Four Years Ago...

Anonymous
In 2006 I was sitting at Nanny O' Briens with the love of my life watching World Cup soccer. Today I am mom to two beautiful baby girls with a man that I am coming to resent. Seeing the world cup game on tv just took be by surprise and knocked me over with emotion. The memories I just experienced were things I had not thought of or felt in years.

Life is funny sometimes.
Anonymous
Four years ago I was studying for the bar in DC, without any immediate job prospects. I remember how stinking hot it was and my miserable English basement apartment Now I have a govt atty job I love and live in an apt that I love.

Was it the Italians who won in 2006? I cannot remember--my brain was occupied back then but I remember Dupont coming to a standstill as their fans celebrated. I remember being so irritated as I was just so stressed out there and was trying to drive back to the Hill, to study.
Anonymous
I remember a huge storm rolling in at the end of the Germany/Italy game just when it went to kicks. Cable went out. I was living in DC, and my boyfriend (now husband) and I were giddy drunk on German beer and running down the street trying to find satellite tv so my half German boyfriend could see the end.

OP- sorry to hear that some things in life have changed in a not so great direction. Resentment can turn around. Like you, I now have a child and one on the way. I love my daughter more than anything, but miss the carefree days of running in the rain, drunk and happy.
Anonymous
Four years ago I was planning my wedding with the help of my best friend - my mother. She was the only person who truly understood me, advocated for me, cheered for me. She passed away recently and I am depressed.
Seeing the World Cup previews reminds me of her. On a visit to Rome in 1994, we collected Coca-Cola cans with a FIFA ad (different country flags) and she kept them in her basement for years.
I am the mom to a beautiful daughter, too OP, and I see my mother in her face... but I have been knocked off my feet by this.
We'll be okay.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:In 2006 I was sitting at Nanny O' Briens with the love of my life watching World Cup soccer. Today I am mom to two beautiful baby girls with a man that I am coming to resent. Seeing the world cup game on tv just took be by surprise and knocked me over with emotion. The memories I just experienced were things I had not thought of or felt in years.

Life is funny sometimes.


OP, thank you for this thread. I hope you can talk to DH and address some of the resentment. It makes me sad to think of someone losing touch with someone who brought so much joy.
Anonymous
Four years ago I was back at work after having my 1st child and was miserable.

Today is the last day of work at that same job--I quit to stay home for the next year or more with my now 4 y.o. and 2 y.o. .

Anonymous
Four years ago my husband and I were on vacation in France for a family wedding. We were struggling with infertility and really needed a break from that particular burden and from the busy-ness of our lives. I remember sitting in an outdoor plaza, drinking pastis and holding hands while we watched the matches on large screens hung by a local bar. It was such a great time and space to be together. I hope, OP, that you and your husband can find some time and space where you can reconnect with each other. Resentment can turn around.
Anonymous
My life was the same except my kids were four years younger.

Same job, same spouse, same house.
Anonymous
Four years ago my son was 3 months old. In those four years we have moved three times and had another child.
Anonymous
Four years ago I was pregnant with my still-only child. I was four months along, watching TV on the couch in our third-floor walkup. In subsequent months: a move, a birth.

I liked that old apartment and that old life. I like my new one, too.
Anonymous
I don't have the faintest clue what I was doing 4 years ago. That's sad.
Anonymous
Four years ago my husband and I were childless, but thinking about conceiving. We decided to go to Asia while we were without children. We visited Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It was an awesome trip!!
Anonymous
Four years ago I was in Korea at 41 weeks and answering "No" to everyone who asked if I was having twins. Now I have two beautiful daughters and am back to pre-pregnancy weight.
Anonymous
i was realizing what a horrible, horrible mistake i had made by marrying DH and putting career on hold to have dd.

at least now i am away from his daily anger and controlling and abusive behavior. am underemployed as i try to get my career back on track. 5yo seems to have adjusted to the divorce well.
Anonymous
Four years ago DH and I were newlyweds spending a week at Olympic and North Cascades national parks. It was an incredible week. We now have a 2 year old DD and pictures from that trip framed next to our bed.
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