This piece is pretty interesting.
I suspect this age bracket is very well represented here at RIU....
For me these years are well behind me.
In retrospect, I would have to agree with the articles point.
I am doing better in my current decade, I think a lot of this improvement has to do with my growing lots of stuff, but of course, it's due mostly to oodles of sticky, smelly ganja buds.


Why the late-30s are a man's misery years

Why the late-30s are a man's misery years | News | This is London

Some might say that all they have to worry about is getting to work on time and the onset of a little middle-aged spread.
But men in their late-30 and early-40s are the least content of all of us, it seems.Whether they are mourning the passing of their prime or struggling to cope with the demands of a job and young family, those aged 35-44 invariably hit a mid-life crisis when their happiness level plunges lower than at any other age, according to a study for the Government.
It makes them the least satisfied members of society, scoring well below teenagers, the elderly - and women of all ages.
Researchers found that it takes men until they reach the age of 65 to start enjoying life as much as they did in their late-teens and early-20s.
More than 1,600 people were asked to score their wellbeing on a scale of one to ten in the study, part of the British Market Research Bureau survey of Britons' attitudes towards themselves,
The overall average satisfaction level for both sexes was 7.3.
Most men rated their carefree teenage years between the age of 16-24 as one if their happiest periods, with an average score of 7.55 out of ten.
But halfway through their careers, satisfaction levels dipped to a low of 6.8, only rising again to nearly 7.8 once they had crested retirement age.
The report found that women are less buoyant in their teens than men, rating their wellbeing at 7.3 out of ten.
Women said their worst years were between the age of 25 and 34, when most are coping with young children, but their wellbeing rose steadily as they got older, reaching hit a peak satisfaction level of 7.65 when over the age of 65.
Researchers found that most people rated their time at university as the best years of their life, closely followed by their retirement years.
The biggest difference between the sexes was in the contentment of those not working, with women far happier than men to stay at home not seeking work.
Overall, 74 per cent of the UK population reported that they feel positive about themselves.
But women are more likely to fret, with almost half admitting that they worry a lot, compared to less than a third of men.

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WOW.. very interesting.... The median age of people in the USA is 35 years old... HALF the people are over 35 and HALF the people are under the age of 35....

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interesting to note. i hope i'll be the exception when i get to that age.

30 years of misery? no thanks.

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I think I'll be fine. I'm 33 next march. I still look 25. I'm not worried.

so here's the thing. i just turned 41. i've been on this site for months telling of the past. then there's all the lost contacts that i have recently reconnected with. it makes me miss those younger years. but then i think, wait, i have these memories. i will hold these close to my heart and remember them as "other times" i'm as happy now as i was then. but in a whole new way.

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Well said... and this is from a guy THAT KNOWS.

I'll be 30 next year...I'm thinking that's when I'll officially be old...LOL

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I have the same genes i'm 20 and i look 14 and sucks right now, but i can't wait til i'm 40 and still look like i'm 28.


and as for your age making you sad i think why 30 year olds get sad is they realize like i have now all you get is a weekend of freedom then its back to work and then repeat what kinda life is that none, I'm depressed already because i have seen my life lay'd out b4 me and i don't want to live like that.

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