Hey Pandas, What's The Coolest Thing You’ve Ever Done? (Closed)

Left my abusive ex after 20 years and multiple broken bones and scars, started a business and home schooled 4 children during the pandemic.

It damn near killed me but success is better than revenge!

At age 17 I singelhandedly planned a heavy metal concert. I hired the bands, painted the posters, designed and cut out the tickets, booked the venue and sound guy and so on. Nobody had told me I couldn’t do it, so I did.

I quit studying and gave up my degree to help my dad pay my sisters university fees.

started my own little business, met my person, got married and 2 kids later, have never been happier!

Sister now has her MBA and is kicking a$$

not a single regret, would do it again anyday

Flew halfway around the world and adopted a baby. Also, I beat cancer.

I was in a minor role at the opening scene in a crime TV show. I got killed by one of the main characters. That's cool I guess.

Earned my associates degree at 39 and went back to school for my Bachelors at 40

Not sure this fits. Took a helicopter flight over Kilauea during an active eruption. It was phenomenal.

Helped resuscitate a half-drowned shark that had been caught in a set-net.

Being the boss of a whole department in a primate rescue centrum, having many lovely macaques under my care and training and managing three wonderful interns.

Sadly ut was an unpaid position and obviously they were exploiting me because I was doing the job of a worker without the pay. But it was really cool.

My wife...

I was with my ex at the time and tickets for the show Hamilton were released in London for the first time (I’ve always wanted to see it!) So we booked the tickets, the show was a while away but I was just so happy I got tickets!

Fast forward to about a week before the show and me and my ex break up.. I gave her her money back for her ticket and I desperately tried to find someone to go with me to the show but no one was interested..

So here’s where my “coolest thing I’ve ever done” comes into it..

I have Aspergers, a form of Autism and it affects me in the way that I hate anything social and especially doing things, getting public transport or going places on my own, I get mad sweaty, disoriented and things like that.

The day came and I still had no one to go to the show with but for some reason on that morning I felt invincible,
I literally woke up and said to myself “you’re going to the show!” So I got up, showered and dressed and got the 30min bus to the train station which for most is not a big deal but for me was massive and then, for the first time ever, got a train on my own into London! One of the busiest cities in the world! I felt so good about doing it! I even went and visited Buckingham Palace before I walked to the venue of the show!
When I got to the theatre a lady who worked there asked if I was on my own which I replied yes and explained to her what happened and that I have the other ticket here with me and she told me that they would buy it back off me! So I wasn’t left out of pocket, I did the coolest thing I’ve ever done in my life and enjoyed every single second of it! The show was absolutely amazing too!

Ever since that day I have changed so much as a person for the better, I am so much more independent and I realised that sometimes you just to face fears to get the best out of life.

I crossed the border illegally. 14 years later, I am a U.S citizen, have two college degrees, and an amazing husband.

Stood completely still while a 2.5m boa constrictor chewed my hand and tried to strangle my arm. Luckily he eventually decided I wasn't food.

Thanks to KickStarter, I was able to get my picture into a soon to be released expansion rule book for 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons, modeling a magic item and standing next to a dark elf who is very clearly disappointed in her choice to go out with me. As a life long nerd, this may be the greatest thing in my entire life, past or future

Deliver a baby. No i am not a medical professional

Not as cool as others on this list but at my school football game, some little kids behind me in line were talking about what candy to buy. I saw that it was 4 bars of the candy they wanted for a dollar. I bought some and gave it to them and they were so happy 😊

Bungee jumped from a crane in Beijing... tandem with a Buddhist monk.

Was dating a guy that was in the military. We had, what I thought, was a great relationship. Turned out, he had a fiance back home in NJ. I went to track him down to confront him and was told he was in the local night club on the base.

You can't get in as a civilian unless you have a military escort. I explained my situation to three soldiers in line and they happily escorted me in. One of the soldiers, the only one of the three that was sober, asked for my number before I left. He called me everyday after that and we'd talk for hours.

Seven weeks later I married that man and I'm still married to him after 31 years! Best thing to ever happen to me!

Swam with otters

Got clean off drug 19 years ago, had some great kids prior but got a 2nd chance to be a real mom. Than I get to be a grandma to some awesome kids who I like better than their parents, lol. Meet the woman I get to spend the rest of my life wife, shes pretty cool. At the end the coolest thing is getting out of my own way.