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davebro | 17:33 Thu 13th May 2021 | ChatterBank
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at the time that you were at having the best time of your life?

Mid-30s, I was fit, had hair, a job, many friends, active in outdoor pursuits, in a relationship.

Looking back it was the best time of my life & I just didn't know it or appreciate it enough.
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''You don't miss your water 'till your well runs dry.''
Are you saying you are now, old, unfit, bald, no job, not many friends and single but not by choice?
As Joni Mitchell sang
"Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone.". So true
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"Are you saying you are now, old, unfit, bald, no job, not many friends and single but not by choice?"

More or less - unfortunately!
no regrets - mid forties - - struck down with cancer and you just have to adapt and survive. I havent been a great one for longing - oh I WISH I hadnt got cancer - - - I did.
Be happy with the life you have now, if you’re not, change it so you are
or fink: well it cd be worse, I cd be Jeffrey Epstein
Yes, my 30's was my favourite decade. I was my most confident, the slimmest I've ever been, good job that I loved and a good social life. I often wish I could go back and do it all over again ! I'm not particularly unhappy now, but I miss my parents and always will and that has changed my life.
Me too -definately 30's -full of energy, full of confidence I felt the world was my oyster. Unfortunately at the time I was stressed out constantly and had no time to think how lucky I was.

Having said that, now I'm in my 60's (just lol!) I feel this could just become the best time of my life -less work, money in the bank and more time to enjoy ourselves and treat the grand kids.
^ Very true !
Mid thirties. Worked like a Trojan to feed and clothe six.
Low wages, My wife’s illness, and housing issues made it not an easy time.
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Admittedly I had no spare money then as I do now but it didn't matter.
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Oh! And we laughed - A LOT. Something I don't seem to do now.



I'm still doing most of that now, just a bit slower at 63 and getting married in a few weeks
I'd go for my thirties/early forties. I just didn't appreciate how lucky I was. I learned to do the Fosbury Flop aged 40. I was tearing around however, working, taking kids here and there and looked forward to some free time.
Now (early 70s) I just wish everything, especially knees, would stop hurting so I could dash around and ... but the kids are doing their own child-rearing. :(
Hiya RATTER, many congrats on your forthcoming wedding.

Be happy with the life you have now, if you’re not, change it so you are

what if you can't
I can relate to this quote I read read some back
“Turning 30 is like getting an upgrade after years of flying economy.

There’s an intrinsic shift: after years of niggling self-doubt and insecurity, you suddenly feel more grounded.

You are experienced enough to avoid the mistakes you made when you were younger, but not so much that you become jaded”

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