Since 2016 was 10 years ago and this whole online throwback trend is going around, I felt like asking. In 2016, I finished 3rd grade and started 4th grade. Fast forward to now, I graduated high school last year, started a distance learning bachelor’s program, and I’m 23 weeks pregnant with my first child, due in July.
I was apparently in Sweden in the mountains staying in a tent for a day with friends: https://flic.kr/s/aHskCqtemk
And today hm, I’m just 12 km from the North Korean border https://maps.app.goo.gl/qbLeNM3y5ruP3uGp9 at a very big children’s playground.
Oh and congrats to the pregnancy!
10 years ago, I was running a LOT. I ran a lot of half marathons that year, and was doing about 300km a month towards the end of the year (About 10km a day). I was also developing a stress fracture in my shin though I had no idea at the time.
I started as a run director at my local parkrun (though I had started running at parkrun the year before in 2015). I’m still running parkrun today and volunteering as well, with 303 runs and 210 volunteers.
In 2016 my kiddo turned 11. They turn 21 in a couple of months!
I was dating someone new for the first time since getting divorced, though it didn’t last very long.
I think that’s probably it?
I was very lonely, a drug addict in complete denial.
Now Im engaged in narcotics anonymous, recently clean for the first time in 20 years.
I have a great partner, I’m step-dad (now just dad actually) to three little nightmares who I love very, very much. Getting them diagnosed (autistic and ADHD) was hell and I’m a lot greyer now that I was at 27.
Still lots of problems but that’s life, it’s one step at a time.
As a random internet stranger, I am proud of you. Hope you have a wonderful day!
Same to you friend!
Exactly 10 years ago I was coming out of a terrible relationship with someone who was a… sociopath? Psychopath? Doesn’t matter as they didn’t believe that mental health issues were real anyway. Fortunately they were only checks notes a doctor .
But I was about to meet someone who I’d have a fling with. A 10 year-2 kid-2 house-1 dog deep fling so far.
my most abusive partner in my past was therapist… a lot of people in medical/healing professions are doing it to avoid their own issues or so the can wield power over others.
not all doctors are good people.
This time in 2016 I was laughing at this clown who was a joke candidate for president, saying it was hilarious that he was just being a master-level troll. Then he actually became president for some reason and it’s all been shit since.
And a few months later, I was comforting my gay friend my talking about how little direct power the president actually has. Ah, naivete.
2016 at this time of night? Probably typing on a computer.
Now? Typing on a computer.
At this time of the night at this time of year in this part of the country localized entirely within your kitchen?
Married 5 years vs. 15 years now.
Working the same job, though it looks like cheap labor in India + AI is going to end that this year. Eh, I’ll find a new gig.
Went from renting an apartment to buying a house.
I was married in 2016, sliding into the greatest depression of my life due to her abusing me daily for the next 6 years.
I‘m glad you’re better
Drinking, A lot. Woke up on a park bench in the middle of winter with no jacket on. I could have died.
10 years sober today.
Congratulations! This is year 4 for me. Best thing I’ve ever done for myself and my family.
Congrats to you also! yeah it’s really the best thing I did in my life. It’s so much nicer now to wake up and not be hung over. I will admit though I did replace alcohol with coffee and I probably drink too much of it but I’d rather get a caffeine high and possible mid afternoon crash than being drunk all the time.
I was starting the same job I still have. I could have made a lot more money by jumping jobs as is common in my industry. But now I have six weeks vacation. Which, for the USA, is a lot.
In 2016 I lived in Montenegro almost the whole year, worked in a small American company as the only back-end developer, and traveled to Shanghai for a month to study Chinese. And I had a girlfriend that lived in another country in my home in my stead.
Now I practically forgot the Chinese language and live in Valencia and work for another American company much bigger, but don’t travel that much. And I am married now on that same girl, so not much had changed in a way, it’s a bit rough now but I hope I’ll adapt with time
2016 was a weird year for me. I had a strong fling that ended abruptly, and I was heartbroken for a while. It was an alright year, I was working in a steady tech job and living in a share house.
2026 I’m living in my own house with 2 cats, my partner of 7 years just broke it off with me for reasons I had very little control over. I’m utterly heartbroken and going through a similar issues I did back in 2016, though more justified. I might recover soon but it’s been a really bad few years, and I’ve not been able to make much of myself lately.
Man, I’ve really got to watch out for 2036, it might be a doozy.
In 2016 I was a nervous wreck working a minimum wage job at a grocery store living with my parents.
In 2026 I’m now a nervous wreck in therapy working a $24/hr job at a slaughterhouse living with my dad (Mom passed away in January).
Well it looks like we were at the beach with our first kid
Today there are two of them and their friends are about to come over
2016 I was in middle school, being a disappointment to my parents
2026 I’m a young adult that withdrew from college, depressed af, still being a disappointment to my parents
(Also holy shit OP how are you already ready to be a parent? I barely figured out my life yet… 😭)
I’ve had this plan in mind since I was about 14: be 18, graduate high school, get pregnant, have my first and only child at 19, give them the best life possible, and be the best mom I can be. At the time, I had never even had a boyfriend. I met my first and only boyfriend at 16, and we’ve been together since. I’ve been taking prenatal vitamins ever since I became sexually active. Money isn’t an issue, and all things considered, the plan worked out exactly as I imagined. I’ve always been a very nurturing person, and I’ve been devouring books and content about parenting, pregnancy, and childbirth.
Cuddle them.
I loved it so much when I cuddled with my mom, like she’d encourage it and she’d sometime initiate it.
My dad never did that… I guess that’s just a mom-only thing?
I’m male so idk if in the future as a dad, if I can do the cuddling as good as a mom could lol.
Omg those memories make me UwU so much…
I remember my mom just letting me sleep in their bed… like… okay maybe western culture is more adverse to it, but I felt warm… I felt safe…
But now adulthood is here and I’m so sad lol…
the NOSTALGIA…
Also pls don’t yell at them… my mom also yelled at me and then I feel so sad… cause me depression…
Money isn’t an issue
Oh yea this is why idk if I even wanna start a family…
Maybe if I secured my share of the inheritance… then I’d be stress free in starting a family…
But if I get disinherited… yeah then maybe it’ll never happen… :(
I hated being cuddled or hugged. But I had high functioning autism, so…
I’m so happy for you for knowing what you want and going for it. I wouldn’t recommend becoming a parent that young in general, but if you’re ready for it, the youthfulness will allow you to do so much more as far as keeping up with the energy of a little kid goes.
