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When in your life were you happiest?

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Legacy · 15/09/2006 22:06

And what was it about that time that did it for you?

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hunkermunker · 15/09/2006 22:07

Hasn't happened yet

SpaceCadet · 15/09/2006 22:10

1999-i was slim, married dh and at that time was very much in love, i was well off and my health was good.

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Legacy · 15/09/2006 22:10

For me, it was about when I was 24 and lived abroad for two years. I was young, very fit (& attractive apparently ), had a good income and no real responsibilities. Travelled lots and felt really confident and independent.

My life now if virtually the antithisis of this in all respects

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puff · 15/09/2006 22:11

It was quite a small window - mid Oct to the end of Nov a few years ago. Me and dh had been married 3 months and I found out I was pregnant for the first time. I remember hugging myself because I was so happy and hadn't felt that depth of happiness and contentment before. I can look back on it now as a precious few weeks.

MoreTeaAnyone · 15/09/2006 22:11

Right now. I have the family that I always wanted. My dh and I are getting on great just now and I have reached a position at work that I'm really proud of. Yeh me!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heathcliffscathy · 15/09/2006 22:12

god.

can't believe it has taken a stupid (sorry no offence) thread on a stupid (sorry no offence) website to make me realise....

now.

saadia · 15/09/2006 22:13

Now, I think. I get more joy out of dss than anything else ever, even though there is a lot of anxiety/stress attached. As I was telling ds2 the other day, I couldn't be more happy.

kama · 15/09/2006 22:14

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Legacy · 15/09/2006 22:15

I don't want to appear a miserable old git. My kids give me an inner warmth and joy I've never experienced before, but overall my life at the moment lacks a lot of the key criteria...

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Gobbledigook · 15/09/2006 22:17

Blimey, that's a tough question. I've been happy most of the time tbh. I'm very happy right now, there's nothing about my life that I'd want to change.

Very, very happy lazing on a Maldivian island for my honeymoon but just as happy now, but in a different way.

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misdee · 15/09/2006 22:22

despite my over whealming worry for the future, not being able to cuddle my dh without hitting his VAD, the frustyation of life being taken out of my hands, I am actually very happy right now.

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Legacy · 15/09/2006 22:25

I am not exactly unhappy right now, rather it's just that I feel 'content'. I don't feel 'vibrant' or 'challengeg' or stressed in a positive way....

It also makes me a bit worried that many of the happy times I recall are when I've been single

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puff · 15/09/2006 22:28

misdee.

I feel content now too Legacy - it's a different feeling to the complete happiness I felt at that particular point in my life.

riddleywalker · 15/09/2006 22:30

When DD2 (10 mths) gave me her first cuddle... put her fat little arms around my neck, laid her head on my shoulder and said 'aaah'. God, I'm welling up now just thinking about it.

Before that, probably school holidays, long hot summer of '76, long bike rides on my Raleigh 14 with all my mates, lying in long grass, scary ghost stories in the twilight, my mum calling me in to bed and the feeling that life was all in front of me.

LieselVonTrapp · 15/09/2006 22:39

Probably just now. We have house of our dreams, gorgeous DD and money - at last!!!! DH and I have never had any problems touch wood.

lovingbarney · 15/09/2006 23:16

THe dizzy stage of being in love with hubby and the 10 months of marriage before d/d arrived. Not having to think of anyone but yourselves. Then on the other hand the joy of being a mum and being proud when like tonight d/d worked out how to pronouce the word dangerous with no help from me. Love the fact that d/d 3 and 5 love each other.

nutcracker · 15/09/2006 23:18

Blimey I don;t know, maybe it hasn't happened yet.

TambaTheDragonSlayer · 15/09/2006 23:27

When I was younger I had a fab figure but I had no confidence so didnt realise.

Now, I dont have such a fab figure but I have confidence and am happy with it

When I was younger, I had friends but didnt think they really liked me - because I had no confidence

Now I have a couple of close friends whom I trust completely

When I was younger I had boyfriends constantly, but they treated me badly and I wasnt happy - again lack of confidence

Now, I am seperated and learning to get to know 'me' and of course there are other benifits to being single

So, although when I was younger I had everything that I thought was important I didnt have the confidence to enjoy it so wasnt happy. Now I dont have everything (the ideal figure, home, husband) but I am confident, happy and contented (most of the time - Im a girl, im always worrying about something lol)

So, In answer to the question, I am happier now than I have ever been, and I think its due to knowing I am loved and cared about and wanted and partly due to knowing I am worth being loved and cared about and wanted.

Aimsmum · 15/09/2006 23:36

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themoon66 · 15/09/2006 23:36

I'm very happy and grateful for the life I have now thank you very much. Me and DH are both earning good money. My kids are healthy and no trouble when compared to others I hear of. I have a comfy warm house, I have a car that works and takes me where I want to go and enough money to pay bills as they come in... which is all I ever wanted really.

Lilymaid · 15/09/2006 23:41

University. New found freedom and independence. Got away at last from ghastly convent school. Loads of people to meet, loads of opportunities to do. Lived in beautiful part of country. I thought that adult life would be all like that (well it hasn't been that bad, but never been so intense since).

UrsulatheSeaWitch · 15/09/2006 23:42

misdee, nice to hear that from you. Seize the moment

I think for me when DS2 (now 13) was little, I had 4 kids under 13 and we felt like a really tight family unit, that was pretty good.

Now is OK, but the kids are dispersing, OAP-dom is approaching, we are sliding downhill...

Enjoy your kids while they are small and sweet.

upandaway · 15/09/2006 23:48

When I was 5 and kicked the leaves as I walked to school on foggy mornings.

Also when you get stolen magical moments with one of your children when the others are off doing something else.

So I suppose there's more than one and the lovely thing is they are little happy moments that still pop up unexpected.

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