What age is the best age in your opinion?

Tom_Cruise

Are your teenage years the best years of your life?

Whats it like being over thirty, Do you have less energy than say your twenties?

What about being over forty or even in your fifties, does life change that much?

Do people generally become happier as that get older?

So far for me 23 was the best age best age but im not much older than that so i dont have a wealth of experience.

For Forks Sake

Bronze Age ftw.

Senna

College years were the best by far.

Hunchback

21

Ilik Urgee

Pulse and a hole'll do me.

ScumLord

The age of empires, it was so good they made a game about it.

starlings

I liked mostly the ages at my prime, especially 17 and 31.
Hope that helps.

12gauge dave

im only 24 but when i was 19 19 20 i had more energy and had more fun in general maybe the celtic tiger had something to do with it though?

Zaph

42, obviously

Praetorian Saighdiuir

That question has many variables.

My teens were great for many reasons. Exploration, freedom etc
My twenties were great for other reasons. Responsibility etc
My thirties are going well so far.

I hope I see my 70's....80's can fcuk off though. I hope I'm gone before then.

I will answer, twenties. It was one complete "age" that I had complete freedom to make my own choices and suffer the consequebces of them.

Kylo Ren

69

Heh.

Poxyshamrock

17-18

shopaholic01

Early 30's. You stop giving a fuck about what other people think. Downhill from there .

efb

33 live in the moment.

admiralofthefleet

30. old enough to know but young enough to get away with it

Bipolar Joe

0 to 1 was pretty great.

NegativeCreep

The age I am now. 19. Mad Craic.

Pilotdude5

7. Played Lego all day without people bitching at me to find work.

Ihatecuddles-old

I'm 21, I think this is a pretty good age!!

sea_monkey

the time right before you start worrying about your age

Lisha

14 - horrendous cos you haven't a clue and you think everyone else does
17 - amazeballs, sorted study work party work on 3hrs sleep not a bother
College whoo hoo
23 - proper job, money money. Work party work all good
27 - an awareness more sleep required, but life is good.
31 - bills, kids, money vanishes , bills, staying in us the new going out
35 - money gone, kids able to be left with sitter, so work home go out a bit sleep is do much fun. Mainly work and home but glimpses of pre kid lifestyle keep you going
Starting to see freedom again
Life is good

Really op each stage brings its own pain and wonder. Enjoy today for today

Dunny

23

nocoverart

New age is the best age

Wibbs

I'd say mid to late 30's, for a man anyway(I can't speak for the ladies). If you're in relatively OK fettle anyway. It's that sweet spot between yay I'm movin and groovin and oh god why do I grunt when I move and groovin is well out of of bounds. This can vary depending on the individual's health, mental outlook and relationship status of course. I knew plenty of guys who were 25 going on 55 and 55's going on 35 in my time. But yea I'd say 35ish. For a bloke anyway.

Dwork

Zaph wrote: »

42, obviously

Nah, I'm 42. Muscle has started to shrink away sneakily, I keep meeting new people that are fitter and stronger than me. I can no longer confidently say I'd batter em. They'd probably stand a good chance of batterin me. I also no longer have infinite energy to deal with stuff. As a man, 42 is definitly not the best age. I preferred 20, tbh. I am not looking forward to 50. On the upside, I'm a lot more worldly wise and confident. But I still miss being young and strong.

Lapin

There was another thread like this ages ago.

efb

Dwork wrote: »

Nah, I'm 42. Muscle has started to shrink away sneakily, I keep meeting new people that are fitter and stronger than me. I can no longer confidently say I'd batter em. They'd probably stand a good chance of batterin me. I also no longer have infinite energy to deal with stuff. As a man, 42 is definitly not the best age. I preferred 20, tbh. I am not looking forward to 50. On the upside, I'm a lot more worldly wise and confident. But I still miss being young and strong.

Is it important for you to feel you can batter people???

December2012

Age 3.

Played all day and mammy took care of the rest.

Lucena

Lapin wrote: »

There was another thread like this ages ago.

Tell us all about it, Grampa Simpson!:cool:

Lucena

Early 30s. Money to do what you like, old enough to do what you like and not care what others think, still in good shape.

Under the "Half + 7" rule, can still sleep with 22-23 year olds.

All in theory mind you.

Wibbs

efb wrote: »

Is it important for you to feel you can batter people???

Well if I could at 20, I suppose I'd mourn that loss later on. Luckily an 8 year old girl, in pigtails, with a wowwypop could have battered me from age 10 on(she'd be fooked when I was 9. Hard I was), so never suffered such a loss of perceived vigour. What you never had you'll never miss

Dwork

efb wrote: »

Is it important for you to feel you can batter people???

Honest answer? Yes. I'd be on the muck-savage side of working life tbh, it's a skill that comes into play reasonably often. Don't expect you to either understand or accept that, but there you go.

Miss Lockhart

I really enjoyed 22.

efb

Dwork wrote: »

Honest answer? Yes. I'd be on the muck-savage side of working life tbh, it's a skill that comes into play reasonably often. Don't expect you to either understand or accept that, but there you go.

are you a Door Man? Or Danny Dyer?

Ruudi_Mentari

Dunno what age. They say life begins at 40, but I'm willing to believe as early as 30. Would you trade the vigour of youthful physicality for a more rounded, assured, cultured personality? There is probably a balance to be struck

because there's any number of youths in sportswear in these times that seem to overly depend on the inevitability if their youthful physicality. even if just to show a clean pair of heels, and it will inevitably wane and then what will they fall back on?! is a real concern

starlit

21 of course!

Kivaro

Dwork wrote: »

Nah, I'm 42....

If only you knew the question ........

Nuclear Wheelchair

HUNDRED

humberklog

27, I loved it. It's nearly grown up but it's young enough to give the '"it wasn't me" excuse.

I'm 43 now and I utterly love it but I'm still pulling that 27 year old line off.

1ZRed

As they say, "the best is yet to come". Could be bs tho.

17 was good and I actually preferred it than being 18 at the start. Something about the thrill of breaking rules and feeling like it could only get better.. then you turn 18 and realise it'll be down hill from here on out.

I like it a lot now tho I just have a feeling I'm going to be the type of person that will find getting older VERY difficult.

I've about a month and a half left on my age, I'm more or less out of my relationship, so I may as well live it up to the absolute utmost...

I might die :pac:

Galwayguy35

The 20s I think for me personally.

It's probably when a man is at his strongest physically.

I read somewhere that a mans sexual peak is between 17 and 20 but not sure how true that is.

humberklog

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I read somewhere that a mans sexual peak is between 17 and 20 but not sure how true that is.

I love that science based stuff. Vagueness is so underrated.

1ZRed

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

The 20s I think for me personally.

It's probably when a man is at his strongest physically.

I read somewhere that a mans sexual peak is between 17 and 20 but not sure how true that is.

Big misunderstanding there, a man's testosterone peak is at 18, not his sexual peak

Icyseanfitz

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

That question has many variables.

My teens were great for many reasons. Exploration, freedom etc
My twenties were great for other reasons. Responsibility etc
My thirties are going well so far.

I hope I see my 70's....80's can fcuk off though. I hope I'm gone before then.

I will answer, twenties. It was one complete "age" that I had complete freedom to make my own choices and suffer the consequebces of them.

yeah, me too, im very responsible like

Dunny

The age that was the 80's. im a 90's kid sadly.

T-K-O

College years were fun. However I learn something new every day. The best version of me is the current one.

opinion guy

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

Are your teenage years the best years of your life?

Whats it like being over thirty, Do you have less energy than say your twenties?

What about being over forty or even in your fifties, does life change that much?

Do people generally become happier as that get older?

So far for me 23 was the best age best age but im not much older than that so i dont have a wealth of experience.

Tom I thought you were in your 60's by now ???

1ZRed wrote: »

As they say, "the best is yet to come". Could be bs tho.

Total bs

.. then you turn 18 and realise it'll be down hill from here on out.

You only think that cause you hear older, bitter people saying it. Then when something vaguely bad happens it confirms your preprogrammed fears. Its called confirmation bias - look that up - knowing what bias is will serve you well.

Just because older, bitter people say that (and by very definition those who say its all downhill after 18 are the old and bitter people). The people who have experienced better times as they got older by and large don't talk about being young because they are enjoying the now and not reminiscing to their youth

opinion guy

Dwork wrote: »

Honest answer? Yes. I'd be on the muck-savage side of working life tbh, it's a skill that comes into play reasonably often. Don't expect you to either understand or accept that, but there you go.

You need a new job

HalloweenJack

A few days short of my 25th and I'd say 16/17 was the best age for me. I was in transition year and I had a girlfriend that was mad for it, would love to go back to that time.

irish son

HalloweenJack wrote: »

A few days short of my 25th and I'd say 16/17 was the best age for me. I was in transition year and I had a girlfriend that was mad for it, would love to go back to that time.

Or just get a 17 year old girlfriend who's mad for it.

College years were a laugh but 23-25 has been better overall. Looking forward to the next 5.