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[Thread] What's something that didn't workout and NOW you are glad it didn't

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StingyMob

Stealth

7 months ago

Looking back I am glad that the plan of stopping with a single child didn’t workout as expected. I didn’t know that it would just double the happiness, both for us and our elder child.
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

Ah yes! My brother has been the best gift my parents ever gave. It is a blessing to have siblings
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Elon_Musk

X.com

7 months ago

Yea it's like having a Robin to your Batman
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CosmicLegend

Amazon

7 months ago

My Ex 😅
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

So many will relate 😆
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Gohan_goku

Stealth

7 months ago

Epic answer
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SpeckOfCode

Stealth

7 months ago

Didn’t get through the job interviews at a bunch of companies during the 2021 boom..
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

I didn't either But don't see how it worked out. Did it for you?
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SpeckOfCode

Stealth

7 months ago

Those cos were among the first ones doing major layoffs in 2022. So, I feel I could have gotten easily laid off had I converted and joined.
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ValKilmer

SaaS

7 months ago

At one point I wanted to quit engineering and join journalism. Damn glad I didn't go through with that idea
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

This is interesting. How journalism? What caught you eye there?
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ValKilmer

SaaS

7 months ago

I was reading too much of Hemingway and Hunter S Thompson those days. Great writers, average journalists - not the best role models to inspire anyone thinking to go into journalism
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HarveySpecter87

Startup

7 months ago

Relationship with my ex. She cheated on me behind my back, and I idiot didn’t realise this (I had doubts, but gave her the benefit of the doubt), and after we broke, eventually I got to know everything.
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

Shitty shitty place to be. Glad it didn't
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Pyaracetamol

Zomato

7 months ago

My ex. Our relationship lasted for almost 10yrs, she didn’t cheat on me but when I was going through a tough time, she left me and found someone else. I’m glad this happened as I was so focused on her that I neglected my career. Now I’m doing better every day. It’s been 4 years now and I haven’t dated anyone or even thought about it bcs I have trust issues and don’t want anyone else to be above me, my family or my career.
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

Can I ask a personal question though - why 10 years? Weren't you dating to marry?
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Pyaracetamol

Zomato

7 months ago

It began in 9th class in school. Yea we used to dream about our wedding when we were nibba nibbi, mostly till college. But then, as I was preparing for some exams and she was working so you know, people become practical.
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

I'll go first I was studying to be a doctor. Multiple factors Glad it didn't work out, I wouldn’t have lived this long if I had got into it,
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ForeignBuffet

Private company

7 months ago

Had interviewed at a company, messed up the final behavioural round. Didn’t know how to handle rejection then and was sad for quite a few days.(Yes! That was my 2019 WC semifinal Dhoni dismissal moment.) I used to overthink of how differently I could have answered those questions. Cut to 6 months later, I had joined a new company. The company which rejected me did a round of layoff where I learnt that the new hires were impacted.
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

This feeling! Initially it breaks us, but glad we could swim across
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D0nkey05

Stealth

7 months ago

One sided love :)
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Frostygig5

Stealth

7 months ago

Hard relate. But I don't see how it worked out ?
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DeadlyDude

Gojek

7 months ago

Not me but WhatsApp founder was rejected from Facebook few year later they bought WhatsApp fro $19B
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GrapeGodfather

Stealth

7 months ago

My first job.
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GrapeGodfather

Stealth

7 months ago

It was shit.
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

Haha first jobs have their own charm (and trauma 😂)
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AmusingSheep

Zomato

7 months ago

Well last year had been really tough for me, went through a breakup, had a couple of accidents, lost my college friends and lost my job as well. It is after all these events that I realised how ungrateful and thankless I was about my life. Today, I have a great stable job, a great group of very close and small friends and a healthy body. Best of all, I'm no more depressed and am really grateful and thankful for the life that I have today. Also, everyday I wake up I actually look forward to the day. Have a lot of things planned for this year, so powered to achieve them all!!!
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DarlesChickens

Razorpay

7 months ago

Had a crush on a girl at Nibba Nibbi age. She too knew that but fell for a student who was richer than me and pampered her a lot. Glad it didnt work out, I realised how temporary things are in life and how people care about your money and success only. Hard pill but got to know that World runs on money and other materialistic stuff but not on love.
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

Zumbala I thought you were a girl yourself 🙊 Grapevine can be so unpredictable
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DarlesChickens

Razorpay

7 months ago

Dont worry madam, I aint that lucky GenZ rich girl 🤣 who gets to choose whatever she wants in life 🤣🤣
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Waddup

Student

7 months ago

Wanted to be a cricketer but I'm glad it didn't workout. Engineering degree saved me.
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

Do you still play though? Like weekends?
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Waddup

Student

7 months ago

I have left cricket at the age 18 (6yrs played at district level) after I realised there is future for me in cricket as my father don't have much influence. Now I just enjoy watching cricket on tv with my baba.
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Alaadin

Gojek

7 months ago

I tried rock hard for Paytm. I cleared all technical rounds but was rejected in last round. I was upset and even asked HR multiple times to reconsider. Glad that I didn’t get into that organisation
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MomoMan

TripAdvisor

7 months ago

My previous workplace. I wasn't mentally prepared to leave it myself. So glad I got the chance to be out of that toxic place.
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AGentleGiant

Tatvasoft

7 months ago

Got my dream job in 2018, planned to retire from there. Realised within 6 months that’s it’s a horrible place to work. Put in my papers by the 9th month. Took a pay cut and joined the first company I could. Got to know of an opening at a client’s place so changed my profile and it has worked out so very well for me since then
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WorldHello

Stealth

7 months ago

Failed a client interview for a really good project, still waiting for the good thing to happen, new internal project uses Nest.js, that's a good thing ig
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Node

Stealth

7 months ago

Nothing. Cos nothing every works out for me.
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

I guess that's the whole point :)
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ThanosIsRight

Meesho

7 months ago

Is it you, George Costanza?
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Napolean_bonafide

Amazon

7 months ago

I honestly wanted to give an answer. I thought for a full day about it. I have no moments where something ever worked out remotely close to what I wanted. Wow. Suddenly life feels depressing. Thanks for making me hate biryani even more ತ⁠_⁠ತ
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BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

7 months ago

Hey Napolean, Maybe that's how great life is, you didn’t have to go through down moments to feel happier. How could you hate biryani fr 😭😭
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