Rodger Pettichord Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Hi all. Writers of biography often divide lifetimes into decades for narrative purposes--the teen years, the twenties, the thirties, and so forth--it's a convenient framework. In a given life, those decades may be quite different from one another; someone with troubled teen years may settle into a productive life in their forties and fifties and mature into contented peace in their sixties. It's the variation of content in our decades that leads to this week's topic. THIS WEEK'S MEANINGLESS TOPIC: Which was the best decade of your life? Why? A. Your teens. E. Your fifties. B. Your twenties. F. Your sixties. C. Your thirties. G. Your seventies. D. Your forties. H. Your eighties. I. Your nineties. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 A, because I made great progress in all areas of life. Also B, because I made great progress in all areas of life. C as well, because I made great progress in all areas of life. D was also great, because I made great progress in all areas of life. E is also filled with success and great developments, unfortunately influenced by the death of many of the elder generation. I hope for a good F, G, H & I as well, but we need to come back on this post then. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 It has to be H eighties or I nineties for me. I am not there yet but I am always the optimist. As someone said, "Today is the first day of the rest of your life". 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 D - watching our three kids grow and develope. Just can't get rid of them now, they've got it too good. Cheers Graeme 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 B for me. I Fathered 3 great Kids who are out and about now working and living their lives. Plus I was better looking too. cheers Gumby 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John York Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 C- for comfortable because we were finally settled into our careers, and our home until retirement. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 60s 70s and 80s, great music and my best drinking years, so there you go. 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 A-G so far. Loved every one of them, for different reasons. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) B-in the military, met the wife, had our first child..... D-was the worst, struggled with things in my head, better place now,and still have the wife to lean on when I can't cope....but I guess we've all been there... Edited October 14, 2022 by wain71 spell 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 For me it is C. I received a new outlook on life that changed everything for me then. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 Thirties for me (C). Sobered up, was given a religious faith, met my second wife (46 happy years now), and received my life's calling. Plus I was in really good shape. The seventies (G) have been good because of the freedom of retirement--my second favorite. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukcip Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) B. Twenties. I was in the Royal Air Force, care free and living life for the moment. I loved my time at Cranwell and the friends made. Seems that things are just a little harder in my fourties' and with kids - more responsibilities now I guess (but I wouldn’t be without the kids, and wife!!). Good times, fond memories, great friends. Oh, and cheaper car insurance kicks in at 25!! Edited October 14, 2022 by gpickup 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Q Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) I too will start with "B." I was enjoying graduate school. Unlike most grad students I was quite well off financially, bringing in more income than I would for years afterwards. I had a nice stipend for teaching, veterans' GI Bill payments, and USNR drill pay. I had a vibrant group of friends, one of whom became my wife. It was the most "fun" period of my life. But then there is "E.". During this period of my life my career in the museum really blossomed. We bought our house, and finally exceeded the financial state I enjoyed as a grad student. Life was good. But now I'm " G" and life IS good. Although I suffer from some of the physical problems of my age, generally my health is good. I enjoy being semi-retired working part time at the museum job I love, and having my wife working with me. Our life and ministry in the church is satifying. The house is paid off, and there's money in the bank. Now that Covid is less threatening we are slowly rebuilding our social life. Long may this continue. And my wife agrees with this assessment, and especially that grad school years were the most fun. By the way, we've been married for 44 years. Ken Edited October 15, 2022 by Ken Q 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerribleT Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 All of them - each one was different from the others, all had good times balanced by adversity - maybe the best is yet to come! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfish55 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Hadn't realised you were in your nineties. Good luck with the next decade. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Heaton Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 i wouldn't give up any of them - over one another - and looking forward to the 9th letter in 2 years 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 My teens. You never forget your first........... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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