In college, living in the dorms. I didn’t go to a single party. If anything, I was pretty antisocial. But there was so much contentment and peace with how I was living back then. Walking everywhere, working out on the track every evening, cuddled up in my dorm room reading books. Loved every minute of college life. Plus the campus was stunning
When my sister survived cancer. The doctor came out after her final scan and said ‘completely clear.’ My whole family was in the waiting room, and we all just broke down sobbing and hugging. Nothing has ever topped that moment.
Once I was driving from Philly to Las Vegas. On one leg of the trip, I got a bit of a late start and I really wanted McDonalds breakfast (this was before they served it all day).
My clock said 10:22, and I was about 15 miles from the next exit, so I knew I would never make it. Then I crossed over a time zone and my clock changed.
When I was a kid. I had no stress, no responsibilities, and I was actually close to my family.
Now it’s the complete opposite and I feel like my close friends know the real me, and my family have become strangers who just happen to be related to me.
The day after my wedding. I remember cresting a hill overlooking my property as I drove back from returning the groomsman tuxedoes and just feeling euphoric. Married the love of my life, held what,to this day, is the best party I’ve ever thrown, and had a perfect view of the start of the rest of my life. The sun was behind me, and it perfectly illuminated the world.
I’ve held this memory through some bad times as a reminder that it CAN all go right.
When my son was little and I was a SAHM. I loved every minute of it!! I would go back in a second. My son is 22 now and we are very close. It was a bond that started all those years ago.
The day I finished chemo and my doctor said I was cancer-free. I walked out of that hospital feeling like I could fly. Spent the whole afternoon in my garden, just breathing in the spring air and crying happy tears. Five years later and that moment still gives me goosebumps.
Phase: For me it’s when my kid was young (like pre-school), my mom was still herself (no Alzheimer’s yet – that fucking cruel killjoy), my job was stable but not too demanding.
Moment: I remember at a contest, when my name was called out as a finalist, and I walked on stage to receive the prize. Having always had low self-esteem as a child, that moment was solid gold.
one specific memory was playing Scrabble with the love of my life and his friend. David (LOML) and I were talking to each other with our eyes and heart across the table from each other. His friend asked what we were “telepathically” saying to each other. All of our time together was full of love, but THAT moment stays with me. He died 11 years ago.
Our first few years after getting married was truly incredible, with settling down and growing together, but the absolute best time in my life was a few years later when my first son was born. Everything was perfect with new jobs, a new house, a perfect relationship with my wife, and a bright future ahead of us.
A simple hug from someone I cared about I learned a lot from him and I’m grateful for that. Now it’s time for me to make my own happiness and I will because of a simple hug.
After I almost got admitted to the hospital for suicidal thoughts. Everyone started listening just a little harder to me, and I was able to get out of the hellish program I was stuck in and move on with my life.
Right now. At 18 I was homeless living in a storage unit. Now at 33, I am married with a 10 year old daughter, live in a nice neighborhood with a big house, have two cars in the driveway, have a job I love, licensed minister at a local church. Had to fight for everything, no help from parents. We did it boys
the second lockdown. i was 16/17 and spent every day doing silly things and time with friends, nothing was all that serious (as in my stage of life, the virus WAS that serious). now with everything going on and having to grow up in a world i dont really feel would ever accept me (brown, neurodivergent, bisexual woman) i just cant seem to BE happy. like i experience short moments of happiness, but im never genuinely happy
When I first fell in love with my wife. Don’t get me wrong things are still great. But that rush of falling in love and the excitement of seeing them all the time? There was nothing like it.
The decade from 18 to 28. Great time at college, travelled overseas for 2 years, met my wife, got married, bought my first house, both my daughters were born
Mid thirties, top of my game at work, living as an expat in the north of England building new banking web sites in the UK and Ireland. Felt like a god back in those days.
I just got a new job with a nice office, we were living in a house with a garden, our cat just stopped being a hangry asshole 24/7, we were good, and I had a solid group of friends. It lasted maybe 4 months if we’re being generous, and if it didn’t come crashing down the way it did something else would have happened, but those 4 months I think I’ll chase forever.
There was this time back when i was a kid my dad used to carry me on his shoulders onto top of a small hill. Fast forward to present a random day out of nowhere while at work this memory just flashed and i was in tears but with a smile
During Covid, my family moved to California to grow cannabis since it was legal. Our town pop was around 200, and I made around 40-50 an hour (an insane high school job), and I miss it so much. It was in the middle of the Redwood National Park, and the Pacific Ocean was maybe a 20-minute drive from us. I met people from across the world that I worked with, and thinking about it makes me upset because I’m back in the boring Midwest again
Seeing my baby for the first time. Technically when I first saw her I just felt calm and sort of like whiplash from going from being in total pain to not. But a few hours later when the nurses moved us to the mother’s ward or whatever, I just remember the way the hospital lights lit up her face as we passed under each one and she fussed. But when I stroked her nose she calmed back down. It was magical. I’d relive that day a million times.
2015-2018 my daughters last 3 years at home. She’s still my best friend and I’m so proud of the woman she’s become but I miss her being my kiddo and being home. My life is completely empty now.
When I got attention and was heard as a woman on an anonymous app, I never lied. I have several birth names given by different relatives, and one of them is for both males and females. Though if anyone asked me directly whether I was male or female, I would always answer honestly. I never hid it. Still, there was a time when I felt like I was doing something wrong like I was keeping them in the dark, knowing that all most all of them would stop talking to me if they knew I wasn’t actually a woman. That thought made me feel guilty, so I stepped away from it, even though I wish I could have those moments back. I never said or did anything explicit there, just simple conversations about our days, random topics, and genuine connection.
When I sneaked out to go see my guy.
I drove over in the middle of the night cause he lured me with homemade piroshki. Was waiting for me outside his place with a tupper and I just run to him and he caught me and lifted me up and we kissed. It was like a movie.
From my younger days… playing baseball, I wasn’t much of a power hitter, but in a game, I hit a ball just down the left field line, and it was foul but had the distance for a homer.
Then I did it again on the next pitch, but it was fair.
life is full of ups and downs. most of the time, struggle ends up rewarding you with happiness. our brains are wired to feel satisfaction and a sense of purpose by setting goals, working toward them, and accomplishing them. so you’re always somewhere along that path. and the path can be fulfilling without constant happiness. nobody is happy all the time.
IMO it takes struggling and pain to fully realize and appreciate the happy times.
The happiest time of my life was the period of high school through college. I was absolutely lucky, or, more accurately, blessed. I believe that I am on the cusp of another happy period.
Probably the summer of ’89. That’s when I got my first real 6 string, not the old crappy things i learned on.. Bought it at a five and dime. I played it so much my fingers bled. Lol anyway…
Me and some guys from school had a band and tried real hard at it, but things happen… Jimmy quit, Jody got married…at the time I thought we could go pretty far
Looking back now that summer seemed to last forever… yeah, if I had the choice, I’d always wanna be there… those were the best days of my life.
Except the girl I was dating… fuck her, but other than that..
Last summer when my sister surprised me at my college graduation. She’s been stationed overseas for years and told me she couldn’t make it. Nearly fell off the stage when I saw her standing there in her military uniform. Nothing beats that feeling.
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When I was in college.
So little responsibility, so much time with friends.
It was awesome
When the argument I prepared for in my mind turned out exactly like that
When I graduated from high school and got accepted into university.
Childhood. Definitely i miss those moments when I fell asleep in the car and woke up in bed. Did this happen to anyone else?
In college, living in the dorms. I didn’t go to a single party. If anything, I was pretty antisocial. But there was so much contentment and peace with how I was living back then. Walking everywhere, working out on the track every evening, cuddled up in my dorm room reading books. Loved every minute of college life. Plus the campus was stunning
Childhood. Life was much brighter
When I’m visiting my grands
When my sister survived cancer. The doctor came out after her final scan and said ‘completely clear.’ My whole family was in the waiting room, and we all just broke down sobbing and hugging. Nothing has ever topped that moment.
2019 when i was 14
Under 12.
Now. I won the war against myself. I’m ready to take on the world now.
Now and everyday keeps getting better ..
Once I was driving from Philly to Las Vegas. On one leg of the trip, I got a bit of a late start and I really wanted McDonalds breakfast (this was before they served it all day).
My clock said 10:22, and I was about 15 miles from the next exit, so I knew I would never make it. Then I crossed over a time zone and my clock changed.
After tasting my first Ppk, I felt like Tobby Maguire from Black Spider-Man dancing
When I was a kid. I had no stress, no responsibilities, and I was actually close to my family.
Now it’s the complete opposite and I feel like my close friends know the real me, and my family have become strangers who just happen to be related to me.
3 years ago, free – while traveling and living my best life 🙂
The day after my wedding. I remember cresting a hill overlooking my property as I drove back from returning the groomsman tuxedoes and just feeling euphoric. Married the love of my life, held what,to this day, is the best party I’ve ever thrown, and had a perfect view of the start of the rest of my life. The sun was behind me, and it perfectly illuminated the world.
I’ve held this memory through some bad times as a reminder that it CAN all go right.
Last semester in college; spent it abroad in New Zealand for 6 months.
When my son was little and I was a SAHM. I loved every minute of it!! I would go back in a second. My son is 22 now and we are very close. It was a bond that started all those years ago.
The day I finished chemo and my doctor said I was cancer-free. I walked out of that hospital feeling like I could fly. Spent the whole afternoon in my garden, just breathing in the spring air and crying happy tears. Five years later and that moment still gives me goosebumps.
You mean a phase in life or a moment in life?
Phase: For me it’s when my kid was young (like pre-school), my mom was still herself (no Alzheimer’s yet – that fucking cruel killjoy), my job was stable but not too demanding.
Moment: I remember at a contest, when my name was called out as a finalist, and I walked on stage to receive the prize. Having always had low self-esteem as a child, that moment was solid gold.
one specific memory was playing Scrabble with the love of my life and his friend. David (LOML) and I were talking to each other with our eyes and heart across the table from each other. His friend asked what we were “telepathically” saying to each other. All of our time together was full of love, but THAT moment stays with me. He died 11 years ago.
Since my son has been born
Our first few years after getting married was truly incredible, with settling down and growing together, but the absolute best time in my life was a few years later when my first son was born. Everything was perfect with new jobs, a new house, a perfect relationship with my wife, and a bright future ahead of us.
1991 was pretty cool. Can I get a redo?
Certainly not at the moment.
When my daughter told her daycare teacher that her Daddy takes care of her when she’s sick and that her Daddy loves her.
A few weeks ago when my daughter who has struggled with infertility announced she is pregnant
Right now.
A simple hug from someone I cared about I learned a lot from him and I’m grateful for that. Now it’s time for me to make my own happiness and I will because of a simple hug.
Two times. One during 2 month of medical admission coaching period. Another intern life 1 yr.
After I almost got admitted to the hospital for suicidal thoughts. Everyone started listening just a little harder to me, and I was able to get out of the hellish program I was stuck in and move on with my life.
Between 2006-2015, when the Voice was with me.
Right now. At 18 I was homeless living in a storage unit. Now at 33, I am married with a 10 year old daughter, live in a nice neighborhood with a big house, have two cars in the driveway, have a job I love, licensed minister at a local church. Had to fight for everything, no help from parents. We did it boys
the second lockdown. i was 16/17 and spent every day doing silly things and time with friends, nothing was all that serious (as in my stage of life, the virus WAS that serious). now with everything going on and having to grow up in a world i dont really feel would ever accept me (brown, neurodivergent, bisexual woman) i just cant seem to BE happy. like i experience short moments of happiness, but im never genuinely happy
Now!
When I was dating another guy
Holding a new baby….mine, my grandkids, my friends’. Nothing better.
Probably one of those random moments with friends, laughing over nothing
Christmas 1980, it felt like my parents and I were a “real” family enjoying the season together.
By the following year they’d split up for good, and life was never the same again.
When I got my drivers license at 21 in 2013
1996
This is Reddit. Everyone here is so miserable that their happiest moment was when their dog died or something.
When I ate a couple grams of mushrooms.
When I first fell in love with my wife. Don’t get me wrong things are still great. But that rush of falling in love and the excitement of seeing them all the time? There was nothing like it.
The decade from 18 to 28. Great time at college, travelled overseas for 2 years, met my wife, got married, bought my first house, both my daughters were born
Fifth grade
Can’t remember
In 2008 when I moved to a place I love. Best decision I ever made.
Mid thirties, top of my game at work, living as an expat in the north of England building new banking web sites in the UK and Ireland. Felt like a god back in those days.
2017-2021
Probably when I first started dating my wife. No kids, small mortgage payment, lots of uninterrupted sexy time. It was glorious.
I would never trade my life now for anything though. The chaos of having a loving household is beautiful and worth all the moments.
I just got a new job with a nice office, we were living in a house with a garden, our cat just stopped being a hangry asshole 24/7, we were good, and I had a solid group of friends. It lasted maybe 4 months if we’re being generous, and if it didn’t come crashing down the way it did something else would have happened, but those 4 months I think I’ll chase forever.
2018
Sitting on the beach with my mom and sister roasting hot dogs.
Walking around Luxor Casino with a yard-of-margarita with my best friend
Witnessing my first solar eclipse with a friend and his son.
Sipping a flat white and munching a gorgeous croissant in a tiny courtyard in London.
There was this time back when i was a kid my dad used to carry me on his shoulders onto top of a small hill. Fast forward to present a random day out of nowhere while at work this memory just flashed and i was in tears but with a smile
During Covid, my family moved to California to grow cannabis since it was legal. Our town pop was around 200, and I made around 40-50 an hour (an insane high school job), and I miss it so much. It was in the middle of the Redwood National Park, and the Pacific Ocean was maybe a 20-minute drive from us. I met people from across the world that I worked with, and thinking about it makes me upset because I’m back in the boring Midwest again
Seeing my baby for the first time. Technically when I first saw her I just felt calm and sort of like whiplash from going from being in total pain to not. But a few hours later when the nurses moved us to the mother’s ward or whatever, I just remember the way the hospital lights lit up her face as we passed under each one and she fussed. But when I stroked her nose she calmed back down. It was magical. I’d relive that day a million times.
2015-2018 my daughters last 3 years at home. She’s still my best friend and I’m so proud of the woman she’s become but I miss her being my kiddo and being home. My life is completely empty now.
One of those late-night hangouts with friends, music playing, no worries—just pure, simple happiness.
When by twin sons were born.
When I got attention and was heard as a woman on an anonymous app, I never lied. I have several birth names given by different relatives, and one of them is for both males and females. Though if anyone asked me directly whether I was male or female, I would always answer honestly. I never hid it. Still, there was a time when I felt like I was doing something wrong like I was keeping them in the dark, knowing that all most all of them would stop talking to me if they knew I wasn’t actually a woman. That thought made me feel guilty, so I stepped away from it, even though I wish I could have those moments back. I never said or did anything explicit there, just simple conversations about our days, random topics, and genuine connection.
2016🙌
March 5th-19th this year my… now ex-girlfriend visited me here in Germany, it was the best time of my life and I will never forget it. Never!
When I sneaked out to go see my guy.
I drove over in the middle of the night cause he lured me with homemade piroshki. Was waiting for me outside his place with a tupper and I just run to him and he caught me and lifted me up and we kissed. It was like a movie.
I don’t think I will ever get over him..
Happy and I aren’t often partners.
Definitely when my kids were born.
From my younger days… playing baseball, I wasn’t much of a power hitter, but in a game, I hit a ball just down the left field line, and it was foul but had the distance for a homer.
Then I did it again on the next pitch, but it was fair.
Man, that felt good.
I was 3, in preschool, and thought we’d live forever.
life is full of ups and downs. most of the time, struggle ends up rewarding you with happiness. our brains are wired to feel satisfaction and a sense of purpose by setting goals, working toward them, and accomplishing them. so you’re always somewhere along that path. and the path can be fulfilling without constant happiness. nobody is happy all the time.
IMO it takes struggling and pain to fully realize and appreciate the happy times.
I’ll always remember the happiest time of my life. It was just before my near fatal accident.
College
When my kids were born. I was at emotional rock bottom and they started my climb back up.
I realise now that I don’t remember.
When I was a kid visiting my gran, haven’t genuinely been happy any time in the past 20 years
When my family would go to the Pavilion in Myrtle Beach when I was a kid. I loved that place and was devastated when they tore it down.
This one time in Vegas….
Never
The happiest time of my life was the period of high school through college. I was absolutely lucky, or, more accurately, blessed. I believe that I am on the cusp of another happy period.
Probably the summer of ’89. That’s when I got my first real 6 string, not the old crappy things i learned on.. Bought it at a five and dime. I played it so much my fingers bled. Lol anyway…
Me and some guys from school had a band and tried real hard at it, but things happen… Jimmy quit, Jody got married…at the time I thought we could go pretty far
Looking back now that summer seemed to last forever… yeah, if I had the choice, I’d always wanna be there… those were the best days of my life.
Except the girl I was dating… fuck her, but other than that..
Last summer when my sister surprised me at my college graduation. She’s been stationed overseas for years and told me she couldn’t make it. Nearly fell off the stage when I saw her standing there in her military uniform. Nothing beats that feeling.
Before I turned 16