ivor bigun Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I was talking to a guy the other day and we were talking about life in general and he said his had been shity ,was his words,I felt guilty saying that mine had been bloody fantastic ,such a great time from when i was young upantil and including now. What about you? Any complaints ,wishing you had done things differently,or has it been a blast. Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Life has been great, unless there are sorry saps around that complain how bad their life is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 life is only as good as you make it.... keep in mind we only have one thus enjoy to the max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I consider I have had a fortunate life Education free of charge Employment which was enjoyable, fulfilling and a support to the general community Relative good health, despite a very serious motor vehicle accident many years ago. Although many of my friends died way too early from disease I am alive healthy and enjoying my senior years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 18 minutes ago, ivor bigun said: such a great time from when i was young upantil and including now. You didn't say how long that is, some of us are over 80, others are 30. Just because it's been good until now is no guarantee the next 20-30 won't be awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 20 minutes ago, ivor bigun said: I was talking to a guy the other day and we were talking about life in general and he said his had been shity ,was his words,I felt guilty saying that mine had been bloody fantastic ,such a great time from when i was young upantil and including now. So you really rubbed his nose in it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, Mavideol said: life is only as good as you make it.... keep in mind we only have one thus enjoy to the max Which is of course BS. How good can you make it if you have cancer/spina bifida, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 1 minute ago, BritManToo said: Which is of course BS. How good can you make it if you have cancer/spina bifida, etc. I thought this was a good topic. Now you just depressed me. But, on a serious note, my late Aunt was spastic but, while wheelchair bound and had severe difficulties, had a great life. Looked after by her neices till she was in her twenties and then lived in her own assisted home till she died. Great lady, always laughing. It is what you make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, BritManToo said: Which is of course BS. How good can you make it if you have cancer/spina bifida, etc. there you go.... you don't have/not born with cancer/spina bifida, you got it and that means the way you lived your life somehow make it happen, make the best out of the bad, it's worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 You didn't say how long that is, some of us are over 80, others are 30. Just because it's been good until now is no guarantee the next 20-30 won't be awful.70,so with any luck i may make it to 80, just hope when the end comes its nice and quick,Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Every time I have struggled in life, I have come back with more apetite for life. Enjoy the ride as it last, have always been my slogan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puukao Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 if you ask the question, or brag about your life.....odds are you life isn't special and I'm 100% sure I wouldn't want it. But be lucky we have all this free time to ramble about such things. maybe my life would have been better if i had to struggle more, or less, or this, or that, or this or that. what metrics are you using? happiness? OMG, that's so 1960's. Money? OMG, not the right metric either. oh, who judges. bottom line: get a plan for today, do it. repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Yes and no. I've had a miserable marriage for 28 years. On the other hand, I've achieved more when I was working than the majority of people, and travelled to many countries on the company dime. I have a son who has become a rock of support. Right now, I am living a life in Thailand that men of my age in my home country can only dream of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsertNameHere Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Life has different meanings to many people depending on what one means as "good". What do you mean a good life? A person born and lived there life in cold severe to many would regard his or hers as perfect. Life is very simple "we" tend to think there is something to our lives like there is a goal to achieve. In the end which we shall meet one day nothing really mattered but what one thinks his life should of been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Great topic @ivor bigun. It is making me reflect on things and me and the missus are discussing it now. I'll post up my thoughts tomorrow as I've had a few Leos tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Just now, grollies said: Great topic @ivor bigun. It is making me reflect on things and me and the missus are discussing it now. I'll post up my thoughts tomorrow as I've had a few Leos tonight. Probably better if you do it now. In vino veritas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 NO, not so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 1 minute ago, Orton Rd said: NO, not so far. Ah, come on, there must have been some good bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, Lacessit said: Probably better if you do it now. In vino veritas. Beer goggles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totally thaied up Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I was told at the age of 14 I had Bipolar Disorder but really did not understand how bad/crazy my life was until 19. Most of my life I have been either manic or medicated yet I have had a great roll of the dice. Sure, things never plan out the way you want but I can at least say, I have never really had a boring day in my head. I am not as able as I want to be but I got a great wife and I hope a few more years left in me. As another poster said, when I do go, I hope it is quick. I watched family members die very slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 20 minutes ago, ivor bigun said: 70,so with any luck i may make it to 80, just hope when the end comes its nice and quick, Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Can be arranged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Have had, am having, will have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 it can always be so much worse, be grateful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, grollies said: Can be arranged. And should be allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, wgdanson said: And should be allowed. It was a joke as this is the Farang Pub forum. Let's not go down this route. I'm sitting here with the wife, couple of Leos, listening to Pink Floyd, spring roll starter, chillie con carne for dinner. Life is pretty good. Don't spoil the evening..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 When I tell people i was a pro musician they say 'All your life'. I reply 'Not Yet'. 12 years as a single guy working in Scandinavia, Germany & Switzerland in hotels & nightclubs. 14 years running my own hotel as manager/chef with my lovely young wife and still singing with her. Two wonderful boys now singing and drumming in Dubai. Sadly wife died. 10 years here in Thaialnd, 6 years in Pattaya singing and guitaring. Last 4 years up here in P'lok doing f....al.... YES. I have had a very good, healthy, satisfying life. If I get 10 more years I shall be so happy.....and broke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRich Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 A life can never be always upside, there are built in downsides, like people (and pets) who pass away, for me that’s the main downside. I do think it’s important to do things that you enjoy, and do everything you can to be fit and healthy, as that adds to the enjoyment, and can make a huge difference to your quality of life. Placing yourself in a stress free environment is important also, life is too short to spend it with toxic people. The one certainty is death, so best not complain, see the silver linings in every cloud, and enjoy every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 34 minutes ago, Lacessit said: Yes and no. I've had a miserable marriage for 28 years. On the other hand, I've achieved more when I was working than the majority of people, and travelled to many countries on the company dime. I have a son who has become a rock of support. Right now, I am living a life in Thailand that men of my age in my home country can only dream of. Metoo, and Metoo. But I've lost several pals along the way, one died age 50 from cancer, one went home with bone cancer, and another pal is dying with AIDs. None of them lived better or worse lives than me, all were younger, you just gotta be lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, wgdanson said: When I tell people i was a pro musician they say 'All your life'. I reply 'Not Yet'. 12 years as a single guy working in Scandinavia, Germany & Switzerland in hotels & nightclubs. 14 years running my own hotel as manager/chef with my lovely young wife and still singing with her. Two wonderful boys now singing and drumming in Dubai. Sadly wife died. 10 years here in Thaialnd, 6 years in Pattaya singing and guitaring. Last 4 years up here in P'lok doing f....al.... YES. I have had a very good, healthy, satisfying life. If I get 10 more years I shall be so happy.....and broke! Sorry 'bout your wife, the rest sounds good, keep on truckin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 So you really rubbed his nose in it then? Well i didnt elaborate ,just said it had been good, which i must admit was even good when i was very young Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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