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Moments you'll never forget
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I'll never forget the first time I met the first boy I had any sort of a relationship with. I was 16. We didn't know each other, he had just seen me by my house that day (he lived in the same park, just moved in that summer). I still can't believe he had the nerve to ring my doorbell and come looking for me. I nearly didn't answer the door, my mum made me go. The moment I first laid eyes on him was amazing. I have never felt like that since. It was electrifying to say the least.
The first time I kissed this boy, also my first kiss. It was the 5th of November. I was just back from a week long school trip. I was sitting in front of my house and he was standing in front of me. He asked me if he could kiss me. And I said yes (very shyly). He kissed me on the lips then, and I remember feeling the rush of excitement. Later that night we were saying our goodbyes. I remember seeing his head come towards mine. I was terrified and opened my mouth not knowing what to expect. I won't go so far as to say it was the best kiss I've ever had :S
Second kiss he made me climb up a tree for
It was awfully romantic.
The night my mum told me to stop seeing him because I was too young for a boyfriend and I needed to concentrate on school. I bawled my eyes out, and even skipped school the next day. (I never used to skip school unless I was really sick). That was the day I stopped confiding in my mum. She knows this, and I think she regrets ever telling me to stop seeing him.
He moved away around March of the following year and I haven't seen him since.
I don't think I'll forget anything about him. It makes me sad, but happy that I had the wonderful experience.
I have been with boys since, but have never felt that zap of excitement, like I felt with him, with anyone else. Sometimes I wonder if I only got that feeling because it was my first time being in love, but after reading all these stories, maybe there's hope for me yet
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A truely fantastic thread, read it all and really really amazed at you guys
I won't post many as I havn't really gotten them straight in my own head.
When my Uncle died. My parents both worked when i was in primary and he lived with my Gran. they used to take turns collecting me after school. he introduced me to music, hell 2 of the CDs he made me listen to are still some of my favourites, Flood by They Might be Giants and Get a Grip by Aerosmith. as it turns out he was a raving alcoholic and died due to blood poisoning but I was too young to see the damage or the bad in it. He is who i am today and i'd like to think we'd still be best mates if he hadn't of passed away. I chose my confirmation name because of him.
the night my mother had a stroke, last year, it was completely surreal and possibly the scariest night of my life, i remember ringing the ambulance and all i could do was try make coffee and stay out of my dads and the paramedics way. They wouldn't let me in the ambulance so i sat on the couch and drank more caffine than needed. got a call after 3 am to get into Beaumont because it didn't look good... 14 months later and she's still here. Christ that woman knows how to scare me...
the good..
one year i had a falling out with a good friend of mine, mainly due to me being a prat to her and i deserved everything i got out of it. walking home on xmas eve i sent her a text saying i was sorry and merry christmas, rounded the corner and there she was, gave her a huge hug and we have been best friends ever since.
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Love this thread, hmm some of my own...
Curled up on a park bench in the harbour in Skull in the summertime with my bf at the time, clear sky, moon so bright and he started singing Nightswimming by REM really softly I just melted (he was quite a good singer)
Funeral of a small child I went to, only 7yrs old, the sight of the small white coffin in his fathers arms will never leave me.
After seeing a guy for a few wks we had not made it offical, so walking home after a quiet night out,it was windy and we having a good laugh on the way home, then he stopped me on the corner of his road and out of nowhere he asked me would I be his gf. Might seem silly to some but it was the perfect moment! Same bf set up an indoor candlelight picnic as a surprise when I called up one night, couldn't cook to save his life but was a lovely night.
The day I left for New Zealand, saying good bye to everyone was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Didnt know when I'd be back. Turns out I was back 4months later anyway! With that not telling my parents I was coming home and appearing in the door, look on their faces!
Seeing my father cry, only happened 3 times in my life but it was very unsettling I'd never seen my dad in such a vulnerable state. The day he said goodbye to me leaving for new zealand he wouldnt let go when I hugged him and when he did could see him welling up, other 2 times were at funerals of ppl very close to us.
The first bf I moved in with, living together 3months, so happy! I came back after a wknd up home to find another girls necklace on the floor on my side of the bed. My heart sank, was crazy about him thought he was the one we had talked about the future and everything.
The call I got to tell me my bf was in hospital & had tried to kill himself, totally shocked there were no signs. I feelt awful I thought we were close but I had no idea what was going on when I should have. Was a huge turning point in the relationship, then 2 yrs later he did the above!!!
Thats all I can think of for now but I couldn't close my eyes and go right back to all of them good and bad, I've loads more but heads melted after the wk I've had.0 -
I've been following this thread for a while and finally feel I should post:
the good:
my first week in school and my mam collecting me on the friday and bringing me to town to buy me a present ( those little coloured clothes pegs )
having such a laugh in secondary school with great friends
going 'out' with said friends when 15/16 and drinking before discos (great times- such rebels!!)
getting into college and the course I wanted so badly!!!
falling in love for the first time and my then boyfriend declaring his love for me ( so nervous- made such an effort, so sweet!)
getting a text to say my niece was born
meeting the most gorgeous little girl in the world for the first time
deciding to go travelling alone and LOVING it
falling in love for the 2nd time (and thinking this is IT, can actually remember the exact moment when it happened and can still feel the sensation- as if I was winded!!) and my boyfriend declaring his love for me (such fond memories of this moment too, will always make me smile and probably laugh in years to come!!)
the bad:
(having read all the previous posts I realise how lucky I really am)
feeling left out/different/strange in college
having my heart broken (2nd boyfriend)- the physical pain, the anguish, the torment, the feeling of not being able to survive, the 'thinking you're over this' days and the almighty bang when you realise you're not
the good (again)
realising you have the best friends in the world who will help you through the above torture and will answer the phone ANY time day or night0 -
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This thread is so inspirational...
My brother overdosing. I remember being in bed, not feeling well and hoping for a day off school, I think I was about 15? Dad came in to see why I hadn't gotten up for school and I told him that I was sick. He then told me that he'd come downstairs to find my brother collapsed on the kitchen floor after taking a load of painkillers. He and my Mam took him to the hospital and I was left alone all day. I remember feeling completely numb. Thankfully my brother pulled through and he's in a good place now. It only hit me later how close I came to losing my only sibling.
When my parents found out I had been self-harming. I was terrified. I went to counselling for months, stopped for a while. Then my mam found out I had started it up again. I will never forget having to face my dad after she told him. He was so angry. He acted like there was something wrong with me, like I wasn't 'normal'. I suppose I wasn't but it hurt so much that he made no effort to understand my reasons. After a second round of counselling I came out of that place and it's been years since I've hurt myself. Not proud of that time in my life.
When my brother told me that my mam had had an affair. My Dad told him and he told me. They're still together and neither of my parents know that I know. I've never thought of my Mam in the same way since, a little part of my heart shattered when he told me. I would like one day for her to tell me herself but I can't see it ever happening.
When my cousin died. Two years ago. He was only 10. His funeral was in London and it was snowing and I've never experienced anything sadder in my life. It breaks my heart to think of it.
My first kiss with my now boyfriend. We were friends first and I actually went out with his friend before him. We were in his car outside my house and it was the most awkward and uncomfortable kiss I have ever had and we went to the cinema afterwards and I could barely look at him afterwards. I thought for sure that we were only ever going to be friends after that. Then two days later we had a proper, full on kiss, fireworks and all, and I haven't looked back since
Delivering my first baby. I'm a student midwife and it was the most amazing, overwhelming, beautiful, exciting, scary experience! I will never forget that feeling!
I'll have a few more when they come to me.. 0 -
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Just wanna say thanks to everyone who's posted so far, some heartbreakingly wonderful stories here.
Here's my little contribution...
-Seeing my Mum and Dad after my sister had been taken to hospital with a stroke. They aged so quickly that night....
-Being in the hospice shortly after my friend was given his last rites with several other friends, and him surrounded by his amazing family, and wonderful fiancee. All of us just clung together, couldn't stop the tears, and all the while, his breathing kept stopping and starting in those horrible deathly wheezes. He held on for another 12 hours, and yet it still hit like a sledgehammer when he finally left us. That was only a few months, and yet I still go to text him sometimes. I hate those moments, it's like being there all over again.
-Always had a bad relationship with my Dad when I was younger, but we've both mellowed over the last few years-texted him for his birthday recently and said it was about time I told him how much I loved him and how I'd finally realised he'd always had my best interests at heart, even if I hadn't believed it at the time. He replied saying thanks and that the text I'd sent had "Chuir se athas i mo chroi" (it put happiness in my heart).
-Watching my big sis representing Ireland and being presented with a gold medal at the Special Olympics 2003.
-Sitting on a rooftop at my friend's house in Cornwall before I was due to move to Carlisle on a scorching sunny day in July 2002 listening to The Streets "Original Pirate Material" over and over, wondering what the future would hold for me.
-Hearing my (then) little niece singing Coldplay's The Scientist. Had been living away, and hadn't heard her using sentences, so to hear her singing was just gorgeous.
-First kiss with the man who stole my heart....late night in the middle of a bus lane...still probably the best kiss of my life!
So many more, but those are the ones that spring to mind right now...0 -
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Some really amazing stories here
some of my moments...- being in my grandparents house for my granddad's birthday and feeling so small amongst my older cousins
- seeing my granddad in the hospital right before he died, before a nurse rushed me out...i hated that nurse for years for making me leave
- having to collect me dad from the pub with my mam again and asking him "is this where you live?"... i was 3/4 at the time
- when i was 9 hearing that my aunt who i was incredibly close to had died. she was a "second mammy" to me and i can still feel her close and know she's minding me
- the summer after second year in school...i think i stopped being a child officially, and everything seemed to get more complicated
- being told something devastating at 16 that i had no idea how to deal with and feeling so ice cold despite wearing a jumper and 2 hoddies
- sometimes feeling hugely proud of myself when im driving as we could never afford a car when i was small
- the last time i saw my dad
- my mam just sobbing im my arms when we were told my uncle's organs were failing....i felt so helpless and just cried too
- feeling completely content with myself being single ...just before i met my current BF
- breaking my vertebrae in germany while snowboarding at the start of this year. i was terrified and had 2 operations, but my BF stayed with every day from 8am till after 9pm everyday for 10 days....dont think i've ever felt so safe
- my 30th birthday (that i've yet to celebrate cause of above injury) ... i was very depressed the whole day until my BF produced a ring and asked me to marry him...:)
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This is an amazing thread, here are a few of my moments I will never forget.....
- My mom leaving my dad when I was 7 years old. My mom told myself and my sister that we were going for a drive, little did we know we would never return home again.
- Seeing my dad for the very last time just shortly after my 8th birthday
- Being told I had to go live with a new family as my mom was sick and needed full time care
- Sitting beside a red-haired lunatic on the very first day of secondary school, who has turned out to be my closest friend I have ever had. We are friends 22 years this September
- Finding out that I had got a place on the B Mus degree in UCC
- Severing a nerve in my finger and discovering that I couldnt play an instrument as well I as used to
- Meeting my ex-husband for the first time, he was as black as the ace of spades with muck and dust and I didnt recognise him when I met him again later, after he had showered
- Asking my red-haired lunatic to give me away at my wedding, she just nodded and tears ran down her face, she didnt utter a word...
- Finding out I was pregnant for the first time, it was a miracle as I have endometriosis.
- Losing this baby and the following baby both at 7 weeks 6 days, I dont have the words to even begin to explain how that felt.
- FInding out I was pregnant again for the third time in January '05.
- Giving birth to my beautiful daughter and hearing the doctor telling all the nurses and doctors in the room that a miracle had just happened, that was exaclty how I felt
- Bringing my daughter home for the first day, we were greeted by all our neighbours clapping and cheering.
- Realising after 5 years of marraige that my ex-husband didnt love me anymore and that our marraige was over, that day tore me apart for a long time.
- Telling my current boyfriend that I loved him for the first time, he squeezed me so hard and told me he loved me too
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The Best - giving birth to my beautiful daughter 22 years ago and having the privilege of knowing her for all of those years while witnessing her growth from baby to teen to college girl to wonderful young woman.
The Worst - waving goodbye to my beautiful daughter at Dublin Airport who has emigrated to Australia. It hurts so much I can hardly breathe.
Don't worry I am a daughter who's been in Australia 2 years (coming home in july to see my family for the first time in 27 months!!) and I still feel as close to my mam if not closer. I appreciate her so much more and she's always the first one i call when i need to talk.
We have so much planned for when i get home - we'll be cramming 2 years of quality time into my month's holiday, and they are already planning on coming over to see me.
My mum hated the thoughts of me leaving but realises that i am much better off where i am. I'm 24 and i still need her, have days when all i want is my mum's cooking/hugs/voice to make me feel better. I bet she really misses you too0 -
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Wow, great thread.
Ill add a couple of my own,
My best friend committing suicide. We were 16, and we were off school because of the teachers strikes. My mam came home early, crying, and told me that he had shot himself last night. I went into shock and didnt say anything for about 8 hours. I spent the next 3 days with my friends. We didnt leave eachother until after the funeral. Including all sleeping in the same room.
Ill never forget those 3 days, the heartache, the pain, the loss. And no reason for it. Ive drifted apart from those friends as the years have gone by, but we will always have that bond of sutffering through it together.
My first love breaking up with me. Utter devastation. But its made me who i am today.
Finishing my first sprint triathlon last year. I trained really really hard for it, and i was determined to do it. I was coming in last and the girl who was coming 2nd last, stopped, ran back and urged me on to the finish line and we finished it together, sprinting accross th finish line. It was her first too. I dont even know her name, but i wont forget her.
I came last, but that didnt matter, i finished it.
Recieving my Diploma. Worked my ass off for 4 years for that piece of paper. And it was all worth it, walking back down the aisle with it in my hand, beaming from ear to ear, and my parents applauding and taking photos to beat the band.
Proposing to my future wife. I was ****ting bricks, we had talked about it, i knew she would say yes, i was still a nervous wreck. I felt so vulnerable down there on the one knee looking up. But of course she said yes and i was extatic 0 -
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My best friends car crash
To say my blood ran cold and my heart was near to having an attack would be an under statement. Too long to go into detail but I'll never forget my ex ringing me asking me if I was ok and me being confused about what he was talking about.
Forced my Mum to drive me down to the crash scene. We were stopped a good bit from the crash scene by a local man and just remember running as fast as I could to get to them. One of the lads was laying in the field with a blanket over him and his brother kept lifting it to look at him and kept shaking his head like no matter how many times he looked it wasn't real.
Nothing but flashing lights and confusion. Spent the night in the hospital not knowing if she would survive due to the horrific injuries she suffered and how bad the others were. The screams coming from one of the lads is a sound I'll never be able to get out of my head. Or the many depressing moments after it all. Things don't just go back to normal once the person is buried. In fact they never really go back to the way things use to be...how could they.
My uncle coming home from Scotland to live out his final years
He had been paralysed from the neck down after a boulder fell on him while he was walking along a path outside a construction site. It had been touch and go many times and taken years to get sorted but the day the ambulance arrived and helped him out along with his special wheelchair is something I won't forget. I think it was the first time I'd ever seen my Dad crying-with utter happiness that his brother was finally home
Last time with my grandad
I was about 11. He wasn't an emotional type or one that you would go to hug but for some odd reason when we left him that day in the home I ran back and gave him a big hug. He was really happy and I looked back when I left and he was still smiling. It made me really happy to make him smile. He died that night.
Niece
Was born on my birthday!! Was soooo happy
Africa
Was 16 my first "sun" holiday. Stepping off the plane and the heat that engulfed me was the most amazing feeling ever.
Leaving Ireland
Was heading to the US and New Zealand and wasn't sure when I would return, think Mum knew this too. Mum and my aunt came along to see me off. Turned back one last time before going through security, I saw my aunt had her arm around my Mum. She was still smiling and waving but her eyes were red and she was pretending not to be crying, that set me off. Held it together through security then went to first toilets and cried for awhile
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When my cousin died a few months ago, I had a couple of moments that will stick with me forever. The morning I found out she died I was rushing out the door to get into college, and it was only 20 minutes later with my arse plonked on the 17 bus that it hit me. Being 8am, it was jam-packed and there was a really large burly man sitting next to me on the seat; I tried so damn hard to stifle my tears with my sleeve and just buried my face by the window in the hope no-one would notice. It was the longest bus journey ever, and I'd never felt quite so alone, surrounded by so many people.
The following night I was chatting to one of my aunts, and she suggested we go outside and look at the stars. I was pretty WTF about it but went along with her anyway. She got us to lay down in the driveway of a holiday house on a freezing cold night and just watch the skies. I was annoyed and amused and wistful and sad all at the same time. In the end I just laughed and went back inside :pac:. A few hours later myself and my mam went out to the wake house to do our few hours at the vigil. My mam took out her rosary beads and prayed for about half an hour. I wrapped myself up in a coat and duvet and never took my eyes off the body. In the soft flickering candlelight it almost looked as if she were breathing. Simply asleep. That image will stay with me always.
On a happier note, I'll never forget the summer I spent with my first proper boyfriend. In fact, the first time he told me he loved me was hilariously sweet. We were walking back to my house when he turned to me mid-conversation about some video game, and said non-chalantly as humanly possible, "Oh yeah, I've not actually said I love you yet. Well, I do." Big cheesy grin on his face. It was just so out of the blue and was so utterly him that I laughed.
Another moment I'll always remember was when I was about 9 or 10 and seeing my parents standing in the kitchen kissing. It was so sweet. I remember thinking "I hope I'm that happy when I grow up." Strange thought for a 10 year old but I was a strange kid :pac:. I also remember lying in bed one night aged 6, thinking philosophical thoughts like, "Why are we here at all? What is the point of life? What will it feel like when I'm dead? Why does God let bad things happen?" Yeah, I was an odd child to say the least :P.
Lastly, I'll always remember the first time my younger brother ever had an epileptic seizure. He was 5 years old, and we were visiting my grandparents graves in Malahide. We were walking over to the van where they sold flowers and stuff, when all of a sudden he just fell to the ground, spasming, in the middle of this busy carpark. My mam and I were just freaking out, not a clue what was going on. As soon as he stopped twitching we bundled him into the back seat of the car and went as fast as we could to the nearest hospital. It's a strange day to look back on, as we've all accostomed to his epilepsy now, but I can't help but think how different things might have been if he'd never had it. It's almost like I can understand parental worry thanks to the endless fear I get whenever there's a bang or a crash, convinced that he's walloped his head in a fit. Many many things stem back to that day in the graveyard car park.
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Got to say been reading boards.ie every single day for years but never posted anything till yesterday!! But this is the best thread I have come across.
I have loads of memories like everyone but one that I just remembered as reading this was 3 years ago before I emigrated I went to visit my Grandfather.
He was in a home and I had lived with my Grandparents as a kid. He had dementia and always got mixed up with my name and a relation. Well he tried so hard to remember but just couldn't get it out!!
I was getting the plane two days later and deep down knew I probably wouldn't see him again. We both I suppose like to try cover emotion as all men do but as I was walking out I turned around and he said "LooseMoose I probably won't see you again so good luck with everything" and gave me a wink.
I could tell in that moment that was it. He died a month after I left and I hadn't the money to go back and if I wanted to return again. I returned home to visit his grave only 6 months ago. Was a great man and just one of those moments in life that always will stick out.0
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