately, she never let me forget what an unexpected "accident" I was. I hope you tell your babies that they were unexpected "surprises". If you can't say that, then don't say anything. I'm 72 now and the hurt caused by my mother's words is still there.
Cheeky chicken 10 months ago
We had one child already but when trying for a second I was diagnosed with "unexplained infertility". After years of tests and treatment we conceived naturally when I was 38 meaning a gap of 11 years between my 2 children. I tell them both regularly they are miracles.
Elio 10 months ago (edited)
Infertile isn't the exact same as sterile. It just means it's harder than usual to have a kid and there's degrees of infertility.
It’s often hard to accept the unpredictable nature of life, especially for people who want to be in control of the things around them. Even if we’ve made the best plans or thought of every single possibility, there might be curveballs that we never even expected. This is probably what happened to the folks on this list.
Rather than always getting frustrated because we can’t stay one step ahead of life, it’s important to sometimes go with the flow. Stressing about what could have happened will not change the outcome of the situation and will only serve to destroy your mental health. Sometimes, the best thing you can do is accept that come what may, you’ll be able to get through it.
#7
Homelessness for just under 4 years total.
Zaach 10 months ago
I was homeless in the winter in Billings MT - I was only 22 but I got better. I am 76 now but some weird s**t went down during that time; stuff I try not to talk about (except that time I was sleeping in a shooting gallery and some dude hit-up just under his eyelid (I was on acid at the time and kept seeing a huge eyeball with a syringe sticking out of it)
SkippityBoppityBoo 10 months ago
This could happen to anyone, at any time. Has happened to a lot of people during the Pandemic and the aftermath. Then there's been the fires more recently. It's incredibly hard becoming homeless. I did my time in the various shelters and hostels for about a year and a half. Finally got into a steady womens shelter, got on the council housing waiting list, put my bids in and got my scrappy, crappy Home that I've been in for 14yrs now. How I became homeless wasn't a "choice", I had to leave a very difficult situation to put it non-dramatically.
#8
A flock of birds s**t on me. And they missed everyone else standing nearby.
PunchinelloTX 10 months ago
It’s a terrible experience. A group of us were all dressed up and headed to a soirée for the opening of a new exhibit at a museum and a raft of over-full pigeons descended and expelled their horror all over me. Just me. It was awful. I had to leave, it was so bad and ended up stripping in my car and driving home through a Dallas twilight, very obviously just in my boxers.
Michelle C 10 months ago
I had that happen to me by way of a single seagull when I was a kid during a lunch break on a vacation. I have never forgotten that experience! It’s not pleasant.
Bi.Felicia 10 months ago (edited)
I've had a bird shyt on my shoulder and those around me tried saying that it meant good luck or some shyt. I def didn't feel fcukin lucky, it was disgusting and awful. Another time I was waiting for the commuter rail at South Station in Boston and one of the many pigeons that are inside the station took a deuce on my backpack but it would have been on me if I didn't move. Since the first incident I'm extremely cautious of any birds flying above me and was watching those pigeons like a hawk. 🦅
Guy Lombardo 10 months ago
Yeah, not the most pleasant thing, but you are now filled with a s**t load of good luck.
Chris the Bobcat 10 months ago
Been there. Now I crack and scramble eggs by the window, just to show those avian monsters the soulless horrors of which I'm capable.
#9
I never thought it could be me, in my 20s, to end up with a horrible disease... that always felt like something that would happen to someone else.
Now I have Huntington's - a very rare degenerative genetic disease that will start to destroy my life in the next 5-10 years. We didn't know my family had it. Now everyone I love is at risk.
Erica J 10 months ago
A cousin of mine married a girl with Huntingtons. She's currently going down hilll fast. Saddest part, her parents pretty much have abandoned her as they have lost one kid already and two more are next. She has a sister who's worse off than she is. This forces my aunt to take care of her when my cousin's at work. Another sad thing, their son calls my aunt (his grandma) mom more than he does his own mom. He recently turned 8. For heaven sake! If you know you have this kind of thing in your family DO NOT HAVE KIDS, especially if you're going to abandon them when they need you most!
Petra Peitsch 10 months ago
Oh, NO! Huntington is a genetical, neurodegenerative disease. It comes with demencia and chorea. Usually appears at around your 40s, if you are affected. But the sadest part is, if the symptons appear early, in your 20s, you have maximum another 20 years to live. There is no cure.
Robert Trebor 10 months ago
There is, finally a reliable test. If someone develops symptoms in their 40s, they may have had children. Each of them should be tested, and thoroughly and honestly informed about the consequences of further procreation.
In challenging and unexpected moments, you might feel overwhelmed and worried, but the very best thing to do first is to breathe. Experts say that taking a few moments to calm down your nervous system will help you feel a bit more in control of the situation and will stop you from immediately panicking.
The next thing to do after you get your breathing in check is to try and focus on the things you can control in the moment. Getting them done step by step will make things feel less daunting. Don’t be afraid to ask for help because that can provide you with all the necessary support you need so that you don’t feel so alone or overburdened by life.
#10
Menopause.
I mean, I knew it would happen, it happens to every person born female. But I never expected the absolute havoc which has been wreaked on my body, mind and psyche from it. No one told me this s**t, women when I was growing up *never* talked about this monstrous monkey who climbs on your back and grabs your internal reins like god d**n Ratatouille, driving you further and further into mental fog and crazy thoughts. No one until Sinead O'Connor - in her autobiography last year she freely talked about how menopause literally drove her mad. That disastrous Dr. Phil news and her jumping out of a hotel window, thst was menopause, specifically surgical menopause. There have seriously been times where i was thisclose to checking myself in to a behavioral health hospital. The s**t is diabolical. And I've suffered with it for 10 years now!
A girl 10 months ago
I feel fortunate. The crazy part lasted maybe 7 years. My primary gripes now are every square inch (EVERY) of my skin is chronically dry and my libido is 1/10. Sigh
Nikole 10 months ago
Oh man, I forgot libido was related. Yep, no desire for several years. It was one of the reasons why my boyfriend of a decade left me. I don’t know how much this will help, but try taking flax seed oil and biotin. Coconut oil (exterior) helps a bit too.
Load More Replies... Little Bit 10 months ago
I can relate to this. I'm about 4 years into my perimenopause. There have been days, weeks, months where I have been unable to control my thoughts, a thousand things all going through my mind at the same time. I've get crippling anxiety, mood swings and periods of depression that come out of nowhere. Some days I'm not in control of my emotions- they're in control of me. My memory is so bad that anyone would think I'd got dementia. Insomnia, constipation, dry itchy skin, problems down below, feeling like I'm being stung all over by ants, changes in appetite (unable to stomach many foods I once enjoyed). The worst thing for me at the moment is fatigue which at times can be debilitating. I feel beyond exhausted. Some days I can barely carry my own weight. Literally all I want to do is sleep. My doctor thinks that at 46 I'm too young to be going through the menopause. I beg to differ.
Nikole 10 months ago
Is perimenopause the reason why I’ve been filled with rage for the last few years (I’m 44)? (It’s probably trump related though as well.) I also randomly developed acne. Neither dermatologist I went to mentioned any connection, but I did my own research.
Load More Replies... Not-a-Clue (she/her) 10 months ago
I was aware of the hot sweats and physical symptoms, but never really understood the mental impact until it hit me. I was seriously s******l before starting HRT and within a fortnight of starting it, I was back at work relatively 'normal'. It's a bloody nightmare!
SlothyK8 10 months ago
This. ALL of this. Menopause is hell. I can't sleep anymore, my skin is constantly dry and itchy and no amount of hydration or moisturizer changes it. My hair is thin and brittle and falling out. I still have hot flashes NINE YEARS later. I'm b****y and angry all the time, HRT was awful. I had NO IDEA it was going to be like this. My mother didn't even tell me about menstruation...forget telling me about menopause. It sucks.
Tamra 10 months ago
Yep, I hear you. You definitely aren't alone. No one ever told me about it, either. It's 2025, well past time that menopause is a normal and routine topic of conversation.
Load More Replies... Nobody Special 10 months ago
Sister. I'm mid 50s, body is in chaos and my husband insists I'm making it up and says I'm pausing him specially. Like I'm inventing menopause to mess with him. I told him I wish you had it.
Dove Bradshaw 10 months ago
I admit I was extremely lucky, I had menopause at 36 and it lasted 6 weeks. I would keep my arms away from my body thinking I would spontaneously combust. It was 6 weeks weeks of hell. I sympathize with other women.
Jay Scales 10 months ago
6 weeks??? My mouth is hanging open in shock! You've been more than 'lucky'
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Petra Peitsch 10 months ago (edited)
I think, reading the comments, I'm fortunate. I'm not really at it, but it comes in a few years. As to my knowledge, the menopause part of women's life is strongly related to how their periods-time are/were. How easily or not easily their body managed it. For me, it never was something mental (okay, I have to admit, I'm not taking idiots at all at that time, but anyway my stimulus-threshold is very low) So, for me, is more physical. I mean some breast-pain and bloating like 4-5 days before my period. So, I hope, the mental-thing wouldn't kick in just at the end of it. But ladies, I really feel you!
Amy S 10 months ago
One of the most difficult parts for me is reassessing who I am. I used to think I was confident and calm, now I'm anxious and jittery. Was I ever actually confident or was I just blessed with hormones that allowed confidence?
Little Bit 9 months ago
Have you tried magnesium glycinate for your anxiety? It has saved my sanity and I only discovered it by chance.
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Both of my parents passing away before I even reach 30.
Chewie Baron 10 months ago
I was 8 yers old. Took me a very long time to get my head around it.
Robin Roper 10 months ago
That's sad, I'm 69 and my dad is still alive and living on his on at age 98.
#12
Always thought getting laid off was something you see in movies or hear from distant relatives, never something I'd face. Then boom, corporate downsizing turned my 'never gonna happen to me' into a 'how did this happen to me?' moment.
Michelle C 10 months ago
Unfortunately, many people experienced that during the pandemic and others are experiencing that now.
Nils Skirnir 10 months ago
In the US it’s been pretty typical after 1990 or so. Constant resizing. Even more frequent once one reaches 50 years old.
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Rose Stewart 9 months ago
They don't care about us. They never did, and they never will
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Agamemnon O'Neill 10 months ago
It's happened to me twice, despite great reviews and being well-liked. If you work with a lot of talented people, sometimes it's just which salaries add up to the magic number they have to cut. I was devastated and blindsided both times.
Petra Peitsch 10 months ago (edited)
The secret is for your self-esteem to find or try to find out, why you were laid off. Corporate decision of downsizing? Nothing to do with you personally. You are still that great guy, who was once praised, and just move on! That's pretty clear. The tricky thing is, when is not a massve laid off. If you have the common sense and sure, you gave your best for that job, but you were laid off anyway. That needs a bit of digging, for you to keep your self-esteem. It's something personal or you really underperformed. I faced both in my work-life. Not very often, but I did.
Neopet22 10 months ago
Yep happened to me this past summer,still can't find a job. I was always aware that my job was not a forever job but we kept busy and we had work to do until my company decided to outsource their workforce from countries with lower minimum wage and so they laid off 800 people in one go. Corporate world sucks
Miriam Insidecor 10 months ago
This is incredibly arrogant and naive. No one is indispensable.
People start worrying about the future right from their teen years. This can negatively impact folks’ well-being and make them constantly feel anxious about what’s coming next. The truth is that nobody can predict what’s going to happen, but worrying about it now will just end up spoiling the present.
If you find yourself always spiralling and anxious about the scary possibilities of life, it might be better to reach out to a trained therapist for help. Getting into calming activities like yoga, mediation, and mindfulness can help you also deal with those feelings of overwhelm.
#13
Cancer. I was a health food nut. Turned out it was from 9/11. Oh yeah. And witnessing 9/11.
Michelle C 10 months ago
I’ve never forgotten September 11, 2001, either, and I don’t understand how there are people who can make fun of the immense tragedy of that day.
PunchinelloTX 10 months ago
It is shocking, isn’t it? I think those who joke about are younger people who were either not born or very small when it happened. But for those of us who watched it happen, and feared for our loved ones in NY, it was truly horrible. And the fact that there’s so much aftermath in terms of health, just proves that awfulness.
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Doctor Strange 10 months ago
I was there when it happened. The towers were visible from my college parking garage, we often used to go up there at night and look at the city lights. I watched the towers fall in person.
Polly Fukuhara 10 months ago
A good friend of my husband was there for it. He did die of cancer about ten years ago.
SkyyCaramba 10 months ago
he shall be missed dearly. it's so sad that an event that happened longer ago then most college students were born can still take people away.
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SkyyCaramba 10 months ago
there was a lot of toxic dust around at 9/11! hope that helps
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g90814 10 months ago
If you were close by and breathed in the toxic dust... yes you can.
Load More Replies... #14
Brain tumor at 21.
PunchinelloTX 10 months ago
I’m usually all for a joke, but as I’m actually at this moment waiting to go into my third MRI this week because I have on my calvarium TWO “toomahs,” I find this upsetting. I’m not picking on you, Victoria. I guess I’m just venting and suggested that discretion is pretty cool sometimes.
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#15
A house fire.
I was at work in 2023 when I got a call from my landlord saying that my duplex was on fire. Nobody was hurt, thankfully, but my housemates and I all lost most of our possessions. And of course we had to scramble to find new places to live. It's been almost two years and I'm settled again, but on some level I don't think I'll ever be fully over it.
Calvin Smelliott 10 months ago
My apartment complex, eight units, burned down in 2010. I lost everything. Including my cats, which I had had for 15 years. Rebuilding my life after losing everything was so very hard.
geezeronthehill 10 months ago
Had that happen long ago, but the peculiar smell of a burning building can sure trigger a person.
The experiences on this list show that things can change in an instant, without any warning, but these folks managed to get through it all.
Nobody knows exactly what’s going to happen next in their life, but if we did, would it diminish the beauty of the experience? Tell us what you think.
#16
Not enjoying things that I did enjoy before 4-5 years ago (Gaming, going out with friends and many other things).
Allen Packard 10 months ago
Depression it tough, don't go it alone. I pray that you seek help, life can be good again.
Petra Peitsch 10 months ago
I would say, it's normal.We are going through different life-phases. To say a very unimportant example: I don't really like anymore the TV-shows or series, what I did a few years ago, and watched them again like yearly. To say some more important. I was an extrovert till my '40s, lots of friends, lots of events, lots of going-outs. It slowly changed. Not that I'm staying just home now, but compared to what were before, it's like 60% off. And no I'm not depressed.
#17
I fell off my bicycle last month and broke my jaw and both arms. I was on my way to a job interview.
Fortunately my arms aren't/weren't displaced and have been getting better very steadily.
My jaw required surgery and the surgeons did an excellent job. Eating puree'd vegetables and protein shakes has been unpleasant.
Lowrider 56 10 months ago
I was in a bad car wreck, broke my jaw in 2 places and they had to operate and wire the pieces of my jaw back together and then wired my jaw shut. It's not fun at all.
Nikole 10 months ago
Like 10 years ago one of my friends was riding his bike and got hit by a car. He broke his jaw and needed it wired shut as well… I remembered one night he got so desperate for “normal” food that he put a burrito in a blender (I think with some water). He said it was disgusting.
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#18
My mom dying in a car accident.
#19
Become a paraplegic.
Erica J 10 months ago (edited)
I was 5 when I became paraplegic due to complictions of surgery for a narrowing aorta and an aneurysm.
#20
I got hit by a car when I was 14 (8 years ago) and it changed my life. I had PTSD for years afterwards and months of physical therapy. I always thought those road safety PSAs were overly dramatic but reality was much worse!
#21
Becoming [dependent]. Used to question how [dependent people] can't just "stop", now I can't remember the last time I was sober.
Depressed Lesbian(she/they/he) 10 months ago
For gods sakes, I wouldn’t know the context without the s**tțy image! BP, context matters!
AlexJ 10 months ago
I had to click the link under the picture. The word 'dependent' can be a lot of things, good and bad.
Load More Replies... Unkeptwoman 10 months ago
Dude, Alcoholics Anonymous has been saving souls since 1934. Including mine. Pick up the phone, go to a meeting.
Becky Samuel 10 months ago
AA is a semi-cult and has a success rate barely higher than willpower alone. There are so many better ways to get sober.
Load More Replies... Robert Trebor 10 months ago
I watch stick-built apartment complexes going up near where I live, and am so glad my things are not at the mercy of stupid neighbors.
#22
My cat getting stuck in the oven, and yes, he is still alive, I always check it before preheating it, and there’s a childproof lock on it now, and my bf and I both check before turning it on.
To clarify, the oven was not on when I found him there. The cat has a habit of hiding in weird places, he has an AirTag collar, I was a bit shocked when I heard where it was pinging.
Savannah greenleaf 10 months ago
Lost a kitty for 24hours quite a few years ago. Looked everywhere and checked the neighborhood in case he got out. He was in the bottom of our upright freezer. He was thankfully unharmed. He stepped out, stretched, and ran to the litter box.
#23
I never thought I’d become a morning person, but now I love starting my day early!
Petra Peitsch 10 months ago
I tried this for a job in my professional-field for almost a year. Because I liked the specific job, the guys working with ...but NOPE! In 11 months I couldn't change my "night-owl" biorythm to a morning person, who wakes up at 4.30 a.m to get working from 6 a.m. No matter how tired I was, I couldn't sleep till midnight, at least. Guys, sleeping 4-5 max. 6 hours for months, it's a f.cked up scenario. NEVER DO THIS. Please. I had to quit at the end, obviously. Fortunately, in my profession there is place for "night owls" too.
Enlee Jones 10 months ago
I was always the night owl who stayed up until four in the morning until two years ago when I got a job working 8am-5pm. Now I can't stay up past midnight.
#24
Being on a plane when the oxygen masks drop down.
DeShotz 10 months ago
I've seen some masks drop once on a plane, but that was due to a rather hard landing shaking them loose. It definitely was not in a hyperbaric chamber like the one shown in the picture that BP chose for this entry for some weird reason.
Dr Jimmy 03 10 months ago
Yeah, BP could have found a better illustration for this one. Probably for the same price, with mere seconds more search time. That said, I've made similar mistakes.
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Get fat.
A girl 10 months ago
I'm American and get 500kg is beyond fat. 100k is 220 lbs.
Load More Replies... Neopet22 10 months ago
Similar to me. I was always heavy but from 18 to 22 I think I was the healthiest I've been. Still chunky and most people would consider me chubby but I had active jobs and mostly it helped keep my weight in check more than I realized. Cue to now,I had a home job from 2020 till this past summer,I am over 300 lbs (I'm 5'9 as well),I can barely walk 5 minutes without getting tired or getting a back spasm. I am trying my best to get back to the gym more consistently and eat healthy but I always told myself I won't become a lazy fat person but I have.
Orwell 10 months ago
Worked really hard from early my teens to combat genetics. Then, the fabulous 4 hit: meds that cause weight gain, menopause, thyroiditis, and osteoarthritis. Oh, and genetics. My doctor keeps praising me for not gaining more than I have. Still, it's been several years and I don't recognize myself in the mirror.
FluffButt Central 10 months ago
I wish I was as fat when I use to call myself fat. Severe stress, sleep deprivation, and menopause hit all at the same time. Now I am fat and trying my best not to be.
#27
Failure. I always thought I’d be successful and stable at 25 but here I am now, unemployed and struggling to find a job cause I got complacent with online gaming all day.
Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago
You are NOT a failure. Gaming is an a*******n, just like the others...in Mich they have a gambling help line after each insidious ad for online betting.
Bored Trash Panda 10 months ago (edited)
Add-ic-tion is now censored?? Wth!
Load More Replies... Petra Peitsch 10 months ago
Khm, when you thought you would be successfull at 25, you thought it would be in online gaming? /s
#28
As an overachiever, dropping out of college.
Petra Peitsch 10 months ago
If it led to better fields for you ... College is overestimated. Coming from someone, who also has a University- degree. It helps a lot, especially when it is in a "wanted-field". And to say, I also took advanteges of my Uni-degree at a point in my life. But years later, I made another professional training for a very different field, where I'm working right now. Because we are changing. What was very important in our 20s, is maybe not so really in our 40s.
#29
Real, true love.
Doctor Strange 10 months ago
That's definitely something that will only happen to other people, never me.
SmooshyFries 10 months ago
You never know. I had a friend who at 50 was resigned to never finding her Mr.Right. She has been happily married now for 6 years❤️💍 There’s hope my dear!
Load More Replies... #30
That someone who claimed to love me would break up with me over a TEXT message 🤣.
Dee Rutherford 10 months ago (edited)
Doesn’t matter. It’s a lousy way to end it.
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#32
Having somewhat of a relationship with my family, took a long a*s time but at least we talk without fighting all the time now :D.
What do you think ?
Ryan-James O'Driscoll 10 months ago
Cancer for me. I'm long since cancer free and alive, but it feels like such a surreal part of my life.
Missy 10 months ago
Same! At 37, I never expected to have my life in other people's hands. I am 44 now, aced every checkup so far, but never will forget being on pauze an being able to do the bare minimum for my kids.
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Dog Mom to Zoe 10 months ago
Being single and living in California, never thought I'd own a home. Due to the downturn in real estate in 2009, I was able to purchase a condo at 52 years young. Almost paid off too. Crazy is that I can't afford my own condo if I had to purchase it now. Due to the cost of rents, I'm so happy I made the decision to buy when I could.
Cosmos in your eyes 10 months ago
I got old. I knew in theory that it would happen. But now that it's here, it's a shocking change!
Jessica Senia 10 months ago
Getting dysphagia, or severe difficulty swallowing. I got it in my early 30s and no doctor has ever been able to tell me why it's happening or if there's a way to fix it. It takes me four times as long to eat meals than it does other people, and some things I can't eat at all, like burgers, because they're so difficult to swallow. It's miserable, I love food, but eating is so stressful now because I'm in constant fear of choking. Be grateful for every day that you have a normal functioning body.
Lost Panda 10 months ago
For me, having a wife and children who only view you as the ATM or only wants you when they need something, and having no financial options to leave (no access to any bank account, no access to cash).
Happenstance 10 months ago
I hope you can find the courage and strength to change your life, it’s the only one you have. You deserve more.
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Cancer for me. I'm long since cancer free and alive, but it feels like such a surreal part of my life.
Missy 10 months ago
Same! At 37, I never expected to have my life in other people's hands. I am 44 now, aced every checkup so far, but never will forget being on pauze an being able to do the bare minimum for my kids.
Load More Replies... Dog Mom to Zoe 10 months ago
Being single and living in California, never thought I'd own a home. Due to the downturn in real estate in 2009, I was able to purchase a condo at 52 years young. Almost paid off too. Crazy is that I can't afford my own condo if I had to purchase it now. Due to the cost of rents, I'm so happy I made the decision to buy when I could.
Cosmos in your eyes 10 months ago
I got old. I knew in theory that it would happen. But now that it's here, it's a shocking change!
Jessica Senia 10 months ago
Getting dysphagia, or severe difficulty swallowing. I got it in my early 30s and no doctor has ever been able to tell me why it's happening or if there's a way to fix it. It takes me four times as long to eat meals than it does other people, and some things I can't eat at all, like burgers, because they're so difficult to swallow. It's miserable, I love food, but eating is so stressful now because I'm in constant fear of choking. Be grateful for every day that you have a normal functioning body.
Lost Panda 10 months ago
For me, having a wife and children who only view you as the ATM or only wants you when they need something, and having no financial options to leave (no access to any bank account, no access to cash).
Happenstance 10 months ago
I hope you can find the courage and strength to change your life, it’s the only one you have. You deserve more.
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