Life's Transitions (69)
Portiea: Life’s transitions…..What do you think are the most important and possibly most difficult and/or fulfilling transitions in life and why do you say so? (If I have forgotten one, please add it.)
a. From childhood into teenage years
b. Being a teenager
c. From being a teenager to being an adult
d. Your first real job
e. Getting married and starting a family
f. Divorce or being widowed
g. Death of a very close loved one
h. Middle age for both men and woman
i. Menopause for women
j. Over 50 for both men and women
k. Reaching retirement age….65 traditionally
l. Facing the last years of your life….75 plus
a. From childhood into teenage years
b. Being a teenager
c. From being a teenager to being an adult
d. Your first real job
e. Getting married and starting a family
f. Divorce or being widowed
g. Death of a very close loved one
h. Middle age for both men and woman
i. Menopause for women
j. Over 50 for both men and women
k. Reaching retirement age….65 traditionally
l. Facing the last years of your life….75 plus
The death of a loved was my most difficult(my mother and father).
When you lose your parents, you tend to grow up real quick because you remember what they told you.
Being divorced was never a factor as much as it is now. Society has made it difficult for people to stay married(and people have made it difficult too.)
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Easily being a teenager...It was a whole new world with all these new emotions....It was a turbulent time....
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Gads! I'm already through the letter H! My life's half over!!!! I can only add three things....
1) If/When your own parent's divorce (no matter what age it still rocks your world)
2) Your first "big" professional success...
3) From first credit card to first credit crisis. LOL
1) If/When your own parent's divorce (no matter what age it still rocks your world)
2) Your first "big" professional success...
3) From first credit card to first credit crisis. LOL
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sillyricky55: The death of a loved was my most difficult(my mother and father).
When you lose your parents, you tend to grow up real quick because you remember what they told you.
Being divorced was never a factor as much as it is now. Society has made it difficult for people to stay married(and people have made it difficult too.)
When you lose your parents, you tend to grow up real quick because you remember what they told you.
Being divorced was never a factor as much as it is now. Society has made it difficult for people to stay married(and people have made it difficult too.)
For me, death of a loved one was one of the most difficult events of my life...that level of pain and loss changes you...once you know what that pain is like, it tends to put other things into perspective.
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Have experienced all of the above...except k & l - still to come...hope I will rise to the challenge when those times come also. Some are much more difficult than others - I thought divorce was tough, till I lost a brother and a sister within 6 months of each other - so in my own personal experience and is my own personal opinion - death of a loved one has been one of the hardest transitions for me to face. The most fulfilling transistion for me - at this point in my life - is not on your list - becoming a grandmother! What a blast I am having with my little grandson - what a joy it is each and every time I'm with him!
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I don't know...I suppose childhood to teen years...watching my mother be abused all those years and finally freedom when they spilt in my teen years...Oh yeah I went nuts and rebelled like crazy...BUT it more from the transition of feeling like an adult rather really feeling like a kid and learning how to that was the most difficult I think....
Second would be death of a loved one...when my grandfather died...He was one of the few people that I was extremely close too....
Second would be death of a loved one...when my grandfather died...He was one of the few people that I was extremely close too....
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Portiea: For me, death of a loved one was one of the most difficult events of my life...that level of pain and loss changes you...once you know what that pain is like, it tends to put other things into perspective.
I have had to experience it many times. Each time, It brought a different set of changes to me and a lot of powerful emotions too.
Helps you realize that life can deal you things you have never had to deal with prior. But, it will steel your resolve to be the person you wish to be.
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Haha, for me it would be "h".
For the life of me, I cannot wrap my mind around this fact..
For the life of me, I cannot wrap my mind around this fact..
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Being widowed has been quite a life transition / ajustment for me. It's only been less than a year since my husband passed away.
Even though I have my friends it's just not the same cause my former husband was my best friend and the love of my life. He was someone I could talk to and he never judged me for having my own opinions. He accepted me for who & what I was including my faults.
Even though I have my friends it's just not the same cause my former husband was my best friend and the love of my life. He was someone I could talk to and he never judged me for having my own opinions. He accepted me for who & what I was including my faults.
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drivenbysound: Haha, for me it would be "h".
For the life of me, I cannot wrap my mind around this fact..
Is 40 middle age? Or are you worrying about approaching middle age?For the life of me, I cannot wrap my mind around this fact..
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drivenbysound: Haha, for me it would be "h".
For the life of me, I cannot wrap my mind around this fact..
For the life of me, I cannot wrap my mind around this fact..
Get over it...We age...that's life...We live...We age then we die!!!!!!!!!!!!
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horselady5: Being widowed has been quite a life transition / ajustment for me. It's only been less than a year since my husband passed away.
Even though I have my friends it's just not the same cause my former husband was my best friend and the love of my life. He was someone I could talk to and he never judged me for having my own opinions. He accepted me for who & what I was including my faults.
Even though I have my friends it's just not the same cause my former husband was my best friend and the love of my life. He was someone I could talk to and he never judged me for having my own opinions. He accepted me for who & what I was including my faults.
I do think death of a dearly loved one is such a complete loss....so irreversible, permanent...a deeply affecting event...it has to be one of the if not the most difficult transition in life...
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Portiea: Is 40 middle age? Or are you worrying about approaching middle age?
I have always thought that 40 was middle age..
I just know that it's a mental battle for someone who still feels much younger.
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Hugz_n_Kissez: Get over it...We age...that's life...We live...We age then we die!!!!!!!!!!!!
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horselady5: Being widowed has been quite a life transition / ajustment for me. It's only been less than a year since my husband passed away.
Even though I have my friends it's just not the same cause my former husband was my best friend and the love of my life. He was someone I could talk to and he never judged me for having my own opinions. He accepted me for who & what I was including my faults.
Even though I have my friends it's just not the same cause my former husband was my best friend and the love of my life. He was someone I could talk to and he never judged me for having my own opinions. He accepted me for who & what I was including my faults.
You are one very very lucky lady to have had such a man in your life....
So sorry for your loss.....
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Hugz_n_Kissez: Get over it...We age...that's life...We live...We age then we die!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why are you being mean to this nice man?
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Birth, Sickness, Old Age, and Death. All the rest are just quarter-mile stones...
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Portiea: Why are you being mean to this nice man?
Yeah, why?
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drivenbysound: Yeah, why?
I'll have a word with her.... 
She may be out of sorts tonight...been dealing with a lot of negative energy...
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a. From childhood into teenage years
b. Being a teenager
c. From being a teenager to being an adult
d. Your first real job
e. Getting married and starting a family
f. Divorce or being widowed
g. Death of a very close loved one
h. Middle age for both men and woman
i. Menopause for women
j. Over 50 for both men and women
k. Reaching retirement age….65 traditionally
l. Facing the last years of your life….75 plus