mickeyd
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I am not a boomer as I was born in 1944 so I suppose that I'm a pre-boomer. We pre boomers, seldom care about comparisons with our fellow pre-bs and we are thus always happy and quite content. We never compare ourselves to other pre-bs.
http://finance.yahoo.com/focus-reti...ow-to-Age-Gracefully?mod=retirement-lifestyle
In happiness surveys, people in relatively poor nations often score higher than folks in the U.S. Why? Their neighbors tend to be poor too, and they do not feel disadvantaged in the comparison. However, "boomers are always comparing themselves to others and focusing on what they don't have," says Stephen Pollan, co-author of It's All in Your Head: Thinking Your Way to Happiness.
http://finance.yahoo.com/focus-reti...ow-to-Age-Gracefully?mod=retirement-lifestyle