Which Decade Do You Miss Most?

I miss the 70's. I graduated from high school in 1976. I got my first real job in 1977. I went wild in college. I didn't have a care in the world. I went to discos in the late 70's and came out as gay in 1979, so those are milestone years for me. I miss them, but I've learned so much since that I wouldn't go back.
 

CallMeKate said:
I know we're all different ages, but is there a decade you miss most or are most nostalgic about? I was born in the late 50s so it's not that one for me. The 60s... nah, just an annoying little kid trying to get through elementary school. :sneaky: But the 70s... yep, that's what I'd choose. Didn't think it at the time, but all these years later, the decade holds my fondest memories. The 80s and 90s were awesome because of my daughter's birth and growing years, but that's a different kind of nostalgia.

(Apologies in advance if it's been asked before, but I've just been here since Christmas and it's not coming up with the searches I'm using.)
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I was also born in the 50s. So in the 70s I was in my 20s, and the world was in the palm of my hand. For 8 years I was touring in a popular rock band playing resort hotels for a month at a time and then on to another for another month, all jobs included hotel rooms, and all the perks one could imagine.(I'll spare you the details). But Life was sure fun and simple then. But in the 80s I fell in love, got married, had kids, house payments, bills. No complaints was all good. But If I was 20 again I'd grow my hair long again, buy a VW van and party on without a care in the world. Haha.
 

I don’t have a favorite decade, but the 80’s had the best music for me. I have to have some background noise when I’m alone. Of course, there are times when quiet will prevail over any noise. They are seldom, but like anyone else, I need a little time to be alone with my thoughts.
 
Been There said:
I don’t have a favorite decade, but the 80’s had the best music for me. I have to have some background noise when I’m alone. Of course, there are times when quiet will prevail over any noise. They are seldom, but like anyone else, I need a little time to be alone with my thoughts.
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have to differ there BT......has to be the 70s in music .....LOL
i miss the late 60s to the late 70s ......
 
1964 through 1970! Life was good and I fell in love many times, the last time in 1970 when I married the girl I spent my life with. Our first few years together were crazy wild and fun. Then our baby girl came along so we settled down a bit and became a family...still was fun, but different than the wild times...! We still have a lot of fun...just slower.
 
timoc said:

Which Decade Do You Miss Most?​



The years just after WW2, everything was changing, like the day an uncle walked into our house with a big long stalk with green bananas on it.
I had never seen a banana and that big stalk hung from the clothes rack on the kitchen ceiling for about a week.
The bananas were now turning yellow and my Mum pulled the ripest looking fruit, peeled the skin back and gave it to me. I looked at it with suspicion, then Mum took a bite of it and went "Mmmmmm", that was enough for me, I scoffed it quickly. I've always liked bananas ever since. 😊
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Me too Timoc, I was born in July 1940 and the years after WW2 were the best. Both my older brothers came home after the war ended one from the US Navy, the other from the Army. It was good to have them back safe and unharmed. My Mama introduced me to bananas in much the same way as you were I have loved them since that time.
 
Now that I think about it, in the 70s the trendy thing to do was to "find" yourself. It's what Whatsisname, the Father of My Children, did. He also found a long-legged, nubile young maiden and forgot he had three children. He faithfully paid child support (on time). He was unavailable when they needed him. What they remember most? That he never, ever, initiated so much as a phone call or would visit when in town. If they wanted to talk to him, he might or might not have been available. They usually weren't aware he was in town, which was often.

Now he's well into dementia, his long-legged, nubile young maiden is no longer young and has stage 4 lung cancer. She probably won't last but another couple of months.

All the money he guarded with a vengence? It'll go for his care after said nubile young maiden is gone.

But the important thing is that he found himself. I guess.
 
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Lilac said:
The 80s had the best music to me. MTV played great videos then & went downhill when they stopped.

My friends & I had great times before we settled down. Best part is I met my husband in the 80s.
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I too loved 80s MTV. Sometimes I'll look up some of their music videos on YouTube, Van Halen, Madonna, Tom Petty, Cyndi Lauper, etc. I don't know if it's just nostalgia talking here, but a lot of the music from that time felt more playful and upbeat. I also met my husband in the 80s and we had our first child in 1989. Lots of good memories.
 
I can find a lot of good in every decade until recently. Maybe things just took a turn for me during that 2008 recession and right after?
 

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