It is the young people of Ireland who have been affeted most by the recession, Enda Kenny, the Bondholders, the Troika et al. But the winds of hange are coming – hopefully they will blow me away with it!

Did I forget to mention globalisation? That’s another thing that’s made Irish people so miserable so young!

Ireland 14 – 73

Who let the hippy in?

If it works in a U shaped curve then surely the quicker you reach the bottom the better right ? Meaning we mature faster than other countries and have it all figured out by 38, so we have a chance of spending the latter half of our lives pretty contented. While the Portuguese get more miserable every year until they hit rock bottom at 66. So we must be doing something right.

I was always told life begins at 40.
Guess you just don’t give a damn by then.

Coz this is a stupid bs made up study!

U mean who let the grump in !

Daimo did I forget to mention how mind nummingly boring your comments are. Zzzzzzz

They suit you Patric!

I’m a few months behind you so have the misery to look forward to – I wonder how long it lasts and what can I do to avoid it? I’m thinking, be on holidays at the time, offer to participate (legally) in a pharmaceutical trial for sleeping tablets so I could snooze my way through it or maybe find a bunch of other miserable 38 year olds and set up a commune??!!

As long as it takes to read this article :)

Don’t even talk about feckin shopping!

Iv mastered dealing with shopping in the likes of dundrum..
Find the furthest cafe possible get in a corner and leisurely read the paper over a nice cuppa

Well sher what about the ladies who have to put up with talk of how the transfer market is going to shape up this season or whether some fella was offside or not? As a big fan of both shopping and football, I get the best of both worlds…it’s all about the balance!

I bet you desperately poor people would disagree with you on that.

No, we wouldn’t. I’m fed up with hearing it too.

And of course avoid mainstream Psychiatry like the plague. I went looking for help with panic attacks (how dumb was that in hindsight) and ended up with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Bipolar disorder and 3 years of over prescribed medication which nearly destroyed me and kept me in bed half the day. Some of the drugs (while they can be helpful in moderation) have lawsuits against the makers.

Scientology !!

No but really… I’m only 26 I hve a whole lot of downhill. And I suspect the outward curves of the U don’t have to go particularly high. I want guarantees!

Only over a drink at Christmas when they lament the tragedy of being run out of Ireland by the bondholders…

@Whiskeyste
we do get ‘down’ in Australia, except we do it while sitting on the beach in the sun with a can of Fosters.
no problem with aging !!! keep on having fun, enjoy the ‘now’.

Money does not buy u happiness , but a better class of misery !!!!

You have a bowl to put your gravel in?!

Some of my fellow comrades gave me a set of six bols once. I gave five of them away though. “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need” lol!

What’s a bond holder?

I think they might look like Mary Harney. Anyone remember her?

Free Palestine!
Down with the bondholders!
Che Guevara for the next Jesus!

They live longer there because they stand up to the Troika and don’t take crap from their politicians – same for the Greeks and the Italians.

Down with the Bondholders!
Free Palestine!
Bob Marley for President!