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372 I’m 66 and my wife asked me last week if I was happy and I said yes automatically – but the real answer is I don’t think I’ve been happy since my mid-forties and I’ve just gotten so good at performing contentment that I fooled myself too

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Tommy Baker @ Silicon Canals · 04/05/2026 00:46 EDT

I’m 66 and my wife asked me last week if I was happy and I said yes automatically – but the real answer is I don’t think I’ve been happy since my mid-forties and I’ve just gotten so good at performing contentment that I fooled myself too

After decades of reflexively saying "yes" when asked if he's happy, a 66-year-old electrician realizes he's been performing contentment so convincingly for the past twenty years that he forgot he was acting—and now he's trying to remember what real happiness actually feels like.

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