the ringo kid
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What was the happiest period of your life?
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My happiest time was probably when I was in college. Classes were interesting and I learned a lot, the future seemed bright.
The last several years have been very down. Parents are getting older, dad is getting more frail. The old office became just like Dilbert and I had enough. I thought retiring early would make me happy, but I feel bored and useless. I cringe at the thought of going back to the life of being a wage slave and the stress of being under someone's thumb, deadlines, etc.
The last several years have been very down. Parents are getting older, dad is getting more frail. The old office became just like Dilbert and I had enough. I thought retiring early would make me happy, but I feel bored and useless. I cringe at the thought of going back to the life of being a wage slave and the stress of being under someone's thumb, deadlines, etc.
As much fun as I had in my 20's as a single cop in Detroit with a 28" waist and full head of hair, dating nurses from the downtown hospitals.....I know that 30 years later, the best is yet to come. And shame on me if it doesn't work out that way.
Pointblank2U
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Since I retired in 2007 and counting..
BigBill
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In the fifties it was those 10 cent soda fountain syrup cokes. Those five cent milky way candy bars. Mom gave me money for a hair cut, a movie and candy. Not too often we were poor.
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The 80's. I hit my stride on the job. Finally was making some money, not living paycheck to paycheck. Was still young enough to play baseball & hockey, fast enough to play the outfield. The kids were getting old enough we were able to do a lot of things. About the only problem was Mrs. She spent about half the decade PO'd at me, still haven't found out why.
There's been a few.
14 degrees out, just put a new carburetor on my '75 Corolla SR5 and it fired right up.
Before I met my wife, I rented a room from a buxom redhead. She'd bring her girlfriends home and come knocking on my door....
There was a time in my life when I was always doing something. Backpacking, rollerblading, mountainbiking, rock climbing, or just partying for days. I was having lotsa fun.
Then I met an Italian woman that was to become my wife.
Another happy time was when we got a house together in the mountains of West Virginia.
I gotta say that a really happy moment was just a few years ago.
My neurologist said it wasn't ALS but a condition called Multifocal Motor Neuropathy. That means I may be as bad as I'm gonna get and I won't lose the ability to eat or breath.
14 degrees out, just put a new carburetor on my '75 Corolla SR5 and it fired right up.
Before I met my wife, I rented a room from a buxom redhead. She'd bring her girlfriends home and come knocking on my door....
There was a time in my life when I was always doing something. Backpacking, rollerblading, mountainbiking, rock climbing, or just partying for days. I was having lotsa fun.
Then I met an Italian woman that was to become my wife.
Another happy time was when we got a house together in the mountains of West Virginia.
I gotta say that a really happy moment was just a few years ago.
My neurologist said it wasn't ALS but a condition called Multifocal Motor Neuropathy. That means I may be as bad as I'm gonna get and I won't lose the ability to eat or breath.
tom turner
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My nine-year third and final marriage, and the three and a half years we dated but didn't live together before that. We were both sober alcoholics. We really believed we were made for each other. It was the happiest, most contented time of both our lives until leukemia took her. In January she will have been dead twenty years. I've lived alone since she left us, knowing I'd never find another soulmate like her.
The thing I miss the most is the laughter. It was a hilarious marriage.
Sorry, been thinking about her a lot the last couple of days.
That's a great thing to do. You honor her with your thoughts, and with your continued life in memory of her.
If I ever lose my wife I'll never remarry either. None could take her place, and I'll live my days in honor of her memory too. Take care . . .
da gimp
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He that created us all, has been very good to me... I'd have to say that each day is great & better than the one before... so I'm saying it is now...........
Bozz10mm
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It's been so long since I was happy, I mean, really really happy, that I can't remember. Perhaps I never was. But the last 2 years of high school are hard to forget. And the first 2 years after graduation when I felt the freedom of being on my own away from home.
tom turner
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Happiest year? This one. I hope every new one brings the same feeling too. But that first happiest year was when I "died to myself," and was born again in '83 at age 32. That moment turned everything around for me, and soon for my wife, and suddenly the world changed for us.
I shudder to think how it could have ended up otherwise. I'm so grateful, and so blessed, and our kids are now grown with families of their own. All are happily married, and six wonderful grandchildren . . . and so much love all the way around. All thanks to '83.
I shudder to think how it could have ended up otherwise. I'm so grateful, and so blessed, and our kids are now grown with families of their own. All are happily married, and six wonderful grandchildren . . . and so much love all the way around. All thanks to '83.
Dilbert indeed......
Like I said, I had to retire early, but honestly I was glad to get out of there because the place had become completely Dilbertized and I just plain didn't like it anymore. I used to LOVE my job but after that......nyah.
Like I said, I had to retire early, but honestly I was glad to get out of there because the place had become completely Dilbertized and I just plain didn't like it anymore. I used to LOVE my job but after that......nyah.
I'm probably one of the few who wouldn't go back and repeat that part of my life again for anything. Alcohol and drugs were taking their toll on me in that period. I started messing with them to escape my insecurities at 12 and was a full blown alcoholic by the time I was a Junior in High School.
I got sober at 21 and have been sober now for just under 31 years. The last couple of years of drinking were miserable and the first couple of years of sobriety were really hard. I wouldn't repeat any of that for anything in the world.
I've always said that if I could turn back the clock I wouldn't go a day farther back than age 23 when I met my wife. That is when the best period of my life started. That first 10 years - before kids - we were young, carefree, madly in love and had only ourselves and 2 cats to take care of. We were doing fine financially, took great vacations, and generally just did whatever we pleased.
Not that things are bad now, not by any means. But being north of 50 with 1 teenager and 1 almost teenager, and a lot more responsibility, things aren't quite as free and easy. Both of us have 25 years under our belts in our respective careers & companies, so the work part of our lives isn't new and exciting anymore. Plus with the boys to look out for, things are a lot more stressful and less carefree. We're still happy, still very much in love, and thankful for the relationships we have in our lives - we're just not so young and carefree anymore.
God willing, within a few years the kids will get grown and independent, and we'll get to retire and go back to a more free - and carefree - life again. But, unfortunately, we still won't be able to go back to being young again.
Hopefully we'll get some grandkids before we get too old to be able to enjoy them. 
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Like I said, I had to retire early, but honestly I was glad to get out of there because the place had become completely Dilbertized and I just plain didn't like it anymore. I used to LOVE my job but after that......nyah.
It's been a long time since I could truly say I was happy. I feel like I should be doing something productive, so I went job hunting. The only nibbles I have gotten are places where I don't want to live, like Chicago. I keep trying to tell myself that I don't have to live like that any more, but unsuccessfully.
Sounds like you need to start your own SMALL business. Nothing big and it doesn't even have to be a huge moneymaker. But if you start a small business doing something you enjoy AND can make it more than break even and put a few bucks into your pocket, that could be just the ticket. The hard part is usually figuring out WHAT kind of business to start and then actually getting started...
jag312
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The happiest times were when I was a young boy growing up in a rural community. Especially summer vacation. Freedom. Then when I was 12, we moved to the city. Nothing was the same or as much fun after that.
This thread is making me think too much about just how unhappy my whole sorry life has been. 
I'm getting awfully dang depressed!
Time to go take a long walk and try to think instead about how lucky I am just to still be alive and taking nourishment in this crazy, mixed-up, complicated world.
I'm getting awfully dang depressed! Time to go take a long walk and try to think instead about how lucky I am just to still be alive and taking nourishment in this crazy, mixed-up, complicated world.
GatorFarmer
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I remember eating 23 pieces of fried chicken and then having a piece of pie. That was good chicken.
