Happiest Day in Your Life ?

Carcharodon

You often hear people say that the happiest day of their life was the day they got married or the birth of kid(s), i have often wondered how true this is, especially when you hear sports stars or people that have accomplished major things in their life say "today is the happiest day of my life" besides the birth of my son...
I cant comment since i dont have kids and am not married but i wouldn't be too sure if i would rank those things above other personal achievements in my life.

So people that are married or have kids - Was it the happiest day of your life ?

Winters

Thats some pretty slim pickin's

Heyes

Winters wrote:

Thats some pretty slim pickin's

You took the words right out of my mouth

Carcharodon

Winters wrote:

Thats some pretty slim pickin's

Well, yes maybe but i am trying to see the viewpoint from people that are married and those with children or both. Is it just a cliche to view these things as the happiest day of your life or in reality can people honestly pick out different occasions

Sleepy

Neither a father nor married so option 3 for me. Can't actually pinpoint a 'happiest day of my life'. I can think of some moments which might qualify, and a couple of holidays which have been pretty sweet but picking a single day? That's pretty tough tbh.

biko

You probably would get better responses in Weddings & Marriage. At least there people are married/thinking of it.

Not married, no children *phew* So for me it was option "Other"

The Hill Billy

I'm married & have 1 kid (another due in 2 weeks time ).
This thread got me really thinking about which day was the happiest - my wedding or the birth of Billy Jr?

I'd have to say that my wedding day was the happiest in the conventional sense of being all smiley & upbeat & having a laugh.

The day my son was born would be the day I was most proud - beaming from an enormous sense of achievement mixed with an "Oh-Sweet-Jesus!-How-the-fcuk-are-we-going-to-cope?" sense of fear/panic.

Nalz

I suppose in order

my Dad gettin the all clear from hospital with heart trouble
The day I found out I passed my Degree with honours :eek:
A few decent days to remember with the last girl I was with
Manchester United 2 - 1 Spurs 1999 old trafford, we went on to win the treble
Beating st Pats 2 - 1 U16 playing for my local soccer club

Sad Professor

OP you probably should have been clearer in the thread title or poll that this was only for married people/parents, otherwise everyone is going to vote so your not going to get proper answer to your question.

I'm neither married nor have kids but I'd imagine the reason these are so often quoted is because they are pretty life changing, ie. your life becomes before and after you got married, had kids etc. People will always want to see such changes as positive. I wonder do divorcees still think their wedding day was their happiest?

Sleepy

Been thinking about this ever since coming across the thread this morning. I reckon the happiest day of my life was one spent in Paris with my ex. We were staying in an apartment in the cinquieme which was right over an amazing street market where I bought our breakfast while she brewed the coffee, that day we visited loads of the typical touristy Paris things and just generally did what people do on holidays. Wonderful memory, thanks for helping me revisit it..

free2fly

Sad Professor wrote:

I wonder do divorcees still think their wedding day was their happiest?

Absolutely not! I wish it never happened I think one of the happiest days of my life was the day I bought my first home. Another one that comes to mind is the day that I walked into my lover's arms for the first time at Dublin airport

InFront

The second-last Wednesday of June, 2003.

I was 17 years old and just finished my leaving cert. C.S. was my last exam, it went well, the perfect exam to end my school days. So I walked out of school forever, sun was shining, lay around down by the UCD lake until evening with a small group of friends, the world was our oyster, but we didn't care! Walked home just as it was getting dark and sat in the garden until late chatting with my brother.

It sounds very boring looking back on it, maybe it was the exam relief/ hysteria or maybe it was the weather but I really felt like a grown up man that day, and described it in my diary as the happiest day of my life. It was a very odd/ dream-like June day, and I still remember it all very clearly.

Hagar

Tomorrow.

Ruu_Old

No kids and none in the foreseeable future. I don't think I've ever been happier than on my wedding day and seeing the amount of people overjoyed for us.

Rb

Not married or a father yet, can't really pick out a single day as the "happiest day of my life". Sure enough theres been some good ones and some ones that have made me extremely happy, but can't pick out one.

Sleepy

Hagar wrote:

Tomorrow.

Bloody good answer.

Black Swan

"Other" made me so happy!

Brian017

None so far.

The_B_Man

that time i got a sega megadrive for xmas when i was a kid! was well chuffed. kids eh?

or else RAG Week last year. best week ever. this one better be good too! other than that, theres been a lot of excellent moments but none that would be classed as "happiest moment ever!".

Sparky

When I gave birth to my first son. It took a while but it was worth it!

Red Hand

Other.

greine

Has to be "other", the day my daughter was born was probably the most frightening day in my life...not being married wasn't a help either, so yea..."other" it is. Fast forward 15 years and she's a great daughter, so I think I'll make today the best day of my life and really be thankful of the beautiful life we have made together, let the celebrations begin