What one good thing happened in your life recently?

I found one hundred dollars on the bus yesterday.

Yesterday the hunky doctor at the First Aid course I'm currently attending picked me to demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and a few other moves on. It was kind of sexy feeling those big manly arms around me.

My great aunt told me that she's made out her will leaving everything to me. That would be her house, bank accounts, investments, etc. She doesn't have a family, and I've been good to her. I appreciate it.

Happily married and just turned 50, I got a hit on by a cutie half my age. At first I thought I had something in my teeth, it’s been so long.

It was at McDonald’s and he was wearing a Walmart vest, but be still, my heart.

I got a slight promotion with a very small raise, and I am thrilled.

I visited the Taj Mahal last week at sunrise.

I got a commission for a project I worked on.?

Sans question mark.,

The immediate family got together a few days ago. My dad is 87 and in soso health.

Got the mortgage, closing this week

I spent a day at a island nature reserve and birds that are rare elsewhere where easily visible and audible from the paths. It was beautiful!

My brother stayed with us for 3 days and the visit went well.

I just discovered this gem, and I’m happily dancing along:

I received 25% off a pair of suede Ferragamo’s.

Visited Italy for the second time in December a low tourist month but there were still tons of people visiting.

A narcissist I was seeing ghosted me. At first I was upset, but I realized how good it feels to be rid of him.

My morning headache is waning.

My longtime partner died 18 months ago and I got a significant distribution from his estate last month. I am 13 years younger, and we had separate accounts, but he split the money between his niece and myself. I’ve been searching online and I’ve got appointments with a realtor in Ft. Lauderdale during Thanksgiving week. I can’t wait to get out of Phoenix!!!!

I’m a little disturbed by the numbers of people whose “good thing” is a windfall after the death of supposed loved ones.

I didn't die.

I finished a work project I had been putting off for awhile.

I shot a load this morning that actually went all the way to my neck! That hasn’t happened in years!! I feel like a schoolboy again.

[quote]I feel like a schoolboy again.

Me too!

Not much most of it has been bad, bad. Death, worry, etc...

But a terrible person at work has been confirmed to not be coming back -- and that is cause for celebration.

A really shitty neighbor was evicted. It took months and the landlord won a judgement against him.

my dog recently had a tumor in her jaw, discovered during routine annual teeth cleaning. Usually tumors in this area prove fatal but this was caught early and didnt spread and was completely removed. She is missing about 1/2 of her jaw now and 4 teeth but she can live a nomal lifespan. Its by far the best $4k I ever spent.

An older woman just came into my shop in DTLA and said she was going to the Boulet Bros party tonight with her grandson and wanted something fabulous to wear. Made me grin ear to ear.

I won $900K on a scratch off two weeks ago. I shared it with my three siblings.

Wow!

[quote]I shared it with my three siblings.

Why?

I keep waiting for a miracle. I need some good luck. Pray for me!

I work at home and for myself, so rarely see people, and I have a tendency to be repulsive. I can and have gone weeks and weeks without doing anything social. I have cancer which will kill me fairly soon, and a lot of friends I hadn't seen in a while have been insistent on getting together. I was reluctant at first because I thought it would be morbid, like they wanted to see a walking dead, but it has made me appreciate how wonderful some of the people I know are, and I appreciate that they care enough to want to see me. I have always preferred to be independent, but this has reminded me that no one really is; these people are part of my life and history, and I am thankful that I now see that.

@@reclusive not repulsive. That gives the sentence quite a different meaning. Oh, my kingdom for an edit feature.

That's a great take on things r32.

I bought 10 new colognes because I just wanted something pleasant and new to capture my attention going about my days. They're all good to excellent! And it was cheaper than 10 bottles of single malt whisky.

R30 me and my siblings are in our mid late early and mid 20s-30s. So we're still trying to establish ourselves.

I'm close to my siblings, so I wanted to share with them. We're all better off because of that $$.

Now I can start my business.

[R16] ain't it grand? I daresay it'll only get better!

R31 Something great is coming your way, just hold on. Your day is coming.

Saw a great movie today, had sushi and bought Catch and Kill. Currently watching Creepshow under a warm blanket.

I know, I sound irritatingly frauey.

I just received a great performance evaluation and nice bonus.

I’m visiting L.A. for the first time and I’m thrilled !

I finally got a new job about three weeks ago! Hurray!

Good for everyone. I'm happy for all of you.

I got health insurance for the first time in 5 years. Until now, I've just been hoping nothing would happen to me- and paying that hideous yearly Obamafine.

I've been at my job for almost a year, and on my anniversary in December I'll get a raise which will pay for the extra monthly expense.

I feel like a real person now.

Reading this thread! It’s nice to see some positivity and good Will I’m this world.

I was revived after being dead.

I’ve read enough posts on this thread to cure my insomnia so that I can finally get some sleep.

I received official notice that I qualify for healthcare premiums in my province and also learned in the same letter in two months my healthcare will be free.

Try a dirt nap R47.

My Prime Minister did not change after the election this week.

I won $1000 a couple weeks ago. Sweet!

[quote]I bought 10 new colognes

You're going to smell so confusing to other people.

[R28] you're good people.

I love this thread, op. Very positive.

I think I am about to get fired from my job, but the job is kinda boring.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” - Marilyn Monroe

It's supposed to be a positive quote, but did Marilyn Monroe really say that...because look how things turned out for her.

I returned home from a month of travel in India and realized I had sex with 21 different men in 30 days. How is that for a grandfather? Thank God for Viagra.

My good karma protected me from a narcissist.

I think I am finally starting to recover from the heartbreak of my most important friendship ending. It’s taken just over a year to feel almost normal.

R57, I'm sorry for your loss. Was it valid reasons that ended be the friendship....or drama that could be resolved?

My good thing is my amazing ex-landlord, who not only stored some of my belongings for me after I moved out due to an emergency, but held on to them and recently used his car to return some of them to me. He's....just a terrific person. Anyone else would have thrown my shit out or sold it and he cared enough about my situation to keep it safe...and now he's using his car to help me pick it up and move it into my new place...and isn't charging for gas or storage.

I haven't had that kind of help from friends even. He's a special person and makes me want to be a better person. I hope I can one day.

Well, spending time with my fellow DLers.

R59 - I love you! What an awesome person you are 😘

Thank you, sweetheart at R58. He fell in love with me. I’m much older in a long-term relationship so there was no chance of anything other than friendship. I didn’t see it coming at all and I was heartbroken as it was a special friendship with a very innocent young man. I know it’s supposed to be better to have loved and lost, but I am not so sure I think so in this case.

That’s incredible about your landlord! Isn’t it miraculous when someone is kind not because they have to be, but simply because they are good people? It really does inspire you to want to be that person for someone else!

[quote] R28: I won $900K on a scratch off two weeks ago. I shared it with my three siblings.

I hope I’m not raining of your parade...

If you gave away more than $15,000 cash to any person, the giver is supposed to pay a gift tax on it. Alternately, if you listed your siblings as co-owners of the ticket, meaning they chipped in to buy the ticket, which is pretty common, then there is no gift tax.

You have to pay income tax on it, of course.

I figured that my effective tax rate this year will be only about 10%, even though I made $65,000 in realized income. That’s a pretty low rate.

R61, thank you for calling me a sweetheart. I needed that. Something tells me that if it has taken a year for you to start to get over the loss of this friendship, he must know deep down that he mattered to you a great deal. Hopefully in the future, when he reflects on your time together, that will be the thought that stays with him. You can both be glad for the time you had together.

And while the universe doesn't often work this way, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Karma sends along another friend for you to spend time with who in some small way fills the void. I would also like to take a second to applaud you for being so loyal and respectful to your partner. Aren't many guys who would pass up the opportunity to get with a sexy young thing who is infatuated with them. You chose not to cheat even though you could have. You didn't take advantage of this man, and I think that shows Incredible strength of character. I hope one day to be lucky enough to find someone as principled as you for a partner.

And yes, my ex-landlord is something else. A positive guy, hates confrontation and is very community-minded. A blessing in my life, to be sure.

Went to CA. Always inspired by trips to CA. Love the ocean, the gay life, nature, warmth, food options, Though could never afford to live there.

My bed had been broken and it was causing me back pain and general agony. I got a metal frame that sits over the existing innards of the bed, finally put it together and got it in place today, and it's a vast improvement! Bed finally feels nice to sleep in again!

I was black out drunk after a long day of drinking at a football game, we had gone to a gay bar after and happened to meet straight men. The last thing my friend and I remember was shots and dancing. I have memory of sexual activity in a parking ramp with one of the guys. I somehow was able to call an Uber and get myself home. I didn't lose anything (phone, wallet) but self respect, I don't have an STD and I'm not pregnant. I'm alive. I am mortified. This whole night could have killed me. I'm a gay woman for reference. I'm just happy to be alive.

[quote]I don't have an STD

Not yet, anyway, R67.

I was able to STFU for once. I learned a huge lesson in the last three years. If I can still stand with my head high, then I will survive. I got this...

I visited family interstate for a few days and my young nephew gave me a card thanking me. I visit them fairly often so he was just being a sweetheart.

No, thank YOU R64, because I needed to hear THAT! It’s so funny but a large part of what I felt toward this sweet friend was protective...we had both had similar horrible childhoods and struggles growing up, and I knew he was sort of vulnerable. I could easily have taken advantage of him, but I really am very responsible about how I treat people, and even used that word to explain why there was no potential for anything else. I could tell the idea that “responsibility” had anything to do with anything was alien to him, but in time I hope he will see that I truly wanted the best for everyone, including him. My partner knows how seriously I take relationships and how disciplined I am about that stuff, and even he is sympathetic toward the ex-friend. I’ve a very idealistic person and value friendships In particular because I think they are among the most idealistic, least self-interested relationships out there, and wish people did not see them as a booby prize or “also ran” relationship because I don’t at all. I tried to tell him this too, but once he saw there was no hope, he stopped speaking to me.

Your message totally made my day, I am a little choked up. Thank you again, sweetheart!

R61 is a man of integrity. It’s nice to see they exist.

Not trying to thread jack, but R64 and R72 have made this thread a great thing that happened to me lately. Your kind posts have offered a lot of comfort and made me feel so much better about what has been a very difficult situation. I owe you guys one...it’s a tough world and knowing strangers understand, and more importantly care, makes it so much better. I can’t say thank you enough!

*hugs*

R71, I'm sorry he dropped you like a hot potato. It was probably a blow to his ego that you didn't feel the same way. Or maybe he knew it wasn't possible for him to only be friends with you and not keep feeling the way he did. I hope at some point down the road you guys can have a coffee and laugh about a whole bunch of stuff and put it to rest with a "it's all good".

R73 aww. It's happened to me here too. I'll just start reading through some random thread about fun family memories or personal struggles and the honesty will hit me straight in my heart and make me grateful I came to the website in the first place.

I love when DLers are kind to each other.

R64/R74: I can’t believe how much this conversation has helped me, so thank you for that. The timing could not be more perfect...I am finally kind of getting my head around it.

He had previously said our friendship made him realize he’d never had a real friend before, and that I convinced him true friendship was possible (like I said, he was a young guy and had been through a lot, so he was very cautious about trusting people). We are both sober, him at an age where his contemporaries aren’t, and having a sober friend was a big deal to him. He made it clear the friendship was very important, and so did I. That’s why I was so caught off-guard. He told me that he was having a crisis he didn’t want to discuss, which was weird because he told me plenty of things that were hard to talk about...I actually though maybe he’d slipped with his sobriety and was ashamed about it, but eventually discovered the crisis was about ME and the limits in our relationship. It was so unexpected (we’d had no overt disagreement and were efficient at working out conflicts together when they came up previously) that by the time I really understood he really meant to end the relationship over it, he’d done it already. It’s by far the worst breakup of any relationship I’ve ever had. The end of a romantic relationship is actually easier to understand than the end of a friendship, as it turns out.

Thank you all for listening and putting up with this digression...this place really does rallly around its own sometimes!

Reading Dl is such a positive experience daily because I realize I don't have anywhere near the amount of problems so many people on here do.

I’m so very happy for everyone. It gives me hope that life can and does really turn around for the good. It’s been a shitty last few years. I’m searching for hope, laughter and peace. Please send me positive vibes. I think it might overpower the drama I feel, and I will be able to remove my drama tiara.

I’m preparing for like my 25th surgery and I pray this is the answer to really help me.

I had to move after many, many years in an apartment that was a very good deal. I lucked into a bigger place, for less money, not as good a location but still in Manhattan. I’m kind of stunned.

R79 my family lives in Manhattan Beach. Expensive!

A small thing: today, I got an E-mail from my manager, forwarding me a PowerPoint presentation where all my Team Members signed and shared their nice thoughts about me, and congratulated me on my 25th anniversary with this company. They all thanked me for being a good friend and mentor to them: I teared up (but I would never tell anyone).

R78, you’re going to be fine...great even — I can just feel it! It awful when you aren’t well physically and nothing is helping, but I feel like this time will be different for you. Holding you in the light. 😊

I scored an expensive pair of boots on line at an incredible discount. I already had a discount code and was ready to just apply that to the full price. But when I clicked on the boot, it came at a deep discount. I got the boots and they are fabulous -- nothing wrong with them and very on trend, not that that really matters to me. Yeah! Score!!!!

I bought a great piece of art created by a lifelong friend. Looking at it makes me happy.

Two guests left two of my favorite, hard-to-find wine bottles with me after we didn't get around to opening them during dinner!

R82 I pray you are right. I used to be so very successful.

I was served an unusual but delicious pasta for lunch, with flat noodles, shavings of different squash, a bit of kale, pomegranate seeds, and feta. Well I don't appreciate clever combinations but this hit the spot. With fresh tasty organic prosecco.

Great idea for a thread, OP.

I upgraded my life BIG TIME after years of slaving away and dealing with an abusive family system for years because I made great life choices through for myself that have paid off exponentially. I have many regrets, but it's all in the past now because life CAN get better when you don't give up! Here's something that really helped: The Compound Effect. This is why people's lives either get better or worse over time! Listen to it and I promise you're life will be better if you just try it.

Grateful to be alive and better.

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