I joined the board when I was 16 in 2003. Let’s see:
Finished high school.
Joined the Air Force.
Went to Iraq.
Went to Iraq again.
Met a girl.
Started college.
Married the girl.
Best friend was killed in Afghanistan.
Had a baby with said girl.
Grandfather died.
Graduated from college.
Got a real person job.
Got into graduate school.
Moved across country to Boston.
Survived my first winter in New England.
Same house, same job, same kids. Got married, but to the same wonderful woman I was with then.
I guess the biggest thing was surviving my daughter near fatal addiction to drugs and alcohol. She’s clearn, sober, employed and in school. It was rough for awhile.
Also, got a new car!
No life is boring with K9s in it.
We lost a dog and adopted another one a year later.
Another daughter born since I joined here. Also met a fabulous Doper and co-authored a book with her. Otherwise still working at my primary job, living in NJ with my wonderful husband and our children and making money on the side writing a lot of crappy non-fiction web copy.
On one hand I’m sort of the same person I was eleven years ago. I have a temper and it can get me into trouble. I still have some of the insecurities that have always tormented me about my physical self. On the other, I think I am less afraid, more content, less anxious and more relaxed. Alas, I am facing the far side of my forties and I fear I am not as grown up as I had hoped by now. I wish life allowed us a do-over now and then.
“Three babies” is my guess.
No big changes in my life, to be honest, but I’ve only been here 2 years.
I learned to take a shower every month whether I needed to or not.
I learned that the hokey pokey really is what it’s all about.
I discovered that Val Kilmer lies and there really aren’t any decaffeinated coffees that are as tasty as the real thing.
I found out that accordion to recent studies, most people fail to notice when a musical instrument is inserted into a sentence.
I started boxing under the name The Monster In The Dark. No one has yet discovered my secret identity.
But the biggest change in my life? Coinstar.
My son had a massive stroke on 12/11/10, requiring my wife and me to rebuild him from scratch. During the process my wife became my ex. My son made an amazing, though not complete, recovery – he’s now studying in Tübingen, Germany – and I’m now in a terrific loving relationship.
Was it an AVM, Lobot, the brain haemorrhage? And congratulations on the accomplishments.
Hmm. Well, since I joined just last year I think THIS qualifies (and I mentioned it in another SDMB thread): reconnected with my very first girlfriend a couple of months ago. And THROUGH the SDMB, no less! (Actually, SHE’S the one who did the reconnecting. Insists that she recognized my writing style from all the letters I wrote her when I was in the navy. Keep in mind that this was over 20 years ago! Quite remarkable, on her part [and yes, I’ve let her know that]!) Started off pretty strong with chatting (via FB) and then we cooled off (quite a bit) to the point where I thought it was over (this time with her giving me the heave-ho!) but I guess I was wrong. We’re trying to proceed, somewhat cautiously, so as not to hurt each other’s feelings any more. It’s a good little test of how far we’ve come in the intervening 20+ years and we’ll see what happens next!
Moved to New York soon after joining the board. Lived there for two years, during what turned out to be a very interesting period of the city’s history.
Moved back to Israel, rented an apartment in Tel Aviv. Rented a slightly bigger one a couple of years later
Had a son.
My little brother fell of a cliff, broke his neck, decided it wouldn’t slow him down.
Finally, for the first time in my life, found a job that I both enjoy and which pays decently.
21-year-old cat died. We get a new one, named C.K. Dexter Haven.
My mom got pancreatic cancer, and against all medical logic, is apparently beating it.
Got a second cat, called Tony Stark. My wife and kid promise me that I’ll get to name the next one.
Inherited some money, and finally, at the age of 40, I’m thinking about buying a place of my own.
I’d say my retirement was the biggest change.
I joined within a few days of my 24th birthday. Lost my dog. Lost my ferret. Now my only pets are fish, so many fish over the past 14 years. Changed jobs, changed jobs again - I now make just about four times as much money a year as I did then. Gained a sister-in-law. And now I’m hunting for a house where I can have a puppy.
Mine join date says 2003, but I KNOW I must’ve been on here longer. (Wasn’t there a lot of kerfuffle at one point and people had to rejoin? I was drinking a lot and mostly a lurker so not sure.)
Since 2003. (In my 30’s range).
Had my heart broken a few times by a couple of boyfriends. Broke one guys heart when I broke up with him.
( I had to explain that I wouldn’t get pregnant if he came in my mouth. We were both IN OUR THIRTIES!)
Found my Fella.
Realized I had to get sober after I lost my job. Working on it as a FOB.
The Fella’s kids are accepting of me and things are pretty good—
UNTIL THE NEXT TIDAL WAVE…
Seriously, I’m so happy so, obviously things are about to be bad?
Adopted the Firebug, 2009. 
All my other big changes happened before the Dope went to its present format in 1999. Got married back in 1991, finished my doctorate in 1993, my career as a college professor came and went, and I’ve been living in the same house and working at the same place since 1998.
Well for a start I am now living in a different country and can speak a second language.
Four years ago today, May 6, 2011, my wife died. Since then, I’ve searched for some kind of meaning. At least I now know the worst thing that will ever happen in my life is passed. I would rather lose my legs than go through that again.
Children. Everything else pretty much the same.
Joined June 1999.
My 2 16.5 year old cocker spaniels died, got two Golden Retrievers, they died, got Preston & Zusje, both in bed with me right now.
My mother died.
One of my oldest friends committed suicide.
I was diagnosed with ADD, which finally explained my whole life.
My fiance/business partner/co-homeowner ended the relationship and took me to court… I went from well-off to food stamps.
And I learned some really incredibly wonderful and important things about life and myself, as well as a coupke of deeply painful and sad things. Unquestionably the biggest lessons of my entire life.
Had three kids (two autistic), lost job, found job, got divorced, got engaged, fiancee passed away, lost job, got married, found low paying dead end job, too much other crap to cover here.
Joined in 2000.
Dad died in 2002.
Moved from FL to MD in 2004.
Nursed husband thru 5 spinal surgeries in 8-ish years.
Retired in 2011.
Oh, and I broke a nail this past weekend… 