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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My happiest years were my 40s when my kids were toddler-elementary school. Very busy, stressful, but full of joy and fun. Now they are in college and I have to deal with elderly parent issues…not joyful and not fun. [/quote]

I agree.
My happiest years were when my kids were in [b]elementary- very social, fun, low stress years with travel, and lots of time for adventures. [/b] I was in my early 40s then. 
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Plus a million. And I was able to cocoon my kids in love and safety. We were able travel a lot all over the world. And I felt like our life was still in front of us.

Now I'm feeling age. 4 sets of aging parents. Empty nest in sight and I know how much I'm going to hate that. I'm feeling quite despondent over it all, actually. [/quote]

Hang in there and do the best you can. It's small comfort but the U-shape of happiness theory says that thing do start getting better at some point.

It's not like the facts change: parents don't get younger, your body doesn't snap back to your 20s and your kids don't return to elementary school.

However, most people start to feel better better and are happier at age 60+. Our brains/emotions are funny things.[/quote]

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