What life-changing event divided your life into 'before' and 'after'?

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10:03p, 5/19/25
What life-changing event divided your life into 'before' and 'after'?
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BaitShack
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10:20p, 5/19/25
Divorce
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one safe place
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10:27p, 5/19/25
Birth of our first child.
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Ryan the Temp
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10:27p, 5/19/25
My birth father and dad both died three months apart.
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Aggie Dad 26
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10:29p, 5/19/25
Best friend was killed when we were 10
Divorce at 33

Take your pick
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Aggie369
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10:31p, 5/19/25
Dad died about 10 years ago

Almost every priority i thought was important changed
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Burdizzo
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10:33p, 5/19/25
My dad passed away and I met my wife in the span of about 20 months
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maroon barchetta
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10:41p, 5/19/25
Cancer
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Sticks&Stones
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10:53p, 5/19/25
When I started drinking
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Aggies1322
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10:59p, 5/19/25
Christ
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Eliminatus
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11:17p, 5/19/25
Afghanistan
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Honey Badger TX
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11:19p, 5/19/25
Peace Corps. Divorce.
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11:27p, 5/19/25
Stroke.
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ConstructionAg01
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11:32p, 5/19/25
Truly understanding that I'm a sinner saved by grace through faith in Christ and not my own merits. It destroyed my pride, brought about humility, then changed my worldview forever.
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11:36p, 5/19/25
TBI
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Wicked Good Ag
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11:44p, 5/19/25
Loss of daughter
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GAC06
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12:41a, 5/20/25
Met my wife
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The Fife
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2:56a, 5/20/25
I have a hard time choosing,

Either liberation from a bad marriage, or working through a ton of issues with a counselor after a surprise NPE.

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ptothemo
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3:33a, 5/20/25
March 2008 - losing my first love in a car accident

March 2017 - surrendering to God, admitting my alcoholism, and getting on the path to recovery

Approaching 3000 days sober now. The between was a rough, dark time. It's not as simple as just those two days, but they are the lines of demarcation, really.
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Hwy30East
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5:26a, 5/20/25
Marriage
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B-1 83
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5:54a, 5/20/25
Watching Teacher Wife ''82 die over nearly three years
My dad leaving the ranch for assisted living, passing, and then us selling the ranch
Being in TexAgs jail changes a man……..no, not really
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Gunny456
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7:32a, 5/20/25
Diagnosed with advanced colon cancer at 30. In one second everything that had been so important in my life wasn't and everything that had never been important was.
I cried like a baby and kept thinking it was a bad dream and I would wake up.
I turned to God as that was the only way I got any peace.
He then truly healed me completely.
That was 40 years ago. It changed me forever.
Thank you again God.
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In reply to B-1 83 • 7:34a, 5/20/25
Damn buddy. Prayers for you my friend.
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zephyr88
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7:56a, 5/20/25
graduation from college
marriage
birth of my son
passing of my father

i think of dad all the time
miss you
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In reply to Gunny456 • 8:00a, 5/20/25
Yep. So much of that.
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8:01a, 5/20/25
My birth.
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An L of an Ag
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8:04a, 5/20/25
There's two for me.

Mom was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer 2 weeks before my high school graduation, and died early in my first semester at A&M.

The second one was meeting my wife.
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Tatem
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8:14a, 5/20/25
Marriage
Kid being born
Getting sick. I have a rare blood disorder. This last episode in April really change my perspective on life.
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King of the Dairy Queen
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8:25a, 5/20/25
got into grad school (which got me out of a dead end rut) and met my wife within a month.
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NoahAg
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9:04a, 5/20/25
Watching Avatar.
/Entertainment board nerds
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In reply to NoahAg • 9:14a, 5/20/25
NoahAg said:
Watching Avatar.
/Entertainment board nerds


Pre-Breaking Bad
Post-Breaking Bad

I have to admit, that saga changed my expectations for entertainment
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9:28a, 5/20/25
My mom's death my sophomore year at A&M. I feel like my life would be much different today if she didn't pass. I'm not sure if my life would be better or worse.
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9:32a, 5/20/25
Death of a close friend/cousin the summer going into our freshman year of high school.

Birth of my son
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9:45a, 5/20/25
"Growing up"--getting married at age 26
"Really growing up"--losing my dad when I was 44

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9:46a, 5/20/25
Meeting my wife
Kids
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