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At which age do you think you were/are/will be happiest?

According to a recent survey, most said the age was 33. But we want to hear from our community. What do you think? Are your best years ahead of you or behind you? Share with us and don't forget to tell us why!

Read more about the study here: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/thirty-three-...

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  • 9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Every age should be the happiest in your life. We should enjoy our different stage of life. when you are kid you should play and be happy, when you are young adult go to school and work and enjoy the moment, when you become a father or mother enjoy the special moment, you can not emphasize just one age.

    enjoy your whole life

  • zak r
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Well this is a trick question I think age 33 is just wrong I do understand why they say that age it just does not make sense I mean why not 32 or 34 it is all in the perception of the times if you read it it says that they asked people over 40 and a lot of times people do not remember stuff that happened over a long period. To do this study correctly they should have asked a lot more people and I will bet that that they did not consider other criteria like gender and ethnicity into the solution so their survey is flawed. In fact unless the survey did provide it, but not the news report mention in the post you do not even know how they go the age of 33 as the happiest age was it by: Mean (add up all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers); Median (the "middle" value in the list in numerical order it is the middle value); Mode (the value that occurs most often).

    I would say that a lot of people will say at least 5 -10 years ago it was the happiest time of their life. I do think that there are different times that a person can be the happiest in their life as people do tend to forget and feel again very happy at certain times. First I think age 5 and below most of the time people do not remember this age very clearly so it may not be mentioned that often but it an age where you have no worries and you living for the day making it my opinion the happiest time of your life afterwords you start school and pressure is placed on you to start a life.

    Then there is the age of 16 for a lot of girls it is their sweet 16 party and a life changer as you are now more trusted with responsibilities by your parents and you now can get a drivers license making it the time you have what every teenager wants the ability to have Freedom to go where you want since you can drive there yourself. At this age you have you first serious relationship and most likely the first time you had sexual intercourse.

    Then there is the age of 18 you get this time when you first vote and are considered an adult.

    Age 21 when you are legal to drink makes a lot of people happy.

    As for me I was happiest around the age of 16 I was still young and happy just graduated from High School had my first sexual intercourse with a girl I liked and was able to Drive whenever and wherever I needed to go. Went to college at 16 and had a blast.

  • 6 years ago

    I honestly don't even know if I have 1 complete great day! There are 2 things that make a man stand out in life that certainly helps make him happy. That is a woman in his life (love) and being financially stable (having a career). Those are just 2 things to make a great year, and a lot of other things need to fall in place.At age 32 I can honestly say I have never had both of those together, let alone never have I ever had a woman I could consider a girlfriend at all. I guess you have to be special to even have options of good years. If you have never had love or ever been financially stable well then as a guy I don't see any possible way you could have an age at where you were happiest. There is no way in heck in could look into the future after 32 horrible years on earth and say I have great years ahead of me, my life has become just about everything I never wanted it to be.

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  • 5 years ago

    That is a woman in his life (love) and being financially stable (having a career). Those are just 2 things to make a great year, and a lot of other things need to fall in place.At age 32 I can honestly say I have never had both of those together, let alone never have I ever had a woman I could consider a girlfriend at all. I guess you have to be special to even have options of good years. If you have never had love or ever been financially stable well then as a guy I don't see any possible way you could have an age at where you were happiest. There is no way in heck in could look into the future after 32 horrible years on earth and say I have great years ahead of me, my life has become just about everything I never wanted it to be.

  • 6 years ago

    There are 2 things that make a man stand out in life that certainly helps make him happy. That is a woman in his life (love) and being financially stable (having a career). Those are just 2 things to make a great year, and a lot of other things need to fall in place.At age 32 I can honestly say I have never had both of those together, let alone never have I ever had a woman I could consider a girlfriend at all. I guess you have to be special to even have options of good years. If you have never had love or ever been financially stable well then as a guy I don't see any possible way you could have an age at where you were happiest. There is no way in heck in could look into the future after 32 horrible years on earth and say I have great years ahead of me, my life has become just about everything I never wanted it to be.

  • 5 years ago

    hose are just 2 things to make a great year, and a lot of other things need to fall in place.At age 32 I can honestly say I have never had both of those together, let alone never have I ever had a woman I could consider a girlfriend at all. I guess you have to be special to even have options of good years. If you have never had love or ever been financially stable well then as a guy I don't see any possible way you could have an age at where you were happiest. There is no way in heck in could look into the future after 32 horrible years on earth and say I have great years ahead of me, my life has become just about everything I never wanted it to be.

  • 9 years ago

    For me, I have a few ages.

    The past

    - My childhood and the 90's, definitely the best days of my life so far!

    The present

    - I turn 21 in six months and hope to be a lot healthier and happier with my body and more confident in myself; I have been going to the gym, eating healthy and losing weight since New Years (actually it's been my new years resolution for years, but this time I'm finally progressing and actually getting somewhere!). I never thought I'd say this but I really love the gym, it's like my time out and I use it as an incentive to finish my assignments hahaha. I haven't been skinny since I was about 12, in my teens I started gaining weight, and then when I left high school it got worse.

    The future

    - Around 26-27 I plan to quit my job and travel the world for a year and a half, I've planned it all out and how much money I'll need and have been saving towards that goal, once I finish uni I can start saving some real significant amount.

    - By 35, I hope to be married with children by then. I can't wait to be a wife and a mother, and to really make a house "a home"!

  • 5 years ago

    Those are just 2 things to make a great year, and a lot of other things need to fall in place.At age 32 I can honestly say I have never had both of those together, let alone never have I ever had a woman I could consider a girlfriend at all. I guess you have to be special to even have options of good years. If you have never had love or ever been financially stable well then as a guy I don't see any possible way you could have an age at where you were happiest. There is no way in heck in could look into the future after 32 horrible years on earth and say I have great years ahead of me, my life has become just about everything I never wanted it to be.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I don't think I have ever been happy for 1 complete month or even a week let alone a year. I honestly don't even know if I have 1 complete great day! There are 2 things that make a man stand out in life that certainly helps make him happy. That is a woman in his life (love) and being financially stable (having a career). Those are just 2 things to make a great year, and a lot of other things need to fall in place.At age 32 I can honestly say I have never had both of those together, let alone never have I ever had a woman I could consider a girlfriend at all. I guess you have to be special to even have options of good years. If you have never had love or ever been financially stable well then as a guy I don't see any possible way you could have an age at where you were happiest. There is no way in heck in could look into the future after 32 horrible years on earth and say I have great years ahead of me, my life has become just about everything I never wanted it to be.

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