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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It feels like for most people -- they go to high school, leave home for college, grad school, jobs in new cities, and life keeps getting better and better. For me it feels like high school was the best I had -- there's been no "true" joy after that. Maybe it's that I'm mid 30s and single and don't have much of a social life. Maybe it's that I didn't make partner at my consulting firm that I slogged at thru my 20s and early 30s, got pushed out, and had to pick up another job that's not nearly as high status or what I enjoy. How did I get to this place?? It's not like I was someone in high school who was super popular; nor was I the star of the show in high school to where I think those were my glory days -- i.e. not a state champ or homecoming queen or anything like that -- so I'm not sitting around talking about those days. It's just that back then -- I was taken care of (financially),[b] I had a small group of friends from school that I saw every day,[/b] I did well without killing myself or anything and was the top of my class, and I had my family to go home to every night. Now . . . life is just such a let down . . . . What's wrong with me??

Every where I look people seem so much happier as adults, and I feel like I'm missing something . . . .[/quote]

I'm in my mid-30s and I struggle with this.  It's easy to make and keep friends when you're hanging out with the same people over and over in a relatively relaxed setting.  Looking back, we had all the time in the world in HS just to "hang out."  It's hard to make friends in your 30s.  DC is a very transitory area.  Most of the friends I have made have moved on to other cities.[/quote]

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