What was the best moment or day of your life?
Posted by -Granby-@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 121 comments
I am curious about this but not the obvious answers though. Obviously the day we met our spouse or married our spouse or the day our kids/grandkids were born or graduated or became a doctor. We would all agree on those moments. Aside from those what was the best day of your life? The best time you had or moment of your life?
Mediocre-Life-4784@reddit
First thing that came to mind is my grandpa shaking my hand with tears in his eyes the day I left for basic training. Almost 35 years ago and I'll never forget it. Greatest man I will ever have known.
firetomherman@reddit
When i was 45 and decided I had of enough of being obese. Losing weight completely changed my life.
-Granby-@reddit (OP)
How did you do it? I am struggling so bad. I am 48 and way 232 lbs. I try so hard to keep myself at 2,000 calories a day but I can rarely do it. I know part of my problem is I cannot exercise much. It is basically a slow walk. I have severe COPD and my lung function is terrible so I can't go hard. I try to do slow mile every day but it just does not burn calories.
Any help is much appreciated.
ZoeyMyBaby@reddit
Zepbound. I have lost almost 95 pounds. No longer pre-diabetic, normal blood pressure and cholesterol, no more sleep apnea and my joints no longer hurt from arthritic pain. After a lifetime of obesity, I am now able to treat my metabolic disorder. I’m not starving all the time. I eat normal amounts of food and feel satisfied. This medication has completely changed my life. At 67, I now realize that the weight was not a personal failure. Please speak with a weight management doctor or endocrinologist with experience prescribing GLP-1 meds.
firetomherman@reddit
Yeah man the exercise was a huge part. I weighed 230 as well. But really it starts in the kitchen. I stopped eating junk. I was so driven that I didn't care whether or not I liked it. "If it's in your house it's in your mouth" was a saying i heard about foods you can't control yourself around.
Also don't think walking a slow mile doesn't do anything. It absolutely does. Just curious as to why you can't keep yourself at your calorie goal. My best advice is to eat the foods that make you the most full. Boiled potatoes are #1.
-Granby-@reddit (OP)
I can't stick to the calorie intake cause I'm just hungry. I am doing way better than I was two months ago for sure. My diet was frozen pizza. Chili out of the can. Other frozen shit I could air fry. Smashing at Arby's. Chips. For the past two months I have basically been eating plain oatmeal for breakfast and sometimes lunch. For dinner it has been chicken breast with pasta and red sauce or chicken breast with brown rice and tomato, onion, red peppers and feta. Maybe baked potato with chicken breast but of course plain potato tastes like ass so I put sour cream and butter and cheese. I try to fake myself out and use low fat cheese and sour cream but the calories add up. The problem is the portions.
Pasta is like 200 calories for 2 ounces. That is nothing. A serving of chicken breast is like 4 ounces. So I wind up eating triple portions of that for dinner at least. Then the calories in the red sauce. Then the calories in the grated cheese. Same for the oatmeal. It's like 150 calories for a serving which is super small so I am eating a triple portion. It comes down to me just being hungry.
I was going to just go hard and eat nothing but chicken breast and coleslaw with homemade dressing using low fat mayo and lemon juice and apple cider vinegar and do the crash diet thing and just starve myself but my wife and other subredits convinced me that it would not be healthy.
I just can't seem to get a handle on it.
firetomherman@reddit
"I don't eat what I eat because of how it tastes, I eat what I eat because of what it does to my body". This saying profoundly affected me when I started. Do you have a goal? Then you do what you have to do, and that's what I did. Funny thing is after dropping the junk for healthy stuff, my tastes changed. Plus there are ways of seasoning things without calories.
friendlypeopleperson@reddit
Do not buy any junk food, no matter who else is in your house. Also, keep hand-weights handy (dumbbells, water bottles, or even bags of canned goods to exercise your arms.)
Stay hydrated. I really did not understand or recognize at the time, but I went through a time period of chronic dehydration (because of a job I was working) and just ate more than I should have during that time. Drink water like you’re a fish! Lol.
MareOfDalmatia@reddit
I’ve been doing intermittent fasting for 6 years and I’ve lost 96 pounds.
78andahalf@reddit
A GLP1 was a game changer for me. And I'm with this person; I got fed up after years of gaining and losing over and over and over again. I got tired of being obese. I want to be a functional active person as I age. And I was going downhill quick. I'm 57. I lost 123 pounds.
-Granby-@reddit (OP)
GLP1 is not an option for me. I don't have insurance and can no way afford it without it so whatever I do has to be on the natch. I know it is obvious. Eat less calories. I'm really trying but it is so hard. I don't feel like I pig out. It's just when I add up my calories it's higher than I want and i am still hungry.
78andahalf@reddit
Yeah, the money thing actually blows. I go the compound route but still pay $225/month. I have made adjustments in my lifestyle to accommodate the hit to my budget. But then I had to buy a couple of entire new wardrobes, LOL so that sucked (but fun at the same time).
SunshineandBullshit@reddit
Hitch hiked from Houston Texas to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. I was 23 and had just lost custody of my daughter. I was in a F it mood and went to get drunk. Got there on Friday, blacked out somewhere around Saturday, came to on Fat Tuesday, in a swamp shack with the ugliest woman I'd ever seen. Had to wait till Thursday to get out of there because her father had the boat. I've never gotten blackout drunk again!
Rattlehead71@reddit
They day I, as part of a Jury, put a demon in prison for life without possibility of parole. The standing ovation from the family and cries of joy over some justice being served. That was the best moment of my life.
https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2007/aug/08/guilty-verdict-a-relief-for-family/
regdunlop08@reddit
Many of mine revolved around concerts. Seeing a band you love, especially one you thought you may not have a chance to see... For me there are moments of pure bliss in there:
Age 16, 1987, one of my favorite bands then, Boston, was playing 7 sold out shows and I scored tickets to the first one. It was a huge event in the Boston area. Took a limo with my gf (at the peak point in our 1 yr relationship) and some other friends to the show. Up to that point, the greatest night of my life.
Decades later, two other separate shows where I saw bands that I love for the first time with my young adult children, who also loved the same bands (LCD Soundsystem and Pearl Jam). Sharing such special concert experiences with them is something I will, for certain, reminisce about on my final day.
Muufasah69@reddit
I was the cool dad for a while. That was kinda awesome.
WiseAce1@reddit
I have been truly blessed and besides the obvious (family and kid stuff), the coolest experience was the first time I took a trip to Alaska.
my wife and kids went dog sledding while I took a helicopter trip to land on a remote glacier. just walking on 10-15 foot glacier hills with crampons was awesome. you can't replicate the air water and everything. then the best part was that we proceeded to climb up a large glacier mountain and throw in some ice caves hikes before flying back. absolutely unbelievable.
Kristylane@reddit
Watching the Chicago Blackhawks hoist the cup right in front of me.
WiseAce1@reddit
nice, I saw the Tampa Bay Lightning do it in front of me. Never forget it
gcboyd1@reddit
When my son told me I’m the reason he’s a decent man.
La-Belle-Gigi@reddit
August 2, 2004. I was spending the summer in Spain. That day I was at the beach in Castelldefels, with nobody else around (it was a Monday morning). I had brought my beach towel, sunglasses, a big bottle of cola that was half frozen to slush, a joint, and a potato omelet sub cut into inch-wide pieces.
I started with a couple of puffs on the joint and lay back to sunbathe, turning over every so often before going into the water to cool off, have a piece of sandwich, wash it down with my soft drink, have another couple of puffs on the joint, and lie back to sunbathe some more.
At some point I realized I wasn't dwelling on the past, nor worrying about the future. I wasn't even thinking about friends, family, work, or hobbies. I was the most present in the moment I have ever been, my senses and attention synergystically engaged.
I was completely at peace and happy. I carried that feeling back to the campground I was staying at nd through the next couple.of days.
Rhiannon8404@reddit
One day, out of the blue, my son (late teens at the time), came up and gave me a hug, and thanked me for being such a good mom.
missjanehathaway333@reddit
The day I got my dog. We looked at each other and it was instant love.
app_generated_name@reddit
My best day was very bittersweet. My step father (my dad since I was 2) passed away on Thursday & my son was born on Saturday. I was driving back and forth between the hospital and the funeral home.
Other than that was my wedding and my first 3 some.
50000WattsOfPower@reddit
My first threesome was at your wedding, too!
LAXtoHNL@reddit
I was in elementary school, about thirty-five years ago.
My dad had some vacation time to use up, so he took a couple of days off in December and asked if I wanted to go to lunch. Since he was rarely home during the week, I didn’t hesitate, I said yes right away.
He picked me up and took me to Pizza Hut, and we had a great lunch. As we were finishing, he asked if I wanted to go back to school or do something fun. That decision didn’t require much thought. No mom, no sister, just the two of us. What could be better?
We ended up at a local entertainment center. We started at the batting cages for a while, then spent a couple of hours playing video games, and wrapped it all up with my first time driving a go-kart. At that point in my life, it was easily one of the best afternoons I’d ever had.
He passed away last year. I’m not sure he remembered that day the way I did. But if he did, I don’t think he ever knew just how much it meant to me.
SavoirFaire2Middling@reddit
Your story reminded me of a one-on-one lunch with my father at Pizza Hut. Someone had carved "FUCK" into the wooden booth. My dad pulled out his pocket knife, folded out the blade, and changed it to "EOOK." Never said a word.
Tim-no@reddit
That’s a very touching story.
BuckeyeWhims@reddit
Not one day, but a collection of moments - Christmas Day at my parents’ house with all the family (husband, kids, sister/husband, nephews). My parents have both passed and we moved out of town. Best moments of my life.
KimBrrr1975@reddit
Impossible to choose. I don't have a favorite anything. Color, song, moment, movie...it all changes depending when I am asked and what I've been thinking about and so on.
*Standing on a frozen lake, watching the northern lights overhead and listening to wolves howl.
*Every time I talk to my adult kids and I'm amazed at the humans they have become, in spite of some major challenges they faced in life.
*They day we bought our house and turned the key in the lock the first time after it was ours.
SavoirFaire2Middling@reddit
Yesterday. I went on a hike up a mountain after work, and on the way home, I was listening to the Grateful Dead (my favorite), and thinking about not only that hike but the many I have taken recently, and I was overwhelmed with the feeling: "We are so lucky to live on this planet."
(I was sober even.)
Top_Buy_6650@reddit
Sitting in the bottom of the Grand Canyon with a glass of fizz was one of those good days. X
kuzism@reddit
The day I paid off my mortgage and became debt free. March 1st, 2025.
Kitchen-Apricot-4987@reddit
Watching Prince perform my favorite song 8 rows from the stage. The song wasn't released as a single and he rarely performed the same setlist at every tour stop so I assumed that I would never hear it live.
MissusGrohl@reddit
Well, now you have to tell us which song! :)
Kitchen-Apricot-4987@reddit
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker off the Sign o' The Times album.
abstractraj@reddit
It’s a tie between getting married and the Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup in 1997
ZebraBorgata@reddit
Oh real nice, lol, I’m from Philly and the 1997 Cup Finals are definitely not my favorite. Still waiting….
Due-Complaint-5719@reddit
The day I saw my wife. Without even knowing her name I instantly knew I was going to marry her and spend my life with her. I cannot explain it because I loved being single and had no interest in a relationship, well that is until I saw that smile and my universe changed. That was 26 years ago and we are very happily married. I'm still mesmerized by that smile and work hard to keep it there.
Stratoblaster1969@reddit
At the behest of my family, it’s not my wedding day, it’s not the day my son was born. It was the year I ski bummed in Vail and had a powder day so deep, it was rolling over my chest. The snow was so light it sparkled and twinkled like fairy dust in the sun. I could’ve died happy that day.
Calamity_C@reddit
Ugh so many to pick from! Peak moment might be the holiday in South Africa and driving around in our little rental car with elephants, giraffes and zebras just outside the window. It was surreal and memorable.
125acres@reddit
My recent 50th birth day party.
Did a destination and had friends from every chapter of life. Childhood, HS, College, & adulthood. (24 total)
It was the best time as I was able to capture my youth just for a few split seconds but it was real.
I was celebrating hitting milestone but also a that I had built/living a solid life.
tashabh@reddit
January 2022. The day my student loans were forgiven. $193,287.36 debt gone after working in public service for over 10 years with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
78andahalf@reddit
This is amazing! Happy for you!
Intelligent-Mine-868@reddit
Still to come!
EveryExplanation8084@reddit
Going to the beach and parties in Hawaii with friends from high school. Immeasurable joy at being a teenager and knowing it wouldn’t last forever.
jnp2346@reddit
The best day of my life was when my five-year-old son told me I never scared him anymore. That was after two years of anger management therapy.
I realized when he was three that I was scaring him in the exact same way that my dad scared me when I was little. My father and I are both combat veterans.
fifthdementia@reddit
"We do not remember days, we remember moments. " - Cesare Pavese
coryphella123@reddit
Either the day I hiked a fjord in Aurland or the day I spent on Carrick-a-rede. Or the day after my first lidocaine infusion. Or the day Black Cat finally let me pet her.
whiterock73@reddit
will sound shallow but it isn't. had just finally made the decision to leave a marriage after I found out she had been cheating for, now I know, years. I had a near death experience from a GI bleed (coded for 90 seconds) and was back home for one last trial to make it all work (again, I didn't have the "for years" info yet). was convalescing from a huge belly surgery that didn't help so open wound on my belly with dressing. argument about her wanting to discuss bills and I was exhausted from work. escalated and she punched me in the wound. so that was the end for me. she was very vocal that I was ugly and had 4 kids so no woman would want me and I'd be alone.
I had moved out, was getting settled and was pretty depressed.
some high school friends I hadn't talked to in years were getting together at a wine bar around race time and asked me to come. why not. soon to be legally single.
a stunning redhead was in the group and just chatting and hanging out. at one point she and another lady went to the restroom and my phone started buzzing. the red head was texting me from the group leaders phone asking me how long I was going to wait to ask for her number. I knew that night, I was gonna be ok. helped me get my head straight. didn't amount to a relationship, but was a fun reintroduction in to single life.
iwastherefordisco@reddit
I've never married or had children or done something magnificent for the world.
In 1985 I was 20 and moved to Banff, a mountain resort town. I was in the best shape of my life and sitting on a golf cart at work, tanning with my shirt off.
Employee walked by and said, "Are you the new guy? Things are really starting to look up around here. Bye!"
I've never had that much overt flattery from a female stranger in my life lol! Lived with her for a year in a small cabin on the site we worked, making 3.50 an hour and sleeping under the mountains every night.
It was a long moment sorry, but probably my best.
Lazy_Chocolate_4114@reddit
The day before I had planned to kill myself. Just by coincidence my friend invited me out for a fun night. I'd never felt more free and unburdened before because I knew I'd be dead the next day. Then I realized I could feel like that all the time if I chose to.
Cookies4Dinner73@reddit
I’m crying. I’ve never felt this way so can’t relate but I’m so happy for you and happy that you learned this before it was too late.
circusvetsara@reddit
i would say when my son was born. a year after breast cancer treatments every time my oncologist says see you in one year is the best day!
yarnhooksbooks@reddit
I have a couple….the last day and night I was in Rome on my first international trip with friends in 2005. It was an amazing day and included the most memorable meals I’ve ever had.
The moment I submitted my last assignment for my bachelor’s degree in 2024. I was a college dropout and went back in my 40’s after assuming that ship had sailed. Followed closely by the day I was admitted to my first choice grad school program.
MostThingsSuck@reddit
Without anything else as context, the first night I saw the Ramones. Late 80s and met some new friends from a different city. Some of us still keep in touch.
ProfessorFudd@reddit
Dancing in the rain with my wife the day we retired.
ImCaffeinated_Chris@reddit
Tons of them involve my family. But I'll add one:
Kayaking alone on a river, no other human in sight. Absolutely beautiful day. No scheduled time to be back. Earbuds in listening to quiet instrumental. Floating under a tree overhanging the river. As I'm floating under just looking up and watching the sunlight dance thru the leaves. Absolute bliss.
PurplePenguinCat@reddit
The day after my wedding. My husband and I took a short honeymoon. Really just a long weekend. It was a long drive to get there, but all day, I just couldn't stop smiling. I was so happy about our marriage and the future we were starting. My husband says he's never seen me as happy as I was that day.
Historical_Ad_3356@reddit
Chicago Cubs winning a he World Series in 2016. I went to the cemetery the next day and had a beer with dad. He was a lifelong Cub fan died at 83 in 2012. He and I watched many games together
Twisted_lurker@reddit
Not a baseball fan but this makes me happy.
Mountain_Crab0813@reddit
🥹 he saw it all with you… just in a different capacity.
Moonsmom181@reddit
That was an awesome day!
1043b@reddit
The best moment of my life happened on the worst day of my life.
My youngest child, my 14 month old son, looked at me with a smile and was pain free and happy for the first time since he was put on a ventilator months before.
I felt a grace, peace, and happiness I have never known before or since. He died minutes later and I have been destroyed by his loss ever since
WarmVelvetyMuppetSex@reddit
I'm so sorry you know this. 🫂
AlarmedApricot@reddit
I'm so sorry. This actually made me cry.
LDawnBurges@reddit
Hugs 🫂
As a parent who has also had a young child pass away, I’m so very sorry. 💙
1043b@reddit
Thank you. I am sorry that you know this, I am so very sorry for your loss as well.
skinisblackmetallic@reddit
When my daughter called me after a breakup, and asked me to watch a movie with her over video chat.
This event just confirmed to me that she sees me as a positive force and a key source of emotional support.
Mountain_Crab0813@reddit
Sending a virtual pat on the back. This is huge - as most of us Gen Xers handled everything, always on our own. Well done!!!
skinisblackmetallic@reddit
thx
mummakush@reddit
September 29 1989 at the Polish Hall in Edmonton Alberta, the farewell show for SNFU! Had a blast, first time in a mosh pit, showed up all my male friends who were too scared to go in, those were the days!
crashin70@reddit
I've had several actually, and every one of them were when my son lived through his seven open heart surgeries!
Mountain_Crab0813@reddit
Wow! This is amazing! I hope he’s still doing well.
Last-Relationship166@reddit
In 2000, John Sinclair swore at me because, "It's your fucking solo! Get your ass on the stage!" The band had told the horns we wouldn't be backing John until his second number, but John saw that I had just purchased a bari sax, and he wanted to kick off his performance with a bari sax solo. I had a blast at that gig. We backed Country Joe McDonald after John's performance. RIP to both of them.
MaxBulla@reddit
Zeppelin reunion at the O2. Massive fan since I was 12 but they were finished by then, and couldn't really blame my mum for not taking me as a six year old.
Seen various members before the reunion but once it was announced there was zero chance I miss it regardless of the cost. And I didn't and none of the 500+ gigs I've seen before or since comes remotely close.
LinuxLinus@reddit
It's kind of weird, but at the moment what comes to mind is the day I got the job I have now. I had gone to law school in my late 30s, came out of it with 100k in debt. I had been living off some money I'd inherited from my grandfather as I tried to find a job for like a year after school, and I had it calculated down to pretty much the week when it was going to run out, at which point I would have become a 43-year-old lodger with my elderly parents -- a blessing to have that safety net, but it would have been a substantial blow to my self-conception after having been independent for 20+ years.
About two months before that deadline, I unexpectedly got an interview with a law office, after having had very few nibbles on the line over the previous year or so. I went to the interview it went reasonably well. I went home, and heard nothing for a long time -- while checking my bank balance every morning and seeing the number get smaller and smaller. I assumed it was a no, as all my interviews had been.
Then, with about a month to go before my money ran out, the boss calls me up and asks when I can start. I was taken so off guard that I didn't quite understand that he was offering to hire me.
After we hung up, I looked at my bank account, calculated when my first check would arrive, and realized that it was going to be okay. It would be tight for a while, but I was going to be able to pay my loan and my rent and feed myself. And this crushing weight that had been grinding me down for months -- so pervasive I hadn't even really realized it was there -- was gone. I could have floated off into orbit.
The rest of the day I just walked around town with the dog. My back, which had been hurting, felt better. I remembered that I lived in one of the most beautiful parts of the country. The sun was out.
It's not a perfect job and I'm not the kind of lawyer who gets super rich. But the relief of that day sticks with me.
Metal_Muse@reddit
For me, it was going to Rock in Rio in Brazil back in 2015!
niff007@reddit
Putting obvious wife and child stuff aside.
Maybe the day I was on tour with my punk metal band in Bulgaria and we played at an indoor/outdoor skatepark/restaurant/bar in a wooded acre in Sofia called Grindhouse Skateclub.
We played in a half pipe. They treated us amazingly well, everyone was awesome, the crowd was way into it. They fed us, gave us booze, gave us a place to stay, sold our merch for us, smoked us up. We hung out all day and night and had the best time.
Ok-Street7504@reddit
Still waiting 😭
jo1026@reddit
the day I moved into my first apartment
my last day of work after 38 years with the same company
the day two different men proposed marriage
GospelofJawn316@reddit
Gonna need a story time for that third bullet
jo1026@reddit
I was dating three gentlemen in 2024; two I'd met while snowbirding in florida (OLD) and one I met in June in my home state of michigan
on our fourth date michigan guy proposed
I phoned both florida gentlemen and one proposed over the phone stating he didn't realize how much he wanted me till I left to go home
I married the michigan guy July 2025
As a 70 year old bbw I could never have imagined the joy and love I have now
askywlker44a@reddit
The day I was told “You make a good husband.”
flannelheart@reddit
A few weeks ago. It was a Saturday. I played the best game of golf of my life, I had an amazing home-cooked hamburger and then I had sex with my lovely wife.
LadyNorbert@reddit
It was in June of 2019. My husband and I were on a cruise in Europe, a gift from my parents. One of the excursions took us to Wales, my ancestral homeland, and I was within five miles of the house where my grandmother's grandmother had been born. For years I'd had an intermittent dream about the country, and being there showed me that the Wales I had seen in the dream was actually pretty accurate. (There's a theory that our DNA carries the memories of our ancestors, maybe it's true.)
I remember thinking at the time, and have thought many times since, that if I could live the rest of my life inside of one single day that would be the one. I sat on a boulder beside the waterfall in Betws-y-Coed and listened to the birds and the wind in the trees. I knew complete peace.
txmascot01@reddit
My last home football game as The University of Texas Mascot against Texas A&M. Pre-game I was standing alone on the 20 yard line, waiting for the band to come into the stadium. Just me - surrounded by 100,000 UT fans (and some Aggies sprinkled in). I made sure to stop for just a moment and take it all in. It was the end of an era for me and I loved every last second of it. 🤘🏻
-Granby-@reddit (OP)
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ave427@reddit
While studying abroad in Spain, we visited the castle in Segovia. For some reason the walk to the castle made me so happy. The anticipation and the realization that I WAS ACTUALLY IN SPAIN hit me all at the same moment.
ElGrandeRojo67@reddit
The best moment of my life was when my son was called in from the the bullpen in his first MLB game. Seeing him on the the big Megatron screen warm up after he jogged in was the most surreal experience ever. Tears of pride and joy. My heart rate must've been 500bpm. Then batter up , and strike 1. 97mph fastball. Then it was like he was 12 again, just playing the game he loved. It was a short ride, few games, and an injury, but no Dad has ever been prouder.
hippiestitcher@reddit
I'll put a different spin on it...what might have seemed like one of the worst days of my life but in retrospect was one of the best - being admitted to a psych hospital at 42. Because that was the beginning of treatment, recovery, and peace of mind I didn't know was possible.
Human_Morning_72@reddit
SO MANY.
Standing in the grocery store one day, looking at everyone doing their shopping, overwhelmed by how connected everything felt
Putting one particular sticker on my car without wrinkles
4 days with a Juniper in the high desert
When something fell out of my backpack on a busy trail hike and I came back hours later and found it right in the spot I imagined
Seeing my favorite flower practically explode out of the ground each spring (heLLO, Arrowleaf Balsamroot!)
Taking delivery of my first Mini Cooper and zipping around with the sound of the exhaust crackle tickling my ears
One mountain hike where I climbed higher than the clouds blanketing my city
GospelofJawn316@reddit
It would need to involve all three of my kids and my dad and father in law still being alive. So, probably a Christmas in 2017 or 2018. All my kids still belied in Santa and I was crushing it with Christmas magic. My father in law had cancer but was still good. We spent a chunk of the day with family. Gotta be one of them.
Effervescent-sloth@reddit
I climbed Long’s Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park by myself. My companions couldn’t keep up so we decided I’d just go. I hated making them wait but it was worth it. Another fantastic night was a Green Day concert in the front of the pit when I was 40, that was amazing. Last pit I could ever do with my bad knee. And the very best day of my life was divorce finalization day. I don’t think I’ve ever been that happy.
WarmVelvetyMuppetSex@reddit
Right after my grandson was born.... My daughter and I had a difficult relationship. I traveled to help care for the dogs while she was in the hospital and meet the baby. I prepared a few dinners, tried to help, and went back home. A couple of weeks later, she forwarded a link to an article about a daughter realizing what her mother gave up and how she didn't realize what motherhood really was until then. I literally ugly cried in the middle of a restaurant. I don't think we've ever talked about it but that one text changed my life and our relationship. I'm forever grateful.
Learned-Dr-T@reddit
One of the best moments of my life involves a woman who I never want to see again and a relationship that ended in a way that makes me hate myself when I think about it. But goddamn it was a beautiful moment.
ancientastronaut2@reddit
There was this one time in college my friend group and I all dropped acid together and stayed up all night trippin balls, laughing, bonding, and philosophizing. We all agreed to meet up and do it again ten years from then but of course we all went our separate ways, lost touch, and sadly that never happened.
-Granby-@reddit (OP)
Yeah that sounds like a great time!
itzjuztm3@reddit
This one time at band camp, when I stuck a flute in my....
Chibi-Skyler@reddit
In '97, I went on a weekend retreat with my mom. She was slowing down due to arthritis and other health issues, but she had such a good time, I think she forgot about the pain for that weekend.
More recently (as in a couple days ago): A friend I work with and I went to see the Mario Galaxy movie. I hadn't been to the movies in about 15 years. It was a morning matinee and not crowded, and we were the oldest ones in the theater (I'm 52, she's early 60s). We both had such a good time that we both want to do that again.
panicstreak@reddit
Mrs and I summited Kilimanjaro 1/1/25.
Otherwise-Job-1572@reddit
I am not athletic in general, but as recently as 5 years ago I still ran 1200 or so miles a year (and need to get back to it.) In 2018, a friend of mine needed pacers for the Leadville 100 (100 mile trail race in the Rocky mountains.) I think 5 of us took shifts in pacing him, and my shift was from miles \~70 to 81, which took place between 10:00pm and 1:00 am over a weekend.
My segment with my runner started off with a few miles of switchback incline, and I would not keep up with my better conditioned friend, even though he had been running for 19 hours at this point, so I told him to go on and I'd try to catch up. He pulled away from me. It was dark. Everyone was wearing headlamps, but I couldn't see anyone in front of me or behind me. It was so amazing! I'm in the middle of the Rocky mountains, completely by myself, and it was humbling. (Then, I wonder about mountain lions and bears looking for a meal.)
I caught my runner, as I was faster than him on downhill, so managed to pace him for most of the 11 miles. We then ended up in a thunderstorm (mostly pouring rain, but a few claps of thunder.) Once again, no one else in sight.
I just can't describe it well enough, but it was so wild to be that remote in a controlled setting.
One-Pepper-2654@reddit
Aside from the usual marriage and kids stuff, my best day was when my band played on the steps of the Philly Art Museum to thousands of people and it was broadcast live on the radio. I'm 60 now and have low grade depression pretty much all the time, nothing exciting happens.
-Granby-@reddit (OP)
Nice. This is the stuff I am interested in.
The wife and kids stuff is obvious.
Practical-Vanilla-41@reddit
This reminds me of something. Here in Los Angeles, the Rose Parade (January 1st) is a big deal. In the last decade or so, it seems tv coverage is giving school bands short shrift compared to floats. I've had coworkers over the years mention how proud they were to march in the parade. It was a highlight of their youth. Not a dig at floats (lots of work, I knew at least one volunteer), just, don't take away from the bands!
crazygalah@reddit
Aside from my wedding day. Best magical moment was swimming off Bimini surrounded by a wild pod of Atlantic spotted dolphins.
JJQuantum@reddit
I’ve had a few. In college I went to eat late night at a Subway with my roommate/still best friend. The wall paper caught us as hilarious and we laughed harder and longer than I ever have in my life. It’s the only time I couldn’t keep my breath from laughing so hard and started to think I might pass out. We weren’t even high.
My wife and I took our 10 year anniversary trip to Rome. The whole week was just so fantastic. Best trip I’ve ever had by far.
I’ve had some great nights with women here and there, including my wife, where the sex was just over the top.
The time I asked my wife to marry me will always live in my head rent free. There was no fanfare and I didn’t plan a photographer or to have family jump out of the bushes. It was just the 2 of us and the joyous, surprised look on her face was just the best ever.
I dated a ballet dancer for a while and we went to the beach over the summer. We were hanging out on the beach with her in her bikini and just the sheer volume of guys who stared at her while we were out there and who were so obviously envious of my being with her was phenomenal.
I took my oldest out of state to tour a college. That was a great time.
My wife and I took our boys glamping for few days. The youngest slept in the bed with me and the oldest with my wife in a large tent. One night it thunderstormed like crazy. My youngest and I thought it was awesome and just hung out in the tent, watching the flashes of lightning and listening to the thunder and pounding of the rain.
So many great times.
Direct_Adagio_4022@reddit
Best days are the three when I married my wife, and my two daughters were born. Best time was summer of 89. Not because it was a party and I was out of school but because I was just the most relaxed I had ever been. I would just fall asleep on the couch after work watching basketball and baseball. I had a hot as f girl friend from a rich sub near the town I lived, good friends everywhere with a healthy and happy mom and not a care in the world. I have often dreamed about getting back to that place someday and have thought that if I died that would be the heaven I would go to.
not-a-regular-mom@reddit
Sitting at a mountaintop vineyard in Montepulciano.
All by myself.
The only thing I’ve ever done that was truly just for me in my life. Everyone should have that opportunity once in their lives, it doesn’t have to be Tuscany, it can be anywhere. Just a few days to yourself, no responsibilities, no chores, no schedule except your own whims.
But honestly, Tuscany should be a bucket list item. The wine, the cheese, the scenery, the aroma. Heaven on earth.
Crafty-Recognition40@reddit
Sneaking down to the beach after midnight, ditching all my clothes and jet skiing buck naked in the full moon light.
Aside from that, yes the obvious, when I met my wife. I had just gone through a divorce and my friends pushed me to meet them to watch a baseball game at a local American Legion. I didn't want to go but finally gave in. We were sitting at a round table and this hot as f ginger walked in and sat at the bar, alone. A little while later I go into the bathroom to take a leak and when I came out someone at my table said she came over and asked if I was "insert my name here". I was like, how does she know me?? So, I went over to her, turns out she was my childhood best friend's cousin. The rest, as they say, is history.
But seriously, that jetski ride was epic.
JhazaBoo@reddit
Going to Disney's MNSSHP one night with my mom. I was dressed as the Mad Hatter and met all of the Wonderland crew that night. Highlight was when my mom got eskimo kissed by the White Rabbit before going on break.
Cahuita_sloth@reddit
Easy - the day our daughter was born. Second best day was the day we found out that this pregnancy was viable and was gonna happen after miscarriages. Everything else to date pales in comparison.
Conscious_Crow_5465@reddit
My daughter’s wedding day!
Ambitious_Lead693@reddit
Four touchdowns in a single game against Andrew Johnson High School.
Md693@reddit
Day my son was born I was so high on adrenaline I didn’t know what to do
Ray_The_Engineer@reddit
Hmm, tough to nail down. A couple come to mind:
1 - When I got the offer for the engineering job that I wanted, while I was a senior in college. It was a great relief to get that pinned down. I had another offer from a company in a tiny SC town that I didn't want, it was a paper pusher job in a place that I didn't want to live.
2 - When my wife and I finished the paperwork on our house in the mountains. It was the fulfillment of a dream we had had for decades, and extremely exciting. Coming up on the 3rd anniversary of moving there, wouldn't change a thing.
That's as good as I can do off the top of my head!
Starcat75@reddit
Did a road trip across a large part of Canada for our honeymoon, and the things we did and saw were a life highlight.
ONROSREPUS@reddit
My first real, pay check, good money job. About a month later I bought my first, new to me, nice automobile.
GrayBeardBoardGamer@reddit
Not a single one, but the handful of cases when I traveled and really vibed with the location, each is a huge highlight.
Car camping in Canada was mind-blowing, every new horizon revealed insane levels of beauty. It was like all my senses were engaged, I will never forget it.
My wife might kill me since this is about a previous marriage, but I married into a family not so much with a lot of money but enough to spare for important family celebrations. My inlaws sent us on a trip to the Yucatan for our honeymoon. Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel. Right then I realized I loved island living.
Same with my trip to Key West. I was in heaven. Everything was chill, the sea breeze kept it cool but warm. Another place I will never forget.
But I guess in this age of changing climate and ever-stronger hurricanes I won't be relocating anytime soon.
MaximumJones@reddit
That day my friends and I rode our bikes all the way across town and went into the sewer system to kill some scary ass space clown that had eaten our buddy's little brother in a storm drain.
speckledhen74@reddit
The best day of my life was the day I had my hysterectomy and woke up pain free for the first time in years. I'm married and have two children and those were happy days for sure, but the hysterectomy changed my life for the better in a dramatic way.