I was listening to this song by Bryan Adams, and it got me wondering…
When were the best days of your life?
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When were the best days of your life?
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Summer of ‘69
- Thread starter SalixIncendium
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I guess it depends on 'for what'.
Overall, I'm content with now.
Overall, I'm content with now.
the last 23 years or so...even despite the dementia and disability, etc...happiness with my love of several lifetimes...it's all good!
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
Probably the mid 80s, but I wasn't very responsible. It was fun though.
No favorite part. My least favorite parts were having a bully stepfather as a teen and then the Army. The rest has been good.
A memorable thing about the summer of '69 is all of the history that occurred. From 1969: An eventful summer - CNN.com :
June 22 | Judy Garland found dead
June 28 | Stonewall riots
A confrontation between gay rights activists and police outside the Stonewall Inn -- a gay bar in Greenwich Village, New York City -- escalates into a riot. Over the next four decades, the riots act as a symbolic force for the burgeoning gay rights movement.
July 25 | Sen. Kennedy and Chappaquiddick
Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy receives a two-month suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Mary Jo Kopechne, once a campaign worker for Sen. Robert Kennedy, drowned in the July 18 accident in Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts.
July 20 | Moon landing
Apollo 11, carrying three U.S. astronauts, lands on the moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon; crewmate Buzz Aldrin also walked on the moon. The third man on the mission was Michael Collins. Six lunar landings followed.
July 24 | Muhammad Ali convicted
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali is convicted of evading the draft after he refused to be inducted into the U.S. Army. Two years earlier, Ali applied for an exemption as a conscientious objector but was denied. He was stripped of his fighting license and title. He returned to the ring in 1970, and his conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1971.
August 9-10 | The Manson murders
During a two-night rampage, pregnant actress Sharon Tate and seven others are killed by Charles Manson and his "Family." Manson and four others -- Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, Charles "Tex" Watson and Leslie Van Houten -- were later convicted of murder and other charges. Their death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment in 1972.
August 15-18 | Woodstock
Nearly 400,000 people show up at a farm in Bethel, New York, for a music festival that features legendary acts Jimi Hendrix, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and Sly and the Family Stone. The event would help define an era.
For the most part ive been ok with all of it. There have been not so good times but all in all, its been a life worth living.
In 69 i was a twinkle in my dads eye ;-)
In 69 i was a twinkle in my dads eye ;-)
The year I was 10. I remember little of those things, don't think I noticed much in the news at the time, except maybe the moon landing. Learned much more about it later.
No favourite part, but in 1969, I could legally drink alcohol! (I had to plead guilty to drinking-under-age once before that -- got an absolute discharge.) My years at a boys private boarding school, 1961-1965 were the first time I can say was actually happy. But overall, my life has been good, with the usual downsides (the brutal childhood excluded -- I just don't call that part of "my life").
My high school. When I went there, there were 155 students total covering grades 7 through 13, so about 20 students per grade, not per class. (By the way, it's now co-ed, which it wasn't when I went. Cost for a boarding student is about $60,000 per year today.)
My high school. When I went there, there were 155 students total covering grades 7 through 13, so about 20 students per grade, not per class. (By the way, it's now co-ed, which it wasn't when I went. Cost for a boarding student is about $60,000 per year today.)
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metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Undoubtedly with me it's 1967, as I was in love with two women and for some unknown reason they were in love with me. However, this situation was clearly untenable, so I had to drop the one who simply was the nicest person I had ever met in my life so as to marry the other who was more compatible with my personality. It hurt me so bad to have to hurt the one, and it was the most depressing conversation in my entire life to tell her I had decided to go with another. But still overall, a really good year for me for some other reasons as well.
Yerda
Veteran Member
I'm turning 40 this year and I'd rate my 30s as the best decade. The first few years of my 30s is when I made the most progress as a person. The last few years is when my life has started to make more sense and feel more rewarding and worthwhile.
I had some incredible times in my late teens and early to mid 20s but the party can't last forever. At some point you have to survey the aftermath, make a plan and tidy up.
I had some incredible times in my late teens and early to mid 20s but the party can't last forever. At some point you have to survey the aftermath, make a plan and tidy up.