Discussion Tell me a happy memory.

[suacide]

I wanna hear about all of your happiest memories no matter how small, vague, detailed, long or any other metric. Whatever you consider your happiest moment, I wanna hear it.

I'll start with mine.

Mine is kinda foggy on many details but I was really little. Maybe around 6? I was in my mother's homeland with family and we went out all day that day, I got to eat a really tasty stretchy icecream I still think about and my mom bought me a nice hair accessory. I don't know where it is anymore. We walked all over and I pet lots of stray cats and dogs, and met a ginger cat I wanted to take home. It was the kindest, most affectionate cat I ever met. My mom was laughing, I was happy and her family wasn't demeaning back then.
At night we talked together after getting home near the pool and it felt like a movie. I can't remember what we were saying, but it was so scenic. Dark, just the moon reflecting onto the pool and onto us. She said something nice I remember smiling at, kissed me on the forehead and picked me up and we went inside. Then at night she got ready to go out with her sister and friends. Probably to a bar, I never asked. She looked down at me and smiled, saying goodnight. I asked her to stay, but she said she couldn't. I told her she looked like a movie star and she laughed and thanked me before kissing me on the head and leaving. I fell asleep, wishing she was there too, but happy. I still think of how she looked, her curly hair, red lipstick and those hoop earrings she wore. She really did look like a movie star.

 

[Forever Sleep]

What a beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing.

One of my favourites is also from childhood. I went to an aquarium with my Dad. We fed a stingray. The chopped up fish was a bit gruesome but, this animal was so graceful and gentle. It could obviously 'smell' the fish so, it flapped up to the top of the water and I dropped the fish in its mouth.

Weird though, as you grow up, you start to question more. I don't think it can be good for those fish to have children grabbing at them all day.

I have lots of magical memories staying with my Nana. She used to spoil me. I'm lucky to have lots of lovely memories at least but sadly, most of the people they involved are dead now. So, it sort of makes them bittersweet.

 

[_Maya]

I've made a similar post before, but i think the happiest memory i have would be during 2022-2021.
It was with my first friend group, i recently bought a make and actually talked to them instead of using text chat. We were playing this one roblox game called "recollection" which was like a liminal space exploration game. We just fucked around and made jokes. It's a simple memory, but i remember it so vividly.

 

[33K1LLM3]

Probably Halloween 2017, I was 11, I went trick or treating and I was dressed up as an apprentice witch, I spent months on that costume, going through attics and old wardrobes, just to make the perfect costume. I went along with this boy my grandma knew, he was the same age as me and he went as a motor car racer.

We spent over 3 hours in the dark going to every house we could go to, lots of candy, lots of chocolate, some cookies, nuts, crisps, even money. We finished our night off having a Chinese. That was a good time, it's one of the few moments that haven't been ruined by future events, or regret. I still think of it often, even though it was 8 years ago…

 

[darksouls]

my happiest memories are encounters with animals
but I intentionally avoid thinking about them
because then I have to start crying
it causes my soul pain
but when I sleep I sometimes encounter my female dog
she left me in 2020
and then we cuddle with each other
I miss her

 

[Eriktf]

i got an A in school didnt expect to do it good on the test that made me real happy

 

[Abyss Dweller]

Random one: playing Oblivion all day with my friends through discord a few years back.

 

[cemeteryismyhome]

When I was about 10 years old, for a few moments, I felt calm, relaxed, unworried, and happy. It was unusual so I told myself to notice it and remember it, and I have.

 

[`Pepper]

It's definitely not my happiest moment, but it's an incredibly meaningful moment to me.

I believe I was somewhere between 2nd and 4th grade. Back then it was quite evident that there's something wrong with me. Anyways, I remember feeling sad for no apparent reason. Out of nowhere, a wave of sadness hit me followed by slow forming tears. I tried keeping it in to no avail, when my mother noticed and asked me "whats wrong?". Still trying to keep it in I replied with "nothing". She started questioning me like always, after all I've always had a hard time in school, but I reassured her nothing had happened. I told her the truth, "I don't know why I'm sad". She then pulled me in for a hug, swayed slightly back and fourth like she always did and told me "It's okay, sometimes we just have to cry.". She told me to cry it all out, and she told me that keeping such emotions in is incredibly bad.

I hope that made sense, it's really late and I'm too tired to read through what I wrote. It's my favorite quote of hers, "Sometimes we just have to cry.".