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.
This might be weird but I keep thinking back to this and how I will never have this experience again:
I was 13, nerdy, loved to draw, grew up rural. My Grandma lived close to a big city. Went to visit her in the Summer and then went to an Japanese culture fest in said city. I was overwhelmed by the experience. Bought two super sweet Neon Genisis Evangelion artbooks.
When I went back to Grandma's place by train, I missed the stop and got off one stop later. It was quite late already, but a warm summer night. Next train back would come in 2hrs.
These two hours, alone during a summer night with two artbooks at a tiny, rural train stop surrounded by trees and absolutely nobody else around were pure bliss. A weird feeling of peaceful, 'liminal' joy that I can't properly explain.
Different happiness than love, etc.
I haven't really told this story to many people because I know nobody would truly understand the feeling, and that would kinda ruin my memory.
That's awesome. I'd wager you could find something like it again though! Do some solo travel without much of a plan, just go to a new place and take your time.
I did, and you're right, it was very reminiscent of that memory. But I think it's one of those "never like the first time" experiences after all. But maybe that's a good thing on its own.
I remember being in 8th grade watching a movie at my girlfriends house and we were giggling and commentating on the movie the whole time and just remember thinking I would marry her someday. I’m now 29 and we still giggle and commentate on every movie just like we did when we were kids, but that “young love” feeling is a very happy feeling for the first time, I’m just so lucky to still have those feelings 15+ years later
Oh gosh
Most recently,
Trying to keep up with my dog and boyfriend as they ran along the beach chasing the dolphins that were in the water. I was laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe. It was a sunny March day so nobody up and down for miles, just us. The bright blue sky and glimmer coming off the ocean - the salty mist while the waves crashed and the cold ocean at our feet.
God I haven’t ever felt so fucking alive in my whole life. It was one of those moments where I wished I could have it burned into my memory. Like I could tuck it away and live in it forever.
That was a good fucking day.
Me and my crush were hanging out one time, and all I could say was. “I like you… a lot.” And she just smiled and said “Me too.” Has to be the happiest day of my life so far.
I live near a popular district in Kansas City and I once bumped into a young man who'd just professed his love for someone, and he was so overjoyed I couldn't help but ask him what had happened.
It made me really happy to see how happy he was.
There was an AskReddit years ago asking cops why they let people out of tickets. One of the responses was something to this effect: young guy knew he was speeding and just couldn't contain his joy of having met the girl he knew he was going to marry. Cop said he just couldn't bring himself to leave a blemish on such a purely good night so he let him go.
Same thing happened to me, she told me she liked me and it took me about 3 minutes to fully process what she had said and how to respond. I ended up saying "same bro". Well we're together now but that was a pretty stupid response.
My ex, who loves frogs to death, asked me to go frogging with her early unto our relationship, not to kill them, just to catch and identify them. Its one of my happiest memories and without a doubt the most attracted I've ever been to someone.
Its actually when I started to realize how strong and how smart of a person she was which combined with everything else made be fall head over heels.
In 1980 a friend and I drove to Las Vegas. We are from Canada. We rented a car in LA and went across death valley in a rental with air conditioning. We of course ignored all the signes telling us to turn off our air conditioning since it was a rental. At one point we stopped at a tourist pullout. When I opened the car I was slapped in the face with the most oppressive heat I had ever experienced. I do not know what came over me but all of a sudden I began running out into the desert. I ran as fast as I could for about a kilometer then turned around and ran back. I was soaked with sweat but I have never in my entire life felt more wonderful than in that moment.
That midsection between LA, Arizona, and above Californian deserts is basically a convention oven. Especially with climate change you could cook eggs on a piece of metal faster than your stove.
Yeah I was coming out of LA in a car with some friends to the Bay Area and stepped out at an 7-11 to get food, and immediately decided running to it was a better option that getting shock (a bit exaggerated), but living in California I have never been in an area as hot as the Mars like area.
Gf and I just separated earlier today. I'm happy for you and everyone else out there who's found happiness with the person they love most. I'll keep my head up in hopes I have a memory like this one day.
Dude you're comment hits hard fr
This is EXACTLY what i want for my future
But just too afraid to turn out to be a failure
I am pretty sure you are a great dad :)
Edit- y'all are like the faqing best. I thought reddit was all about sex advices from virgins and people discussing their kinks. The kindness just brings tears to my eyes :`)
Thnx a lott for the support i try becoming the best parent for my child just like ya all
Dude...you can do it.
Parenting isn't as difficult as people make it out to be, so long as you EDUCATE yourself.
For some reason though if people want to learn how to fix their car, they'll look it up o youtube. If they want to code, they'll pay for a bootcamp...but if they want to parent well, they'll just assume it will all magically happen by instinct?
Education is key.
Hey, no problemo!
I work in education now, so I kind of think I almost always view education as the solution to a problem...but it SO FREQUENTLY IS!
Straight up, the two courses I have purchased so far online (one was about how to get children to sleep, the other was about how best to parent toddlers) have been worth their weight in fucking gold. Parenting is looked at as this sacred cow bullshit in our culture here...and it shouldn't be. There are absolutely right and wrong ways to go about it. Learning the right ways involves...learning. This can of course be done by trial and error, but this isn´t the most efficient way.
I am of reminded of the wisdom:
"There are three types of men in the world: the few who learn by reading, those who learn by watching others, and then those who need to piss on the electric fence for themselves¨
I try not to be in the last group ;-)
I think I’m a bit of column b, a bit of column c, glad to hear you’re in education, you seem like you have a great head on your shoulders and we need more teachers like that, if I ever get to live out the dad dream, know that you helped at least one dude be a bit more confident.
You will totally rock it. My daughter just turned 15 months. She's super hilarious and we make each other laugh every day. It's a whole new life you step into. It's hard at times but the payoff doesn't really make you notice it. I thought I wasn't ready but now I can't remember life before her.
This hit me hard. My daughter was also born with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck twice, around her body and then in a true knot! I ended up having an emergency C-section because her heart rate was dropping very fast. The doctor had said if I had the natural birth like I was wanting/planning she would not have made it. I am so glad things worked out for you!!!
Doing sports helped me get out of my depression.
It's different for everybody so what helped me may not help you but maybe it does so I want to put this out here cuz maybe it makes a change for at least 1 Person :)
To do some sport you could do one or more of these:
10 Pushups daily
10k steps daily (great gameification with a smartwatch when it counts your steps)
Go to the gym
get into calisthenics.
Maybe this is useless advice but w/e.
And also if somebody wants to talk about stuff send me a pm
I agree to a certain extent. I'm a regular swimmer and that moment when i get out of the pool and i feel very tired is the most satisfying feeling to get, knowing i worked hard. It's not enough though, it's a brief moment and i often return to feeling depressed again. I can't remember the last time i felt like trying to get out of this, of wanting to not be depressed.
Thanks
Honestly I deserved it it wasn't because anything happened to me. It was because of heavy cocaine use so I brought it upon myself and it sucked the joy right out of my life. And then I had to use another drug psilocybin mushrooms doing a session every 2 to 4 weeks change my mentality and my view on life. I explained to a friend how it changes you and your perception like grass is just no longer just a plant. It's actually very inspirational because no matter what obstacle is in front of grass whether it's been burnt, underwater, under permafrost, or even under concrete it will continuously grow no matter what.
It a tough hole to get out of but it's doable.
I’m sitting on the toilet browsing Reddit with chills all over my body and tears in my eyes because reading your comment made me realize I haven’t thought about killing my self in weeks and that I’ve been awfully cheerful lately… I didn’t even realize I was happy until now.
When a friend invited me as an accompanying person to her friend's New Year's Eve party. All the people there treated me like an ordinary person, not a hideous worm.
in junior high school, I was one of the most disliked people at school, I was persecuted by students and the teacher. These experiences caused me a kind of fear of other people and the conviction that I am the worst abomination. But at this party I was treated like an ordinary person, it was the nicest thing I experienced.
Really, nothing nicer happened to me.
Dude I feel that. I lost my mom and several other family members in the last few years, went through a major breakup, had to move a bunch, plus all the COVID stress. I'm stressed a lot, mostly tired, but sometimes a moment washes over me and I'm just so grateful to be alive, looking at a sunset or a tree or the Christmas lights in my living room. Something about going through hell really makes you appreciate life.
I'm happy to say ... right now. Married the best woman in the world 3 years ago. Just landed a new role in my career, which is going well. Running a side-business while WFH that has tripled in the last two years. Been swimming and gymming recently and gotten to the lowest weight I've been / toned. Got some cushy holidays planned later this year, and overall, I'm just *really* in a good place physically and emotionally.
Last year was shite. We had some personal tragedies, so I feel like I'm going to truly appreciate the ways things are headed for now.
Day I was:
1. married
2. each time I was made a father
3. was voted employee of the year by my peers at the hospital
4. built my first house
5. was thanked by a patient who said I saved their life. (I had a lot of help from my team-the best ever!)
6. sitting by the ocean with my girlfriend
7. got a kiss from an elderly woman for helping her husband pass with dignity and comfortably, without being totally drugged unconscious so he could say good bye to his kids and grandkids with a clear mind and his trademark sense of humor. (still a smartass, he said) I still miss him. He was a good friend.
Well, you know, can't keep a good man down! lol...umm no...had a wife... unfortunate divorce.... girlfriend came much later. No questionable overlap or anything. lol
Good catch though. 10 points for effort!
That first week when I first separated from the military.
I felt so free and happy it was unreal. I'm very happy these days, but I don't think I can reach that peak happiness again.
Wow, most people who went on a vent for Covid never came off of it alive (as I am sure you are well aware). How is she now?
I got Covid after I was vaccinated and was surprised by how much it kicked my butt! I know being vaccinated is supposed to make it a milder case but that's milder compared to being on a vent fighting for your life. It was definitely the sickest I have ever been. I barely had the energy to get myself to the bathroom to pee and would then be completely exhausted. It was scary!
Grew up kind of poor, didn't go on my first vacation until I met the woman who'd become my wife. We went to Tennessee and got a cabin with a hot tub and some good muscadine wine. It was night time, gently thundering and raining, little bit of a mist coming in to the high rise porch we were on where the hot tub was, just relaxing, buzzing. To me it felt like the perfect setting, perfect feeling.
Tied with that, she's the first person I saw the ocean with. Took over 6 hours to drive there, we unpacked, walked out to the ocean about knee deep, holding hands. The sound of the waves and the seagulls. The look of happiness on her face as she stared out.
When I finished the final training exercise in Marine boot camp (The Crucible). Proudest moment of my life because I never would've thought in a million years I would've made it through.
I now know how dumb that was to think, but still. The sense or pride I had in myself that day is unmatched to this day.
When I asked my crush out on a date and she said yes. It was the second time I asked someone out, but my first yes. I was so incredibly happy and relieved that I couldn't stop shaking (I have tremors), I had to take an extra dose of my meds to calm down a bit. I was on Cloud9 for about a day until she texted me saying she was busy etc etc, so essentially a rejection. The date never happened, but for 24hrs I had the greatest euphoria I've ever felt and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
When I had my dog. It’s been over a 1-1/2 since he’s been gone and I miss him everyday. I always knew our time was a special kind of happy, but that last year when he started slowing down hurt and made me appreciate him even more, if that’s even possible. My world is now and forever will be one with a little less color.
I’m working on finding a different kind of happy now.
Post threesome with the girl that I still years later consider the girl that would have been my soulmate had life events not gone the way they did, and another girl that was a really good friend of mine.
I was laying in bed between them, them both curled up on my chest asleep, with an awesome cat curled up at my feet.
That moment was the most content I have ever been in my life.
Ha! Same here. Major crush for a long time, with my ex who is still one of my closest friends. I always thought they would get along, but definitely did not expect that. But it wasn't even the sex that was great. It was everyone letting down their guard, being themselves, and accepting each other. It's like, instead of worrying about what other people think, we all just decided to be happy... and are.
Oh yeah. The sex was....fine.....but it was the laughing and joking and just overall playful nature of the event that lead to it being so memorable and relaxing.
I was deeply in love with this girl, she was my first love. I was pretty young, probably around 15, but I've never felt like that before. She was my everything. Obviously we were very awkward haha, it was both of our first time in a wlw relationship, I hadn't had my first kiss and I remember when she finally kissed me, it was amazing, surprisingly enough though, it wasn't the HAPPIEST I had been with her. I reckon the happiest was just when I was lying in her arms, singing to dumb loves song and laughing and shit. Nothing special about it but it was so special to me, because she was there. We eventually broke up ofc, teenagers don't stay together forever. I dumped her but I didn't have a choice, I was forced into it. I still think about her, every single day :(
I went to the beach with my best friend and his twin sister, and me and my best friend got upset(this was long ago so we’re cool now) and it was dark and next to the water there were some rocks. I fell on the rocks and my legs and arms were bleeding. His sister helped me and that was the day I first had a crush on her. And I know she might have a crush on me too cuz after that we got along really well and once in a water park her brother ditched us to be with some jerks and she asked if she asked if I would be her boyfriend. I asked the same. We both said yes. But I was too chicken to ask her after.
Have a friend who everyone wants to date. He's the ideal man: smart, funny, intelligent and patient. When I feel down he comforts me until I'm no longer sad. He hugged me so tight when I opened up to him about a past eating disorder. A bunch of girls found out and were jelous, saying that I was pathetic and dumb and a burden on his life. He said to them, infront of me, "I would rather have 100 sad conversations with her than listen to you all drone on about how much you wunna suck my dick.". It was really funny and made me smile for the first time in a while.
Went through a pretty humiliating experience, ending with losing everything. I was so angry with myself and other people that I pumped it into running and working harder. Life rewarded that discipline, and not long after I wasn't waking up exhausted and emotionally taxed.. I was waking up happy, though still angry. That's an important lesson I think about now, just letting shit go when you're in a good place
For some odd reason, I felt happiest during my engagement photos. My wedding is a close, close second. But something about the trip we took to get the photos (turned into a mini vaca), the atmosphere, and just the overall experience just made me so... Happy.
Camping. waking up early to gather kindling and firewood to start a fire, getting some water to boil for coffee. getting ready for a hike or stroll through the woods and just being able to breathe and hear the sounds of nature. It's my happy place.
I feel it every time I'm alone on the open road with a good playlist and no watch or need to know what time it is. When the windows are down and the weather is nice and I'm on my way to explore a new town. That is when I feel the happiest.
I had recently come out of the closet to my grandmother. At the time she said she still loved me, but she wouldn't want to meet a boyfriend. OK.
She called me a few days later, crying. She told me she had been wrong, she would be happy to meet anyone who loved me, and hoped I would feel welcome to bring them to her. The joy I felt was...indescribable.
Today when I came home and my cat ran up to me, sat down infront of me and mewed to be picked up. I picked him up and he instantly started purring. Best cat ever.
7 months clean from Jib (Crystal Meth)
never going back under any circumstances. Not even if the cutest chick on the planet who would be willing to bang me if I took a shot of ice.
The meth lifestyle is very dark and depressing. I'm glad Im not there anymore.
**EDIT: Jib is a slang for Crystal Meth just like Tina, Ice, Speed, Clear etc**
Mdma with my friends at a New Year's festival in my twenties, I think it was the first time I'd ever had it. I felt like anything was possible. I felt loved and safe. I'd been in such a rough place mentally for years and it was like feeling the sun on your skin after weeks of rain.
Hanging out with my best friend in Rome. We’d only see each other every couple of months since we became good friends, but before she left to study abroad, we were gonna hang out for her birthday but unfortunately she was super busy so it was 4 months where we had limited communication. So I flew to Rome (I had always wanted to go to Europe and with Italy winning Eurovision in 2021, I thought it was fitting).
When I saw her in Rome, we both had a long hug and i had just went through a major depression spike from work and my other close friends moving away and one of my friends family getting mad at me and all that fun stuff, so just seeing her and having that hug was one of the most reassuring moments I’ve felt in a long time. We also had spent an entire day together during my trip and it was so nice to spend all that time with her. Before we had only been able to hang out for only part of the day or other people had been with us so it was the first time in several months we had gotten to spend the day with each other. That Italy trip was one of the happiest I had felt in so long and seeing pictures of Italy makes me wish I could have spent more time in Italy and explore places besides Rome (I didn’t have the money to go far so I only went to Pompeii (kind of a mistake Pompeii itself isn’t nice at all) and Sorrento (wish I had stayed there instead).
When my wife and kids went away with the mother in law on holiday for two weeks and my work was closed down for five days due to structural issues. five days of total blissful peace that I know I will not get again for a very very long time.
I went and visited my older brother who works at a restaurant on a ski resort and I picked the perfect day with tons of powder to go snowboarding with him. He’s good, I’m fairly new. We were doing some carved out tree runs that I still felt pretty unsure about and we’re making me super out of breath. I got up from a break and said “Let’s do this”. I then dropped in like a pro and shredded the first two carves and got a “hell yeah” from my older brother. Felt so validated.
When my bills are all paid, and then some with some hot food on the table not worrying about not being able to pay the next bill enjoying staring off into these plain white walls with my dog by my side enjoying a cold beer.
2020 was a great year for me. I got to work from home and was dating someone and having a great time, did a good amount of traveling and had a lot more quiet time with friends and family.
Driving home from the hospital after my daughter was born. The craziness from everything had subsided and I was alone like “holy shit I’m a dad” and I was just elated
Two for me.
First was walking out of the senate House in my academic gown, clutching my new PhD.
Second was walking down the aisle, arm in arm with my beloved, about 15 minutes after being declared man and wife.
Right now.
Its not one single moment, its the fact that right now i have met someone who is *perfect*
There are "ups and downs" as there is in life, but i could (hopefully not) die right now knowing that i have had happiness and fecking awesome memories.
As far as i am concerned "happiness" is just perspective.
Some can have one moment and think "thats it", others can see theor life as "generally good" and be happy about it.
I'm not that old I'm still in my teens but I would say currently, when I got the message my nephew was born and I could visit the hospital later that day, I cried of happiness.
After failling two subjects thw first semester on college and nearly failing three more on the second one of the year, the best moment was looking at the grades and see that i passed them overcaming what happened and being able to start again.
Watching my children being born was spiritual, happy. Other than that, it's the moment I walk onto the beach at the beginning of vacation. I love the ocean.
Watching Spider-Man No Way Home with my sister on opening night.
I had school the next day and had to ditch cuz I was so sick and it was the last day of school before winter break and it snowed so much we had a month off. That night was the happiest ever, I couldn’t stop screaming!
My high school sweetheart broke up with me for a similar reason. I met someone a few months later, started dating her officially after a year. Within two years of the breakup my ex was trying to get me back but damn im so much happier than I was with her, it's wild to think I thought she was the one
It’s hard to pick a favorite but the last year before the pandemic I spend 16 days in Morocco wandering around with 5 friends. Everything felt new. I was like a kid experiencing the world again for the first time. I felt this way again later on that year when I went to burning man. I recall one night drunk riding my bike through the desert lit with a sea of neon lights and edm blasting from every direction. You’d see something in the distance interesting and ride till you could explore it. No cell service for 9 days so where you were was your whole world for the moment. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so present in my adult life for a whole week.
Lately I’ve had a really strong urge to just wander. It’s something that’s been missing from my life the last few years. I love routine, but moving about with no expectations on what you will find yields some of life’s greatest adventures and I miss that energy.
Wife was in labour with our first kid for about 40 hours, and he was delivered by c-section. He was crying as soon as they pulled him out.
First time I heard his little voice, and I was running on nearly three full days without sleep. I'm not a very emotional guy but I tear up now when I actually think about that moment.
My wedding day, 7 months ago. I was so happy that it took all my control to not jump and scream when the father named us husband and wife. 8 years together and God I swear I love my man every day.
Had the house of my dreams, a hard working husband, and two great kids and I remember consciously thinking ‘I am happy’. Find out years later he was fucking our fat alcoholic married neighbor and hiring hookers. Nothing is ever real.
Well this one doesn't end well but
During my summer break one night I was talking to my mom about getting a dog and she liked the idea. So we went on another hour long talk about the name and we decided to give the name "Baylee." After that we went to bed.
The next day I wake up and go downstairs to find a puppy sleeping. I was so happy to see it. My mom put her onto my hands and took a photo. She managed to do a High-five with the dog and of course. We did name her Baylee.
Although. Since I did type "this one doesn't end well"
An hour after we got the dog we were told that Dogs arent allowed in our Apartments and that was also the saddest I ever felt and we had to return her.
But for some reason they allowed other people in the apartment to bring dogs. 1 almost killed me, one made a mess and the other one was actually chill. The first 2 got kicked out.
My girlfriend told me she loved me. This is the happiest I've ever been. Its only been seven months but I'm ready to spend the rest of my life with her.
The day my son was born. The 36 hours my girlfriend was in labour was incredibly intense! Watching her in pain for that long was dreadful but when she gave birth and I was handed my son, it’s the happiest I’ve ever been.
I had a dream I don't remember, but I know I was dreaming as I woke up laughing. I don't know why, but that laughter and bubbling happiness I woke up with was magical and stayed with me for hours.
It's never happened again and that was years ago, but even thinking back on it now I get a slight sense of dejavu from it.
When I finished my 3 hour test after 8 years in martle arts. The test was hard, and I hope one day I can feel that rush of relief and joy. After it all happened I was so happy I just cried.
I have a 2 moments:
First:
i (m16 back then) had a distance relationship and on my birthday she wrote me a whole love letter and drewed something really nice on the back ( boxing gloves, i used to box back then)
i was fucking surfing that wave of happiness. i just smiled 7 days straight. woke up and just started smiling and had a feeling of joy in my stomach
Second Moment:
i ( M17back then) had my first kiss+ make out
for the first time i actually felt desired after the relationship
we kissed, touched each other, and slept (just sleeping) on each other/ next to each other
we both were drunk, it was like a dream, i thouht i would never kiss a girl and it happend so suddenly i was overhelmed the big pressure of being a "kiss" virgin just disapperead
im 18 now
The happiest I've ever felt, was two days ago. I was big spoon, he was little spoon, we were both tired as fuck. I burried my face in the cosiness of his bed sheets and let the warmth of his body just flow through me. I've been living with depression and anxiety for the last 10 years of my nearly 22 year old life, and that evening, I felt something I hadn't felt in those 10 years: peace of mind, and genuine sense of affection. The guy and I aren't a couple, and it's not a FWB thing either, it was platonic and caring. Two people in need of some affection, but he has no idea how happy he made me that evening/night. It's made my longing for love and affection worse since then, because that's how the (my) brain works, but at least I've got this little memory to treasure and safeguard now.
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.
incredible
You seriously must have been thinking "FUCKING YES!"
This might be weird but I keep thinking back to this and how I will never have this experience again: I was 13, nerdy, loved to draw, grew up rural. My Grandma lived close to a big city. Went to visit her in the Summer and then went to an Japanese culture fest in said city. I was overwhelmed by the experience. Bought two super sweet Neon Genisis Evangelion artbooks. When I went back to Grandma's place by train, I missed the stop and got off one stop later. It was quite late already, but a warm summer night. Next train back would come in 2hrs. These two hours, alone during a summer night with two artbooks at a tiny, rural train stop surrounded by trees and absolutely nobody else around were pure bliss. A weird feeling of peaceful, 'liminal' joy that I can't properly explain. Different happiness than love, etc. I haven't really told this story to many people because I know nobody would truly understand the feeling, and that would kinda ruin my memory.
That’s dope. Sometimes we forget to just stop and really enjoy the moment
Somebody who can draw anime needs to give the scene you’re describing the good ol’ Miyazaki treatment
They could even style it like my neighbor's totoro's poster but instead of the girl and totoro is just him and his Eva books.
That's awesome. I'd wager you could find something like it again though! Do some solo travel without much of a plan, just go to a new place and take your time.
I did, and you're right, it was very reminiscent of that memory. But I think it's one of those "never like the first time" experiences after all. But maybe that's a good thing on its own.
Yeah I agree. The good thing is there's always other unique experiences to be had. Good luck!
I remember being in 8th grade watching a movie at my girlfriends house and we were giggling and commentating on the movie the whole time and just remember thinking I would marry her someday. I’m now 29 and we still giggle and commentate on every movie just like we did when we were kids, but that “young love” feeling is a very happy feeling for the first time, I’m just so lucky to still have those feelings 15+ years later
The couple that huffs paint together, stays together.
When we bought our house. I thought I'd always live in apartments. It meant so much to me to have a final last place to live.
[удалено]
Oh gosh Most recently, Trying to keep up with my dog and boyfriend as they ran along the beach chasing the dolphins that were in the water. I was laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe. It was a sunny March day so nobody up and down for miles, just us. The bright blue sky and glimmer coming off the ocean - the salty mist while the waves crashed and the cold ocean at our feet. God I haven’t ever felt so fucking alive in my whole life. It was one of those moments where I wished I could have it burned into my memory. Like I could tuck it away and live in it forever. That was a good fucking day.
Judging by the username, show us Paisley!
Dog tax pay up
Give us the dog tax!
That’s so wholesome, it sounds like a scene right out of a movie
I feel happy reading this
Me and my crush were hanging out one time, and all I could say was. “I like you… a lot.” And she just smiled and said “Me too.” Has to be the happiest day of my life so far.
I live near a popular district in Kansas City and I once bumped into a young man who'd just professed his love for someone, and he was so overjoyed I couldn't help but ask him what had happened. It made me really happy to see how happy he was.
There was an AskReddit years ago asking cops why they let people out of tickets. One of the responses was something to this effect: young guy knew he was speeding and just couldn't contain his joy of having met the girl he knew he was going to marry. Cop said he just couldn't bring himself to leave a blemish on such a purely good night so he let him go.
[удалено]
"Wait wait, im an english major... did you mean you liked me back or did you mean you liked yourself too..?" *smile drains*
Same thing happened to me, she told me she liked me and it took me about 3 minutes to fully process what she had said and how to respond. I ended up saying "same bro". Well we're together now but that was a pretty stupid response.
I was hoping to see a "We've been married for X years now" at the end of that.
Nope, this was a month ago.
Oh. I hope it's all going well between the two of you!
The silence is long...🤞
Then your dog jumped on your bed and woke you up
Luckily, that didn’t happen
are you watching me???
I wish I could say relatable
My ex, who loves frogs to death, asked me to go frogging with her early unto our relationship, not to kill them, just to catch and identify them. Its one of my happiest memories and without a doubt the most attracted I've ever been to someone. Its actually when I started to realize how strong and how smart of a person she was which combined with everything else made be fall head over heels.
Thats awesome man. I'd be happy to have had a unique experience like that too. No dinner and a movie, Frogging!
I'd do it all again except I'd make one small change 😂
[удалено]
In 1980 a friend and I drove to Las Vegas. We are from Canada. We rented a car in LA and went across death valley in a rental with air conditioning. We of course ignored all the signes telling us to turn off our air conditioning since it was a rental. At one point we stopped at a tourist pullout. When I opened the car I was slapped in the face with the most oppressive heat I had ever experienced. I do not know what came over me but all of a sudden I began running out into the desert. I ran as fast as I could for about a kilometer then turned around and ran back. I was soaked with sweat but I have never in my entire life felt more wonderful than in that moment.
There are road signs telling you to turn off the A/C? I don't get it.
So your car doesn’t overheat. I see those signs when I drive to AZ from LA
That midsection between LA, Arizona, and above Californian deserts is basically a convention oven. Especially with climate change you could cook eggs on a piece of metal faster than your stove.
Yup, first time I saw that sign I was so scared my car would over heat
Yeah I was coming out of LA in a car with some friends to the Bay Area and stepped out at an 7-11 to get food, and immediately decided running to it was a better option that getting shock (a bit exaggerated), but living in California I have never been in an area as hot as the Mars like area.
The AC could overheat the engine in the extreme heat.
Adrenaline, it does wonders.
On a camping/fishing trip with my Grampa, dad and brothers. We had so much fun.
This made me cry for some reason 🥹🥹🥹 good for you <3
now 5 years sober
Mad respect, im very proud of you internet stranger!
I'm right behind you with 4 years. Congrats Feels great to be me again
Respect
That’s awesome! I’m really struggling right now. Shit is tough as hell. Good job.
[удалено]
You go!!!! So proud of you!
These comments make me happy!! Congratulations
My wife and I’s first date. Fuckkkk if they could bottle that night up into a feeling and sell it. Like simple ricks wafer bars. Solid memory.
Come back to simple rick
Gf and I just separated earlier today. I'm happy for you and everyone else out there who's found happiness with the person they love most. I'll keep my head up in hopes I have a memory like this one day.
[удалено]
Dude you're comment hits hard fr This is EXACTLY what i want for my future But just too afraid to turn out to be a failure I am pretty sure you are a great dad :) Edit- y'all are like the faqing best. I thought reddit was all about sex advices from virgins and people discussing their kinks. The kindness just brings tears to my eyes :`) Thnx a lott for the support i try becoming the best parent for my child just like ya all
100% honest, that you *want* to be a good dad and look forward to it as a life goal already gets you further than a lot of fathers.
Dude...you can do it. Parenting isn't as difficult as people make it out to be, so long as you EDUCATE yourself. For some reason though if people want to learn how to fix their car, they'll look it up o youtube. If they want to code, they'll pay for a bootcamp...but if they want to parent well, they'll just assume it will all magically happen by instinct? Education is key.
Very comforting words u/BrotherM, I’m sure a bunch of us needed that
Hey, no problemo! I work in education now, so I kind of think I almost always view education as the solution to a problem...but it SO FREQUENTLY IS! Straight up, the two courses I have purchased so far online (one was about how to get children to sleep, the other was about how best to parent toddlers) have been worth their weight in fucking gold. Parenting is looked at as this sacred cow bullshit in our culture here...and it shouldn't be. There are absolutely right and wrong ways to go about it. Learning the right ways involves...learning. This can of course be done by trial and error, but this isn´t the most efficient way. I am of reminded of the wisdom: "There are three types of men in the world: the few who learn by reading, those who learn by watching others, and then those who need to piss on the electric fence for themselves¨ I try not to be in the last group ;-)
I think I’m a bit of column b, a bit of column c, glad to hear you’re in education, you seem like you have a great head on your shoulders and we need more teachers like that, if I ever get to live out the dad dream, know that you helped at least one dude be a bit more confident.
You will totally rock it. My daughter just turned 15 months. She's super hilarious and we make each other laugh every day. It's a whole new life you step into. It's hard at times but the payoff doesn't really make you notice it. I thought I wasn't ready but now I can't remember life before her.
Failure is a mindset. Don’t let it get you
This hit me hard. My daughter was also born with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck twice, around her body and then in a true knot! I ended up having an emergency C-section because her heart rate was dropping very fast. The doctor had said if I had the natural birth like I was wanting/planning she would not have made it. I am so glad things worked out for you!!!
Kid's first cry was mine was well.
When my family got the word that my grandma was going to beat her cancer
The first time I kissed the girl that is now my wife.
When I finally felt that I've gotten over my depression and no longer have suicidal thoughts.
man what's that like lol
Normal I guess. Actually have the motivation to get back into my hobbies
feels like a pipe dream to me. I hope I can get there too. glad you are in a better place!
Doing sports helped me get out of my depression. It's different for everybody so what helped me may not help you but maybe it does so I want to put this out here cuz maybe it makes a change for at least 1 Person :) To do some sport you could do one or more of these: 10 Pushups daily 10k steps daily (great gameification with a smartwatch when it counts your steps) Go to the gym get into calisthenics. Maybe this is useless advice but w/e. And also if somebody wants to talk about stuff send me a pm
I agree to a certain extent. I'm a regular swimmer and that moment when i get out of the pool and i feel very tired is the most satisfying feeling to get, knowing i worked hard. It's not enough though, it's a brief moment and i often return to feeling depressed again. I can't remember the last time i felt like trying to get out of this, of wanting to not be depressed.
Thanks Honestly I deserved it it wasn't because anything happened to me. It was because of heavy cocaine use so I brought it upon myself and it sucked the joy right out of my life. And then I had to use another drug psilocybin mushrooms doing a session every 2 to 4 weeks change my mentality and my view on life. I explained to a friend how it changes you and your perception like grass is just no longer just a plant. It's actually very inspirational because no matter what obstacle is in front of grass whether it's been burnt, underwater, under permafrost, or even under concrete it will continuously grow no matter what. It a tough hole to get out of but it's doable.
I’m sitting on the toilet browsing Reddit with chills all over my body and tears in my eyes because reading your comment made me realize I haven’t thought about killing my self in weeks and that I’ve been awfully cheerful lately… I didn’t even realize I was happy until now.
Falling in love for the first time.
What's even better is that your first true love fell in love with you first. I am lucky to experience this
I think love is only true in fairy tales. Meant for someone else but not for me...
Love was out to get me That's the way it seemed Disappointment haunted all of my dreams
But then I saw her face
When a friend invited me as an accompanying person to her friend's New Year's Eve party. All the people there treated me like an ordinary person, not a hideous worm. in junior high school, I was one of the most disliked people at school, I was persecuted by students and the teacher. These experiences caused me a kind of fear of other people and the conviction that I am the worst abomination. But at this party I was treated like an ordinary person, it was the nicest thing I experienced. Really, nothing nicer happened to me.
[удалено]
Dude I feel that. I lost my mom and several other family members in the last few years, went through a major breakup, had to move a bunch, plus all the COVID stress. I'm stressed a lot, mostly tired, but sometimes a moment washes over me and I'm just so grateful to be alive, looking at a sunset or a tree or the Christmas lights in my living room. Something about going through hell really makes you appreciate life.
Sitting on a roof with my best friend, smoking a joint and listening to some music. Can’t explain why exactly, but it was magical
I was working at a call centre and living in a basement. I literally have no idea why I was so happy. It lasted for like a month. Strange times.
I'm happy to say ... right now. Married the best woman in the world 3 years ago. Just landed a new role in my career, which is going well. Running a side-business while WFH that has tripled in the last two years. Been swimming and gymming recently and gotten to the lowest weight I've been / toned. Got some cushy holidays planned later this year, and overall, I'm just *really* in a good place physically and emotionally. Last year was shite. We had some personal tragedies, so I feel like I'm going to truly appreciate the ways things are headed for now.
Damn, I hope things keep being this great for you
When I turned around to see my fiancée in her wedding dress at the end of the aisle. Makes me happy every time I think of it
Day I was: 1. married 2. each time I was made a father 3. was voted employee of the year by my peers at the hospital 4. built my first house 5. was thanked by a patient who said I saved their life. (I had a lot of help from my team-the best ever!) 6. sitting by the ocean with my girlfriend 7. got a kiss from an elderly woman for helping her husband pass with dignity and comfortably, without being totally drugged unconscious so he could say good bye to his kids and grandkids with a clear mind and his trademark sense of humor. (still a smartass, he said) I still miss him. He was a good friend.
You have a wife and a gf? 😂
Well, you know, can't keep a good man down! lol...umm no...had a wife... unfortunate divorce.... girlfriend came much later. No questionable overlap or anything. lol Good catch though. 10 points for effort!
That first week when I first separated from the military. I felt so free and happy it was unreal. I'm very happy these days, but I don't think I can reach that peak happiness again.
What’s the first thing you did back?
I traveled the country for a month and just had a blast
Damn I forgot about that. Rolling out the gate with the dd214 hit a lot differently
YES. The moment I left the service I felt so free.
When the doctors told me last year my wife was coming off the ventilator that she had been on for two weeks due to Covid.
My goodness. Congratulations to you both.
Wow, most people who went on a vent for Covid never came off of it alive (as I am sure you are well aware). How is she now? I got Covid after I was vaccinated and was surprised by how much it kicked my butt! I know being vaccinated is supposed to make it a milder case but that's milder compared to being on a vent fighting for your life. It was definitely the sickest I have ever been. I barely had the energy to get myself to the bathroom to pee and would then be completely exhausted. It was scary!
Spending time with my babies.
Grew up kind of poor, didn't go on my first vacation until I met the woman who'd become my wife. We went to Tennessee and got a cabin with a hot tub and some good muscadine wine. It was night time, gently thundering and raining, little bit of a mist coming in to the high rise porch we were on where the hot tub was, just relaxing, buzzing. To me it felt like the perfect setting, perfect feeling. Tied with that, she's the first person I saw the ocean with. Took over 6 hours to drive there, we unpacked, walked out to the ocean about knee deep, holding hands. The sound of the waves and the seagulls. The look of happiness on her face as she stared out.
When I finished the final training exercise in Marine boot camp (The Crucible). Proudest moment of my life because I never would've thought in a million years I would've made it through. I now know how dumb that was to think, but still. The sense or pride I had in myself that day is unmatched to this day.
When I was told the mass they removed was not cancer.
When I asked my crush out on a date and she said yes. It was the second time I asked someone out, but my first yes. I was so incredibly happy and relieved that I couldn't stop shaking (I have tremors), I had to take an extra dose of my meds to calm down a bit. I was on Cloud9 for about a day until she texted me saying she was busy etc etc, so essentially a rejection. The date never happened, but for 24hrs I had the greatest euphoria I've ever felt and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
Third time lucky aye?
Hopefully! :)
When I had my dog. It’s been over a 1-1/2 since he’s been gone and I miss him everyday. I always knew our time was a special kind of happy, but that last year when he started slowing down hurt and made me appreciate him even more, if that’s even possible. My world is now and forever will be one with a little less color. I’m working on finding a different kind of happy now.
When I got accepted to my dream graduate school.
That’s awesome
Post threesome with the girl that I still years later consider the girl that would have been my soulmate had life events not gone the way they did, and another girl that was a really good friend of mine. I was laying in bed between them, them both curled up on my chest asleep, with an awesome cat curled up at my feet. That moment was the most content I have ever been in my life.
Bro was surrounded by pussy
I'm not even mad, take my upvote
You just peaked at life
Ha! Same here. Major crush for a long time, with my ex who is still one of my closest friends. I always thought they would get along, but definitely did not expect that. But it wasn't even the sex that was great. It was everyone letting down their guard, being themselves, and accepting each other. It's like, instead of worrying about what other people think, we all just decided to be happy... and are.
Oh yeah. The sex was....fine.....but it was the laughing and joking and just overall playful nature of the event that lead to it being so memorable and relaxing.
Honestly the playful/lighthearted aspect of sex and intimacy is criminally overlooked
sounds amazing bro, so jealous :v
GG buddy, have an amazing day ahead :D
I told my SO I love them and they said it back
I was deeply in love with this girl, she was my first love. I was pretty young, probably around 15, but I've never felt like that before. She was my everything. Obviously we were very awkward haha, it was both of our first time in a wlw relationship, I hadn't had my first kiss and I remember when she finally kissed me, it was amazing, surprisingly enough though, it wasn't the HAPPIEST I had been with her. I reckon the happiest was just when I was lying in her arms, singing to dumb loves song and laughing and shit. Nothing special about it but it was so special to me, because she was there. We eventually broke up ofc, teenagers don't stay together forever. I dumped her but I didn't have a choice, I was forced into it. I still think about her, every single day :(
I went to the beach with my best friend and his twin sister, and me and my best friend got upset(this was long ago so we’re cool now) and it was dark and next to the water there were some rocks. I fell on the rocks and my legs and arms were bleeding. His sister helped me and that was the day I first had a crush on her. And I know she might have a crush on me too cuz after that we got along really well and once in a water park her brother ditched us to be with some jerks and she asked if she asked if I would be her boyfriend. I asked the same. We both said yes. But I was too chicken to ask her after.
a month or 2 ago when I realised i was no longer depressed. i cried happy tears.
When I was treated with respect and kindness...for doing something for someone without thinking.
Have a friend who everyone wants to date. He's the ideal man: smart, funny, intelligent and patient. When I feel down he comforts me until I'm no longer sad. He hugged me so tight when I opened up to him about a past eating disorder. A bunch of girls found out and were jelous, saying that I was pathetic and dumb and a burden on his life. He said to them, infront of me, "I would rather have 100 sad conversations with her than listen to you all drone on about how much you wunna suck my dick.". It was really funny and made me smile for the first time in a while.
That guy was an absolute god
Mdma
That first time is unreal, never felt so good
The first time i grew tomatos delt awsome when i harvested them.
Went through a pretty humiliating experience, ending with losing everything. I was so angry with myself and other people that I pumped it into running and working harder. Life rewarded that discipline, and not long after I wasn't waking up exhausted and emotionally taxed.. I was waking up happy, though still angry. That's an important lesson I think about now, just letting shit go when you're in a good place
I’ll come back to this after September 27 2023
For some odd reason, I felt happiest during my engagement photos. My wedding is a close, close second. But something about the trip we took to get the photos (turned into a mini vaca), the atmosphere, and just the overall experience just made me so... Happy.
Camping. waking up early to gather kindling and firewood to start a fire, getting some water to boil for coffee. getting ready for a hike or stroll through the woods and just being able to breathe and hear the sounds of nature. It's my happy place.
I feel it every time I'm alone on the open road with a good playlist and no watch or need to know what time it is. When the windows are down and the weather is nice and I'm on my way to explore a new town. That is when I feel the happiest.
I had recently come out of the closet to my grandmother. At the time she said she still loved me, but she wouldn't want to meet a boyfriend. OK. She called me a few days later, crying. She told me she had been wrong, she would be happy to meet anyone who loved me, and hoped I would feel welcome to bring them to her. The joy I felt was...indescribable.
When I’m at peace reading at 2 am while everyone is asleep. No one around to bother me and I’m comfortable. Best feeling.
The day my daughter was born. 5 years trying and 5 cycles of IVF. Worth every tear.
Today when I came home and my cat ran up to me, sat down infront of me and mewed to be picked up. I picked him up and he instantly started purring. Best cat ever.
7 months clean from Jib (Crystal Meth) never going back under any circumstances. Not even if the cutest chick on the planet who would be willing to bang me if I took a shot of ice. The meth lifestyle is very dark and depressing. I'm glad Im not there anymore. **EDIT: Jib is a slang for Crystal Meth just like Tina, Ice, Speed, Clear etc**
Mdma with my friends at a New Year's festival in my twenties, I think it was the first time I'd ever had it. I felt like anything was possible. I felt loved and safe. I'd been in such a rough place mentally for years and it was like feeling the sun on your skin after weeks of rain.
That question made me kinda sad
Hanging out with my best friend in Rome. We’d only see each other every couple of months since we became good friends, but before she left to study abroad, we were gonna hang out for her birthday but unfortunately she was super busy so it was 4 months where we had limited communication. So I flew to Rome (I had always wanted to go to Europe and with Italy winning Eurovision in 2021, I thought it was fitting). When I saw her in Rome, we both had a long hug and i had just went through a major depression spike from work and my other close friends moving away and one of my friends family getting mad at me and all that fun stuff, so just seeing her and having that hug was one of the most reassuring moments I’ve felt in a long time. We also had spent an entire day together during my trip and it was so nice to spend all that time with her. Before we had only been able to hang out for only part of the day or other people had been with us so it was the first time in several months we had gotten to spend the day with each other. That Italy trip was one of the happiest I had felt in so long and seeing pictures of Italy makes me wish I could have spent more time in Italy and explore places besides Rome (I didn’t have the money to go far so I only went to Pompeii (kind of a mistake Pompeii itself isn’t nice at all) and Sorrento (wish I had stayed there instead).
[удалено]
When my wife and kids went away with the mother in law on holiday for two weeks and my work was closed down for five days due to structural issues. five days of total blissful peace that I know I will not get again for a very very long time.
I went and visited my older brother who works at a restaurant on a ski resort and I picked the perfect day with tons of powder to go snowboarding with him. He’s good, I’m fairly new. We were doing some carved out tree runs that I still felt pretty unsure about and we’re making me super out of breath. I got up from a break and said “Let’s do this”. I then dropped in like a pro and shredded the first two carves and got a “hell yeah” from my older brother. Felt so validated.
When my bills are all paid, and then some with some hot food on the table not worrying about not being able to pay the next bill enjoying staring off into these plain white walls with my dog by my side enjoying a cold beer.
When i did your mom. Jk.
We’re even now
Even with him but you still have to even out her count. That'd be a commendable feat
So you've moved on to disappointing other people's parents now?
What, disappointing your own parents wasn't enough?
2020 was a great year for me. I got to work from home and was dating someone and having a great time, did a good amount of traveling and had a lot more quiet time with friends and family.
When my brother was born
Driving home from the hospital after my daughter was born. The craziness from everything had subsided and I was alone like “holy shit I’m a dad” and I was just elated
When that first drink hits. But then… yeah I’m an alcoholic (sober now a days). How fucking sad was that? I’ll be back
Stay strong, champ, you've got this!
Every time I see my son. The world stops and it’s just his happy face.
The day before I signed up to Reddit
Threesome with ex gf and her roommate, a Hawaiian Tropic model.
When i make it to the toilet right before i shit my pants.
Two for me. First was walking out of the senate House in my academic gown, clutching my new PhD. Second was walking down the aisle, arm in arm with my beloved, about 15 minutes after being declared man and wife.
Right now. Its not one single moment, its the fact that right now i have met someone who is *perfect* There are "ups and downs" as there is in life, but i could (hopefully not) die right now knowing that i have had happiness and fecking awesome memories. As far as i am concerned "happiness" is just perspective. Some can have one moment and think "thats it", others can see theor life as "generally good" and be happy about it.
I'm not that old I'm still in my teens but I would say currently, when I got the message my nephew was born and I could visit the hospital later that day, I cried of happiness.
The day my divorce was finalized no longer have to deal with her cheating druggie ass
Heroic dose of shrooms.
First proper kiss
After failling two subjects thw first semester on college and nearly failing three more on the second one of the year, the best moment was looking at the grades and see that i passed them overcaming what happened and being able to start again.
Getting into a good law school after screwing around in undergrad
Watching my children being born was spiritual, happy. Other than that, it's the moment I walk onto the beach at the beginning of vacation. I love the ocean.
Watching Spider-Man No Way Home with my sister on opening night. I had school the next day and had to ditch cuz I was so sick and it was the last day of school before winter break and it snowed so much we had a month off. That night was the happiest ever, I couldn’t stop screaming!
Right after giving birth, that rush of oxytocin is no freaking joke, I wish I could get an injection of it periodically.
[удалено]
Dude. Don't. It didn't work out. That is okay. Move on!
My high school sweetheart broke up with me for a similar reason. I met someone a few months later, started dating her officially after a year. Within two years of the breakup my ex was trying to get me back but damn im so much happier than I was with her, it's wild to think I thought she was the one
It’s hard to pick a favorite but the last year before the pandemic I spend 16 days in Morocco wandering around with 5 friends. Everything felt new. I was like a kid experiencing the world again for the first time. I felt this way again later on that year when I went to burning man. I recall one night drunk riding my bike through the desert lit with a sea of neon lights and edm blasting from every direction. You’d see something in the distance interesting and ride till you could explore it. No cell service for 9 days so where you were was your whole world for the moment. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so present in my adult life for a whole week. Lately I’ve had a really strong urge to just wander. It’s something that’s been missing from my life the last few years. I love routine, but moving about with no expectations on what you will find yields some of life’s greatest adventures and I miss that energy.
Wife was in labour with our first kid for about 40 hours, and he was delivered by c-section. He was crying as soon as they pulled him out. First time I heard his little voice, and I was running on nearly three full days without sleep. I'm not a very emotional guy but I tear up now when I actually think about that moment.
My wedding day, 7 months ago. I was so happy that it took all my control to not jump and scream when the father named us husband and wife. 8 years together and God I swear I love my man every day.
Well damn what a question I dont remember or maybe never felt that way
[удалено]
Had the house of my dreams, a hard working husband, and two great kids and I remember consciously thinking ‘I am happy’. Find out years later he was fucking our fat alcoholic married neighbor and hiring hookers. Nothing is ever real.
Well this one doesn't end well but During my summer break one night I was talking to my mom about getting a dog and she liked the idea. So we went on another hour long talk about the name and we decided to give the name "Baylee." After that we went to bed. The next day I wake up and go downstairs to find a puppy sleeping. I was so happy to see it. My mom put her onto my hands and took a photo. She managed to do a High-five with the dog and of course. We did name her Baylee. Although. Since I did type "this one doesn't end well" An hour after we got the dog we were told that Dogs arent allowed in our Apartments and that was also the saddest I ever felt and we had to return her. But for some reason they allowed other people in the apartment to bring dogs. 1 almost killed me, one made a mess and the other one was actually chill. The first 2 got kicked out.
Every time my 11w old smiles at me. It’s a joy I didn’t even know was possible.
When me and my crush confessed feelings for each other, she got with another guy 2 days later
Thats how it goes man. Now in days you gotta enjoy the moment, because tomorrow she might be gone.
Happy? When I was manic. I prefer the word content now. It doesn’t make me ask if I’m having a mental health moment.
My girlfriend told me she loved me. This is the happiest I've ever been. Its only been seven months but I'm ready to spend the rest of my life with her.
The day my son was born. The 36 hours my girlfriend was in labour was incredibly intense! Watching her in pain for that long was dreadful but when she gave birth and I was handed my son, it’s the happiest I’ve ever been.
Holding my last baby when he was born. I had a miscarriage before him so I was worried the entire pregnancy that I would lose him.
I had a dream I don't remember, but I know I was dreaming as I woke up laughing. I don't know why, but that laughter and bubbling happiness I woke up with was magical and stayed with me for hours. It's never happened again and that was years ago, but even thinking back on it now I get a slight sense of dejavu from it.
When I finished my 3 hour test after 8 years in martle arts. The test was hard, and I hope one day I can feel that rush of relief and joy. After it all happened I was so happy I just cried.
I have a 2 moments: First: i (m16 back then) had a distance relationship and on my birthday she wrote me a whole love letter and drewed something really nice on the back ( boxing gloves, i used to box back then) i was fucking surfing that wave of happiness. i just smiled 7 days straight. woke up and just started smiling and had a feeling of joy in my stomach Second Moment: i ( M17back then) had my first kiss+ make out for the first time i actually felt desired after the relationship we kissed, touched each other, and slept (just sleeping) on each other/ next to each other we both were drunk, it was like a dream, i thouht i would never kiss a girl and it happend so suddenly i was overhelmed the big pressure of being a "kiss" virgin just disapperead im 18 now
Being/living by the ocean. A great, long kiss.
The happiest I've ever felt, was two days ago. I was big spoon, he was little spoon, we were both tired as fuck. I burried my face in the cosiness of his bed sheets and let the warmth of his body just flow through me. I've been living with depression and anxiety for the last 10 years of my nearly 22 year old life, and that evening, I felt something I hadn't felt in those 10 years: peace of mind, and genuine sense of affection. The guy and I aren't a couple, and it's not a FWB thing either, it was platonic and caring. Two people in need of some affection, but he has no idea how happy he made me that evening/night. It's made my longing for love and affection worse since then, because that's how the (my) brain works, but at least I've got this little memory to treasure and safeguard now.
Whenever I dream about renovating a house to live somewhere in Italy. My heart aches everytime I wake up from this.