Things you thought you would do in life, but now won’t

[geeks]

Just to add to this, kids. I wont ever have any which I will be honest cuts me up alot. Mrs geeks has a son and I treat him as if he were my own but he was a teenager when I arrived on the scene and while I could not be more proud of the man he has grown into I do catch myself from time to time wondering what my own would have been like.

[Evoluzione]

Paragliding.

[StevieBee]

I did once fancy skydiving. I'm sure it's terrific fun when you do it.

My thinking has refined a touch to consider anyone who jumps out of a perfectly healthy aeroplane with a bedsheet in a backpack that someone you don't know has packed for you requires some concentrated day-care attention.

[fatboy b]

Shag Kylie.

[CubanPete]

bazza white said:

Have children. Always wanted them but come to the realisation it may not happen being single so much. Accepting it and accepting single life changed my views and approach on life and quite enjoyed it. I'm 39 now and met someone recently but by the time we get round to the kid thing the ship may have sailed. Luckily she's gone through the same so both want to do loads of traveling and adventures.

I was 41 when I met my OH, and thought opportunity for kids had passed. Daughter born when I was 44...

Amazing, but adventures are definitely on hold for a bit!

[Drive it fix it repeat]

fatboy b said:

Shag Kylie.

You should be so lucky.

[Antony Moxey]

Neddy Sea Goon said:

Either a full nut and bolt restoration of a series 3 landy, or build a kit car 7 from scratch.

Life's taken a different turn, and I'm not unhappy, but no space for a garage, and realistically, not an especially efficient way to spend money

Building a kit car's not that big a deal, although I'll happily concede it's not something to undertake without a garage, and preferably a double one too. As for 'efficient way to spend money', why should it be, it's just a fun thing to do with no rush or deadline to complete it by, why does it need to be efficient?

[fatboy b]

Drive it fix it repeat said:

fatboy b said:

Shag Kylie.

You should be so lucky.

In your eyes

[DSLiverpool]

Ash_ said:

Same here, though in my case I can't have children.

You can adopt

[talksthetorque]

Live in London.
Always wanted to as a kid, visited a few times and was weirdly enticed by the thought of living there by an awful ZX Spectrum game based on an awful film - here's a fairly acurate review:

http://retrogamingmagazine.com/2014/11/30/revenge-...

Imagine meeting other famous people by driving round the near-carless capital and hanging out at tube station cafes, how glamorous to an eleven year old boy from Telford.

But I am a Yorkshireman and never got to the point where anything I wanted to live in was reachable before the appeal waned.

Now, sat in my bungalow in a village of 60 houses I couldn't think of anything I'd want less.

[Spare tyre]

Bang ugly chicks

[Einion Yrth]

talksthetorque said:

Live in London.
how glamorous to an eleven year old boy from Telford.
[snip]
But I am a Yorkshireman

Which riding is Telford in?

[anonymoususer]

matchmaker said:

For me it's having grandchildren. We have two sons, but neither like children. One is also gay, so that's a double no!

I would politely dispute that and say never say never
A lady who worked for me ten plus years ago expressed a lack of interest in ever having children. She was a lesbian and looking back now I think her relationship at the time was'nt great.
Fast forward a few years and she met someone else and married her.
Her wife is now pregnant and my wife and I are rather humbled to have been asked to consider being godparents

[talksthetorque]

Einion Yrth said:

talksthetorque said:

Live in London.
how glamorous to an eleven year old boy from Telford.
[snip]
But I am a Yorkshireman

Which riding is Telford in?

Yeah, you got me, moved around with Dad's job as a kid.

[M4cruiser]

Going on a cruise.
Was just about working round to the idea in 2019 to do one in 2021, but guess what happened.

Now I can see the risks. If just 1 of the 3,000 passengers gets sick then they can't dock anywhere and they lock you all in until you die.

[General Price]

Psycho Warren said:

Finding a soulmate to share my life with. Im too much of a odd ball and a bit mentally unhinged to attract most women from an intimate relationship perspective. Plenty of female friends though.

I would have to fundamentally change who I am and my hobbies/interests and in essence fake a seemingly normal mentally well balanced life which would be a complete lie. Sure i accept in all relationships you might compromise on hobbies etc but not change who you are. At 40 I am unlikely to change in my fundamental character and I don't believe in lying or hiding who you are to get into a relationship so that means I have to be very lucky in finding someone who likes me enough to put up with my st. That's unlikely. I can accept that even if its not what i want sometimes. Sure I can have the odd casual relationship that fills the itch for company and intimacy but thats not the same as something longterm.

I think your christian name might be the problem.

[nute]

Fly a passenger jet and move to Scandinavia. Always has aspirations of doing the former as a career but just after i qualified marriage and family got in the way.

Still could do the latter but brexit has made it significantly harder

[Pit Pony]

I thought I'd build a rally car and compete in international rallying.

[Gee68]

Become a better person than I am...............

[Esceptico]

nute said:

Fly a passenger jet and move to Scandinavia. Always has aspirations of doing the former as a career but just after i qualified marriage and family got in the way.

Still could do the latter but brexit has made it significantly harder

Given what has happened to the aviation industry with Covid perhaps you dodged a bullet.

I’ve lived and worked in three countries outside the EU so definitely possible, even if you don’t have a right to go there.