what age do you think was or will be your happiest approximate year?

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STUDY SAYS : 33 !!!!!

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" Are you ready to have the time of your life? A recent study suggested that might not happen, until you are well into your 30s. A British social website, Friends Reunited , conducted a survey of people over age 40 and found that 70 percent of respondents indicated they were not truly happy until there was 33 candles on their birthday cake. Read more: http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpps/entertainment/survey-33-is-the-happiest-age-dpgoh-20120402-fc_18972033#ixzz1qwTmRQqm"

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"What makes 33 so much fun? According to psychologist Donna Dawson , it's because we carry some life experience, but we're not too jaded. "The age of thirty-three is enough time to have shaken off childhood naivety and the wild scheming of teen-aged years without losing the energy and enthusiasm of youth," she said. "By this age innocence has been lost, but our sense of reality is mixed with a strong sense of hope, a 'can do' spirit, and a healthy belief in our own talents and abilities." The number 33 has long had special connotations. According to biblical scholars , Jesus Christ was crucified at age 33. In 1836, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson published his significant essay "Nature" at age 33. In 1928, Amelia Earnhardt became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic at age 33. Additionally, 33-year-old celebrities like Jennifer Love Hewitt, Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine and Katie Holmes seem to be enjoying a wealth of success right now. Read more: http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpps/entertainment/survey-33-is-the-happiest-age-dpgoh-20120402-fc_18972033#ixzz1qwU4Kkd1"

Jaime Pressly is 33, but she doesn't look too happy


however Brooke Burns does



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4/2/2012 10:58:31 PM

My childhood was pretty happy, I don't think I can be happy with the state of the world ever again, with my own personal life? sure. I think this is more complicated than anyone can answer

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4/2/2012 10:59:57 PM

probably 6 years old

4/2/2012 11:00:04 PM

I have been more miserable in each successive decade of my life

4/2/2012 11:07:39 PM

^agree. Although come on guys, we're all in our 20s. In general as long as I don't start thinking too hard about the things around me I am happy lol. Thank you george orwell

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4/2/2012 11:09:21 PM

Turning 16 was pretty dope.

4/2/2012 11:32:55 PM

I was mostly miserable as a teenager.

Every successive compartment of my life was better, but only marginally so. Overall satisfaction still isn't good, or even decent. As I get older however, I'm getting more emboldened about going out of my way to follow my passions and establish meaningful relationships. My present thinking blames my general dissatisfaction on a prior inability to do that.

That said, I'm not going to live with any expectations that things will be better next decade. Statistically, there's around a 1% chance I won't make live that long anyway. Tomorrow's morning is never a given. Remember that.

4/3/2012 12:19:28 AM

It's all about how you view the world around you.

That said, my best years are ahead of me, and I like that. I feel sorry for those that peaked in High School and/or College.

4/3/2012 12:31:07 AM

i'm happier now than any other time in my life...in a mature way, anyway

i'm sure being a 3- or 4-year old was pretty awesome, and being in high school was a blast...i really enjoyed undergrad, too

4/3/2012 8:34:08 AM

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"STUDY SAYS : 33 !!!!!"

OH SWEET! So that means this year is going to keep getting better and better


but honestly...I'll have to agree with this. one of the worst and biggest life changing events of my life happened only about 3 days before I turned 33. Since then my entire life and outlook on it have changed. I'm definitely in a better place than I was a few years ago. I'm not particularly happy right now...but the recent events have helped me lay a foundation for getting to a truly happy place.

4/3/2012 8:42:08 AM

Looking at old pictures when I was 5, it's pretty apparent that I was a happy little fuck.


I could see why 33 would be a happy time though.... Old enough to have some loot....young enough to enjoy it.

4/3/2012 8:46:21 AM

1.) Right now. (30 years old)
2.) 19 years old
3.) 6 years old

4/3/2012 8:51:21 AM

15 was legitimately the best time for me. I was ripped, I had one of the best mountain bikes in town, no job except to cut grass one day a week, and I spent every day biking, swimming, jet skiing, or wakeboarding. And I got some booty too. What more could a person of any age ask? This working stuff is lame.

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4/3/2012 9:02:27 AM

I'm 33, and i'm pretty damn happy this year.

but if you asked me any year dating back to the end of high school, i'd have said every year was the best year of my life.

4/3/2012 9:03:35 AM

I can't imagine a majority of the population will be happy in their early 30s this day in age. Tough economy is fucking with everything.

I was living a dream when I was 10-13. Barely a care in the fucking world. I only cared if it was warm enough to get to the pool/lake or cold enough to snow so I didn't have to go to school. Had a full time chauffeur (mom) that took me to pool/school/sports practices/friends house. If no need for a car, just rode my bike everywhere. Physically, I could fall out of a fucking tree house and get up and walk away with just a scrape. If you did break a bone, you got a ton of attention and a cool cast for everyone to sign. Now if I run too much, my foot hurts and I have to stop and watch what I eat or I'll get fat.

I could go on...but adolescence was the shit.

4/3/2012 9:06:00 AM

^this

that study is bullshit

4/3/2012 9:14:02 AM

^^

that's your anecdotal experience.
This is mine-

I was poor as shit at that age. No access to a pool. a bike that had a bent frame that we got from goodwill. parents couldn't take me anywhere because they worked too much just to keep a roof over our heads.

nah, life's a lot better now.

Objectively.... the economy sucks for people who don't have useful skills.

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4/3/2012 9:19:15 AM

IMO, you had to be really poor to have a shitty life at that age. I was in the middle. Had rich friends and poor friends. All of them seemed to be happy. It wasn't until you got closer to the 13-16 age range that money started to matter (that's when kids really started to notice and make fun of your clothes/shoes/cars).

Before that, you just had to have a bike that works. Which is maybe why you had a tough time with the bent frame. Sorry you weren't close to a pool. Guess that sucks as well.

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"Objectively.... the economy sucks for people who don't have useful skills."

I'm glad you and your wife have a good job, but the economy sucks for people with useful skills too. Let's be real. There is a small majority of people out there that really don't have to worry about money. Engineers are getting laid off too.

And even if you have a decent job, when I was 10 years old I didn't have to worry about schools loans, mortgages, saving up for college for my kid, etc. Even if you have a comfortable salary, your responsibility is infinitely higher.

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4/3/2012 9:23:08 AM

10-13 you weren't banging. I can't see putting an era you weren't banging over an an era in which you were. Give me 22-27. I don't know what's better, getting laid or getting paid. I just know that when I'm getting one, the other's getting away.

4/3/2012 9:24:18 AM

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"10-13 you weren't banging. I can't see putting an era you weren't banging over an an era in which you were."

You also didn't know how great it was to bang. Can't be sad to miss what you don't know what you're missing.

At that age you were just trying to kiss a girl and if you were at "that age", rubbing one out was fucking awesome.

4/3/2012 9:26:23 AM

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"Give me 22-27"

you damn straight

4/3/2012 9:27:11 AM

ITT, we learn BobbyDigital's motivation for becoming a success in life. We also learn why his housekeeper will ALWAYS be white, and he will ALWAYS treat her like a banana peel in the dirt.



*daps - I do it too*

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4/3/2012 9:28:56 AM

Speak for yourself. My jacking during the the mid 90's was mainly comprised of old Club magazines and waiting 5 minutes for a single Erica Eleniak picture to load over my 28k modem. I was all to eager to survive and advance to banging stage. Or at least the handy stage under the bleachers.

4/3/2012 9:29:07 AM

This issue was my fap material for a good two years:



There were probably a good 20 pictures in that magazine that sufficed.

4/3/2012 9:31:30 AM

There was one I think in that issue of Rebecca Romain walking naked, it was a side shot so of course you didn't see the good, but just the fact that she was buck naked did it for me. I used to bust right on the page, to the point you couldn't even open the magazine anymore.

4/3/2012 9:35:10 AM

Tyra Banks was so hot back when she didn't have opinions

4/3/2012 9:35:10 AM

I had a black box that never got blasted. It worked up until the digital TV took over.

I grew up on the Spice Channel from age 8 until 18.

4/3/2012 9:35:16 AM

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"Tyra Banks was so hot back when she didn't have opinions"

+1

4/3/2012 9:38:12 AM

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"I was poor as shit at that age. No access to a pool. a bike that had a bent frame that we got from goodwill. parents couldn't take me anywhere because they worked too much just to keep a roof over our heads. "

This is what sooo many people don't understand - that not everyone enjoyed their childhood.

Regardless of my exact socioeconomic position as a child (which is up for dispute), I felt isolated. Now, my feelings might not have perfectly reflected reality, but you better believe I was resentful about my perception of my plight. I wasn't happy. I'm not talking about high school either. I liked to presume that I was happy as a really young child, but all times through the start of my memories (where I could exercise real sentience) through 8th grade were just plain miserable, and there is no way around this. An empirical study based on my background, family, and school might not support this, I don't know, I'm just telling it like it is.

Many many many other people feel the same way. Yeah, I got it, some of you remember the years without responsibility fondly. I don't. Many other people don't, and for most of those people, childhood years were filled with nervous-tension. In the real world responsibility doesn't necessarily equal stress.

Real children in the real world very often have to deal with less-than-ideal role models, a poor self-image perpetuated by what certain grownups tell them, and a persistent feeling of otherness. People who had to deal with these things in childhood generally prefer adulthood. It's not easy, but it at least gives them the option to make their own decisions and slowly build up a healthy mental state of being.

I used to presume that everyone else felt the same way, but I don't anymore. Everyone is different and some people actually did have a picket-fence and blissful childhood. But there are sooo many people who did not.

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4/3/2012 9:40:24 AM

^^^^^ shit, all i had to fap to back then was the bra section of the jc penny circular that came with the sunday paper.

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4/3/2012 9:40:59 AM

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"Tyra Banks was so hot back when she didn't have opinions"

The "next model" show ruined it for me. Once she started talking, I stopped fapping.

4/3/2012 9:41:11 AM

I'm 3328, and i'm pretty damn happy this year.

but if you asked me any year dating back to the end of high school, i'd have said every year was the best year of my life.

4/3/2012 1:35:32 PM

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"Tyra Banks was so hot back when she didn't have opinions"

this


now she's atleast 2/3rds crazy

4/3/2012 2:10:00 PM

8-13: most care free time of my life. grew up middle class and had a lot of good friends

14-18: High school kind of sucked but i worked hard so i could go to college

18-23: College rocked!!

24-28: Most fun of my life. still acted like a college student but had a job and money. i also did the craziest shit in my life during this time

29-33: happiest time in my life. married the woman of my dreams and started a family. 33 now and i agree with the article.

4/3/2012 2:37:12 PM

yay lots of happy people in this thread

4/3/2012 2:38:29 PM

My parents say the same thing about being 50 and having grand kids. How depressing would it be ^^ if this was as happy as you got? And it was all downhill from here?

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4/3/2012 2:39:14 PM

I don't think it means that it is all downhill from here, I think it is just when you are grateful for what ya got.

4/3/2012 2:41:35 PM

that wold suck...so maybe i don't agree with the article. i agree 33 is def a good spot to be in in life. i think getting the kids out of the house and off to college, peaking in your career, grandkids and retirement is something to look forward to as long as you have your health.

4/3/2012 2:42:40 PM

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"This is what sooo many people don't understand - that not everyone enjoyed their childhood. Regardless of my exact socioeconomic position as a child (which is up for dispute), I felt isolated. Now, my feelings might not have perfectly reflected reality, but you better believe I was resentful about my perception of my plight. I wasn't happy. I'm not talking about high school either. I liked to presume that I was happy as a really young child, but all times through the start of my memories (where I could exercise real sentience) through 8th grade were just plain miserable, and there is no way around this. An empirical study based on my background, family, and school might not support this, I don't know, I'm just telling it like it is. Many many many other people feel the same way. Yeah, I got it, some of you remember the years without responsibility fondly. I don't. Many other people don't, and for most of those people, childhood years were filled with nervous-tension. In the real world responsibility doesn't necessarily equal stress. Real children in the real world very often have to deal with less-than-ideal role models, a poor self-image perpetuated by what certain grownups tell them, and a persistent feeling of otherness. People who had to deal with these things in childhood generally prefer adulthood. It's not easy, but it at least gives them the option to make their own decisions and slowly build up a healthy mental state of being. I used to presume that everyone else felt the same way, but I don't anymore. Everyone is different and some people actually did have a picket-fence and blissful childhood. But there are sooo many people who did not. "

4/3/2012 2:44:31 PM

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"This is what sooo many people don't understand - that not everyone enjoyed their childhood. Regardless of my exact socioeconomic position as a child (which is up for dispute), I felt isolated. Now, my feelings might not have perfectly reflected reality, but you better believe I was resentful about my perception of my plight. I wasn't happy. I'm not talking about high school either. I liked to presume that I was happy as a really young child, but all times through the start of my memories (where I could exercise real sentience) through 8th grade were just plain miserable, and there is no way around this. An empirical study based on my background, family, and school might not support this, I don't know, I'm just telling it like it is. "

I agree. If your parents are constantly fighting, are so broke that you eat bread for dinner and you have to babysit to help pay bills, childhood can be rough. Not to mention you miss out on what at the time seems important like xmas and going to the movies. It can also help you better appreciate life when you get older.





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4/3/2012 2:47:17 PM

Both of my parents had been married and divorced twice before I graduated high school. I had a couple close friends die. Again...not exactly mid-to-upper class...more lower-to-mid class. Yet my younger years were still the best by far.

My college was pretty lame because I worked 40+ hours a week, took on average of 15+ semesters, and was usually interning/volunteering in addition to my regular shitty job. Didn't go out much and dated here and there, but didn't live the typical college life.

Post grad law school wasn't too much different except I said "fuck it" and ended up going out a lot (lived my college life during law school). But I still worked 30+ hours a week and was exhausted 24/7 for 3+ years.

Now I'm working my ass off, have pretty big school loans and a mortgage. My life is good and I'm doing fun and cool things....but nothing still compares to the carefree life of of my pre-teen years. The only way I can see getting back to that wonderful time is I won the lottery.

4/3/2012 3:11:50 PM

The age of adz

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4/3/2012 3:24:17 PM

dude.... money sucks

4/3/2012 3:28:50 PM

im just pointing out that the OP is silly. how do you know that Jamie Pressly is not happy.

a quick google search says: http://www.gossipcenter.com/jaime-pressly/jaime-pressly-shows-some-skin-twitter-592459

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"Celebrating a local holiday, Jaime added the caption, “Happy Cancun day everybody!!!!” along with the sexy shots. And when her trip came to an end, Ms. Pressly lamented, “Oh how I do hate saying good bye to vaca. Thank u to everyone at the Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Bch resort and spa for an incredible time!” "

she just got back from vaca and looking like this:






so i'd say she looks very very happy.

age and happiness only correlates with whats happening in your life. it varies from person to person.

my happiest years so far were 25 and 35

4/3/2012 3:30:55 PM

I said 6 years old in my first post because as much as I've loved the last 10-20 years of my life, there was something good about not having to worry about paying for rent, insurance, utilities, gasoline, food, etc

4/3/2012 3:42:07 PM

2

4/3/2012 6:38:12 PM

If there's one thing I'm sure of, it's that happiness and attractiveness correlate perfectly.

4/3/2012 10:30:53 PM

21 is the best age/year. 16 was also good.

4/3/2012 10:38:29 PM

I thought about this a while back and since I was born in 1980 I felt like 14 was the best age. That was the last summer of childhood for me. I didn't have a job, I stayed home and watched World Cup 94, my family took a vacation back home to Iowa to see our family, and high school soccer tryouts started about 2 weeks before high school started. The following summer my dad started making me wake up at 5:30 am to go to work with him fulltime in the summer.

In general this is what happens at age 14...

too young to have a job

no bills

high school starts

drivers training

hanging out with friends

you start to think about your future, but you don't have to pick college, military, or labor force yet, for your post high school plans.

Now fast forward to your 30s and this is what could happen...

You are unsuccessful

You have a good job, but wish you had taken a different career path.

You realize some of those fantasies and dreams that you had a while back are never going to come true.

You have bills to pay.

The spouse and children prevent you from making some of those dreams come true.

You could be divorced by then and maybe have a child caught in the middle of it.

You could be rich, single, and happy, but you still have important responsibilities that young children don't have to worry about.

4/3/2012 10:54:09 PM

20-22 were the best years of my life. Here's to looking forward to 33.

4/3/2012 11:39:51 PM