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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:26 PM Original message |
Did anyone's life here get better after 25? |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. I havent peaked yet and I'm at 32. things keep getting better |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm 43 and think it's always getting better. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yup, gets better |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Mine certainly did, haven't peaked yet and I'm 48 |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, my children were born when I was 32 and 33. |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. my life was F'd up at 25, took until 30 to get it right. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Same here! |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. my 40s were the best decade of my life so far |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh hell yes. |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Oh hell yeah! |
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lizerdbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm happier at 33 |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Oh hell yes... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. about the same, averaged out |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. way better. |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes. The road is long and you are just beginning. |
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erinlough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. Let's see... |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. Whoever came up with the "best years of your life" crap needs to be shot |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. People who say that are people who peaked in high school (or college). |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm hoping it does. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. No, it's sucked pretty evenly. |
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winterlight (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Experience makes you handle problems better |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. Depends on the meds |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. ! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. Very much so. |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. I hardly remember 25. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Life is a series of ebbs and flows. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes. I met my wife-to-be when I was 26. She was 35. (Older women ROCK!) |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. You go, boy! |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. In my case, yes....I had a good time in my twenties and early thirties but when I met |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. You're still at the beginning of the adventure. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. A little so far. |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yes and no...some things have gotten better and some things have |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. I actually enjoyed the 25-35 years more... |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. Indubitably. |
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unsavedtrash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
32. It depends. Mostly better but at times I miss the freedom I had at that age. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. my late 20s were the worst, then things changed ..... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'd say I wish at 25 |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. Absolutely. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
36. Life got a lot better after 30 for me. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. My life got way better at 43.... |
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Madrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Better after 25?? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. Definitely, yes |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. yes |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
42. At 25, I never would have contemplated running an ultra-marathon... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. My life opened up after 25. It was a renaissance for a few years. The best years |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. Baby, it's getting better all the time |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. By orders of magnitude! |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
47. Oh hell yes. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
48. Better and better every day. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. I'm 41 and my life is the best it's been so far |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
51. Meh....I have to say no to that one |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. 40s have been the best for me so far |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. 18 to 25 = the seven year ache |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
54. They got way better for me.... |
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easttexaslefty (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. I most definitely |
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mak3cats (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
56. After 25 what? (n/t) |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
58. WAY better -- it took me until my early 30's, I think |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
59. I quit feeling so much angst and emotional pain so often after 25, |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
60. 44 ... still getting better ... |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. Yeah. I met the man I've now been married to for 34 years. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. They got better after 25, after 30, after 35...and I'm assuming the same... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yup. Things started coming together for me around age 30. nm |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
64. my life sucked before 26, heck... before 30 |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
65. For a while. Then it crashed & burned again. |
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