Death
Stephanie,
27
TX USA
You know, I really can't think of anything. Maybe that I let my boyfriend at the time convince me to only do summer abroad instead of my entire junior year abroad.
Laura,
38
Lowell, MA USA
I'm not sure. .
.I have had hard things happen to me, but I can't think of any big ones
that I would
actually call disappointment.
Karen,
23
Ames, IA USA
My biggest disappointment is that I did not pursue my singing career.
Fisch,
47
Preston, CT USA
Yes. Several times in my life. And the one that brings the most memorable to mind is from a friend while he was in the US Coast Guard. I loved him. I love him now, though he would not know that.
Christine,
37
Syracuse. NY USA
That my parents
didn't live long enough to see their grandkids grow up. Other than that,
my life has been relatively free of major disappointments. I've found
that most disappointments aren't all
that important in the grand scheme of things, and many are blessings in
disguise. I was devastated when I didn't pledge a sorority in college.
I got over it. And if I had pledged, I wouldn't have
met my wonderful husband, had my four great kids, and probably wouldn't
be on 2000 days, because Doug wouldn't be here.
Judy,
62
Easton, KS USA
Not in school that I remember. There was a neighbor boy who liked to pick on me when I was about 8. He must have been 10 or 12. He hit me in the stomach once and knocked the wind out of me. I thought I was dying. My parents talked to his and he let me alone after that.
Judy,
62
Easton, KS USA
Not that I don't
appreciate probing questions, but I just don't have it in me to go there
today. Tonight I am surprising my husband for his birthday. We are going
out to eat with friends and I have hired a limo to pick us up - a stretch
Excursion. I am very excited and I just don't
want to kill the buzz by thinking of disappointments. Sorry.
Cindy,
41
VA USA
My health has been rapidly failing the last few years and every year it seems that there is one more thing I can no longer do. All these small disappointments add up to one, big disappointment which is hard to take.
Reba,
57
Gaithersburg, MD USA
That my parents would not allow me to go to college.
Janet,
45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA
Not finishing college.
Doug2,
30
Kansas City, KS USA
When my father died in '99, my inheritance is at least a million dollars. But it's in commercial property on the feeder by freeways and hasn't yet sold. My siblings and I are waiting and it's not easy when you get excited and make plans but the money doesn't come in.
Laney,
60
TX USA
I guess maybe my biggest disappointment has been that I've failed at marriage and that it has soured me to the idea of trying again.
Tam
Discovering that "happily ever after" exists only in fairy-tales and that real-life relationships are constantly evolving.
Jane,
63
West Linn, OR USA
It was that six EMS people and two units of equipment couldn't save my husband.
Cathie,
53
Novi, MI USA
The death of my son.
Jill,
61
Saylorsburg, PA USA
that santa claus doesnt exist and the tooth fairy was just my mom....seriously, i cant really think of anything in life that has caused me serious disappointment
Cara,
19
Valparasio, IN USA
Physical limitations.
Alias
Irrelevante
Not knowing my father.
Keri-Jade,
23
Brampton, Ontario CANADA