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[quote=Anonymous]I had a blast in my 20s! I got married very young.  We were 22.  After college graduation we traveled and just had so much fun together! Having young children was a whole different kind of fun!  We have five and when they were little, life was crazy!  I miss the chaos, the noise, and the constant activity.  My 40s were more mellow.  Our kids were tweens/teens.  I went back to work.  DH and I had more free time.  We bought a sailboat and learned to sail, learned to swing dance, ran marathons, and started hiking.  We are in our 50s now.  DH retires in two years (55).  I’m working part time in a job I love.  Our kids are grown and all of them are doing well, at least right now.  Life is quiet, predictable, and peaceful.  My grandchildren are just the best little beings ever!

I don’t type all that to brag.  We have been through some incredibly difficult years.  I sent two children off to war.  Both of them were wounded.  My daughter nearly died from an eating disorder.  One of the kids struggled with gender dysphoria. We made plenty of parenting mistakes.  Life was sometimes prickly and messy.  But every decade has been wonderful.  I don’t miss my youth.  Being a healthy, active 53 year old woman is so much better than I ever could have expected.  And getting old is a gift denied to many.  [/quote]

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