Best life experience

barneygumble99

bungee jump in new zealand, pure fear and pure exhilaration in one

Darkglasses

Haven't had that many really big ones so far...maybe wexford youths beating cork city in the league cup semi final. Maybe doing my dissertation in college...

oldyouth

My personal opinion is that weddings are a waste of money and a prime example of the excess in our society today. However, and it might have just been a coincidence, but my wedding was the singular day in my 50 years where I have felt most at peace.

I've had times in my life where it has been an unbearable effort to get from morning to night but on that day, I just felt as if I actually deserved to be as happy as everyone else appeared to be. Loved every minute of it and any happiness I've experienced since then has been a natural follow on from that

jonnny68

My son, various football games, and raves, and holidays :-)

Shenshen

oldyouth wrote: »

My personal opinion is that weddings are a waste of money and a prime example of the excess in our society today. However, and it might have just been a coincidence, but my wedding was the singular day in my 50 years where I have felt most at peace.

I've had times in my life where it has been an unbearable effort to get from morning to night but on that day, I just felt as if I actually deserved to be as happy as everyone else appeared to be. Loved every minute of it and any happiness I've experienced since then has been a natural follow on from that

A wedding is what you want it to be.
We had a small one, closest friends and family only, 20 people all in all.
We got married in a beautiful little hotel in Kerry, had a wonderful day with gorgeous food and drink, and spent a total of 2k.

To me, a wedding is very much like everything else in life. Do your own thing and be happy.

ribbongirl

Falling in love.

raxor

I must say my first time on shrooms was fucking awesome...no way to describe it.
Driving on a mountain road that had clouds below and my first gig playing guitar in a band at about 17 were also unreal!

theidiots

When we got promoted to the premiership and played against manchester united for the first time. Good times

Gee_G

The birth of my son. Its the most emotional, draining, frustrating process but as soon as your baby is handed to you, its amazing!! You will never feel love like it

Knifey Spoony

Probably travelling around Europe last summer. I had spent the four years previous working hard to get my engineering degree and that trip just made all the crap I went through in those four years well worth it.

So many great times were had on the trip: having a blast at Rock Am Ring, tasting fine beers in Brussels, spending time in coffe shops in Amsterdam, seeing so many historical sites in Berlin, seeing so many great sights in Prague and spending a lazy Sunday afternoon in a beer garden in Munich. Definitely won't experience anything like that trip again.

tempura

yermandan wrote: »

Good thread.

Defo has to be ridin in a limo drivin down the quays in Dublin on the way to me debs

I actually pissed myself laughing at this, you've a hell of a lot of living to do yet mate if thats a life experience.

admiralofthefleet

seeing my son being born

getting married last summer

driving around madrid with tom jones blasting out of the stereo. Keano_afc was there too, it was just an amazing moment

Tigger

my last day of secondary school
itsa mad what they make us go through

uch

The Birth of my Kids and getting arrested in Barcelona for shítting on the Cathedral

Best life lessons i've ever had

RikkFlair

Camino de Santiago (well, some of it) on my own. Amazing personal experience, and emotional too.

ElChe32

Spent quite a few summers working in summer camps in the US... anyway during my first summer there my mate and I were given a cabin full of 13 year old lads -ragtag bunch from all backgrounds- all decent young fellas. One of the lads was fairly quiet and a bit withdrawn from most activities we had going on so myself and my mate would always make an effort to try keep him involved with the rest of the group but he still seemed so distant. One of the evenings as the lads were getting ready to turn in for the night some of our lads came from the shower block saying that the quiet kid was just crying and wouldn't tell anyone why. So we told the lads to finish up and head to bed and we took the quiet lad aside.
At first he wouldn't say what was wrong but we told him that whatever was up we'd sort it for him and there would be no hassle or embarrassment about crying. Eventually he began to open up a little to us and then lifted up the back of his t-shirt which revealed severe marks on his back which he explained his father would take a belt to him for the smallest of reasons. Me and my mate were in total shock and felt such pity for the lad, so we told him not to worry we'd speak with our boss and get him help. (Few days later CPS came to camp and brought the boy back to his mother (who was living out of state and was unaware of the beatings).

Anyway long story short, I was only 20 at the time and couldn't believe that a young lad could feel safe and would open up and let me help him. It was a really shocking experience for me but also I felt that I made a difference and it's something that I'll never forget.

Andrewf20

Climbing cotopaxi and kilimanjaro were tough but very rewarding, especially cotopaxi. Crampons, ropes, crevasses, cold, and sheer exhaustion in the end but fun all the same. Also, the w trail in torres del paine was the most awesome scenery ive ever come across. A jewel of a destination.

Swimming with seals in the galapagos was cool as well. They would play with you in the water. Favela tour in rio, glacier hiking, whale watching, theres loads of good stuff.

Closer to home, i love doing adventure races or a triathlon even if i am a brutal swimmer. They are usually great craic. For sheer thrills you cant beat a rollercoaster. Nemesis in alton towers was the best fun ever. The big ones scare the crap out of me like that pepsi max big one in blackpool. The drop nearly gave me a heart attack. I should have worn a nappy on that one.

Id love to team up with those storm chasers to try catch a tornado someday.

Wattle

Watching the sun go down over the Taj Mahal on a rooftop cafe while drinking chai tea and smoking a joint.