Has Life Been As Expected?

Ina

Ina

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​How has your life differed from what you imagined? What turned out to be your greatest strength or weakness? What are you proudest of? :magnify:
 

I think mine is too complicated for me to want to get into but many times no, my life never turned out as i expected. Now I just hope to not get ill and keep it simple and have my cats. I'm not expecting much anymore.

And coming up is a 30 year anniversary of a trip I took far far away on my own. I think back on who I was then. And no, things didn't happen as I had ever thought.

I'm still grateful for a lot though, my job and the money I make and a lot of other things.
 
Not what I expected in regard to my first marriage and my kids. Other than that, I don't think I expected anything; it was all just a big unknown.
 

For me life turned out much better than I thought it would. I was taught that a woman's place in life was to be the servant of her father and husband.

It took awhile, I eventually learned about equally. That change the whole future for me for the better.

My hubby says my greatest strength is my belief in myself, and my greatest weakness is my trust in other.

Aside from my family, I am proudest of my will to fight for the education that was denied me, and my determination to push myself through 19 years of college while working full time, and raising three grandchildren. :wave:
 
I never planned anything, much, just went with the wind. Got married at 19. Now it has caught up to me, and I have to decide everything for myself. Thank goodness I have my pets for company. Proud that I finally finished college.
 
Petula, Thank you, and :welcome: Hope you enjoy the forum. We like to share ideas and opinions, and as you'll see we have some characters here full of humor. Hope you like diversity. I am Ina, and I live in Texas. :wave:
 
I don't think that I had any high expectations to start with, so in that respect, life has turned out quite well !! Still with my husband after a long happy marriage, children and granchildren, who all live near us.It has just gone a bit faster than I would have liked though.:eek:nthego:
 
I had no expectations when I was a youngster other than a better life than I had as a child, and life has been a rollercoaster ever since in lots of negative ways as well as positive.
 
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Life's been tough on me. I was ill prepared for something as big and as sordid and painful as life.
 
Yes, my life has been as expected...there have been some hard times but many good and happy times, overall, I've had a good life, my health is good, my children and grandchildren are all healthy, happy and intelligent what more can you ask for.
 
I was never one to look too far ahead in the future and preferred to take life day by day. Made some bad decisions, some good....that's life.

Things took a bad turn earlier this year, I cried at first then remembered my motto "don't say No Way, think of making Headway"

And I am on the road to bigger and better things.
 
Lee, When my world blows up, I have a melt down for a while, then I look around to see what I can build for my new world. Your motto fits my outlook very well. Hope you don't mind if I borrow it when I talk to other's having a bad time. :wave:
 
Not at all! And I'm glad.
When young(er) I was focused on meeting others' expectations of what my life "should be", what I was "supposed to do". I was afraid to disappoint others or fail to meet their expectations. One had to "fit the mold". As a child, it makes sense - not as an adult.
After a quite a few years, I figured out that what really mattered to ME was really important. If others had an issue, it was THEIR problem, not mine. Life is much more peaceful and meaningful for me now.
 
I don't know that I had any particular expectations. I like to be just me, not fit in, or do anything my mother expected me to do!:D
 
Bob in NH said:
Not at all! And I'm glad.
When young(er) I was focused on meeting others' expectations of what my life "should be", what I was "supposed to do". I was afraid to disappoint others or fail to meet their expectations. One had to "fit the mold". As a child, it makes sense - not as an adult.
After a quite a few years, I figured out that what really mattered to ME was really important. If others had an issue, it was THEIR problem, not mine. Life is much more peaceful and meaningful for me now.
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Good post Bob, and Welcome to the forum :welcome:
 
I'm not sure I had any specific expectations either. I guess as a kid I always thought I would marry and have kids. That didn't work out but I'm pretty happy as a single. Being single enabled me to save more and retire early. So no complaints.
 
Ina said:
Petula, Thank you, and :welcome: Hope you enjoy the forum. We like to share ideas and opinions, and as you'll see we have some characters here full of humor. Hope you like diversity. I am Ina, and I live in Texas. :wave:
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Thanks, Ina, for the welcome. I like diversity and think I will like the forum.
 
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