I like this

Every time I get a window of happiness, something happens to wipe it out.It usually comes from an acid remark from DH

Thanks bags, jingle I think thats the same for everyone. I have eventually given up worrying what other people think.

I enjoyed my 20s though!

My happiness comes and goes in bursts of differing lengths. Always has.

That's great to hear, anno, and long may it continue well past 79.

I seem to be in the midst of the happiest time of my life. What happens after 79?

That's a difficult one Kate13, I have a problem with it too, guilt for all the mistakes I have made, regrets over bad decisions. They cannot be undone, and have to be lived with it for the rest of one's life.

Looking forward to the happiest time of my life then but can someone tell me how to make peace with my past?

DH is the worrier - and DS. DD and I tend to take things as they come.

Mr Roses only seems to worry if his dinner is not on time

Question; why do women worry far more than men?

According to the latest survey the happiest time of your life is 65-79. It could be that by that time you have learned to live by all those rules.

I try- they make sense to me but as a person known to smile easily, I don't have to force myself.

I like them but I am not a saint and I can only wish they were in my DNA?

Sadly I am probably like a of others, a bit of my glass is half empty, not half full type. Will remember them though Bags.

Age has made me an example of the application of those rules.

I like these rules too and try to put them into practice. It's become easier over the years.

Oh dear, Sunseeker,
Now I think the Iraq war may have been my fault!

You can never think too much, it is what you think of that matters. I build castles in the air, I think through ideas and research I am involved in, I toy with ideas. Three cheers for thinking too much

I'm like you rockgran Someone once said to me that give me half and hour and I could come up with a reason why the Iraq war was my fault!!

I wish I could apply the one about not owning all the problems of the world. If I'm not worried about anything in particular (which I nearly always am) I can always fill the gap with any number of "world" problems.

Yes, I like those rules too, although I'd struggle with applying number two across every part of my life e.g. if others mistakenly thought I had harmed someone or done something that caused them to break our relationship. I'd want to correct that if it was harming me. Otherwise, I go along with that sentiment.

Spot on thatbags wish my head would let me stick to them