10 years ago...

[Poppet7]

So we all know what will be happening in 10 years, but what was happening in your life 10 years ago?

[Poppet7]

I was 9 years old and living with my Dad, had just moved out of my Mums because she used to be an alcoholic and beat me. Had just moved schools and I remember being in year 5 and being a tree in the school play! I also lived with my aunt for a while, my Dad couldn't look after me because he worked nights as a cab driver, so I spent a lot of time with my cousin Anona.

Don't know what else I was up to, can't remember much about that time of my life... It was an unhappy time though.

[Chili]

Bless ya.  Mine was also an unhappy year.  It started off great.  I had just wrangled my way out of a relationship from hell so decided to go travelling round South Africa for 2 months as a treat.  That was an awesome experience, but on my return I managed to convince myself that i had missed said boyfriend from hell.

We got back together and the initial honeymoon period was pleasant, then it all turned to pot again. So months pursued of splitting up and getting back together.  My life had no direction, work was just working wages for my mum in the chip shop and I was lost.

Although there was one thing in my life that made me happy.  Every Monday night my dad would come and pick me up (parents were divorced back then) and we would go the Gala (Stakis as it was then) in Nottingham and play the £20 rebuy.  He would always pay my initial entry then subsequent rebuys would be my responsibility.  Happy days they were and my only form of escape.  Little did I know how I was setting myself up for direction in future years!

[thetank]

I was wetting the bed. 

[Poppet7]

I was wetting the bed. 

at 13?!

...jeez!

[thetank]

Ok maybe not, it's a figure of speech though. (it is now)


The Summer of 1996, Oasis and Blur, football coming home, playing cricket and rugby all day long and drinking cheapy cider, when we could get our hands on it, at night. Other than Gary McAllister's penalty prowess, I didn't have a care in the world.

[Hairydude]

God sake Tank you've just hit home that was 10 years ago- gazza stole the show that tourny and McAllister fluffed it for us,

seems like only yesterday!!! and oh yes-same as above drinking cheap cider(pulse, £1.10 a bottle  ) trying to get into girls pants and em I guess studying for standard grades- man I hope the next 10 years dont go as quick or else im gonna wake up tomorrow and be 34-arrrggggghhhhhh!!!!!

[londonpokergirl]

I was just getting divorced after 7 years of marriage, and decided that
needed a fresh new start, and moved down south to a company who
wanted yorkshire people to sell pens and diarys to southerners but in
return got free rent and bills for 6 months to decide if it was what I wanted
to do

Was down south 10 years, only moved back up to yorkshire october, and looking
to move back down in next couple of months

[The Truth]

Sleeping in the doorway of the Army & Navy Store in Victoria.

[Claw75]

I was 20.  Just about to marry my first husband.  Silly girl!  Had been working at my present office as a secretary for a year - never imagined I'd still be here!

[Heid]

I was 24, working at abortion and family planning clinic as a counsellor and administrator. was also working as a volunteer moderator for AOL, and training other moderators. Back in those days connection to the internet was expensive, but I got free connection and phone calls - very nice back then. My moderation work was worth about 7k a year in phone and connection charges (AOL paid all my charges).

I was in a relationship with a particularly dysfunctional chap, and that would go down the swanney, and I was just about to fly off to LA to go to an internet meet/convention.

I'd been living in London for 4 years by then, and was just starting to like it!

[Sheriff Fatman]

1996 - my first full year after graduation!

Living at home again (nightmare after 3 years away), working in Leeds training to be a Chartered Accountant, trying to get fit (failed miserably), looking for Miss Right (failed miserably) after splitting up with my g/f at the start of the year.  I've definitely had happier times!

To be honest it was a year of adjusting to working life and trying to put some money together (failed miserably).  The one crumb of comfort at the time was following football. I finished my aim of going to every Barnsley game, home and away, in the 1995/96 season (the last game was a challenge, a meaningless mid-table fixture away at Portsmouth - 12 hours in a coach for a 0-0 draw!!).  Then we had Euro 96 fever and I managed to get tickets for 3 of the games (none of the England ones though) while suffering the highs and lows of being an England fan that year.  

However, the best was still to come.  The 1996/97 season proved to be the most remarkable one ever - expectations of another mid-table year were shaken by a start that saw us win our first 5 games of the season.  After a bit of a blip we recovered and the year ended with us beating Sheff Utd at Bramall Lane to be top of the table at Christmas.  Another 4 months of nailbiting tension saw us do the impossible and finish 2nd - PREMIERSHIP BABY!!!

Hard to believe it was 10 years ago (the memories are so fresh) but since then we've been relegated from the Premiership, lost a play-off final to get back up there again, in administration, asset stripped by the local mayor who badged himself as the club's 'savour' while taking us to the brink of extinction, relegated to Division 2/League 1 (or whatever they decide to call it next year) where we've rotted for the last 4 years.  Hopefully, next Saturday's play-off final will see stage 1 of the recovery completed.

Sheriff

[ACE2M]

96 was a brilliant year, hot summer, euro champs, girls, booze, pot and a great soundtrack can't remember what i did for money, was probably on the dole and it was great. Ahh to be 20 again.

Got me thinking now, part of it was bad as i started the year splitting up with the first love of my life but i think i got over it pretty quick.

[matt674]

 

struggle to remember 10 days ago let alone 10 years!!

[Hairydude]

Monkeys are renowned for their poor memories- u shoulda became an elephant!!!