Excited

I was last very excited about my younger son’s ALevel results, but that was a while ago - he’s almost 49! They meant he got into the Cambridge college he wanted. I wasn’t nearly so excited about the birth of my grandchildren!

Taichinan, I’m very sorry to hear about your DH.

I don’t get excited any more. I get quite anxious when social experiences are about to happen. At one time I avoided all except those with immediate family. Now I go along with things and am pleasantly surprised when I enjoy them.
I don’t seek excitement. It hasn’t led to great outcomes in the past. I seek emotional contentment and mental. stimulation.

Kate1949

It's been years since I felt excited about anything. Nice thinks happen but I can't say I feel excited.
About 30 years ago we had our first trip to Venice. We couldn't afford to stay there that time so stayed in Lido De Jesolo and went over on a boat. I never imagined in a million years I would see Venice and as the boat neared St Marks Square and I could see the gondolas bobbing about in the water, my heart was pounding. It was magical. We have stayed in Venice a few times since then and it's never lost its magic for me.

In our youth we used to drive round Europe in a Morris 1000 Traveller and we always used to camp at Lido de Jesolo. How I’d love to go to Venice again.

I felt really excited back in December when my DH agreed to us getting a puppy. I couldn’t remember the last time I felt so happy!

I don't get very excited - or sad - these days. I feel that I'm sailing on calm seas in my old age. I really do prefer it to all the dramatic ups and downs of my younger life. There's a lot to be said for just being content, pleased and mildly amused by life - most of the time.

Baggs

Wildflowers appearing more and more profusely each year in my garden excite me, mainly because of the patience needed to get the conditions right over several years I think.

I completely agree. I have a whole patch of phacelia for the bees and it is growing beautifully into flower. I also got excited when the salvia hotlips seeds I took last year have grown this year into strapping plants. Simple things but so satisfying.

The last time I was truly excited was when our first grandchild was born - 30 years ago. My DH was killed in a road accident the next year and my capacity for feelings of joy and excitement died with him. I just go along with what's happening and experience enjoyment, happiness on occasion, contentment even, so that's not bad is it.

I was just 2 minutes ago delighted to find a toad in my front garden... somewhere I've not seem one before. There are several in the back garden (and lots of frogs) - but the back has a pond and is much more shady.
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When I see a newt or a frog in my wildlife pond, I get so excited I nearly fall in!! 🐸🐸🐸

MerylStreep

I’ve not long squealed with joy.
I was doing some machining so didn’t know that OH was cooking Rhubarb with Apples topped with a dash of amaretto.
Then to top it off he’d peeled a white Magnum, crushed the white shell over the peeled magnum and Rhubarb.

I am on my way…

I’ve not long squealed with joy.
I was doing some machining so didn’t know that OH was cooking Rhubarb with Apples topped with a dash of amaretto.
Then to top it off he’d peeled a white Magnum, crushed the white shell over the peeled magnum and Rhubarb.

Travelling to London overnight and standing on the Mall to watch the Coronation parade was exciting for me. Everyone was friendly and good humoured despite the rain. It was great to feel part of such a historic event.

I think now, for me, it is more ‘delighted’ than ‘excited’, although I’m not ruling that feeling out. Who knows what is in store? I like to think that I’m more inclined to be positive, although I do get a bit down at times, particularly during the Winter months when the days are short and it’s too wet/cold to be in the garden. My children and grandchildren bring me great joy, along with my sisters, nieces & nephews, also friends and our family dogs. In the past there was much excitement in my life! 😉

Before every holiday, I have to take deep breaths to calm down, otherwise my excitement turns to anxiety. My two youngest granddaughters were performing on stage at the recent Eisteddfod and my heart was thudding with excitement.

I do still get excited when I am expecting a delivery of fabric that I have ordered online! Oh, and the occasional garden decoration/plant/tool.

I get excited when unwrapping an unexpected present.🎁
Six months in to our relationship, I still get excited whenever I'm seeing SO. I was bouncing around like a big kid a few weeks ago at the prospect of our first holiday together. (Yes, thanks; we had a great time).
I really hope I never lose the capacity for excitement!

I guess it s what different people use to define the feeling of excitement
What I read here are what I d call things that would make me happy or pleased Excitement to me is when you can’t contain yourself and want to do cartwheels on the beach
I think I m a very levelled person and don’t go hugely high but then I don’t go hugely low either
I d like to get more excited but if the price to pay was to go very low then at times then I ll stay in the middle

Two days ago. Over something very small.

I do get excited about new grandchildren.
Next one due in a couple of months. Yippee!

I flew to Seattle several years ago and was excited to see that we were flying north over icy Baffin Bay/Greenland areas. I noticed an area of huge round areas on a land area and was determined to work out what they were. I was excited when I eventually discovered the area was the Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary. An unusual reason for excitement I know!!

Hi. I don’t get excited much now either, but then again I’m a very down to earth person so have never been very excitable. I look forward to things though. Picking the GC up from school gives me a lovely feeling, as does meeting up with friends, good food and chocolate.

I enjoy things I Iike things but I don’t get excited and don’t know that I have since childhood I also get sad but I don’t get down I suppose I m boringly level

Food and wine excite me!
I wake up thinking about the wonderful meals I will eat!
Today was a lunch of left over salads from last evening’s barbecue not very thrilling I know but tonight is a Thai pork dish I’m making.

The last time I was really excited was when I took my husband to a local airfield for his birthday present a few years ago (he was in his eighties). It was a flying lesson and I'd paid a bit extra for a four seater as it meant I could go up in the back seat and take my camera. His excitement was so catching it was unbelievable. One of the best afternoons of our lives.

Last time I was really excited about something was November last year. DH and I had booked a holiday for his 70th birthday. Unfortunately we had to postpone it twice due to the covid pandemic.
We flew to New York and had four days exploring the city, then we boarded the Queen Mary 2 for the 7 night transatlantic crossing home.
The furthest I'd flown was Turkey so the prospect of flying across the Atlantic ocean and then sailing back across it was very exciting.
I must say that it certainly lived up to my expectations.

Bidding on online auctions (not Ebay I mean real time online auctions) is exciting because you never know what will happen. A couple of times the internet has gone down. Grrrr. Sometimes I have to fight for it and dont get what Im after because the bidding goes too high. Other times I get it for a knockdown price.

I am a very serious bidder and I dis-connect the door bell and switch off the phone to minimise distractions. I will also put off visitors to another day if they are likely to coincide. Many of the auctions are in the USA so they take place late evening. There is something very surreal about bidding for stuff at 2 am.

Its the nearest I come to gambling.