Which decade(s) were/are the best times of your life?

[StarSong]

Every decade - indeed every year - has been a mixed bag of good and bad. No rose colored glasses for me.

When my kids were little and an extreme handful (3 kids in a smidge over 2 years), I recall my mother saying to me, "You kids were so easy. I never had a minute's trouble with you." I thought to myself, if we were so easy and no trouble, what was all that yelling about????

I realize that I've developed my own version of parental and life amnesia, partly because I know the endings are happy.

Now that I'm on the other side, I don't give a lot of weight to past financial challenges, extended family drama, or the sleep deprivation that came with babies. I tend to remember highlights over the lows, picture-perfect moments rather than sick children at 3 am, times when my kids played happily together rather than moments when I feared one would do serious harm to another, and vacations rather than months of juggling bills just to make ends meet. I allow my past geo-political concerns to recede because my current fears are so overwhelming.

On balance, life's been pretty good to me overall, but every period has included plenty of dips along with the peaks.

 

[DaveA]

The 50's, and they were the busiest. Served 4 years in the military, met (1953) and married (1956) my (present) wife and we had 2 of our eventual 4 children.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I'd have to say from 1966 to 1972. I went from home to college to the Navy, and landing in a Naval Base in Cuba.

 

[CarolfromTX]

They all had ups and downs, but mostly ups. Life has been good, mostly. I've been blessed. We've also made good decisions and worked hard toward that end.

 

[Ellen Marie]

The best time of my life.... when my children were young and they thought I knew something. It is a time in my life when I felt real value, real worth.

 

[peppermint]

I would say, I love my life, even though hardship comes into view....My husband survived a heart attack and Cancer....But cancer could come back...So we don't dwell on it....I lost my parents and my big brother....And many family members....I do have my younger brother and his wife
and their kids....Also my daughter's kids and son's kids....That's all I need in my life....What Ever Will Be Will Be...Hey...I know life is not a bowl
of cherries....So I'll take Chocolate...

 

[MarkinPhx]

Being a geek I would have to probably say the 90's because things tech wise such as the internet was still wild, adventurous and fun and not mainstream like it is these days. The music wasn't too bad and neither were the movies . Plus The Sopranos debuted. My personal life was good and everything just seemed to go my way in that decade.