Anita
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Post by Anita on Jul 23, 2025 20:22:32 GMT
The song lyric thread made me think about this. I really do miss having everyone in my family alive and feeling hopeful for the future. My teen years were filled with drama (my parents divorced and I got shuffled around/felt lost), but I go back there often in my mind, just remembering family gatherings and staying with my grandparents. I especially loved Saturday nights at my grandma's house. They'd always host card parties (or go to one), and any kids spending the night had to pop the popcorn and keep the tea glasses full. We were also to jump in and play someone's hand if a bathroom break was in order. When we weren't called to help, we were watching the Saturday night TV lineup. I really miss those days.
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Post by gar on Jul 23, 2025 20:28:14 GMT
I don’t really *miss* any time in particular - but I did have a blast in my 20s 😄
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Post by ntsf on Jul 23, 2025 20:28:27 GMT
I miss my early 20's.. when I could take off and hike 75 miles without much thought. and ski all day and all evening.
but I am fine with where I am now. I did do. many things when young.
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Post by Merge on Jul 23, 2025 20:30:45 GMT
None. I feel like every decade has gotten better overall.
There are things I miss *about* my 20s, but on the whole, I wouldn't want to re-live that period in my life.
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Post by Anita on Jul 23, 2025 20:35:33 GMT
I don't think I would want to go back and relive any part of my life. I'd like my joints to work better, but I am appreciative of where I am now. It just seems when I get hit with a pang of nostalgia, it's always for that time period. Maybe I just miss the people who were still alive then.
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Post by mom on Jul 23, 2025 20:36:06 GMT
I dont think I would go back to any other decade --- like Merge , every decade has gotten better and better. IF I did go back to one decade, it would be to when my mom + daughter were still alive (so, my early 20's). |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jul 23, 2025 20:36:21 GMT
One of my favorite periods of life was when my boys were very small. Having the first three being 3-1/2 or under at the same time was crazy but I loved every minute of it.
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 23, 2025 20:44:34 GMT
I think it is my very early 20s, late teens. Although it brings me the worst memories it also was some of the best ones too. Maybe not though. haha.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jul 23, 2025 20:55:27 GMT
This decade - empty nesting and having fun is one of the best decades.
The other two time periods I loved and miss were college, and when my kids were really little and I was a sahm. Such nice times (in opposite ways haha).
But I still wouldn’t trade them from where I am now. Really feel I am living my best life.
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Post by christine58 on Jul 23, 2025 21:13:28 GMT
The 30 months my first niece was alive. She was disabled due to birth trauma. I miss her
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Post by littlemama on Jul 23, 2025 21:14:54 GMT
We were just saying if we could go back to our 20s with the money we make know and the knowledge we have now, we wouldnt mind a re-do.
There is no time period I would want to relive as it was. Im much more of a live in the present, look forward to the future kind of person
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Post by papersilly on Jul 23, 2025 21:16:00 GMT
i don't know if i miss it the MOST but i do miss the 17 years we spent on our old block. we were a tight knit community full of gatherings and fun. lots of us were around the same age so we had lots in common. we joked that time period was Camelot. then someone we considered our block leader suddenly passed away before we reached middle age. some of our senior neighbors started passing away, and as in life, others moved away. many of us have kept in touch and we often look back on days with lots of fondness.
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Post by mom on Jul 23, 2025 21:16:03 GMT
This decade - empty nesting and having fun is one of the best decades.The other two time periods I loved and miss were college, and when my kids were really little and I was a sahm. Such nice times (in opposite ways haha). But I still wouldn’t trade them from where I am now. Really feel I am living my best life. I agree. This decade started out rough, but it's getting better and better as my boys get older and older. I love having my sons as my friends now. |
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Post by ~summer~ on Jul 23, 2025 21:18:34 GMT
One of my favorite periods of life was when my boys were very small. Having the first three being 3-1/2 or under at the same time was crazy but I loved every minute of it. same! My 3 kids were born 3.5 years apart. Very special memmories. |
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jul 23, 2025 21:33:27 GMT
None. I am glad those years and decades, are over. The only thing I miss is my Grandparents, specifically my Grandmother....she was my everything. I carry her with me in my heart, and I have all the memories. The best parts of me, are from her. ![]() |
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Post by melanell on Jul 23, 2025 21:35:34 GMT
In order to give an answer I'll say my late 30s. I feel like they flew by very quickly. If I could go back, visit a few spots within those years again, then hop back to now I'd be cool with that.   |
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Post by ashley on Jul 23, 2025 21:47:24 GMT
I don’t think I miss any one period the most, but I do often find myself wanting to go back to my scrapbooking days!
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Post by scrapmaven on Jul 23, 2025 21:51:26 GMT
I miss having my children in elementary school. I absolutely loved being a SAHM. I loved the busyness and the constant family time. Though, I think this is the best time of my life. Rather than looking backward or forward I just want to enjoy the present.
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 23, 2025 21:56:35 GMT
I remember my mom saying that living on a college campus was like Disney World for adults. She wasn't really off. College was fun.
I am fully loving being partially retired and having time to spend with my kids and granddaughter though.
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Post by moodyblue on Jul 23, 2025 23:09:23 GMT
I miss the years when my husband was healthy and alive.
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Post by chasetsun on Jul 23, 2025 23:12:37 GMT
I enjoy the phase of life that I am in now, but I really miss having my own grownups. I am estranged from my bio parents, and my aunts, uncles, and grandparents have all passed  |
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 23, 2025 23:15:57 GMT
My late teens / early 20s were so much fun! If I had to choose one age I would say 18, for the following reasons:
We were able to drive
We were able to go out to pubs and clubs
I had a great group of friends and we had the BEST fun
I just started work and had money (most kids didn't go to university here back in the 80s)
And the most important reason - my sister was still alive
Most years or time periods in my life have things that I would not want to go through again, but 18 for me was that sweet spot where everything was great and the world felt right.
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Post by Linda on Jul 23, 2025 23:17:51 GMT
I don't think I would want to go back in time...tbh I do miss having littles around - but...we just got a kitten to remind me I'm too old for that, lol. I hope for grandkids one day - preferably while I'm still healthy enough to be an active, involved grandparent but at the moment, that's not on the horizon. I LOVE having grown kids - they've turned into adults I really enjoy spending time with. I wish my older two weren't so far away but I'm grateful for modern technology...and tbh, they are the 5th generation on my side to move far away from family - I moved cross-country, my mum moved overseas, my grandparents moved several states, my greatgrandparents were immigrants...at least I have video calling and texts to keep in touch.
my teens were miserable - I was bullied in school, emotionally abused at home,and my dad died
my twenties were a mixed bag - I had my first two children (at 21 and 29) and graduated college and got married but I worked minimum wage jobs, got stabbed at work, and spent most of the decade on crutches
my thirties - two miscarriages, financial troubles, my last child (and facing the fact she would be the last - I had hoped for more) but also the joy of raising children as a sahm and being involved in Girl Scouts
my forties - was a decade of loss - 2 BILs, 1 SIL, and both my MIL and my own mum - all of a sudden we were the older generation. Add in health issues and my older two kids graduating (and one of those enlisting and ending up across the world)...it was hard also
my fifties so far (I turn 55 next month)...things seem to be leveling out and I'm finding a new normal. |
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Post by gillyp on Jul 24, 2025 0:04:42 GMT
I don’t think there is any time I miss. By the time I was 11 all my grandparents, my father and his siblings had passed so it was just my mother and me. My own siblings were older than me and had already left home.
I wouldn’t mind revisiting some times with the knowledge and understanding I have now.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 24, 2025 0:30:54 GMT
Once my 4 kids were school age, we had a blast. We did things together, either me and one of them, or all four. We created routines that made the every day parts of life fun, like blasting “you’ve lost that lovin’ feeling” every morning to get them out of bed for school. And playing Madonna’s Greatest Hits to clean the house together.
They were curious, enthusiastic, helpful, and while everyday was challenging (they were also stubborn and argumentative), this is the time period when I felt the most autonomy and joy. I think I fed off their energy.
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Post by papersilly on Jul 24, 2025 0:34:01 GMT
I don’t think I miss any one period the most, but I do often find myself wanting to go back to my scrapbooking days! The scrapbook industry in it's heyday was the best too. There were tons of brick and mortar stores around so you could touch and see products. New products were being released all the time and they were fun and exciting to own. Going to CHA at large convention halls when all the SB companies were there and you would go home with so many freebies and make and takes. There were so many magazines for inspiration. Yup, those were fun days. |
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Post by mollycoddle on Jul 24, 2025 0:59:13 GMT
Hmm, there are several favorite time periods, but I had more fun in college than anyone should have. Would I go back and live it again? No, I have great memories. Although if I had a Time Machine, I would go back for a day or two.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jul 24, 2025 1:20:03 GMT
I miss the sleepless nights when DS was young and he got cold and would crawl into bed beside me because he thought I might be lonely. I miss that time. I didn’t know I loved him that much and it’s hard to believe that time is over. Those were the best days of my life.
I also loved it when DS and DDIL lived with us. That was also amazing!!!
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Post by Tearisci on Jul 24, 2025 1:27:47 GMT
I would say my mid-20s to early 30s. I had horrible postpartum depression and had it for the first 3 years of DS's life. I was also in a bad marriage and it all came to a head around 31.
I would love to have a chance to relive those years and be a functioning whole person. I feel like those days were a blur and I missed so much.
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Post by shescrafty on Jul 24, 2025 2:00:20 GMT
2010-2015
My daughter was 3 and my son was 8. We had a sweet family and lived in an amazing neighborhood. The kids had friends, we did a lot together, and we had what I had dreamed of my whole life.
My daughter got sick at the end of 2015 and died in Feb. 2016. Our lives have never been the same. I used to be a genuinely happy person with moments of sadness, and after 2016 I am a sad person who has moments of happiness.
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