# What's the biggest change to your life since you joined the Dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353 "2015-05-06T01:53:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/1 "2015-05-06T01:53:15Z")
Many of us have been around here awhile. Long enough to have gone through some major life changes. Some of us just recently found the dope via Google and revived a long dead thread. No matter, what big life change has happened since you joined. Since I joined, I have gotten a divorce, remarried, and had two more kids. What about you? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/2 "2015-05-06T01:56:00Z")
I’ve had 7 different boyfriends since I joined in 2001. I got a dog in 2002, bought a house in 2005, dog died in 2014, I got 2 new dogs by the end of the year. Geez is my life boring as fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/3 "2015-05-06T01:57:22Z")
Laid off for 10 months. Took a new job with a 100 mile commute. Separated and going through a divorce. Found out my son is transgendered. Other than that, not much. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/4 "2015-05-06T02:08:22Z")
Marriage. Three babies. Diabetes diagnosis. Mother died. Abandoned writing. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/5 "2015-05-06T02:14:22Z")
Divorced my first wife. Met a Doper. Married the Doper. I’m counting that as a single event. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/6 "2015-05-06T02:16:22Z")
I found out Leaffan was Canadian:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/7 "2015-05-06T02:16:39Z")
My wife and I retired. We relocated to Oregon from Alaska. I met my 1st cousin for the first time at age 62. My sister died. My brother has had both legs amputated. Our cat of 20 years died. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/8 "2015-05-06T02:17:24Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Marriage. Three babies. Diabetes diagnosis. Mother died. Abandoned writing. Why did you abandon writing, if you don’t mind me asking. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/9 "2015-05-06T02:21:09Z")
My wife and I had two kids. We moved from Ohio back to Missouri (not quite to “home”, but close). My father died. Those are the big ones I guess. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/10 "2015-05-06T02:25:04Z")
Dad passed away, 2001. Bought a house, 2007. Mom passed away, 2008. Company I worked for, for 25 years or so, was taken over by a much larger outfit, 2010. Still there. Underwent radiation treatments for prostate cancer, 2015. Wish there was more fun stuff to mention, but there just doesn’t seem to be that much. Need to do something about that. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/11 "2015-05-06T02:30:56Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > Why did you abandon writing, if you don’t mind me asking. It wasn’t getting me what I wanted. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/12 "2015-05-06T02:31:28Z")
Lost my last remaining in-law and changed jobs. Other than that SOS-DD. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/13 "2015-05-06T02:32:52Z")
Brain haemorrhage in 2003. Graduated with first class honours and commenced my PhD in 2012. Bought a house in 2013. Married in 2014. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/14 "2015-05-06T02:33:49Z")
13 moves, 27 countries visited, 2 degrees, 1 marriage, 1 kid, and almost an unimaginable amount of growing up. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/15 "2015-05-06T02:36:29Z")
Laid off Found another job Laid off Found another job Laid off Said to hell with finding another job Kids went off to college, moved out. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/16 "2015-05-06T02:40:56Z")
Joined the board in October 2001. Mom died in November 2006. I retired in February 2015 after 42 years. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/17 "2015-05-06T02:42:00Z")
B.A., B.S., M.A., Ph.D., postdoc, first real job, first new car, first house, first cat, husband, house renovation, daughter born, five pregnancies lost, started a company, discovered a love of writing mediocre escapist fiction, and now we’re trying to move cross country. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/18 "2015-05-06T02:44:20Z")
Changed job & moved in 2008 Bought a condo in 2009 Discovered the awesomeness of Kesha’s music in late 2009 or early 2010 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/19 "2015-05-06T02:45:37Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > I found out Leaffan was Canadian:eek: In which way was this a big change to your life? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353/20 "2015-05-06T02:45:51Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Discovered the awesomeness of Kesha’s music in late 2009 or early 2010 Is this serious? 😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-change-to-your-life-since-you-joined-the-dope/719353.md?page=2)