What age were you happiest?

[Caramel78]

What age were you when you were at your happiest in life?

For me I was very happy as a child until the age of 11. I hated high school and didn’t start to feel happy again until I was about 31 as I had one horrible thing after another happen throughout my 20s.
32 now and feeling like life is good again (well until all this coronavirus crap started)

Primary and secondary school

27. I finally treated my anxiety and living without it was like a huge weight had been lifted. I got a better paying but easier job, moved to another city and lived near the water. I had no responsibilities and pleased myself. I felt so much power over my own life and had a sense of potential.

Now I am happily married with wonderful children. But my in laws are crazy and abusive and we're having to go to court, my children have special needs, my house is a tip, I constantly feel like I am not enough. I walk past my masters degrees carrying endless laundry and wonder where that girl with the glamorous job who lived near the water went. It wasn't that long ago.

Age about 5 to 11 - looking back it was blissful contentment.

19 to 21 - grown through social trauma and various mistakes, enjoying life and looking forward to so many things

30 to 37 - babies and small children, losing my mother less immediate, and before horrible things came to light in my social groupings

If I could get a reasonable job I'd be pretty content now (50)

The age I am now, 40.
Don’t get me wrong, I loved watching the kids grow up etc..but I feel that this age is mine, not theirs.
They are now 20 and 16 so I get my freedom back.
Met and married the man of my dreams this year.

I was very happy at university but I wish I’d been more confident in myself . I was slim but I wanted to constantly lose a stone and be thin and thought that would solve all my problems !

Right now, never been happier.
I’m 42 and it’s taken a long time to get here, but I feel totally content -incredible DD, own home, own business, amazing partner.

Having had depression many times in the past, the feeling of true happiness is still quite novel.

The years that are meant to be the 'best of your life' I was very unhappy (so 12-24) I was very unhappy indeed at 17-20. Happier at 27+ but I'm now happy, content and fulfilled (and very grateful) at 32. I had poor mental health for a lot of years and have that 'sorted' now and no longer drink alcohol. I have a good dh and two beautiful children and a good job. I'm lucky enough to work part time. I've also kept life simple. Im not obsessed with how I look anymore and am my look is a lot more natural and toned down. More info than you asked for there! Sorry!

around 24/25 I reckon. Working, sharing a flat with friends in London, single, thin, money to spare. No real worries or responsibilities!

Age 3&4 probably, then 15/16, then 29-32. The rest has been shite.

32 - 35. Got into a relationship with my now husband and married him. We had plenty of disposable income and life was one long holiday.
Then came kids. Nothing has ever been the same.

16-19
Local tech college doing BTEC prior to Uni.
They were the best group of friends I’ve ever had-no longer in touch. It was a time I was most myself, most accepted and we had the best fun.

I was happy from a baby till about 8. Then I got bullied all through school, and developed mental health issues. I’m hoping after corona I may actually have a happy life again though.

21. I was at university by the sea, met an amazing group of friends, had plenty of money as I worked in a cool bar, met who I thought was the most incredible man and fell head over heels in love. Had the start of a drink and drug problem but wasn’t feeling the consequences yet, just endless parties and clubs. It was amazing.

At 37 I’m paying the price for marrying that boyfriend and for some of the choices I made then. Good memories though!

28

I've been very happy from 35+. Struggled with my mental health all my teens and adult life, but if I can see out this year without a depressive incident, I'll have had ten years of continuous good mental health. I think that's something worth celebrating.

35, definitely happiest year of my life

53. In March next year that will change to 54

I've every intention of being happiest at 52. I'm 51 now. When I'm 52, 53 will be my happiest.

I know the question was about the past. But the idea of pin pointing a specific time like 30 years ago, would make me feel the last 30 years have been a disappointment or miserable.

Eighteen i was young carefree my money was my own as i was living at home. I was out having fun with my friends, met my future dh fell in love. Fell hard he was the world to me had my first baby was very sick during the pregnancy and then had the worst pnd.
Had baby no 2 and realising I had married a compulsive liar, a few years into my 30's and he pissed off.
Now my dc have grown up and i am a young granny. Going to keep on working and enjoy being single and spend time with my family and friends, especially my dgc.
Hope to go to Italy for my 50th all being well, gosh this has been nice to have said all this out loud to myself.

Twenties. Young, free and single, loving University life and travelling and living for myself with no responsibilities. So much fun.

30. I’d lost a tonne of weight and was looking my best and felt the best. I met dh that year too. I was living on my own, working hard, earning well and travelling.

Childhood up to 16... all felt quite idyllic, somewhere between town/ rural and lived on a lovely road where my school friends also lived. Did great at school, excellent marks in exams. We had atmospheric family holidays to rustic meditteranean seaside towns which were practically unchanged since the 60's and 70's (before their character was removed by cheap commercialisation). I was very happy but didn't always know it - free enough to just be me, not care too much about boys (although one or two teenage relationships where it seems so innocent, looking back). Just lots of unadulterated fun in the teen years leading up to y2k. That period of time (late 1990's) has it's own essence of positivity which contributed... the music backdrop was so great, we only used mobile phones to text and no one really used the internet too much- technology took a back seat. Everyone in society seemed really happy (compared to now!). We were encouraged to love the world around us. I hardly understood the darkness in the world up until this point.
(16-30 was a complete mess)
30-37 things got a whole lot better, started healing, making better decisions and building confidence within myself. Met my dp.
37 onwards is looking to be a brand new chapter and am very, very excited for it!

I had a run of years from age 19 to 32 where I could honestly say I was very content and definitely happy. I can't pick a specific year because they all had highlights:

I moved away from home, married, had my children, had fun and satisfying work and many friends, moved abroad, traveled, purchased a home...I look back at those days and I smile broadly.

My 40's have well and truly sucked.

I am 49 now, soon to be 50.
I am hoping the new decade will be far better than the last with new, fantastic memories to look back on. I can't and won't have another shitty decade.

That’s amazing @GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal!

26 for me. Childhood, teen years and early 20s all contained a lot of sadness, trauma and mental illness. I had DD at 26 and that marked a turn around for me, the past couple of years have been healthy and happy :)