What was the best day of your life and why?

What was the best day of your life and why?

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Pieman68

4,264 posts

233 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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In time order:-
Taking my parents for a day out at Buckingham Palace to receive my D of E Gold award at 19
Birth of my daughter at 27
2nd marriage at 41 (less said about the first one the better)

And then this year - this. Parents, wife and the kids got to see this one



Leading from the front - captaining GB Masters against Australia in the test match

Trophy Husband

3,924 posts

106 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Meeting my sons for the first time and a very close second legally adopting them 6 months later. Our wedding was a hoot too. Partied until 0530hrs!!

SCEtoAUX

4,119 posts

80 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Diving with wife and son on the Great Barrier Reef.

Also, that goal by Aguero.

Riley Blue

20,915 posts

225 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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I reckon it was a day, fairly recently, when my O/H came home from work and I could tell she was well on the way to becoming her old self.

Several years ago she'd had a stroke that had triggered epilepsy, been at death's door but recovered though lost a very well salaried job as a consequence, struggled for several years to regain her confidence and get back into the workplace, returned to work at a far lower level than before, was rapidly promoted from department to department and is now in a role she is excelling in even though her salary is little more than half it was prior to the stroke.

She has battled her way back back to health and though she still has the occasional 'off day' they're diminishing as the months pass so if I think about it, every day is a 'best day'.

Johnniem

2,660 posts

222 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Riley Blue said:
I reckon it was a day, fairly recently, when my O/H came home from work and I could tell she was well on the way to becoming her old self.

Several years ago she'd had a stroke that had triggered epilepsy, been at death's door but recovered though lost a very well salaried job as a consequence, struggled for several years to regain her confidence and get back into the workplace, returned to work at a far lower level than before, was rapidly promoted from department to department and is now in a role she is excelling in even though her salary is little more than half it was prior to the stroke.

She has battled her way back back to health and though she still has the occasional 'off day' they're diminishing as the months pass so if I think about it, every day is a 'best day'.
Good luck on ya fella. and to your wife, who seems to have pulled through rather nicely. I had a stroke myself two years ago although I feel a bit fraudulent calling it a stroke since it was really only a headache and loss of right hand side peripheral vision. I was back at work, albeit part time, in a week and full time around three months thereafter. Fatigue is strong in the evening though! I find myself incredibly lucky that it was how it was, as I am not sure what life would be like now if I had suffered as your wife has suffered. She must have a strong will and a understanding and caring husband.

I wish you both well.

Riley Blue

20,915 posts

225 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Johnniem said:
Riley Blue said:
I reckon it was a day, fairly recently, when my O/H came home from work and I could tell she was well on the way to becoming her old self.

Several years ago she'd had a stroke that had triggered epilepsy, been at death's door but recovered though lost a very well salaried job as a consequence, struggled for several years to regain her confidence and get back into the workplace, returned to work at a far lower level than before, was rapidly promoted from department to department and is now in a role she is excelling in even though her salary is little more than half it was prior to the stroke.

She has battled her way back back to health and though she still has the occasional 'off day' they're diminishing as the months pass so if I think about it, every day is a 'best day'.
Good luck on ya fella. and to your wife, who seems to have pulled through rather nicely. I had a stroke myself two years ago although I feel a bit fraudulent calling it a stroke since it was really only a headache and loss of right hand side peripheral vision. I was back at work, albeit part time, in a week and full time around three months thereafter. Fatigue is strong in the evening though! I find myself incredibly lucky that it was how it was, as I am not sure what life would be like now if I had suffered as your wife has suffered. She must have a strong will and a understanding and caring husband.

I wish you both well.
Thanks. When these things happen your values change. We've both had a few tough years, me with cancer and heart problems, but life is now on the up.

Wacky Racer

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38,099 posts

246 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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bearman68 said:
One of my boys holding my hand when he was very young, about 2 yrs old I guess. He only just made it to that age, so that was a bit special.

Puts things into perspective. Very sorry to hear that.

Shaoxter

4,048 posts

123 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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I like watching sports but do people really consider the time that "their" team won something the best day of their lives? It's not really something you've achieved yourself is it?

Best day for me is probably the day after we got married and went on our honeymoon in the Maldives. Felt great to leave all the hustle and bustle of the wedding behind and just have complete tranquillity. Birth of our son was emotional but newborns don't really do much and I've had lots more fun days with him growing up.

Carnage

886 posts

231 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Two for me. I grew up in a single parent family on a council estate in Essex. Couldn’t afford a pot to piss in and treats were quite rare. Once or twice a year I’d get to Brands Hatch or Snetterton and watch racing.

I applied to join the Army to get away from it, and somehow got put forward for a commission. The day my letter came through from the RCB (as it was then) telling me I was accepted for Sandhurst was the day my life changed immeasurably, and I remember sitting on the stairs by our phone with this sense of wonder about what the future held.

The other one was racing in a historic single seater at Spa in 2012. I never, ever, thought “people like me” would get to race, let alone amazing cars at an amazing circuit, and I remember just taking a couple of minutes in the car to soak it all up. A long way from wandering around the car park at Brands looking at TVR’s and dreaming, but in reality less than 15 years.

HustleRussell

24,602 posts

159 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Interesting how so many of these best days are directly proceeded by bad times. The lows make the highs so much greater.

Good stuff, and nice to see such a positive thread.

No matter how good a day you have had, may the best day be still to come beer

VTECMFR

214 posts

84 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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g3org3y said:
Greece winning Euro 2004.

Unbelievable achievement. I won't forget the partying in the streets around Southgate after the final. party
This definitely up there for me. I was in Malia at the time, smoke flares going off every where and a lot of plate smashing. It went off, I was 18 and lapped it up.

TwigtheWonderkid

43,248 posts

149 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Nanook said:
Had been the most stressful 4 years I could have imagined, starting with a big fire, through insurance claims, accusations of fraud, lawyers, another fire,
2 fires!!! Sounds like fraud to me. hehe

Davey S2

13,075 posts

253 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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August the 12th 2014.

I put money into the vending machine in work to buy a Cadbury's Twirl and 2 of them came out.

Kill me now.

Muzzer79

9,806 posts

186 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Aside from my wedding day, it's hard to single out 1 day as the best.

The wedding was abroad so was over a few days, which were all fantastic.

Had some other good holidays, but they tended to be brilliant days, rather than a day.

I would genuinely single out the day I passed my driving test though. I'd waited so long to be on the road and passed first time - I was ecstatic. biggrin

Riley Blue

20,915 posts

225 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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HustleRussell said:
Interesting how so many of these best days are directly proceeded by bad times. The lows make the highs so much greater.

Good stuff, and nice to see such a positive thread.

No matter how good a day you have had, may the best day be still to come beer
Sadly it doesn't always work out that way for everyone.

A week ago yesterday a former colleague of my O/H took a train to London, booked into a hotel and hanged himself. Goodness knows what was going on in the poor man's head. RIP Sam.

br d

8,388 posts

225 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Leaving school.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Back in the early 2000s tech boom, I'd maxed out all my credit cards to invest in the stock market and had got lucky with a 10 bagger tech stock. Tried to sell on the Friday but etrade went down and I was sweating over the weekend as to whether the transaction had gone through. Monday rolls around, the stock keeps on rising, turns out there had been a backlog of deals to settle so it went through at Monday's much higher price and made me even more. Glorified gambling at the end of the day and obviously I had pissed away all the proceeds 10 months later; but what a great day indeed.

eltax91

9,842 posts

205 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Kids being born is largely too stressful/ worrying to enjoy too much.

Wedding day was great of course but it’s just a party.

Sheffield United being promoted to the premier league for the first time in my memory does it for me. Weird as we weren’t playing and a reading away win sealed it for us but still special.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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Too many to mention BUT I hope there are many more to come smile

rambo19

2,737 posts

136 months

Friday 12th October 2018
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How on earth can football be the best day of someones life!