Ask Lemmy

Drinking morning coffee. Feels great.

A cat rubbing its head against you.

I love it, so warm, so soft.

When your kid runs at you to give you the most enthusiastic hug of your life just because.

Waking up to a quiet, clean house every day, with no children.

Yeah, sex is cool, but have you ever closed like 50 browser tabs after finishing an annoying project?

I have a good family life. Making a coffee and tea first thing in the morning for my wife, getting a slap on the butt, asking me 'how was your sleep suckhead?'

Top for me so far was hearing my fiancée say yes when I asked her to marry me. I've beaten brain cancer twice, but hearing her say yes to forever with me beats that by a massive margin

The "I figured it out!" feeling!!! Solving a particularly difficult problem, or the moment when something you've been struggling to understand finally "clicks."

I've been in love, had great food and drinks and been to a few amazing far off places, had great orgasms, enjoyed awesome stories in various forms of media, etc. but nothing compares.

Fixing something you thought was probably going to end up trashed is also a great feeling. I would call it a subcategory of the "I figured it out!" feeling, though.

"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

Just kidding. I have no idea. Some would say love, I've been fortunate enough to have a caring family, but I've never known "true love" of another not from my family.

Falling into a nice comfy bed when you're exhausted and just passing out

Using an actual flushing toilet after being out in the wilderness for even just a few days

Orgasms

Eating your favorite meal

Having your back scratched or getting a massage

Apparently I think the best feelings have to do with the physical and not the mental, not sure why that is

Feeling your butt cheeks on the toilet seat just before you lose the battle to hold everything in.

I've heard the greatest feeling in the world is holding your baby for the first time, but I can’t speak to that yet. For me, though, it’s the feeling of being in love with your best friend. It's a deep, effortless connection where it feels like they’re a part of you. When they’re not around, it’s this constant longing, this ache of missing them, and the thoughts of them that never really stop. It’s wanting to see them happy, to be the one who brings them joy, and realizing how much they mean to you in every little moment. It’s the kind of love that makes everything else feel brighter, like life just wouldn’t be the same without them in it.

To hold one’s child for the first time.

As of this morning, I can tell you the WORST deeling in the world

Laying down in your own bed after traveling for a bit

When I go to bed and my dog shoves himself under the covers and tucks himself in the crook of my knees. Or when he rests his chin on my ankle.

When I'm dragged across an array of sharp raised metal bumps on a plane until there's a pile of me in strips and chunks on the plate below.

No, wait, that's the grate-ist feeling, sorry.

Cold glass of water.

The feeling of being loved.

An orgasm, best if shared with someone you love. Highest rate of happy chemicals ever.

Second place goes to watching a campfire shortly after the sun goes down. So relaxing.

Taking a decent hit of acid once it kicks in smoking a few bong hits then having sex. Best feeling ever!

When the woman you are madly in love with proposes to you.

Or when your child for the first time says "Dada" and pulls on your beard.