[i]Strange your post is still there[/i]
Maybe no-one's reported my misery yet. If I had a post deleted, I think that would probably tip me over the edge.
*clicks Dezzie's history*
*reports every post*
*gets strangest boner*
Isn't modern society designed almost entirely to make everyone feel unhappy/inadequate, then sell us (usually expensive) things to make us feel happy/adequate?
That is the basis for the whole advertising industry, so yes. So the less you expose yourself the better (ie avoid magazines and TV).
married people have a lot more sex.I have enough money to live, my kids like me, I'm healthy, my job is mostly OK, I get more than enough sex
Happy enough
This +1
Why do people always go on about the lack of jiggy jiggy with married couples, sure it slows down a bit when the kids are young (mine are 8 and 2) but I probably get more now than I did 23 years ago when mrscarlos and me got together. If the chemistry is there the partnership grows. I can't keep my hands of my wife 😳
Working as little as possible and spending that time with our young family or cycling makes me happy and content.
Being self employed helps, in that I can (to a degree) work as much/little as is required.
I've been putting of doing something for months, mainly due to fear and lack of commitment, today I refused to procrastinate, got loads done and I feel swell.
I also took the dog for a long walk in the snow, which he loved, I got soaked but he was happy, so I am happy
All in all a good day
Am I happy?
depends what "Happy" means to you doesn't it I suppose
I reckon So, life isn't perfect but I can't complain, I love my family and enjoy my work, earn enough to live a relatively comfortable lifestyle, there are other things I'd like to spend more of my time doing, including riding bikes more, but isn't that the case for most people?
I think the problem is that many people suffer from is an excess of aspiration / high general expectations, which basically means they can never be "happy" there's always something else to chase (Probably advertised in MH).
I also don't place much stock in the popular culture of reveling in long hours and lack of work/life balance (seems to be quite a British thing these days) just seems like a form of martyrdom for Dickheads...
I look at my parents generation (early 60's, just retiring) and a brief pang of jelousy kicks in. They're all retiring late 50's / Early 60's with adequate savings, pensions, plenty of equity in their homes to see them through 30 years of healthy retirement.
I pretty much know I can't realistically expect the same, but then t my future isn't as bleak as say that of a Cypriot or Greek of similar age / education so I still have a relatively good lot in life...
Like many I like a bit of a rant on various FWP type topics, but once the bluster is done, I'm a pretty content soul really.
Why do people always go on about the lack of jiggy jiggy with married couples
Because in some cases it's true.
[i]Why do people always go on about the lack of jiggy jiggy with married couples[/i]
Not enough swingers in town ?
Not enough swingers in town ?.
People need to get out more and stop at houses with pampas grass. That will spice up their life a bit.
As for being happy, I think my answer will be "more or less". There are times that I am and times when I am not. Those can roughly be divided into when I am at home or with my wife (happy) and when I am at work (not happy).
I guess it all balances out in the end. A net zero if you would.
[i]I guess it all balances out in the end. A net zero if you would.[/i]
But what if you jacked the job, did something you like, worked from home..... Oh, hang on.
I don't need to read an article in a magazine to tell me i'm f***ing miserable.
My tyres are very happy 😆
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I really am. I've got flu and today is the first time in five days I've been able to get out of bed. From 10pm Friday through to 8pm Monday I spent my time mostly drifting and out of feverish sleep - I'd wake trying to work out which of my legs was the stone block with the higher water spout positioning!
I don't know that I'm fully better now, but I'm way better than I was. I am currently sitting up in bed listening to my wife put our daughter bed. They both sound great!
