Friend asked me a question, when’s the last time you felt happy with your life.
Friend asked me a question, when’s the last time you felt happy with your life.
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Friend asked me a question, when’s the last time you felt happy with your life.
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I honestly don’t remember.
Thankfully, this morning. But had to work my ass off for years to get there.
I guess maybe when I was a kid, but I wasn’t particularly cognizant. As soon as I was really starting to think about things, I was already pretty unhappy and it’s been a downward slide since.
Immediately right now.
Almost Every day for the past 4 years!
This morning but these moments where I’m happy with my life and where I’m at are fleeting.
Around 10 years ago. When I was dating my now ex. Asked her to marry me…. then a few weeks later she cheated on me with a man i told her didn’t like her like she thought he did. Probably the only time I actually felt happy with my life and of course it went to shit not long after.
Every time I had to work hard for something
That being said – you have friends that ask you such deep questions? Mine don’t get their heads out of their relationships to check in or me or anything. Even when I do, I just get “we are doing good bro”
It’s like they went from two interesting people to one entity with no conversation skills
April 23 2025, i was at a IEEE sustainability conference and met some people, we had a conversation about how their lives turned out, and i started to appreciate how my life turned out as I was talking about mine.
Literally NEVER.
Genuinely its been a really long time
Since I was accepted into the sheriff academy in 2019. You would think thats when my life would get good….just landed my dream job..happily married with 2 kids. No thats when the nightmare began. And it hasn’t stopped.
And what did you say?
Around Christmas, dpending it with my gf’s family
That was bliss
A couple of weeks ago i had this blissful day where a few small things worked out to give me exactly what i wanted and i felt so happy. Found a jacket i love, it turned out to be reversible, so that’s great! Used my new hedge trimmer for the first time and it worked great (actual gardening, not a euphemism 😅). Got my kitchen knives pro sharpened and they were fantastic. It was sunny. I felt genuinely very happy.
A few weeks before Christmas, this last year. Had a date and ot went fine. Then afterwards, she became distant
Uhhhh, before my best friend killed themselves, probably.
Probably happiest now, and when the kids were smaller too. There have been extended times when I didn’t even know I wasn’t happy, I just was existing, but I think the vast majority of people are like this. Sometimes you gotta put the head down and plough on, and take those moments like vacation as a the pill to pull through. And sometimes you gotta step back and see if you can be happy day to day and refocus on what it is that makes you happy day to day.
If I don’t think too hard about it, I have it pretty good even though I’m unemployed.
Most of the time.
Sadly enough, 2004, my senior year of high school. Ever since then it’s just been nothing but wanting and hoping. Finally feeling like I’m getting things headed in the right direction though.
Couple hours ago. Was out with a girl i’m seeing and we grabbed BBQ and then went to this churro place that served these churros that had cream cheese and caramel filling. Was awesome.
I couldn’t tell you. But happiness only comes in bursts of a few seconds to maybe a minute. It’s been many years though.
I think yesterday, but I just woke up so ask me again later today.
Last weekend actually. I was sitting on my porch with a cup of coffee watching the sunrise and my cat curled up in my lap. Nothing extraordinary but in that moment everything just felt… right.
I’m really happy right now , I like my job , I have no financial struggles, I’m crazy about my wife , I have little stress .
I’m pretty happy at the moment, I’m single, don’t want to wake up in a strangers bed anymore, go on my own adventures, work is good, and I can travel with freedom, life is good right now
Really happy? 17+ years ago but I don’t remember anything specific.
Ok so you gonna tell us your answer?
Met someone a few years ago, really hit it off out of nowhere. At the time work was good, nothing too crazy. I was feeling pretty good about myself. I had lost some weight and was sleeping well.
I’ve had some fleeting moments of happiness lately but nothing like that time. Since this life has gone to shit. Helene hit, work is crazy and no idea how long I’ll have a job, and the someone and I parted ways.
Those fleeting moments have been talking with my buddies on the phone, having one come to town for a long weekend of music and booze, and a few weeks ago I went to the beach for a long weekend and spent most of my time walking the shore looking for shells.
Two weeks ago when I finally quit my toxic job. Walking out of that office felt like dropping a 100 pound weight off my shoulders. Now I’m making less money at my new position but actually sleeping through the night.
Today; I gifted something to my mom. She was happy lol.
15 years ago.
I wrote a great song, and had little to no concerns.
I can’t remember a time when I have been happy with my life.