What was the happiest period of your life?

[finesse_r]

At what point in your life were you the happiest? For me it had to be my mid to late teens about age 14 through 18. I worked after school and either had a motor cycle or a car with plenty of money and all the freedom in the world. I think if I could relive any period of my life it would be those years. Plenty of cute girls to date, still fit enough to play several sports, and rock & roll was coming of age.

Life has been generally good, but never quite so good as those years. That would have been the late 1950's and the early 1960's, when Elvis was king, TV was fuzzy Black and White, flat tops were the hair cut of the day, and traffic jams were still pretty rare.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

The '40's & 50's. Gas was cheap [25 cents]. A new Ford pickup cost me $1988 out the door with a $596 trade in. The rent on a small cabin was $45 bucks a month. I was making $100 bucks a week. Hamburger was 29 cents a pound.Model 92 Winchesters were going from 25 to 50 bucks each at the local gun show. Hell, I bought my 95 Winchester 35 in great shape for 45 bucks. Gosh, I was single then & had money to invest. Bought some stocks & made out very well.Korea was over & I spent 9 years the the National Guard. I served my country better than Bill C. ever did. I married in 1960 & things never looked as good ever again. My 3 kids all do much better than I ever did but I believe I had more fun.

 

[rwsmith]

I was lucky to grow up......

I was lucky to grow up before everything went to mud. I think I can point out periods where I was deliriously happy.

Late teens. Young and free.

Married. I had it made.

Adopting our son. Probably the happiest I've been in my life.

 

[ACP230]

When my kids were home and old enough to hunt and fish with me.
Had a Springer Spaniel back then too. Good times chasing grouse.

 

[Frank46]

The time i was in the navy. 18 year old kid operating million dollar pieces of equipment. Kinda sad when it came time for me to leave.Frank

 

[captorquewrench]

Now.

But as I look back, I realize with only a couple of exceptons, ice always thought that.

 

[shouldazagged]

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.

 

[JohnHL]

Now.

But as I look back, I realize with only a couple of exceptions, I've always thought that.

Couldn't have said it better, myself.

John

 

[don5]

I would tell you but the boss keeps walking by and looking over my shoulder.

 

[Fishslayer]

Probably the 4 years I spent in Australia...

 

[kaaskop49]

Never. I did have my absolute best year winning in the casinos out here in 2014, but there's no happiness anymore when you win after playing heavily for years.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

 

[Pre 29]

I'm thinking the eighth month.

 

[islamoradamark]

late teens early 20 s fast cars lots of women plenty of good times dont regreat nothin. then meat the love of my life we had tons of fun now that we have gottin older and had a kid. now were just in the food chain or maybe thats how i feel. but still happy just wish i was young again

 

[lawandorder]

Tomorrow, if I get it.
Everyday is a gift we should all treasure even the rough ones.

 

[walkinghorse]

Now.

But as I look back, I realize with only a couple of exceptons, ice always thought that.

Have to agree! Woke up this morning still breathing!

 

[Farmer17]

Maybe right now. I got remarried about 4 years ago to a great gal and we have the kind of love I thought was only in fairy tales. We just got back from the Bahamas and are already planning our next vacation, and my construction business is doing very well with a pretty bright future. Everything was so terrible about 7 years ago any decent life would seem very happy to me.

 

[chmpco]

In the womb I'm sure. Been trying to get back in ever since

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Through my early 20s. Motorcycles, women, all the fun stuff of the 70s, and real honest to God friends that I had known from a small kid that were as wild as me. You will never know a man as well as the man you knew as a kid. They are all dead and gone, mostly from trying to live that life for too long.

 

[LostintheOzone]

Right now.

I'm retired and going to die broke if it kills me.

 

[ordy]

I've had many high points in my life...the birth of my son, a great wife...but the best time in my life was the four years in the navy. I traveled the world and saw all manner of things from different cultures. Worked on million dollar airplanes and gained confidence in myself as the time passed. I basically grew up while there which prepared me for life in general.