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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a child in my mid-twenties so I’d have some time to do what I wanted after she left home.[b] The care-free life of travel and fun is just around the bend for me[/b]. [/quote]

Yeah, but being care free and traveling isn't anywhere near as fun at 40 as it is at 20.  It's a mind-set that just can't come back.  [/quote]

This. It's very different when the whole world is built for single people in their 20's - early 30's to have fun. Everywhere you turn there are people your age having the same collective carefree experience. I hope I still have some wonderful times ahead of me, but I know it will never be like it was when we were all young.[/quote]

A lot of young people aren't "carefree." I'm not sure why you would assume that. You must come from money.

Anyone who was broke in their early twenties were not gallivanting around the world "carefree."

I am much more carefree now at 38 than I was a decade ago. Know why? Cuz I have the security of several million dollars in the bank now. And the income to enjoy it.[/quote]

I do not come from money. I did not gallivant around the world. But, there is nothing like being young and having your entire future ahead of you. The possibilities are endless. Having money now is nice. But being young and with no responsibilities beyond yourself is great. [/quote]

+1. I'm the poster who said the whole world is built for single people in their 20's - early 30's to have fun. This is exactly what I meant. I was on a shoestring budget in my early-mid 20's but we also had so few responsibilities other than going to work. It was a blast and very carefree. Then I started to earn more and had a GREAT time being single and having a decent salary, but no kids yet. Even if I won lotto today and never had to work again, it wouldn't be the same. I love having kids and expect to one day enjoy the empty nester lifestyle, but it's not the same as being young and single.

At 38, you're too old to join that young single lifestyle, and OP and I are older than you are. That's all some of us are reminiscing about.[/quote]

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