Well I saw Hale-Bopp in 1997 and a total solar eclipse in 2017, so I’m not too disappointed in the celestial circus. That and three other comets, a few dozen meteors, one during the day, and one hitting the roof and holding in my hand later. Several lunar eclipses, and so on. I don’t expect to see everything that can happen since a human lifetime is less than a blink of an eye in the cosmological reference frame.
If you saw Hale-Bopp, you saw one of the best comets ever. I have seen a few Great Comets. West, Halley, Hyakutake, Hale-Bopp, and Neowise 2020. Hale-Bopp went on forever.
Isn’t astronomy Fun!