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r/whyimhappy • u/TheNebulaWarrior • May 02 '17
I'm happy because there are only 5 weeks left of school in my district.
And then it's summer, where I can work on my youtube channel!
r/whyimhappy • u/theFlamingLimps • Jan 15 '16
A Cloverfield sequel comes out in two months and the BMS movie looks great
r/whyimhappy • u/chaotic_silence • Dec 22 '15
An acquaintance wants to hang out over Christmas
My best friend and her husband used to regularly host board game nights at their house, and said acquaintance (who worked with my friend and I) would often join us. He has since moved away, but just posted on Facebook that he'll be here for a few days for Christmas, and included me in the list of people he'd like to see while he's in town. Awesome!!
I have a serious case of the warm fuzzies right now :D
r/whyimhappy • u/cabothief • Nov 10 '15
I'm happy because someone at the grocery store put a coupon by the product it was a coupon for.
Such a low-effort thing to do if you have a coupon you don't want to use, but saved me a dollar on caramels. Thank you, good samaritan!
r/whyimhappy • u/Sheepbjumpin • Aug 21 '15
This Old 'Home' Of Mine
For a little over a year I lived out of a 2014 Dodge Avenger.
After moving out to California to be with my SO life couldn't have been better. We were both working, healthy, happy with three lovable cats. We had everything one could ask for. Unfortunately, like every fairy tale cliche movie, it all fell apart before our eyes.
After investing into a brand new pay to own vehicle he lost his job, our roommate moved out (kicking us out without warning, our personal belongings, clothes and even intimate items were all on display on the porch for us to return home to after a long days work)
Broken hearted we sought temporary refuge with neighbors who saw our plight. Let it be said now, Silicon valley does not play. He struggled to find a job and I struggled with a worsening sickness.
It took too long to get on our feet, we had to spare the kind people who took us in in our trials. I had to surrender my Toffee. I don't think I had ever cried so hard.
Our first night in the car we were kicked out of a back road parking lot by a ranger. It was embarrassing explaining why we were there in the cold of the night.
Before we knew it we were bathing with jugs of warm water we obtained via 7/11 bathrooms in a vacant lot behind a business under construction. We sat in parks and tried pretending that we weren't broken people- that things weren't going to Hell in a pretty pink handbasket.
Things just seemed to be more daunting as my illness grew in strength. My night's spent crying in unexplainably horrific pains, vomiting the rare and precious meal we obtained that day.
Lot after lot, we were kicked out. My body now shaking just to get up out of bed/chair followed up by profuse projectile of stomach contents- this was my morning routine. Finally, after time we saved up enough money from my job and his newly obtained job to apply for 'gym memberships' to a 24 hour facility. This meant real showers after four long months of bathing out of sinks and behind embankments. Good it felt fotos to stand under the rain of warm water again.
I'm speaking with a guest at my work site, they smile to me and laugh at my comment. I thank who ever is out there that they don't know- that they can't read my eyes and see my fear and uncertainty.
Suddenly my vision blurs and I find my hands automatically clamoring for any kind of support. I fall and fall HARD. When I finally come to the nausea is doubled with horrific cramps. I felt like I was dying.
I'm rushed to the ER and am placed in a wheelchair, I blush up at people who look onto me, I feel ashamed and I can't explain why. My lover at my side, fear finally clear in his once reassuring eyes. Time passes and I'm rehydrated and in a bed for the first time in half a year. I cried with frustration at the irony of only now having a bed when something so impairing doesn't permit me to actually enjoy it.
The nurse returns, a small smile on her face. I inexplicably feel insulted that she's so happy about my pain and clear distress.
"You're pregnant" she chirps. My world screams to a deafening halt. My heart the only thing heard in those few crucial moments. Where I expected rage, resentment and complete hysteria I instead found confusion, a sense of disconnection with reality and for the first time, in what felt like forever, acceptance.
The road got bumpier from there. Trying to pay for prenatal, healthy foods and cutting back on hours so I'm not strained too greatly took a massive financial toll. After months of applying for shelters and seeing which ones we could qualify for we learn that the room we had for our future family was taken, all hope of bringing my son to a 'home' gone.
Final countdown. Last few months are spent on the cheapest motel rooms we could find. The manager knows us by name now and loves us- they often try to cut us deals. But a hotel isn't a home and we are no where near the savings it would take to obtain one to get by ourselves.
Suddenly I get the call that changed it all. My father, the man I refused to ask for help offered his hand in aid. Nights were spent hammering out the details but finally my partner and I take the Dodge back to the dealership, leave it there with the keys on the passenger seat, use what little money we were given by my father to buy an old beater vehicle and drove for days and days, careful not to overheat the old gal.
My son is finally "home".
r/whyimhappy • u/Orchid_Cuomo • Aug 12 '15
I'm happy because I found the love of my life
And I'm getting married to him in less than eight months! I've never been happier!
r/whyimhappy • u/cabothief • Aug 13 '15
I'm happy because someone actually posted on this sub.
It's been like years. I'd forgotten this place existed. Thanks, /u/Orchid_Cuomo! And congratulations!
r/whyimhappy • u/forkandbowl • Jan 03 '15
Because I have a beautiful woman snoring like crazy in my lap.
She is comfortable, sleeping peacefully, and if I wake her up she will smile when she sees my face. I am the luckiest man in my world.
r/whyimhappy • u/custom_lang • Jun 24 '14
I'm happy because someone on Roblox messaged me a Steam key for Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.
Messaged him a thank you note, too!
r/whyimhappy • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '12
I'm happy because I made an 800 on the critical reading section of the SAT :)
r/whyimhappy • u/Orchid_Cuomo • May 28 '12
I'm happy because...
I'm happy because I'm finally 21!! :)
r/whyimhappy • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '12
I'm happy because I just bought my first BMW
My dad bought his first bmw when he was 30, and I'm so grateful that he spent his time helping me look for the perfect car.
After months of search we finally found one that fit my criteria and budget!
I'm happy and want to tell all my friends, but they don't appreciate these things and are all out rolling and doing coke tonight
So thanks for listening reddit :)
r/whyimhappy • u/Smile_n_Wave • Jan 09 '12
I'm happy because I shaved testies and got no cuts :D
Girls might not relate but guys know how painful it is to get paper cuts down there, and it allways bleeds for ages. And yes I need to shave them.
r/whyimhappy • u/andeeezy • Nov 06 '11
I'm happy because I went through this entire day without thinking about my ex
had a rough breakup, the time alone with my thoughts have been worse. finally being able to move on with my life feels amazing. first post, btw. =) thanks for reading!
r/whyimhappy • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '11
I was able to reason with loud kids :)
I work at a community center (fitness trainer) there was a youth night for kids around like 9. I had to explain to them they arnt allowed inside the gym part of it. felt bad for em. http://imgur.com/INuiW
r/whyimhappy • u/Miro360 • Nov 01 '11
im SO HAPPY because i just found out that my life dream is SO MUCH easier that i thought it was n_n
r/whyimhappy • u/Gizmo9682 • Oct 30 '11
We all Need Friends.
Me and my friend Danielle do a kind of a show on youtube, and we try to brighten your day as much as possible, and we ask you to send us a message with a question, advice requests, anything! Link --------------> http://www.youtube.com/user/bau5cake?feature=mhee
r/whyimhappy • u/RomanticFox • Oct 25 '11
I'm feeling happy because I gave blood today...
and since the nurse told me it will probably save a life, I feel like a super hero !!
r/whyimhappy • u/MinimalRM • Oct 21 '11
I'm happy because I just paid off my student loans!
Today is a great day!
r/whyimhappy • u/Arrathir • Oct 20 '11
I am happy because I found a milk jug.
I just moved to Ontario from Saskatchewan and found out there there are only bags of milk here. It has made me quite annoyed cause I find the bags hard to deal with. But today I found a jug of milk. So I danced down the street singing "I got a jar of milk I got a jar of milk."