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Do people get progressively less happy as they age? (literature.cafe)
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[–] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I am not. My life is progressively happier since my early 20s and really starting getting better at 35+ when I started focusing on myself and excluding more friends/partners who were dragging me down.

But everyone around me is getting more miserable, old or young. And I hate it and I hate them for it.

Increasingly I just detest socialization, because all it is is me listening to other people complain, and them telling I'm a jerk for being happy when the aren't. All weekend I had to listen to people whine about their bodies, whine about their kids/spouses, and then brag about how rich they are and then lecture me how ignorant and stupid I am for not being as rich as they are.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I feel you. I have felt myself become more capable as I age. I used to fantasize over having a redo of my youth and young adult years but I'm happy with who I am and what I have become. We aren't rich, but we love each other and I wouldn't trade that for anything.

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