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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live a very small life as compared to all my super successful college friends. Recently, met them after a few decades and realized we all are facing the same thing - disease, aging, death of parents, children having problems, marital issues, climate change, misfortune of one kind or another, job stress.

In some ways, my life was less complicated than theirs and a large chunk of my life was spent in routine, normal stuff (unlike them) that they felt envious about. I have spent time with my family, my kids, my siblings, my parents, my ILs, my neighbors.  And I take naps in the afternoon and my DH cooks.  All small things but I am really happy with my small life.

Also, they do not really compare their life with me. They compare their life and successes to the people who are as successful as them and in their circle.  I keep thinking that I am like a  zooplankton floating  in the great ocean of life. I don't need to worry about what the sharks, tuna, squids and crabs are doing.  [/quote]

I’m similar (did you just go to you 25th reunion too?). And most of my friends have amazing lives, many retired to vacation homes at 45 and multi millionaires while I am gov drone living a MC life. But it was great fun seeing them and we all reveled in old times and stories about our kids and families and such.

I will say many if not most had any visible drama or problems in life — many people do live charmed happy lives for most of their lives so don’t be surprised if you lady friends are happy healthy and drama free, and just be happy to see them. [/quote]

Oh sorry. Did not mean to imply in any way that they had a life full of drama. They did not. They also had fabulous lives. But, we all are human and we have similar concerns and we connected on that.  The more affluent ones arranged for some special treats for all of us and I felt happy that they were in a position to do so and were generous to share it with us. I basically enjoyed everything and was grateful that I was healthy and happy in my life. [/quote]

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