How has your decade been?

[Smitters]

2010 - obese, unhappily married.

Lost 20kg

Got divorced

Started running again

Met an awesome girl

Bought a house

Had a little boy

Ran some marathons and ultras

Got an Elise

Started retirement planning as per Mr98 - roll on 2030

Had another little boy

2019 - a little tubby (but can still run 60 miles), happily engaged, dad of two

All in all a positive, challenging and enjoyable 10 years.



Except for my knees. They're sore.

[m444ttb]

I'd bought my first house (and a cat) with my then girlfriend so we'd just had our first Christmas and New Year together at the start of 2010. In some ways not an awful lot has changed. We still live in the same house, albeit with a much less crippling mortgage rate, still have the same cat, she still has the same job and we're still together. But we've been married eight years and I've had a couple of promotions. Money is much much easier now and we're free to do as we please in life for the most part. So the decade is definitely ending better than it began.

[TurboHatchback]

Pretty good on the whole. In 2010 I was halfway through university which was great and was pretty happy with life. I had a fairly major personal regret after university and a couple of years where I think I may have been a bit depressed as a consequence but after that it's been pretty much all good. I've taken up lifting, climbing, sailing and skiing and at 30 I'm in the best shape of my life. Work is on the whole not bad, I live in about the best place I can think of where I've bought and renovated an unnecessarily big house, created my own personal home machine shop, got into cooking etc. I've been on quite a few awesome holidays. I have a nagging feeling this might be as good as life gets but ask me again in ten years and I'll let you know.

[Shakermaker]

kiethton said:

At this point in 2010 I was 20, had just returned home after living away at university (Reading).

Good choice, though you were 4 years behind me

[anonymous-user]

Jader1973 said:

There was no year zero.

So 1 to 10 was the first decade.

Therefore 2019 is not the end of the decade.

Try again next year.

Wow. I bet you’re fun at parties.

[FocusRS3]

crofty1984 said:

I've done a lot of growing up. 25-35.
Now I'm married to a wife I love, earn good money in a job that makes me miserable, my friends have moved away and I have less freedom. Currently servicing 2 mortgages because no one is buying my old house because Brexit. Stressed over an upcoming driving ban. Regret my career choices. My motorbike is broken again. My parents are getting older. Need to pay for an extension once my old house sells. I'm not "at risk" myself but I can understand why suicide is the leading cause of death for men my age.
Also my knees hurt nowadays.

What do you do for a living Crofty?

[Bill]

Jader1973 said:

There was no year zero.

So 1 to 10 was the first decade.

Therefore 2019 is not the end of the decade.

Try again next year.

As the whole premise is based in the supposed birthday of someone who may or may not have existed and has been repeatedly buggered about with since, I'll celebrate when I like, thanks.

At the start of the decade my wife was pregnant with twins, so the first year or so was a bit of a haze!

I've got out of private practice, been a stay at home dad for a bit and am now back in the NHS. We've moved once in that time precipitating the stay at home dad bit. Kids are doing well at school, the older one has got increasingly deaf and needed cochlear implants but despite that is doing brilliantly in main stream secondary.

My mum and MiL have died, as well as a good friend who collapsed and died a few years ago leaving his wife and two young kids.

I'm slimmer, fitter and more active than I was and in my late forties have started some alpine climbing having rock climbed on and off for years. I mountain bike and kayak regularly and occasionally run.

But the pinnacle of the decade was getting a ride on mower.

[toasty]

Antony Moxey said:

Gaining a dog and having ten years' less mortgage the only positives from a dreadful decade - will be glad to see the back of it.

Pretty much sums it up for me.

[Drew106]

2010 - Unemployed with little qualifications, living at home, weed smoking, alcoholic layabout.

2019 - Professional qualification, career, married, 3 cars, house.

Chalk & cheese.

...still some alcohol issues, but that's for another thread.

[Shakermaker]

Jader1973 said:

There was no year zero.

So 1 to 10 was the first decade.

Therefore 2019 is not the end of the decade.

Try again next year.

We are asking about the period 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2019 (or at least, up to now. Maybe the OP was talking about how things have been for you since 27 November 2009)

That is 10 years, therefore it is "a decade"

[davek_964]

2010 : Wasn't in a relationship - but it was the year I hit 40 and I decided that I didn't want to spend my 40th on my own. So went on the dating sites (had used them plenty before and since) and gained a g/f. Went to Cornwall for a long weekend over my birthday.
Decided that my age was enough of an excuse to buy a 911 (996) turbo. Kept it until 2015.
Worked for a company which was great, with people I liked.

Now : Mum died in the last decade.
Had a few relationships since then, and have been in one for the last 2.5 years.
Bought a Ferrari 360 (still own it)
Hit 50, and decided that my age was enough of an excuse to buy a McLaren 650S Spider. (I need to die in my 50s, because I really can't afford to hit 60 based on my car buying habits).
Was made redundant some years back, and now work for a company I hate with people I hate even more.

Edited by davek_964 on Tuesday 26th November 13:07

[GT03ROB]

Shakermaker said:

kiethton said:

At this point in 2010 I was 20, had just returned home after living away at university (Reading).

Good choice, though you were 4 years behind me

Very good choice though you were both many years behind me!

[Pothole]

Spare tyre said:

Managed to get the airbag light to turn off a couple of times in my Peugeot

Lots of Christmas socks

The socks will last longer...

[Mothersruin]

2010 I was in the Middle East, had been there 7 years by then, just married, just turned 40 - all good.

Moved back to the UK early 2016, decided we could retire with a couple of lifestyle changes, haven't worked since.

Based in the Brecon Beacons and constantly reminded that it's a privilege to live somewhere so beautiful. In the local Mountain Rescue team which keeps me out of mischief and let's us give something back as I'm lucky to have the time and resources to be able to do so. Get to do some amazing things with some amazing people. It's very humbling.

Aim for the next 10 years is to stay fit & healthy in body and mind. I'm very aware that things can change in an instant, so keep on top of stuff and keep doing my best.

Wish everyone the best for the 20's.

[Pothole]

In 2010 I got fired from a job I never should have taken and finally left Malta which had been home for 4 years. I got "home" to England with no job, nowhere to call home and approx £13000 of debt. Luckily, Betfair, who had sent me to Malta in the first place, finally floated and I cashed in my shares and paid the debt with enough left to buy a car and a motorcycle. Since then I've had 5 jobs, bought another motorcycle, 5 cars (of which I have 2) , met the bloke who became my best man through PH and moved into his house (as a lodger) met and married a lovely lady (on Tinder) , lived in Kettering, Leicester (3 places) Birmingham and a village on the outskirts of Cannock , where we bought a house. We're here because the lovely lady has a son who she wanted to go to the village High School which had an outstanding Ofsted rating at the time. We bought because we could - my mother died and the sale of her house gave me a deposit. I have a reasonably well paid job for what I do although management have a knack for making it more difficult. I try and take solace in helping people and feel like I make a difference, however small, every day. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and basically accepted it for about 5 years but recently had a frank chat with a locum at my GP surgery who inspired me to try and reverse it, so I'm losing weight and I've started running (Couch to 5k) which is horrible, but oddly satisfying. As a decade it's had ups and downs, but looks like it's generally on the up now.

[red_slr]

I would say generally the last 10 years have been fairly cr@ppy. Nothing much good has happened. We moved house but that was a ball of sh*t from the start trying to get it renovated. I got my dream car, F355, but my mrs is slowly getting sick of me spending money on it so whilst its my dream its certainly not hers! Work been heavily impacted by the recession in 2010 and the last 2 years of BREXIT and now we have a load of punitive taxes to deal with in the coming years which will probably send us under (thanks Greta) but on the plus side I am working towards my goal of retirement by mid 40s and only a few years off. At the start of this year we passed the biggest milestone yet which was to pay off our mortgage which is quite liberating and moves us even closer to our goal. Then 2 of my 3 dogs passed away aged 14 which whilst not totally unexpected it was absolutely gut wrenching, and I have had my fair share of bereavement over the years.

Other than that, not a lot just 10 years of meh.

[Mothersruin]

The Crack Fox said:

The last decade has taught me to live in the moment a lot more.

Absolutely - even simple things like taking photos on your phone. We pretty much don't do PB, etc.. anymore, it's a horrible thing, and rather than take loads of images of where we are to never look back at them, we just linger a bit longer and soak it up - we remember it far better that way.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

The last decade has been great, on the whole, mainly based on the pleasure derived from watching my sons go from boys to men. They were 11 & 13 at the end of 2009, now 21 & 23, with 25 GSCEs and 7 A levels between them, all grade C or higher (mainly As & Bs).

My youngest has a great job in a glamorous industry, based in Soho, as a hi tech bean counter, and loves it. Eldest is also very successful, and actually quite well known in his chosen field. Often on the radio, and a social media influencer (whatever that is) in his particular genre). But they both hate cars, and refuse to buy one (live in London, live on their Oyster cards).

I enter the new decade 4 stone lighter than I started the last one, and back running and in the gym at 57. Fitter than I've been in 35 years.

Still with the first wife (I call her that to keep her on her toes), 32 years and counting. Reckon we'll probably stick it out now (bet I'll get home tonight and she'll have changed the locks.)

Have spent much of the last 10 years living very frugally and piling in stupid amounts of cash into my pension. But it's looking very healthy and hopefully retirement isn't that far away. (barring some financial crash / Corbyn cash grab / Boris Brexit incompetence crisis).

[Tyre Smoke]

Started 2010 running a taxi company. Still running a taxi company.

Was married in 2010 (10th year) to an alcoholic. Finally had enough by 2015 and upped sticks with my (then) 11yo son and moved into a rented bungalow.

I've since met and married a wonderful girl 24 years my junior, who has taken everything in her stride - a ready made family. Is a wonderful stepmother and my best friend. My son hasn't seen his mother in four years and hates her, he is happy, stable and doing really well at school.

I managed to hold on to most of my assets, but lost the house that was almost paid for. It means I will probably live out my days in rented accomodation, but I can live in a wonderful home that I could only have dreamed of living in before. I now live on the edge of Exmoor with views to die for in a barn conversion. If that is the price of not living with a destructive alcoholic, then I'm quite comfortable with that. I kept the business, managed therefore to keep my son at his Private School, which was the overriding important factor.

If I've learnt one thing, it's don't put up with things because they might get better. They won't, they get worse. I've never been happier, and wish I'd pulled the plug sooner.

[GT03ROB]

Moved house twice.

Got married once,

Bought 2 cars, sold 1.

Driven at Spa, Nurburgring, Oulton Park

Had 1 job

Been to France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, Malta, Turkey, Croatia, Spain, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Saudi, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Seychelles, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Australia, USA, Costa Rica, St Lucia, Jamaica, Antigua, Grenada.

Taken 280 flights

Put on too much weight

Lost too much hair

Seen 1 son graduate

Most importantly not lost anyone.