Paid Members Wretch Posted March 11, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 Found out yesterday that our offer has been accepted on a house we love and that we completely lucked into. The neighbour to this house is an old family friend of my missus who let the homeowner know we've been looking for months now. Got an advanced viewing so walked into it completely blind, not having seen any pics or anything. Fell in love with it, put an offer in that night with the homeowner. She calls me back an hour later agreeing to the sale and asking if it's okay for us to do it privately via solicitors therefore leaving out those estate agent cunts. The house will never be put up online, so nobody can see it and outbid us which is what's happened with the last three offers we've put in on different houses. Then she says because of where she's moving to, she's leaving us this massive American style fridge freezer and double oven! Had a nosey on Google and that oven is well over a grand. We're the luckiest people in the world, that's not lost on either of us. Girlfriend had some great news a couple of weeks ago too. She's gotten this job at the Ministry of Justice that she's been after for ages. Chuffed to bits and dead proud of her, she's earned it twice over. Absolutely buzzing. Fingers crossed everything goes smoothly with the house and new job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted March 11, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 11, 2018 Congrats mate, great news. It’s a grand feeling and fills you with lots of positivity. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 18, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 18, 2018 On 03/03/2018 at 4:13 PM, air_raid said: I'd bore you with how much stuff suddenly makes sense but the best thing has been that she was in a heartbroken, low-in-confidence place and now I get to let out (at last) how beautiful she's always been to me, and see how happy she seems to be. It's amazing. I won't bore you all with an update every time something happens but as of yesterday a mutual friend asked her (of me) "Is he your boyfriend" and she said yes. It was obvious from conversation that neither of us were seeing anyone else but I'm fucking useless unless things get made explicit so to find out from her own mouth that its boyfriend/girlfriend essentially made a rubbish weather/illness blighted weekend into a smiling one. I'll bore you with nothing more but after making it to 35 with a mostly mediocre lovelife and after 7 1/2 years firmly single, this is the best feeling I could wish for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 18, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 18, 2018 Congratulations air raid! Don't think you're boring anyone - judging from the reactions everyone's dead pleased for you! You deserve it - this thread is about all of us being able to enjoy good things happening to good people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 18, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 18, 2018 22 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: Congratulations air raid! Don't think you're boring anyone - judging from the reactions everyone's dead pleased for you! You deserve it - this thread is about all of us being able to enjoy good things happening to good people. Thanks man. I know we're not exactly on each other's Christmas card list sometimes but you're a good bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted March 19, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 19, 2018 Having started out the year with two hospital trips, one self sectioning and a suicide attempt the only way really was up by that stage. And in fairness it really has. Despite an unfortunate incident with someone getting arrested for homophobically abusing me in a pub when having a quiet pint that's since been resolved through them pleading guilty in court everything has really gone uphill massively. I've been to Marmozets in Cardiff and seen a ton of bands in Bristol and Bath on fleeting visits, planned 2000 Trees, Slam Dunk and Reading with friends. Took up meditation again to sort out my anxiety issues which are slowly getting better. I'm so much in a job I love to the point I took a shift on at 45 minutes notice yesterday just to see people because it had been a few days. Having struggled so much with the nightmare I had at Greggs and finding employment after leaving Uni this is the best job I could have asked for and doing it and a lot of the work based schemes it has means I've grown in confidence and am looking to either work towards a promotion or even maybe go back into education and look at my PhD. A couple of the guys are massively into wrestling too and there's even talk of a wrestlemania work holiday with two or three of them next year. Have my quiz every week so I can keep being the brain of the UKFF and now have a team of 5 of us plus a few others who join us as a second team meaning it's the main point of my social week. I've stayed away from super binge drinking and especially drinking every day, stayed well away from drugs despite people trying to temptation and got myself a group of people I really trust as good friends who I have fun with which was a massive problem I had moving back home and made me feel more comfortable there. I really don't want this to be a brag post at all and it totally reads that way but after the shit that 2018 was looking and how much of a spiral I was on 2018 is really becoming bloody lovely. Got a weekend in Bristol and then Worcester for a mates birthday and a uni open day to look forward too while I spend a week at my Dad's while my sister gets help from my Mum for the week with my new nephew and the three year old Adhd terror. So a week of Country walks and jogging in the hills hopefully while I keep getting fit as I can't make it to the gym all week. I know a lot of people worried about me on here (and I still appreciate everyone who checked on me by message) but yeah I'm fairly sure I'm in the best mentality I've been in years.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 That's really really great to read, @Shy Dad. Hope the momentum continues for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Really great to hear @Shy Dad and I'd be more than happy to buy you a pint at Slamdunk, or throw you around during Thursday's set, whatever you prefer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted March 20, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2018 11 hours ago, Shy Dad said:  I really don't want this to be a brag post at all and it totally reads that way   It honestly doesn't @Shy Dad, it just sounds like you are in a really good place, and that's brilliant to hear. Absolutely made up for you that things have taken a turn for the better and are getting back on track for you after a pretty rough patch. Really chuffed things are going well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 20, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2018 12 hours ago, Shy Dad said: I've stayed away from super binge drinking and especially drinking every day, stayed well away from drugs despite people trying to temptation and got myself a group of people I really trust as good friends who I have fun with which was a massive problem I had moving back home and made me feel more comfortable there. This is so important. Glad you've made it back from the brink, keep surrounded by good people. Finding inner strength is important but we're all fucked without a support network. Keep at it man, dont ever feel like you're approaching the event horizon without reaching out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 20, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2018 To echo the others, @Shy Dad, it's great to see you're doing so much better these days. I don't think it'd be going overboard to say that at one point a lot of us on here were genuinely worried for you, so it's an almighty relief to see you're coming through it with strength and enthusiasm. And air_raid is right - keep yourself surrounded by those good people, because you've clearly made some good choices there. That said, I hope I get to have a shot at your title as Brain of the UKFF. Not to pressure Glenryck Pilchards, as he did an excellent job organising the TriviaBowl or TriviaMania, but I'd like us to go at it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 20, 2018 Moderators Share Posted March 20, 2018 Man, positivity has got deep on this forum. We used to just have the 'say something nice about the poster before you' thread. Which incidentally is still one of the worst threads of all-time. It was just so fucking insipid. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted March 20, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted March 20, 2018 @Chest Rockwell always says it like it is. A true gent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 20, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2018 @HarmonicGenerator there, always a great guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grecian Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 @Shy Dad that's brilliant to read, mate. Glad you'e doing well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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