Watching the end of Virgin island. For a 6foot + bruiser it had me bawling my eyes out. So proud of them all.
But damn, those cut aways whenever anyones cumming are so, so cringe. Someone needs a word with the editor.
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I was often asked if I was old enought to drink in my late 20’s when at the bar! (The legal age is 18 here) 
Even my mum says I look younger than my younger brother!
I’m not totally bald just very thin on top, and in the last 10 years have gone silver.
I’m really not bothered, i’m comfortable in my skin! I think kindness and a not too serious personality is more important.
I’m with you on the feeling 105, my hands, hips and foot give me grief. 25 years in the steel industry have made my hands a mess and i’m feeling it now, even 10 years after leaving that industry. But i plod on, don’t let it beat me!
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Mrs W here …
Was feeling down with the bad weather this morning, but at least I got cheered up because we managed to get out for a little walkabout after lunch in between showers/rain … gave out and received a few nice smiles too 
xx
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It always cheers me up when people think l’m younger than I am. I’ve really never bothered about age or being bald. I started going thin on top when I was 18, by the time I was 30 I was shaving my head, so most people know me with no hair. Anyway age is only a number, I think in general now we all look younger, when I look at photos of my grand parents, they looked ancient when they 60. Probably alot to do with haircuts and the clothes they wore, and black and white photos.
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Getting an actual HANDWRITTEN letter in cursive, from my grandaughter! Been awhile since I’ve cried that didn’t involv e being over lap, but yesterday was one of those days.
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Getting a name check on Planet Rock for correctly guessing the year with UFO’s Only You Can Rock Me…1978! 
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Getting a lovely reply on my rambling post from @HermanHuge
When I wrote all that stuff, I almost deleted it as it was too personal, but glad I didn’t now.
Thanks Buddy y’all 
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More similarities between us @Simon_101
I’ve deleted a handful of posts on here.
I debate whether I should say them, sometimes I don’t even write the post and other times I write one but then end up discarding it or deleting it as I already posted it.
I know I (we) shouldn’t care what others think, but I’m human and I do.
It is personal and it’s not always easy to discuss things.
I must say that I’ve seen that so many on this forum are nice, caring, helpful and understanding and that makes it easier for me to say things.
A couple of my many therapists have heard it “all” as has my wife Heather, but that’s it.
The fact that we’re anonymous still isn’t enough to get me over the goal line with things I’d like to discuss.
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@HermanHuge Thjere have been posts that I have made I had to rethink, but the reality is our voices are the thing noone can challenge. If it’s my mind to say a thing on a serious note tyhere is a reason it wants to get out. The other stuff, the off topic or just plain silly stuff balances everything out. It’s like a palate cleanser.
The things I’ve deleted are because they only served to push a negative narrative and at the end of the day I think that takes away from why we come here.
And for me that’s to windup "certain " people of and have a laugh as well as to learn.
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Well said.
For myself, it’s less about the examples and details. To me, what’s important is how a person is affected by said instances, events, occurrences etc. as a whole. Additionally, it’s like the old saying about the straw that broke the camel’s back.
I/we could talk about that one straw that ended up breaking the camel’s back, but that one straw was NOT the reason said camel’s back broke as it was the cumulative total of straws placed on it’s back that did it.
To me, its not any one incident or example, but the cumulative total of them as it’s much different when incidents occur hundreds of times compared to one or two times or a handful etc. Yet further still, it’s also the interaction of that event with the many other things a person has been through or is still currently going through that matters.
A “bad” thing may happen to an 8 year old. He/she may have a great support system and other “bad” things don’t happen or rarely happen going forward for them.
Another may have more “bad” things happen to them while 8, 9, 12, 15, 19 years old and onward while having a terrible support system.
That person may also have other kinds of “bad” things happen to them too.
It’s one thing to be bullied at school (that is bad, even if it’s just one time and I wish no one ever has to experience it). If the bullying happens often, for years and years, that’s a different animal.
If that same person is also being physically abused elsewhere, say at home in addition to the bullying, that’s another animal still.
If that same person is being sexually abused too, in addition to the other things, that is different yet.
When so much has taken place, trying to make a comment about one specific incident or example simply won’t do it justice and those hearing or reading about it can’t and won’t know about the greater context.
And it’s not really the incident itself that matters, but the ways in which the person was affected or is still being affected that matter. But it’s difficult for others to understand or comprehend how a person was or is being affected when they only know about one or two incidents and not the larger whole they’ve had to deal with.
I’m not just talking about myself here either, but any of us, all of us.
Like Simon making his comments. When I was reading his comments about the issue with his testicle, my mind immediately went to him, to what he went through mentally, over time, years and other things he went through.
It is NOT just about his testicle not descending, to him there is so much more to it than that. Comments from his mother played into how he felt, so did the bullying etc. I could see myself him in and I know others could too who have experienced such things (bullying of any kind, cutting/biting comments from parents etc.).
When I talk about or list an event, incident or provide examples from my life, it’s really NOT about those examples, but that’s a preface for what happened to me, to what I went through as our experiences affect who we are, affect what we become, they affect our relationships with partners, friends, family, coworkers and friends.
My 1st marriage not being good for either my ex-wife or me has a great deal to do with my childhood and my upbringing. A direct line from there to my failed first marriage may easily be made. As an adult in my 1st marriage, I didn’t think that way, I didn’t believe that was or could be the case and I couldn’t have been more wrong.
I’ll end with a bad analogy. It’s like a big stew with many different ingredients. It’s hard to talk about the stew when only discussing one or two ingredients and leaving out the rest. The rest affect the one or two being discussed.
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My wife is pretty much home bound and rarely gets outside . The weather has been real nice last few days and I suggested we go for a drive , I wanted to show her some back roads I enjoyed recently on my motorcycle . She got cleaned up and we went on the drive , many beautiful houses , ranches and farms , along with a stretch where the trees covered in moss make a canopy over the twisty hilly road . Glorious sunny day and the seats in our SUV are very comfortable for her . Then we stopped by an old time restaurant that is family owned and the quality of the food is great . They have car hops that bring your food to the car . Sorry , no roller skates like in the movie American Graffiti . Had their famous cod and chips . We both ate too much , but it is so good . Anyway the drive and eating seems to cheered her up some , which cheered me up .
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Cod and chips, a very British meal! 
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Just had some in Whitby lol
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They always taste better at the seaside!
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Beautiful town. The Abbey, the rotating bridge. The Steps. Has a special place in my heart 
That was heartwarming to read. Thanks for sharing @Oldman
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Seeing Good Charlotte again on Saturday and them not playing anything newer than their fourth album 
Those albums were ‘my’ GC from attending a stupid number of UK gigs for a couple of tours around 20 years ago 
They even played some unexpected songs - it was like they reached into my head and built a setlist especially curated for me
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Yesterday, it was a phenomenal day. Good breakfast, excellent snuggle, and a bike ride with my OH that was fabulous. Perfect day.
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Found a new driving school and got a lesson booked for the 2nd June
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Received a letter from a older lady saying how helpful and patient I was with helping her with her phone, it was her first phone and I actually thought she picked it pretty good.
It definitely cheered me up getting a letter,far too many people these days avoid pen and paper.
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