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What did your life look like when you were half your current age?

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silverlining48 Tue 12-Aug-25 18:11:14

37 with two children at primary school studying for a degree in a local polytechnic. Thank you Access course which allowed those who left school at 15 before taking O levels, a second chance. My final degree was actually the first exam I had taken.
Followed it up with others but graduation was a proud moment.

NotSpaghetti Tue 12-Aug-25 18:02:11

It looked very good.
5 children, with my lovely husband and the possibility of moving to somewhere I loved.

Mt61 Tue 12-Aug-25 18:01:32

NotAGran55

Young free and single. Career, company car etc, own home, busy social life. Having a great time!

Same here, never worried like I do now

Salti Tue 12-Aug-25 18:00:55

I had just met the love of my life, although I didn't realise it at the time. I thought that I had achieved all the goals that I had set myself as a teenager, when I prabably thought that life was over by age 30 ...... (Logan's run)smile. But then things got unexpectedly, immeasurably better. Love had never entered my considerations, but it happened, even for a cynic like me. Still happy thirty odd years later.

Greenfinch Tue 12-Aug-25 17:57:47

I had three children at primary school and was doing supply teaching in local junior schools. Being secondary trained I wasn’t particularly enjoying it so I was studying for a diploma to teach adults at the same time..

JamesandJon33 Tue 12-Aug-25 17:53:18

I was forty. One child at university , the other doing his A levels. And I had just started an OU degree.

NotAGran55 Tue 12-Aug-25 17:53:18

Young free and single. Career, company car etc, own home, busy social life. Having a great time!

Jaxjacky Tue 12-Aug-25 17:48:57

Daughter was 4, just pregnant with son, working as an IT project manager, travelling a lot.

David49 Tue 12-Aug-25 17:38:32

The last gasp of Thatcherism, changed business direction, better times to come, family growing up 3 lovely daughters, looking to the future.

Magenta8 Tue 12-Aug-25 17:36:42

I was 38, living in Brighton with two young children and working full time. To be honest I was struggling financially and I was having to work either Saturday or Sunday to keep up with the mortgage payments. Not a particularly happy time.

Babs03 Tue 12-Aug-25 17:22:36

Was 34, had trained as a teacher and was working in my first teaching post, had worked in an office until then. One child was at secondary school the other three at junior school. My OH had been a teacher for some years and was taking his masters in special education. We were very busy and had a good circle of friends with children of a similar age. Sadly we have lost touch with them all due to moving away from the area.

valdavi Tue 12-Aug-25 17:19:27

My youngest was a baby. I remember it as a happy time.
My figure wasn't much different fully-clothed, but I could still wear a bikini without frightening the horses.

Grandma70s Tue 12-Aug-25 17:16:22

I was 42, recently widowed, with two children of primary school age. I was a stay-at-home mum, which I enjoyed. Belonged to two high-standard choirs, which I also enjoyed.

Judy54 Tue 12-Aug-25 17:11:08

Had a great job, active social life and had moved to our new home a few years before. Life was good and we had no aches and pains! My how times change!

GrannyGravy13 Tue 12-Aug-25 17:09:11

34 yrs old, 4 children, 7st and a size 8, long fair hair.

Juggling children, work and commuting between U.K. and mainland Europe (probably why I was so skinny 😹)

Grandmabatty Tue 12-Aug-25 17:05:15

33. I had a four year old and a one year old and was about to start training as a teacher

Norah Tue 12-Aug-25 17:04:23

I was mum to 4, and a granny.

kittylester Tue 12-Aug-25 16:58:57

Just had baby no 5 so was quite busy.

Georgesgran Tue 12-Aug-25 16:47:15

37 not 3.7!

Georgesgran Tue 12-Aug-25 16:46:57

Me too, 3.7, size 12 and 8 stone wet through!!

Kate1949 Tue 12-Aug-25 16:43:20

Me too 😀

Retread Tue 12-Aug-25 16:42:33

Are you 32? If I was half my current age I'd be older than that! grin

cheeeyboy Tue 12-Aug-25 16:35:17

I was 16 just done my gcses about to go into six form college