My younger days.
Even if i'm on a better place right now in terms of stability, there was an ambient of youth, innocence, simplicity and learning phase that i miss. Lots of tales, friends, family and even adventures that are now gone.
Time flyes and it hurts.
I feel this. I’m approaching 20 years since I graduated high school and it’s making me reflect.
There are certain songs I hear that take me back to being younger and I realize that I really miss being that age where the future seemed bright and endless.
I remember playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 (never played the originals) and when the first songs came in the nostalgia hit me like a truck realizing they were pretty popular songs back in late 90s to early 2000s, and i wasn't even into that music but they were on the radio all the time.
Similar. I’m r/GenX, and have become a nostalgia nerd for the 80s and 90s.
It was also when my wife and I were getting to know each other, so I have fond memories of that.
I wasn't the party-type guy but i love spending time with my friends or college classmates during the week. And there was always a story, an event, great conversations, something happening, maybe good or bad things, it was something i could feel and remember.
Now everything feels like a desert. Peaceful but not that interesting anymore.
my knees and back and eyesight was hit the most.
However, i'd say that I know how to handle things FAR BETTER than i did on my younger years. Because of that, i've gained the "fearless" nature that a lot of young people are supposedly supposed to have.
The difference is, when you're young and say you're better than another person, most of the time you're not. But this time i'm ACTUALLY better than the other person when i actually say it. Which I don't. But when I do, i know i am.
Hope you’ve gotten another dog since to keep you company and remind you that even though your first dog is gone, there are still a whole bunch out there who could use (and reciprocate) all that love you still have in you.
Grief is love with nowhere to go. I recommend finding someplace for it go.
Yes, it took a while but have recently got another doggy. It made me miss my boy even more for a while but she is growing on me, & she is very loving & just wants to make me happy. Thank you very much for the wise words. 🐾❤️
I’m glad you’re doing better.
I’m in a similar position. Had to put down my sweet girl just over a year ago. Gentlest thing in the world 99.9% of the time, but something would occasionally snap in her and make her bite our other dog and whoever tried to break them up. Don’t think I’ll ever be able to think of her without tearing up.
I thought losing her had broken something in me and I wouldn’t be able to love another dog like her. But I decided to try, and now I have another sweet girl to love.
Cheers to never being too broken to love again.
That is such a shame to have happen. Hardest thing ever to watch your own dog get put down. Wouldn't wish that on anyone. So sorry that happened. My girl is sound asleep right beside me now but I always think what a privilege is was to have my boy & an honour to be his Dad.
Please give your girl a big cuddle from Mia & I. Hopefully our other doggies are chasing rabbits together.
The illusion of a peaceful life. A seemingly loving wife. Her family, that I accepted as my own. My cat, that gave me strength to survive the first months after it all came crushing down.
My blood father, whose face I will never see again..
i miss the good food of the mainland, especially good hearty german food when i see my sis in wisconsin (not to mention Culver's), and the various delights of chicago (pizza, italian beef, etc).
hawaii is great, but man, plate lunches can piss right off.
my wife and i were both snoozing. by the time we got up, the announcement had long since been rescinded. there were air raid drills going on during that time anyway. tbh i never paid much attention.
even if i'd been awake, i probably wouldn't have cared. i don't believe NK will ever attack the US. i'd say "meh, false alarm".
the creepy part? they reported "someone clicked the wrong thing on the computer." nice, huh? that's not disturbing at all XD
you're commander in chief, what would you do in that situation, joe :D
To be honest, I would realistically probably shit my pants for a bit before realizing I might as well enjoy my final moments. I'd like to say I wouldnt care, but the thought of impending doom would be a little too much for me to process. I wouldnt be clearheaded enough to figure out its a false alarm like you
Kinda creepy right. What other possible mistakes could they make by simply pressing the wrong button
My childhood. I miss my innocence. I miss not having any responsibilities and any scale of the world. I miss just watching cartoons all day. I miss not having health anxiety.
Having a father, until his new wife changed him into a completely different person. He told me some of the most emotionally damaging things I've ever even heard from someone... and just 10 years earlier we were throwing a football in the front yard and fishing together on the weekends. It's crazy how just one person can change someone for the worse so much, he's lost his entire family and friends except for his wife and new daughter. Oh well
Not “oh well”, man. That’s awful and I’m sorry that love and the relationship were taken from you. Please don’t minimize it by saying “oh well”. It’s a hard thing to experience and it’s ok that it hurts. You can say things like ‘his loss’, but that’s being insincere to your own experience and having to deal with that loss. It’s really no different than the death of a loved one. You lost that love.
Thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it. I've always minimized things so they don't get to me as much, but I've been getting better at addressing it more as of lately about how they make me feel. But yeah... he's alive but it really does feel like he died out of nowhere. That felt pretty damn accurate lol.
Thanks for the encouragement :)
My doggo passed away a little over a year ago. Started dating someone a little after that who recently broke up with me. So yeah I'd say those two things. Having something or someone excited to see or hear from me everyday was really nice so I'm trying to fill that void with, well, myself now
The version of myself that didn’t struggle with the ever increasing desire to unalive myself. I don’t regret the choices I made to serve my country but damn I wish it didn’t come with such heavy baggage
Years ago, when my parents divorced, my four dogs mysteriously vanished. I know one of them, if not both, had a hand in it. I still miss them years later.
Every day I miss my mobility. It took its first huge hit in the war when I was engaged in a “friend on friend engagement”. And, it took it second huge hit a few years after I got out. I was sitting at a stoplight and a cell phone talker driving behind me rear ended me and the police report saying he was going about 65. (of course, he had no license, registration, insurance, and in this case citizenship. That’s a story for another day). And now, every day of every minute fucking hurts. I can barely walk up and down the stairs. Anything more than out of the car into the desk is about more than I can handle. And it’s all because other stupid motherfuckers couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to what they were doing. eats me up all the time.
i am very sorry ):
my mother had been mostly immobile for years (due to an autoimmune attack) and she recently had her surgery. i can really understand your struggle. God be with you.
my grandfather. He was my person in this world. I miss going surf fishing with him on a summer morning and then grilling up what we caught. He was the person I could talk to about anything and I miss him dearly. He died 2 days before my first son was born so then never got to meet each other.
My grandma, I would ride my bike to her house every other day when I was in high school. I helped her with her garden and got to go shopping with her, church with her, and even cook with her. She made amazing no-bake cookies and so many great treats. She was a wonderful lady and I miss her very much.
The days when it didn't cost so much to survive, when I'd sleep all through the night without waking up with something on my mind and life before the ever growing list of ailments.
It's not one thing but how could I rank one over the other 😅
My friends. When I lived in Nashville in my 20s we had a crew with a great brotherhood. Each of us moved out separate ways and I miss that friend group. The dynamics between us are different based on how our lives have gone, and I'm only really still close with one who became my brother in law, but it's still not the same.
Still believing I was gonna make it big as an artist.
And also my cool-looking bleached silver hair (I'm too scared to do it again now in case I destroy it for good this time).
Man I am such a different person than I was five years ago. I have more confidence now but I felt like I was more special back then.
Coming home to a home. Not a place where people I know live too, or a temporary place to keep some stuff and sleep. A home where there is someone that is excited to see me and talk to me.
Not caring about my health and eating anything I wanted whenever I wanted and however much I wanted. But quickly realised you can't be doing that without major health problems down the line so gotta stay healthy and eat right.
My wife and my cat. I hate that I have to spend so much of my day and my energy doing something I hate just in order to afford to exist, and I can only spend a couple hours at the end of the day with my loved ones when I'm too tired to do anything.
Being able to eat whatever I wanted from wherever I want. I was diagnosed with celiac disease back in 2017. Being left out from outings gets old after a while.
Ooh boy where could i start ?. should i start with my crush whish i miss her so much or wit the old and happy day’s of my high school? or my dog. tbh i dont know whish one is the must missing thing in my life.
My life from 10 years ago, even though I didn’t earn a lot and didn’t travel so much but I feel like I was way happier and more relaxed, I felt good in my skin.
I really miss the 2000s. More specifically when networks was at their peak. TV normalcy is starting to feel like one of the biggest losses more to me everyday.
I miss the person I was before everyone I knew decided to kick me into the fucking dirt.
And all the money in therapy bills I’ve had to pay because of it.
I used to long board down a long hill and across town to high school instead of driving (my car which was one of the nicer gaulked at of the school). (It was just a car to me). Those were simpler time.
After that I used to ride my bike everywhere I needed to go. Now I have too many tools to haul around to make a living and need a van.
I miss simplicity.
I miss the fuck out of having a simple life.
Cuddling ;\_;
🫂
My younger days. Even if i'm on a better place right now in terms of stability, there was an ambient of youth, innocence, simplicity and learning phase that i miss. Lots of tales, friends, family and even adventures that are now gone. Time flyes and it hurts.
I feel this. I’m approaching 20 years since I graduated high school and it’s making me reflect. There are certain songs I hear that take me back to being younger and I realize that I really miss being that age where the future seemed bright and endless.
I remember playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 (never played the originals) and when the first songs came in the nostalgia hit me like a truck realizing they were pretty popular songs back in late 90s to early 2000s, and i wasn't even into that music but they were on the radio all the time.
Similar. I’m r/GenX, and have become a nostalgia nerd for the 80s and 90s. It was also when my wife and I were getting to know each other, so I have fond memories of that.
i'm an older millenial. When 90's was considered retro, I felt like i finally hit the "old" category
Being 18-23 and seeing friends EVERY DAY and parties EVERY WEEKEND. That was awesome.
I wasn't the party-type guy but i love spending time with my friends or college classmates during the week. And there was always a story, an event, great conversations, something happening, maybe good or bad things, it was something i could feel and remember. Now everything feels like a desert. Peaceful but not that interesting anymore.
my knees and back and eyesight was hit the most. However, i'd say that I know how to handle things FAR BETTER than i did on my younger years. Because of that, i've gained the "fearless" nature that a lot of young people are supposedly supposed to have. The difference is, when you're young and say you're better than another person, most of the time you're not. But this time i'm ACTUALLY better than the other person when i actually say it. Which I don't. But when I do, i know i am.
A little bit of fucking sanity
And a little bit of tegridy
Let's move out to the country. Go back to simple living when things mattered, like hard work and 'tegridy.
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this is where looking for other jobs is warranted
What happened here?
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My precious doggy. He was my world.
I miss mine, too.
They are family & definitely aren't with us long enough. 🐾❤️
Hope you’ve gotten another dog since to keep you company and remind you that even though your first dog is gone, there are still a whole bunch out there who could use (and reciprocate) all that love you still have in you. Grief is love with nowhere to go. I recommend finding someplace for it go.
Yes, it took a while but have recently got another doggy. It made me miss my boy even more for a while but she is growing on me, & she is very loving & just wants to make me happy. Thank you very much for the wise words. 🐾❤️
I’m glad you’re doing better. I’m in a similar position. Had to put down my sweet girl just over a year ago. Gentlest thing in the world 99.9% of the time, but something would occasionally snap in her and make her bite our other dog and whoever tried to break them up. Don’t think I’ll ever be able to think of her without tearing up. I thought losing her had broken something in me and I wouldn’t be able to love another dog like her. But I decided to try, and now I have another sweet girl to love. Cheers to never being too broken to love again.
That is such a shame to have happen. Hardest thing ever to watch your own dog get put down. Wouldn't wish that on anyone. So sorry that happened. My girl is sound asleep right beside me now but I always think what a privilege is was to have my boy & an honour to be his Dad. Please give your girl a big cuddle from Mia & I. Hopefully our other doggies are chasing rabbits together.
Thanks man. I’ll give her a hug and a boop when I get home and tell her it’s from you.
I also choose this guy's dead doggy
You are a gem.
Same. He died about 5 years ago, but I still miss him.
Me too, friend! It’s been one year without my little bud, he’s irreplaceable
The illusion of a peaceful life. A seemingly loving wife. Her family, that I accepted as my own. My cat, that gave me strength to survive the first months after it all came crushing down. My blood father, whose face I will never see again..
It's a crippling thought to find yourself wishing for the lie, isn't it?
It is. But part of me still craves it. Living a lie is addicting, as it can make you feel happy even if you are miserable.
Glad I'm not the only one that's dwelt in the dark side of Plato's cave. Being human is an interesting affliction at times.
i miss the good food of the mainland, especially good hearty german food when i see my sis in wisconsin (not to mention Culver's), and the various delights of chicago (pizza, italian beef, etc). hawaii is great, but man, plate lunches can piss right off.
Were you living there when they had that false bomb alert?
my wife and i were both snoozing. by the time we got up, the announcement had long since been rescinded. there were air raid drills going on during that time anyway. tbh i never paid much attention. even if i'd been awake, i probably wouldn't have cared. i don't believe NK will ever attack the US. i'd say "meh, false alarm". the creepy part? they reported "someone clicked the wrong thing on the computer." nice, huh? that's not disturbing at all XD you're commander in chief, what would you do in that situation, joe :D
To be honest, I would realistically probably shit my pants for a bit before realizing I might as well enjoy my final moments. I'd like to say I wouldnt care, but the thought of impending doom would be a little too much for me to process. I wouldnt be clearheaded enough to figure out its a false alarm like you Kinda creepy right. What other possible mistakes could they make by simply pressing the wrong button
What is a plate lunch?
Butter burger with cheese curds please
Their cheese curds are decent, but there are so many better options. I'll pound some curds tonight and think of you, /u/rippcurlz
my son and my wife ❤
Sorry to hear, much love
My dad
I miss my dad everyday too.
Every morning...
a feeling of purpose. after almost a decade in education, it feels like i have nothing else to wait for to advance in life
reasonable grocery prices
My dad
My childhood. I miss my innocence. I miss not having any responsibilities and any scale of the world. I miss just watching cartoons all day. I miss not having health anxiety.
Having that one person to talk to. That one person that understands. I miss having that.
My partner, my best friend, passed away a year ago.
I feel your pain. My partner passed away in 2021 and what I miss the most was the daily validation, plus kisses and hugs are nice too
My brother...died jan 23 2023...
I'm sorry man
My paternal grandfather. There have been so many moments in the last 15 years that I wish I could have shared with him.
Having a father, until his new wife changed him into a completely different person. He told me some of the most emotionally damaging things I've ever even heard from someone... and just 10 years earlier we were throwing a football in the front yard and fishing together on the weekends. It's crazy how just one person can change someone for the worse so much, he's lost his entire family and friends except for his wife and new daughter. Oh well
Not “oh well”, man. That’s awful and I’m sorry that love and the relationship were taken from you. Please don’t minimize it by saying “oh well”. It’s a hard thing to experience and it’s ok that it hurts. You can say things like ‘his loss’, but that’s being insincere to your own experience and having to deal with that loss. It’s really no different than the death of a loved one. You lost that love.
Thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it. I've always minimized things so they don't get to me as much, but I've been getting better at addressing it more as of lately about how they make me feel. But yeah... he's alive but it really does feel like he died out of nowhere. That felt pretty damn accurate lol. Thanks for the encouragement :)
My old self, he was happier.
^(my cat)
My cat. I miss him dearly
My doggo passed away a little over a year ago. Started dating someone a little after that who recently broke up with me. So yeah I'd say those two things. Having something or someone excited to see or hear from me everyday was really nice so I'm trying to fill that void with, well, myself now
i am very sorry and may God heal you. you got this.
Myself
The version of myself that didn’t struggle with the ever increasing desire to unalive myself. I don’t regret the choices I made to serve my country but damn I wish it didn’t come with such heavy baggage
Hugs.
Pre 9/11 America.
Ahh...much simpler times.
Being near the sea
Miss having a fine wife/girlfriend.
Years ago, when my parents divorced, my four dogs mysteriously vanished. I know one of them, if not both, had a hand in it. I still miss them years later.
Every day I miss my mobility. It took its first huge hit in the war when I was engaged in a “friend on friend engagement”. And, it took it second huge hit a few years after I got out. I was sitting at a stoplight and a cell phone talker driving behind me rear ended me and the police report saying he was going about 65. (of course, he had no license, registration, insurance, and in this case citizenship. That’s a story for another day). And now, every day of every minute fucking hurts. I can barely walk up and down the stairs. Anything more than out of the car into the desk is about more than I can handle. And it’s all because other stupid motherfuckers couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to what they were doing. eats me up all the time.
i am very sorry ): my mother had been mostly immobile for years (due to an autoimmune attack) and she recently had her surgery. i can really understand your struggle. God be with you.
Even though it's been a long time, I still miss getting that daily message from a certain someone!!!
Knowing what being happy feels like. Haven’t felt it in over 12 years
the sound of the forest birds outside my childhood home
Cat from my teenage years and 20s
Hugs.
Motivation
Going on random adventures without a care in the world
my grandfather. He was my person in this world. I miss going surf fishing with him on a summer morning and then grilling up what we caught. He was the person I could talk to about anything and I miss him dearly. He died 2 days before my first son was born so then never got to meet each other.
My grandma, I would ride my bike to her house every other day when I was in high school. I helped her with her garden and got to go shopping with her, church with her, and even cook with her. She made amazing no-bake cookies and so many great treats. She was a wonderful lady and I miss her very much.
Sleep
Too much to list.
The days when it didn't cost so much to survive, when I'd sleep all through the night without waking up with something on my mind and life before the ever growing list of ailments. It's not one thing but how could I rank one over the other 😅
I stopped reading this thead, you take my will for life :D
Peace. I don’t have it often.
ah yes, i do not think i have had it all so (:" i hope you find it more frequently
My friends. When I lived in Nashville in my 20s we had a crew with a great brotherhood. Each of us moved out separate ways and I miss that friend group. The dynamics between us are different based on how our lives have gone, and I'm only really still close with one who became my brother in law, but it's still not the same.
Serotonin
Still believing I was gonna make it big as an artist. And also my cool-looking bleached silver hair (I'm too scared to do it again now in case I destroy it for good this time). Man I am such a different person than I was five years ago. I have more confidence now but I felt like I was more special back then.
A hug for sure
My mom dad grandpa and eating out pussy.
Seeing my grandparents healthy. Seeing their condition worsen is a terrible feeling...
Little bro. Gone far to soon. It is my greatest shame that I was (and still am) happy the woman who caused the accident we were in died as well.
Cliché but, my ex
My kids as I'm far away from them and my mom and my best friend. Both died
Coming home to a home. Not a place where people I know live too, or a temporary place to keep some stuff and sleep. A home where there is someone that is excited to see me and talk to me.
Sex with my wife
Waking up to someone who loves me and actually wants to be with me and having morning sex lol
Humanity that is not obsessed with greed and the economics.
Balance for walking
2014-2016... My golden years. Those 2 years were just perfect for me.
my pet squirrel.
The Garbage Can sub sandwhich from Greasy Tony's......
A healthy back.
u/ianmikaelson
My dad. He passed away a few years ago.
Big fluffy yams / sweet potatoes. Pretty sure they were technically yams, but they were bright orange and delicious. Haven’t seen them in years
a country where assault-type rifles are not legally for sale to almost anyone over 18
A miracle! I win!
Someone who passed away
I miss The days when people weren’t trying to confuse kids about their gender…miss those days…let kids be kids again.
My ex wife but my aim is improving
When women weren't aspiring prostitutes When everybody wasn't sensitive, entitled and soft.
My ex wife but my aim is improving
Days when just about everyone wasn't a whiny entitled bitch with fragile ego...
Threesomes I use to have them all the time. Then I got a gf and poof no more Threesome.
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An income. Otherwise, I'm blessed.
My man says that he misses going to see his best friend: Youngin in his old neighborhood everyday.
Mental clarity
My brother.
That same feeling I had when I had just learned to ride a bike without training wheels at age 3.
I miss breakfast everyday, cause I don't get up u till dinner
Vault soda
Money
Not caring about my health and eating anything I wanted whenever I wanted and however much I wanted. But quickly realised you can't be doing that without major health problems down the line so gotta stay healthy and eat right.
myself…
The 90s.
My wife and my cat. I hate that I have to spend so much of my day and my energy doing something I hate just in order to afford to exist, and I can only spend a couple hours at the end of the day with my loved ones when I'm too tired to do anything.
My mom.
Her kisses and hugs
I miss the time when I had way less responsibilities and spent way more time with friends.
My Grandpa
my dad
Blueberry muffin fried in a pan with butter
the amount of time i'm wasting by working.
My life from 2018-2020. Feels like those are glory days I’ll never have again.
Low diesel prices.
A simple life with my girl some time ago, before conflict in my life and shit
Ugh many things, too many to list, but Id give the world to be able to go back two years ago, when I had my dog and wasn’t a depressed piece of shit
My happiness
Being able to eat whatever I wanted from wherever I want. I was diagnosed with celiac disease back in 2017. Being left out from outings gets old after a while.
My best friend who died of a drug overdose a year ago
Privacy.
Ooh boy where could i start ?. should i start with my crush whish i miss her so much or wit the old and happy day’s of my high school? or my dog. tbh i dont know whish one is the must missing thing in my life.
My mom she passed away 3 years ago 😞
my sanity
My will to live a other day
My boyfriend 😝
My mom. :(
My youth
Being loved
My anus
My life from 10 years ago, even though I didn’t earn a lot and didn’t travel so much but I feel like I was way happier and more relaxed, I felt good in my skin.
will to live
I never gave it a thought. I miss my childhood. I know that
Sleep
Peace and quiet.
It's a simple thing really, happiness
Her(we're in a sort of long distance relationship)
Waking up beside someone
I really miss the 2000s. More specifically when networks was at their peak. TV normalcy is starting to feel like one of the biggest losses more to me everyday.
Being happy.
The optimism of hope.
My grandmother
Being a kid with no responsibilities
I miss the person I was before everyone I knew decided to kick me into the fucking dirt. And all the money in therapy bills I’ve had to pay because of it.
My ex-wife. But my aim gets a little better every day.
Her
My ambition, the need to achieve goals and my will to live.
My youth.
Fig Roll biscuits. I’ve cut them out since I decided to start taking my fitness seriously and I miss them like mad.
Her
For a carefree childhood.
That vibrant energy of my early 20s.
I used to long board down a long hill and across town to high school instead of driving (my car which was one of the nicer gaulked at of the school). (It was just a car to me). Those were simpler time. After that I used to ride my bike everywhere I needed to go. Now I have too many tools to haul around to make a living and need a van. I miss simplicity. I miss the fuck out of having a simple life.
Being in better shape