fulfilled life

Have you had a fulfilled life or do you feel you could have achieved more . Has it been a happy life for you ?

I've lived many life's in 65 years, the most important achievement is having my two children who have grown into good decent hard-working adults . I had no family support and missed that greatly, envying those that did. However, at this stage in my life given a choice I would have loved to spend my life with a loving partner but it was not meant to be . I've travelled quite a bit and seen the places I wanted to see.

I wouldn't say it's been a happy life , I've had some happy times , but struggled too. I'm ok in my life now , manage a decent life , have fun and laughter with friends and my little family . I'm healthy so am blessed in that way. Am a positive person in many ways . I have regrets but have grown from them and mistakes I made .

I would love to hear your life story if you would like to share

Thank you.

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Regrets I"ve had a few , but then again too few to mention.

Had 44 years of marriage, 3 great kids, [who have all done well], 4 adorable G/C. Good health[touch wood], plenty and I mean plenty of good holidays in the USA for last 20 years. and other places before.

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Plenty of regrets and I would have started by choosing my parents a bit more carefully. I'm sure I could have achieved more if I hadn't been so keen to steer a safe course through life. I might have a bigger house, more cash in the bank and a new car for a start.

A lot of things I wouldn't have changed though.... Bought my first house at 22, celebrated 42 years of marriage, 3 great kids with good jobs and never had any real financial worries.

But, I still wonder, "What if?"

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I've no regrets.
I've made choices, some good some bad .. perhaps missed out on others ... but other choices would presumably have bought their own benefits or trials. Who knows what a different road in Life would have resulted in.

So on balance ... I've been happy.

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Depends which box of memories I open..

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Great question Susan. I have lived a similar life to yourself. Saying that I don't regret anything I did. Had I known more maybe the decisions would be different. Saying that I was brought up in a very poor family, lots of love but no ambition or money. I tried to make my kids think differently and it worked so cant complain about that. What others have said is life.
How boring it would be if everyone had a life of non events, no hardship, no deaths, no trauma, no love. That's what makes you the person you are.
With no experience you would be a zombie.
I always say live life to the full whilst you have life to live it with.
My favourite saying is from a Crosby Stills, Nash and Young song called
Wooden Ships. "If you smile at me I will understand, cos that's what everybody in the World does, in the same language"

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This is no place for a Life Story, so far, things have been predictable

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I think I was fulfilled once but it's a distant memory now

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I've reached 56 years of age, have three lovely, caring and hard working sons. Have a partner who I love to bits. Have a job that I like. A nice wee flat. Have an abundance of friends. No real health worries. So yes, I'd say I am fulfilled. I don't know what else I would need? I've had all the abuse, being skint, broken marriage after 30 years, homeless, heartbroken, but life moves on and I believe you have to take in the "big picture" and not think of all the bad bits. We all have a story to tell.

The only thing I now really want is to get this bloomin weight off

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I don't know how one can judge this really without knowing what the alternatives might have been .
My life has certainly had variety ...

Happy.. ecstatically for a brief time, I learnt to settle for contentment .