What were the best and worst years of your life?

Hey Gamespot. This thread is just being made just to share some of our life experiences, as I'm bored doing homework and thought it would be nice. We all have had our bad years and our good years. What were the best years and worst years of your life? And how old are you now?

Rules: The years have to be limited to the years you were actually alive. You can list more than one year if you wish. You can even say something as simple as "all throughout college" or something, just list the actual years.

Don't be a smartass and say stuff like:

1988 because that's when I was born or 1884 because I'm too lazy to think of a year.

Lastly, you have to give reasons that have affecte you personally or at least have affect someone close to you personally. Anyway I'll start off.

I'm 15, turning 16 this year in September.

Best years of my life:

2004, 2005, and 2006: No doubt by far the best years of my life. Everything seemed perfect back then. My family was happy, we had a really nice house, a great neighbourhood full of kids and the weather always seemed to be good back then(lol). My childhood years(8-11 years old). I had a lot of friends, I was outside all the time until late at night, I was getting good grades in school and overall I was just really happy with my life back then. Out of the three I think 2005 was the best just because I had an operation in 2004 and in 2006 I got in a bad accident and ended up with 14 stitches.

My family always used to go on trips back then. We would always go skiing, camping, boat rides, going for drives, going to the movies, family gatherings, we spent a lot of time together back then. I was also out with friends all the time, whether it be going to the movies, going to brithday parties, sleepovers, it was just a good time to be alive. And I was obsessed with Pokemon. LOL

If I could go back and live those years again, I would in a heartbeat.

Worst years of my life:

2007 - My Grade 6 teacher passed away. My best friend changed schools. I ended up getting in a huge fight with one of my friends over the summer and then at the beginning of Grade 7(September 2007) he ended up turning another one of my best friends against me. Constant drama at home, I was fighting a lot with my dad. My mother got a new job in my uncle's business an hour away from where we lived. I had also got braces later this year and had a hard time eating for a month since I had a huge retainer at the top of my mouth to space out my teeth. I turned 12 this year.

2008 - Had to move because of my mom's new job(the family business). I was in a new town and went to a new school where I didn't know ANYBODY. I had no friends. My father ended up quitting his job and got a new one here with worse pay. Had a really hard time selling our old house because we had a **** backyard so we were stuck with two mortgages and we ddn't have a good enough income to pay for both houses as the new town we moved to is more expensive than where we lived before, so we began having bad financial problems. We lived with my grandparents for a few months and then ended up moving into the house we bought. My father was stuck at my old house an hour way trying to sell the house so all our furniture was still back there. I ended up having to sleep on a hard sofa that was moved into a bare, empty room for a whole year. Our house didn't sell until months later and by this time my father had went into a depression because he couldn't handle the pressure. Our family began fighting a lot. My mom was working a new demanding job(60+ hours a week), we rarely saw her and we didn't spend as much family time anymore. I was also being picked on at school. I turned 13 this year.

2010 - The family business was getting busier, and my mom was spending more and more time away from home. My father and I were fighting a lot. My father was grumpy all the time, and fought with the family 24/7. My parents ended up getting divorced and my mom, my sister and I ended up moving in with our grandparents again as we were unable to continue paying for the house. At the same time, my grades were dropping in school and I was always getting into trouble with teachers. I was getting made fun of all the time at school. Ended up going into depression and attempted suicide during the summer. Spent the first week of summer vacation in a psychiatric ward. Ended up dropping out of school for the rest of the first semester due to constant harassment from the other kids. As a result of my depression, I stopped going out and I no longer had any friends. I became anti-social. My grandparents were having a lot of health problems(still are), with my grandfather having high cholesterol and my grandmother having diabetes. Constant feuds in my family. I turned 15 this year.

2011 is off to a pretty mediocre start as well as I switched schools again, I have no friends and many of the same problems from 2010 are carrying over to this year. I am beginning to get over my depression though so things are starting to look up a little bit. :)

Your turn.

So no one's interested in sharing?

Around when I was 2 or 3. That was like in 1996. It was bad all the way through when I was 12 or 13. Then got depression and stuff. It's better now but there are some things I need to change for myself.

I had some good stuff in between but that was outside of my home.

Around when I was 2 or 3. That was like in 1996. It was bad all the way through when I was 12 or 13. Then got depression and stuff. It's better now but there are some things I need to change for myself.

I had some good stuff in between but that was outside of my home.

Gaming-Planet

Really sucks man. Hope you turn it around.

Best: 1998-2004 (high school years, and slightly before)
Worst: Current...

Worst year = whenever I was 14, that year sucked.

Best year = my year 1. I didn't have to do a thing. Didn't even have to wipe my own ass, life was freaking good.

Its hard to give a definitive "worst year" because even bad years have had had good times.for the sake of contributing though:

my worst years were 2007 - early 2008. Girl Drama.

My best years have been late 2008 - present haha. Started college (and all the perks that go with it), made friends i think i'll have for the rest of my life. summer 2010 were probably the best summer of my life

Worst year was easily 2006 my parents seperated and lived apart (luckily they never got divorced, and moved back in 2007 and have been together since), I started 6th grade and did pretty poorly. My family had gotten a puppy the year before that just never matured, and was always getting into stuff (would eat food out of my hands, made it impossile to play video games, and chewed up things like my DS, and my dad's fake tooth, even at a year and a half)

Best was probably like 2004, especially if you take out the last week of it (dog died on Christmas day). But anyway I just have an incrediable amount of good memories from that year. Especially going to New York with my dad.

i had the best summer my sophomore year in highschool. sister had her own apartment. good times.

also sophomore through junior year id say was the worst year. got in trouble with the law. had to do a month in juvy. my school had a rule where if you miss 10 days you lose all your credits for that year, so i lost all my credits. my parents gave me the option to drop out and get my GED. i came extremely close to dropping out, but chose to finish out highschool, even if it meant being a junior twice. im glad i chose to finish highschool. i have no regrets. that whole situation has changed me for the better. just a little fun fact, my username has to do with the fact that i got in trouble with the law:P

best year was Senior year. i had a blast. i had the option to graduate early but that meant id have to take early bird PE. i was like F*** that, ill just go the rest of the year. so the last semester i only needed to pass one class to graduate, and it was senior recreation. Easiest. Class. Ever. Last semester was a blast. i hardly did any work and there was nothing my teachers could do about it haha. Senior Year was awesome.

Worst years 9-10 grade

Best: this past year.

Its hard to give a definitive "worst year" because even bad years have had had good times.for the sake of contributing though:

my worst years were 2007 - early 2008. Girl Drama.

My best years have been late 2008 - present haha. Started college (and all the perks that go with it), made friends i think i'll have for the rest of my life. summer 2010 were probably the best summer of my life

JPOBS

I completely understand dude. However, when I'm talking "worst years", I'm talking about years where the majority of events were negative/tragic.

Glad your life is turned around. I can't wait to graduate high school and move out. I am really unhappy with life right now. :(

Worst year - ending of 2008 and begining of 2009 (Issues with family (wife and kids))

Best year - Every other year :)

The best years were with my fiance.

The worste is the last seven months

Worst: 2010. The bad's definetly weighed out the goods. I had my first love and second love. All of which ended up with me spiralling down the road of depression, especially the second one. My relationship with my parents deteriorated quite a lot and lost many friends.

Best: Defiently this year. I've found someone I really do love.. even though we did start dating in December 2010 it does count as near enough to 2011. I've already planned the next few years out and am aiming hard to achieve that now.

Best years: probably started at 18 and lasted until just before my 22nd B-day. I moved away from my parents to California and felt independent, went to school, and got a lifeguarding job where I was very liked by everyone and was around young, cute girls that I flirted with all the time. I made new friends. It was a good time.

Worst years: From 22 onward. Diagnosed with a tumor in my chest right before my 22nd B-day, pretty much my entire twenties were spent fighting physically and mentally to survive, which lasts till this day. A truly terrible time. Had to basically quit life to live, school, work.....lost freedom as I moved back with my parents, friends dissapeared, etc. Not a fun period in my life.

I'm 33 currently.

Best years: probably started at 18 and lasted until just before my 22nd B-day. I moved away from my parents to California and felt independent, went to school, and got a lifeguarding job where I was very liked by everyone and was around young, cute girls that I flirted with all the time. I made new friends. It was a good time.

Worst years: From 22 onward. Diagnosed with a tumor in my chest right before my 22nd B-day, pretty much my entire twenties were spent fighting physically and mentally to survive, which lasts till this day. A truly terrible time. Had to basically quit life to live, school, work.....lost freedom as I moved back with my parents, friends dissapeared, etc. Not a fun period in my life.

I'm 33 currently.

Rekunta

Best - looking back I suppose age 5-10

Worst - age 45-46

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Best years: probably started at 18 and lasted until just before my 22nd B-day. I moved away from my parents to California and felt independent, went to school, and got a lifeguarding job where I was very liked by everyone and was around young, cute girls that I flirted with all the time. I made new friends. It was a good time.

Worst years: From 22 onward. Diagnosed with a tumor in my chest right before my 22nd B-day, pretty much my entire twenties were spent fighting physically and mentally to survive, which lasts till this day. A truly terrible time. Had to basically quit life to live, school, work.....lost freedom as I moved back with my parents, friends dissapeared, etc. Not a fun period in my life.

I'm 33 currently.

Xeros606

Better than it was back then. It's chronic though. I guess the difference is back then it was life-threatening, now it's not.

The best and worst year of my life was 2003 because thats when I was in Iraq and had gotten my first girlfriend before I got deployed. Long story short the relationship didn't work out since she expected me to pretty much ravage her when I came back from war. It seems having a girlfriend and practicing celibacy doesn't work out well.

The best and worst year of my life was 2003 because thats when I was in Iraq and had gotten my first girlfriend before I got deployed. Long story short the relationship didn't work out since she expected me to pretty much ravage her when I came back from war. It seems having a girlfriend and practicing celibacy doesn't work out well.

dracos9000

Best? 1948... got my V card punched!

Worst? 2007... had to got dentures.

Sure do love the Xboxes though....

[QUOTE="dracos9000"]

The best and worst year of my life was 2003 because thats when I was in Iraq and had gotten my first girlfriend before I got deployed. Long story short the relationship didn't work out since she expected me to pretty much ravage her when I came back from war. It seems having a girlfriend and practicing celibacy doesn't work out well.

MgamerBD

Best - 2005: Final year of primary school; great friends, learning heaps at school and generally just enjoying everything.

Worst - Every year since: Friends moved away and eventually lost contact, having to make new friends, friends were pricks, everyone else bullied me, loss of self-esteem, depression for so long I didn't even realise it. Still learning heaps though, that's a plus.

good times

grade school years - always great - skiing, playing little league ball, doing what ever you want.

middle school - riding horses, hunting got my first shotgun when I was 12.

had to get glasses that was a bad time

bad times

my first job was in a worm farm - filling those little boxes with earth worms for bait shops.

the second job was with a shove in a chicken ranch.

no longer a bad time

after that was chores at a farm.

then i finally started working in a hardware store while I was going to college

then I started working for the Air Force

the best times were

Foreign Military Sales

working with IIAF, SAF, RAAF, RAF. Iranian, Spanish, Australian, and British Air Forces.

going to Korea and The Philippines and meeting a girl from Korea.

brought her to America

the worst times

(for me good for her)

her family she thought was dead turned up alive and she went home

bad times

being in a coma for two weeks

having head trauma

good

not having any visible damage

best and worst were 1997 by far.. 1st half of 1997 was just awesome, graduated hs and everything. life took a MAJOR u-turn about mid-way through though and the next few months and a portion of 1998 were the worst of my life...

This is the worst year I'm going through because I've just realised that I don't have to get along with my family and don't have to like them. I can't move out and have my own place because I'm broke.

Edit: If I move out this year, it could be the best year ever.

Best: 2007-2011. Started at a real university, graduated, got married, bought a house. I'm pretty damn happy these days.

Worst: 1997-2002. Didn't fit in at school, had almost no friends, lived in a small town with nothing to do.

Worst years: 1994, 2004, 2009.

Best years: 1998, 2000, 2005.

In 1994 I moved from LA, California to St. Louis, Missouri, and it was one of the worst transitions of my life. Everyone thought I dressed like an **** (even though I was considered completely normal in California) and the lack of diversity made drama a lot more prevalent, so I just did not fit in at all. After pretty much every attempt to make friends failed, I ended up becoming friends with this weird kid that picked his nose and wore an X-Men button-up shirt everyday.

1998 was when I started junior high, so I went from going to a small elementary school where everyone knew I was a dork to a larger junior high where no one really knew anyone. I made a ton of friends and life was great that year.

2001 was great for the same reason. I got more involved with my high school, made a ton of friends, and had my first serious relationship.

In 2004 I dated this guy that was completely crazy and got me kicked out of my parents' house, I ended up working full-time flipping burgers to support myself while also attending college full-time.

In 2005, I dumped the jerk, got my **** together, and things felt great. In April I met my future husband.

In 2009 I graduated from college into a terrible job market. I was an A student with great references and a degree that was supposed to land me an immediate job, but budget cuts in my field made it impossible for me to land an interview. Even entry-level positions (which were way below my qualifications) had waiting lists of 300 people. And then my mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer the week after I graduated, so watching my mom die while feeling worthless about not finding work outside of Burger King made me feel pretty terrible every single day.

Worst year: 2004 Had a cousin come to live with us for part of the year because problems at her home, well she had a personality disorder so she was kind of hard to deal with, it was a good character building experience, I was like 10 I think. Also in 2001 maybe 2002 I had an asthma attack that nearly killed me, didn't seem that bad the the time but apparently it was worse then I though. No best year yet, I'm 17 now, and they've all been pretty much the same but I'm happy with that.

I had a really great and fulfilling childhood. I remember long summers spent bike riding and catching tadpoles while hunting for honey suckles; Saturday morning cartoons and NES/Sega games! Back in the days where things were merely given to you without any real effort on your part.

Then in 2002 I moved schools and started becoming quite shy, as it was difficult for me to make some good friends like the ones I previously had. That was also the first time one of my pets died, and was a relatively new thing for me to deal with.

A year after that, 2003, we moved again and it really didn't help the problem at all. Although this time I didn't just move to a different school, I moved to a different city and really wasn't very fond of that fact.

I started middle school in 2004 and thus began the terrible years of puberty--where you feel self-conscious as hell and like no one in the entire world understands you.

In 2006 I entered high school and can only hold myself responsible, not that it deserves such blame in the first place, for an otherwise crappy first two years. I enrolled as a transfer student in a school where I hardly knew anyone so I could be in this program ("magnet" school) that prepares high schoolers for careers in medicine. I was trying to think of the future while being responsible and all that junk. It was terrible and I felt like a loser at the time, but I absolutely made the right choice. Once again, two more pets died, including my dog who I'd had for my entire life. Towards the end of my sophomore year, 2008, things started getting a bit better though.

Following 2008, my junior year, it was supposedly the year of my "craziness". I put bright red streaks in my hair, started driving, got my first job, became a bit rebellious towards my parents, started to get more attention from the opposite sex, made some great friends that I really enjoyed being with, etc. This marked when I think I made an overall significant positive change in something really personal to me: my confidence.

By my senior year, 2009, I had really toned down from junior year, but I feel kept most of the improvements. I became more focused on school (especially with college being so close) and actually became a bit of prude, but overall more mature from before.

In 2010 I graduated and began college! I was thankful to leave, but now, in 2011, I find myself feeling a bit unmotivated and not doing all the things I had hoped to. However, I do find myself to be content with the way things are and am looking forward to the next few years. I need to make a few changes here and there, but I'm becoming more and more comfortable in my own skin and am learning a lot in the meantime.

born - 15 yrs old were great years.

16-18 yrs old were not so great, but there were some good times in there.

19-27 yrs old were the worst years of my life battled addictions, lost lots of friends to over doses and suicide.

28-32 years old (present) best years of my life. no addictions, happily married, great career in place.

My best years was when I was 14 on back because I cared about so little and always happy.

My worst year is probably this year.

I'm gonna start with 2008 cause I want too.

2008: Good year, not amazing but I had unforgettable summer in the forest with some friends. And coming back home from that camping trip was great. I had a good winter that year too.

2009: Amazing year! So many great things happened that year for me and for my friends and my family. Got a new house with a swimming pool, made new friends. I went to places and did super fun things. I look back at 2009 with happiness.

2010: Horrible year. The opposite of 2009. Really bad drama, and I'm not talking about shallow teen drama I'm talking about some really difficult, desperate situations that have effected relationships and situations, in a bad way. Like my parents not getting along and considering divorce and making me choose a side. There are some good moments but the bad outweighs the good. I will not look back at 2010 with any sort of happiness.

2011: So far, this year is sucking. Not like 2010 but its not 2009 or even 2008. I hope things get better later this year. A lot of drama from 2010 has carried over to 2011. :(

Worst was when I was in grade 4 about 9 years ago. My teacher was a **** and I told my parents I wanted to change schools if I got her again in grade 5. Luckily I got an awesome teacher that year, but some weren't so lucky.

Last year was pretty awesome. I turned 18, bought a car, saw Billy Talent, and graduated.

Best years were 2003 when I was carefree, 2006 when I met my core group of friends and had a lot of fun, and 2009-mid 2010 where me and my core friends partied hard. The worst years for me were 2004-2005 when I had a lot of girl trouble and was really still finding myself. It was a very turbulent time in my life. Now 2011 is looking great so far, but the last bit of 2010 was pretty horrible in my opinion with college being a pain in the ass...

My best years was when I was 14 on back because I cared about so little and always happy.

My worst year is probably this year.

travisstaggs

You werent serious about the shotgun thing were you?

But yeah this year has really sucked.

Its good to see non of us are alone in life sucking :)

Its also cool to see alot of older users..older then I knew:P

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My best years was when I was 14 on back because I cared about so little and always happy.

My worst year is probably this year.

Kcube

You werent serious about the shotgun thing were you?

But yeah this year has really sucked.

Its good to see non of us are alone in life sucking :)

Its also cool to see alot of older users..older then I knew:P

[QUOTE="Kcube"]

[QUOTE="travisstaggs"]

My best years was when I was 14 on back because I cared about so little and always happy.

My worst year is probably this year.

travisstaggs

You werent serious about the shotgun thing were you?

But yeah this year has really sucked.

Its good to see non of us are alone in life sucking :)

Its also cool to see alot of older users..older then I knew:P

Yeah...I consdiered a way out as well but I am learning that the bad only makes you stronger.
Im only 33 and I know it isnt that old but I learned that things get bad and no we wont forget those times but we gotta go forward.

Get rid of the gun.