Happier now?

Linda

Linda

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Are you happier now than you were when you were much younger? I am. I have so many less responsibilities and even though I have a few health issues and challenges I didn't have as a younger mom and wife I am hundreds of times happier and more at peace now.
 

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I would have to say I was happier when I was younger – before I developed medical issues. I was more energetic, on the go all the time, and most of the people I cared about were still around. So many are gone! Throughout recent (10 – 15) years some people have disappointed me and I’ve pulled back quite a bit or we just drifted apart.
 
If I get much "happier", the wife will think I've completely lost it and she'll reserve me a room at the local nursing home!!! :>)

My wife and I have been so blessed it would be difficult to say whether we are happier now or were happier "back then". I had a good childhood. My parents were "dirt poor". I wore clothes to school my Mother had made at the sewing machine. Didn't know it wasn't "stylish". College went well. Met my wife and our marriage has been good. Certainly, no two people live together for 50 years without having a few "speed bumps". Our children are doing well, still talking to us and to each other. Both of us are still in pretty good health.

I honestly can't give you a straight answer. Not ready to go back and start over. Not really wanting to see what's around the next corner. I'll just sit here and smile.........
 
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Got the "cake", and wanna eat it, too! Seriously, after living through several absolutely heartbreaking times when younger, and finally living free of the "time-clock", it is happier I should be, than I am.

Double talk, sounds like. Not sure how to express it adequately. Aside from minor medical issues, life in retirement is better in many ways, than it ever was earlier. There, I guess that sounds better! imp
 
Crap no, I want my body to be twenty five and invincible again. I would have had far fewer kids, more dogs and gotten an education and responsible job in my twenties. Now I'm afraid of ending up in a cardboard box and having to steal cat food.
 
Happier now that I'm retired than when I was younger, of course I think we all agree a younger body would be ideal, can't have everything. :)
 
Depends on how much younger. Certainly more happy than 10 years ago. I was 2 years from retirement and really sick of my job. If we go back 30-40 years, probably a toss up.
 
Something I am happier with is my marriage. Even with health issues, we're closer than we've ever been. Your personalities can shift as you get older. He used to be typical Sicilian...Sonny in "The Godfather". He's mellowed so much and I've become the outspoken one. But for us that's a very good thing.
 
Perhaps not happier....just view things differently. More accepting, no longer worry about the small things, not as hard on myself, no longer need to fix everything for everyone. As my son always reminds me, "It is what it is".
Content is probably a more approriate word choice.
 
ndynt said:
Perhaps not happier....just view things differently. More accepting, no longer worry about the small things, not as hard on myself, no longer need to fix everything for everyone. As my son always reminds me, "It is what it is".
Content is probably a more approriate word choice.
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This is exactly how I feel, Nona.
 
Britain is going down the pan and I can only see it getting worse unless we have political leaders who are prepared to stop the slide into oblivion. In some ways I'm happier at the present , but I fear for the future of my children.
 
Cookie said:
I am very happy, no complaints and life is good!:D
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I am more content,(happy) now than I ever have been.
I have had a very overall satisfactory life and am at peace. Sure when I was young, some life events were totally exhilarating, and I reveled in the the pure animal lust that I had for life. That lust has matured and cured through the years and still smolders deep within. When I look back through the perspective of time I enjoy a great satisfaction and a full soulful feeling of happiness.
 

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