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best: reminded what good mates I have
worst: being a suicidal stressed out mess and then watching an 18 year relationship fall apart.
Worst: having money worries that made me puke up.
Best: sorting those worries.
limbojimbo - all the best to you and yours. Have a cigar and raise your glass to the fighter.
Best: a 45% pay rise. An actual overnight life changing event
Worst: grandmother dying plus my mother in law being diagnosed with terminal cancer. I'd forego every penny of the best bit above to reverse either of those events
Worst: being diagnosed barren.
Best: Coming out with a stronger marriage/relationship because of it.
Anyway, to 2013. 2012 can do one, just like 2011 did 🙁
Have loved this year watching Ms Markie Jr growing up, two glasses of champagne in and can't think of anything bad!
Good luck to all for 2013.
3 times sounds tough! I was 16 the last time that I had a year that was that barren!!
Well it was 3 times as much as the previous 3 years combined, hence "best" and admittedly it pales into comparison with some other people's problems, but it doesn't do a lot for my state of mind.
Best: getting promotion in a job I actually enjoy doing, working with a decent bunch of people
Worst: my dad dying in August unexpectedly, just before the big family celebration we had planned for his 80th
Best was a cracking five week family holiday to the black forest, Swiss and French alps and racing the mega (even though I did crap in that)
Worst; lost two big work contracts that would have seen me gainfully employed for a minimum of two years (I am self employed), getting back from one of the few work hitches I have had this year to discover the wife was having an affair. One I first found out about two years ago and she swore blind it was over and I foolishly forgave her. She is now forcing the sale of the house through the courts and threatening to move out of the country with the kids with her ******g yank boyfriend.
I suspect the new year is going to involve a lot of solicitors fees.
Worst A friend of my sister was refused from Queens Hospital in Romford
for having Noro Virus this Christmas.
Turned out she died of an extreme case of food poisoning at home
the following day and leaves a family.
Worst; having to choose to leave a job I loved as the company was struggling and was on a four day working week.
Best 1; birth of my son. He is perfect.
Best 2; getting another job immediately and on slightly better pay (although I do miss my old job).
Best : well after an odd start it all went swimmingly well.
Worst: didn't see enough of my mates.
BEST - losing 18lbs between jan and Sep.
WORSE - Putting 10lbs back on Nov and Dec. 😥
WTF is that all about. As of tomorrow the finger is getting removed.
EdwardH: Stay strong mate. We're here for you.
All, happy new year.Let's make 2013 an awesome year for us all.
Best: Quit my well paid, relatively easy and massively secure job turning down promotion and role change to any job within the sector. And I did it with glee and a **** you attitude.
Worst: see above.
Worst, 4th failed heart procedure
Best, lost 5.5 stone, got a safe cholesterol reading, no longer have painfull sore joints, can buy normal clothes off the peg, dont get out of breathe upsteps too easy, feel f e c k i n g awesome...... 8)
Worst: losing my dad in July and also my best friends wife in December, both to cancer.
Best 1: hearing my 15 month old daughter say 'daddy' for the first time.
Best 2: seeing my mum pick herself up so soon after losing dad and go and work as a games maker at the Paralympics.
@ ton - good on ya! 8)
Best - Alfa 156 2.4JTD 5-pot (simple things, simple minds etc). Building LEGO with the no-tail and the boy.
Worst - A creamy cream we tried to transfer in with too many oil droplets compared to a too tight specification. Gave me sleepless nights, but TBH, after reading what others have had to deal with, it all pales into MEH.
Best - getting married to the girl of my dreams
Worst - her dad passing 5 days after the wedding due to lung cancer and us not bring there, still brings a tear to my eye.
Let's hope 2013 improves, happy new year all
Best - a family holiday in the lakes with my daughters grandparents.
Worst - their grandad (my dad) dying two months later completely unexpectedly. We dressed him in his tuxedo and he entered the crematorium to the James Bond theme!
Best- I'm going to be a dad
Worst- losing my dear mum suddenly...and the realisation that she will never see my child.
EdwardH - vent on here, we'll all listen. Good luck mate.
To all those who lost loved ones this year i offer my condolences.
I tell you what.
I've had some seriously crappy years in my life. We lost 4 close family members one year. I lost my job and we struggled for years afterwards to cope with the debt we gathered. We've had a number of cancers in the family, we've had miscarriage after miscarriage. It goes on.
This year has been good to us and reading what some people have been through this year makes me remember what that crap is like. Listen. It's bad now and it probably seems like it will always be bad but trust me, it will get better. I've been there and I thought that. I've stood (physically) on a cliff, looked down and made a split second decision on whether to fall or not.
It will get better.
Keep going. You'll look back and see how while painful, this stuff is just life. There's so much more you can get from this. You're an inspiration right now. Keep it up.
Hugs and that. (And perhaps slightly tighter hugs for pretty ones)
for all of us, no matter how good or bad 2012 was, may 2013 be better.
Happy New Year all
Emma that's seriously bad news, glad you appear to have adjusted your life plan. Good luck in 2013.
Best for me was realising I have some really good friends during my 50th party last month.
Worst, daughter getting so stressed out last month she attempted suicide, we thought it was self harming. (Like that's much better).
Best : Got married on the jubilee weekend in a lovely country house
Worst: Split up 5 months later 😐
New year new start
fuuuuuuuuck.
Best - Wife got pregnant (by me).
Best - Work finally looks to have resolved itself - despite me making serious preparations for a career change.
Worst - One of my best mates died - without notice. I REALLY miss him.
All the best Devs, Matt & I are struggling x.
Best: Had a great day when we finally got married in May after quite a long engagement...
Worst: A year from hell watching lung cancer take my Mum, work spiraling downwards and finally the day when it all hit home.
Still here for 2013 and hoping that things will improve. I hope to find time to ride my bike again and catch up with friends. If this involves drinking beer then so be it 🙂
Worst: my mrs died
Best: I've survived thanks to the best friends in the world
Humbling thread.
Worst - realising my wife who seemed so sweet when we married in 2011 was in fact the worlds worst nag/deluded and making my life a complete misery and even had me arrested on trumped up assault charges. .
Best - she left in October and I haven't heard a word from her since.
Worst: Lost a very good, close friend to cancer and am trying to help her husband & young son rebuild their lives.
Best: Nobby Jr's tests on his dicky ticker have all shown no deterioration & he's now been allowed to join a local U11 footy side.
Here's hoping everyone's sh** disappears in 2013.
I've had best and worst - but to be honest, compared to some people's experiences this year my worst moments seem rather trivial.
Hope everyone has a better 2013 - and hurrah for Nobby Jr 😀
Best - Baby boy born March 10th, Thomas is a perfect!
Worse - Best friend and riding buddy died in July, i've ridden about 3 times since.
Had a tough split from girlfriend. Not ridden mtb in over a year through back problems, started smoking again were the lowlights.
No real highs i can recall. Things will hopefully improve!
Worst. Mother in laws cancer coming back with a vengeance. Uncle died on 22/12, not very close but he worked on Russian convoys in the war so got to respect him for that and the living hell he endured. Work very patchy so no big plans can be made.
Best. Good times with Mrs Marin and friends. Becoming mates with my brother, only took us 40 years. Staying sober on New Years Eve and riding/pushing up Snowdon on New Years Morning to ride down in time for breakfast. Start as you mean to go on yeeehaaa!
Best had an awesome wedding, marrying the perfect wife.
Worst, ummm think I stubbed my toe in April....
Quite upsetting reading some of the "worsts" on this thread. It is heartening to see how people can bounce back, no matter what life throws at them though. All the best to those that feel 2013 is a year to turn around from the shite that's been thrown at them in 2012.
Worst: Splitting from my partner of 5 years and my Mum dying about a month after that 😥
Best: Realising that I have fabulous friends and that life really IS too short to waste it folks....
Best - Belgian Biscuit 40th Invitational Tour. 12 of of biked around Flanders for a few days taking in some war and beer stuff. Top laugh. Daughter doing well at school.
Worst - nothing to moan about compared to some, chin up folks.
Worst: split from the girl of my dreams after going through a tough spell and suffering badly from depression. I basically f'ed up a great relationship.
Best: got out of a crap job, got all my stuff out of storage and finally started living my life properly again.
Seem like lots of single, singletrackworlders at the minute of both sexes - surely there's agap in the market there?!?
some of you have really been through it makes me humble
worst for me throat cancer in january
do not remember much january to july or of the poor summer you all had as i was on morphine 😀
best coming back from it and 2 clear scans since 3rd fingers crossed in feb
best of all getting back on the bike for the first ride in morzine should see the photos very little hair looking grey and seemed to drink a lot of coffee and eat cake mmmmm could hardly pedal to the lift stations but was still quick on the downs
whether we like it or not the clock is ticking and we have to make the best of it... and buy more lotto tickets cos i do not like working anymore
Samuri...
Moving post mate.
Last year was the year from hell. Lost borther, mum and wife (she left, didnt die) in the space of months... so this year was ok.
Best.. March 11th. Ride Snowdon in conditions you only dream about with great mates... then meeting a blind date on the way home who turned out to be the girl of my dreams.
Worst... Being a single dad with a long distance girlfriend and a job that means I'm out of the office nealry everyday has put paid to cycling. I'm 2 st heavier than I was this time last year.
Pales into insignificance to the posts above.. keep strong people.
best - son leaving school and finding a paid apprenticeship as an electrician / me graduating with a first in history.
worst - nothing that qualifies in comparison with some of the hurt in this thread. truly humbling and i only hope that i can be as brave when fate comes knocking at my door.
Worst-finding out about my wife's affair (we're working on it)
Best-our girls both doing well and healthy.
Hoping for a better year with my wife.