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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would just suggest that people’s opinions on this will likely change the closer they get to being elderly. According to international surveys people in their later years are actually much happier than us cranky middle-aged folks.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/this-happiness-age-chart-will-leave-you-with-a-smile-literally/
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Of course they are happier, they have their kids to make decisions for them and care for them. It’s the kids who aren’t so happy. [/quote]

This will sound grim, but I think the "happier" phase is when your parents are gone (assuming it was a long and awful death march with many emergencies and terrible behavior) and your kids are young adults. The sandwich is over and you have time to enjoy spouse/friends/hobbies and travel assuming you have enough savings. You ideally are at a point you are just earning more for retirement and aren't chained to your job. I think for many the 60s may be happier, maybe even early 70s, but as illness and frailty set in, it takes a really amazing personality and luck to stay happy. In my family mostly the miserable ones live the longest.[/quote]

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