Your Life Without That Someone

[Yassen]

This can be difficult or simple depending on your experiences; think of a person in your life and imagine how your life would have been different if you never met them. How would this have changed the events of your life? How would their absence have changed you? Some will say this is an impossible task since we can never know what could have been but this is just an exercise so you can (hopefully) learn to appreciate the influences that person may have had on you.

I imagine many people will be talking about spouses/girlfriend/boyfriends and by all means feel free. But I am concerned that there will be so many the posts wil become interchangable, so I'd like to encourage some creativity but if you really wish to talk about your partner, please do. This can be as simple as a close friend, a stranger you briefly met, or even a family member. Picture (title drop) your life without that someone.

 

[JoJo]

If I had never met my best friend Joseph, then my latter school days would have been far more lonely, I wouldn't be such a pokemon fan-boy and I wouldn't be using the username "JoJo" today (which started as a nickname to annoy him, which soon ended up being taken on by me and I use proudly to this day). Shame we live in different towns now, good topic though OP, I must send him an e-mail sometime soon

 

[Timberwolf0924]

If I never met my ex, then I wouldn't have my son, and that kid is my world.

Though I will say if I didn't have my son then I wouldn't be here right now. I had about 8k saved up (when I was in high school no less) to travel to Japan with a friend of mine. Though we secretly had decided that we'd stay there once we got there.

So I could be in Japan with my friend right now, possibly homeless, possibly a star, possibly dead. But we never know.

 

[Girl With One Eye]

If I had never met my ex bf, I wouldn't have lived in terror for three years and I would probably have turned out to be a normal person instead of the emotional wreck I am now.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I know for one thing if I had never taken that University course I would of end up still being depress and still hanging with my so called "friend" from High School. My friends from University means alot to me.
Ok sure I would still possibly had made some friends if I had taken a different courses or went to a different altogether but I view my friends from Uni as one of a kind. Also like you said it would been impossible task since we can never know what could have been unless I somehow had experience both side to with or without my friends.

 

[farscythe]

who ever it was that lost an unopened pack of cigarettes for me to find on my way to college just as i was in that stage of wanting to fit in with all the cool kids. might never have started smoking if not for him/her (that said i was pretty stupid back then so it might have just delayed it)

alternatively..bullies.. without whom i wouldnt have decided to to leave school early and then leave the country to get away from anything that reminded me of it..n actually building a pretty fun life for myself. dunno where id be now if not for them.. im almost grateful to them

 

[winginson]

My friends at college. Without them I wouldn't have a motorbike and I would be at university right now.

 

[Kae]

Easily, my cousin because if I didn't hate him to the point that I almost killed him once, then I wouldn't have developed the feeling of compassion and that everybody deserves another chance that I have right now, I mean I would be completely different if I hadn't started acting nice to everybody because of the guilt of attempted murder then I wouldn't have discovered how fulfilling it is to help someone, of course that person caused a lot of bad things on me but those bad things are what made me the halfway decent person I am today.
[sub]I guess it takes someone bad to make you see what's wrong with you, though I still am a loner that doesn't talk to many people, at least now I'm nice to people and all thanks to that scumbag, but alternatively if it wasn't for that bastard my sister's life wouldn't be such a wreck today, I guess it's impossible to have the good ending with everyone.[/sub]

 

[SckizoBoy]

... ah... a question to which however I answer, the answer is wrong...

*sigh*

 

[WeAreStevo]

If I had never met my fiance then I would probably be continuing the same trend I had been, dating someone, falling in love, getting used and when they get tired of me they'd up and leave.

Yeah. I'm happy this is hypothetical. I love my fiance way too much to imagine what it would be like without her

 

[Jonluw]

My life without my mother would be one filled with dry and boring food. One filled with chores. A life without amateur theater.
I suppose I would be more capable of taking care of myself, but my life would have been much less rich.

 

[Esotera]

My dad, for teaching me a massive amount of things, but most importantly to never take what everyone says for granted, and a very large amount of knowledge on critical thinking & philosophy.

My english teacher from Burma, for teaching me that creativity isn't necessarily a waste of time, and the virtues of being political left-wing/liberal.

My old band, as most of the people I currently know I wouldn't have met otherwise, and it was a great time.

My electronics teacher, for showing me that finding the answer yourself is much more satisfying & ultimately better, something I didn't realise it until a few months ago.

My grandad, for teaching me how to do basic woodwork.

...and many others, but only the positive ones are getting a mention.

 

[DrRockor]

If I hadn't met my best friend I would be a totally different person. I probably would have the courage to imbrace the stuff I really enjoy and wouldn't listen to the great music I listen to now.
Damn, never realised how awesome it was that I met him. Sweet

 

[Gmans uncle]

If I hadn't met any of the people in my high school's GSA I would be deep, deep, deeeeeeeep in the closet right now.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

If I hadn't accepted a random lift off of a guy in RAF uniform when I was younger at an air show, then I wouldnt had taken his advice... and without his advice I wouldn't have made many of the life decisions that got me my career, and many of the other aspects of my life that make me what I am today!

He told me 'to aim high, and expect to get knocked down, because it is better than aiming low and expecting to be pushed to the level you are most suited for... The latter will just end in dissapointment.' I have lived by that since I heard it at 14yo!

 

[Strain42]

If I never met a certain special lady, I'd have virtually no friends and she probably would have killed herself (that's not my ego talking, she's told me that on several occasions)

It's an odd feeling know that just being yourself around someone has had a positive impact on their life. It's a good feeling. Warm and fuzzy.

Like eating warm pizza while wearing comfy socks.

 

[Pimppeter2]

If I had never met my significant other, I guess my life would have gone its normal path. School, University, ect. But I would have missed out on a lot of things along the way. She's taught me a lot on how to be a better person. Taught me a lot about myself and my capacity to love. She shown me unimaginable things I didn't know existed even though they were right under my nose. She's shown me a world within my world. I appreciate it a lot. Something I realize more and more everyday.

 

[Nouw]

If I never met a certain someone here, I think I would have continued Escapist'ing but miss a lovely aspect of it. Striking up a friendship over regular PMs . This person has given me advice and helped me mature among many other things.

If I never met a certain someone here, I think I would have continued Escapist'ing but miss another lovely aspect of it. I wouldn't have the skill or knowledge in making avatars I have know. I wouldn't know a vital aspect of friendship and the first game which genuinely blurred the line between reality and fantasy.

You guys know who you are .