Were you better in 2016 or are you better in 2026?

[Simslover92]

I feel like I was better financially in 2016 than in 2026. But I am better mentally and wiser than I was then.

[ohsheeT]

I can't even think that far back as far as I'm concerned yesterday was gone it's over and there's no looking back

If anything happened yesterday that was important then it's going to happen today too and we'll keep carrying on that way but if it's not important or if it's gone it's gone it's over there's no going back no getting it back no matter what you keep going forward

It's almost like when somebody dies that you truly love and you feel like the world has come to an end but it doesn't stop everything keeps moving everything keeps going forward and you're just sitting there going stop everything stop but it doesn't and gradually you snap out of it and you understand that the world's not going to stop you have to keep moving with it grow with it and change that world into your world the way you want it to be because that's very possible we do it every day

[Lliam]

Definitely better in 2016 before the covid insanity. After 2020. businesses closed. I lost lots of friends who swallowed the covid hysteria. And since then, prices on everything have increased.

I was elated when Trump beat Hillary and didn't think he did a bad job during his first term. But his second term has been bad. I think he has lost his mind.

[midnightmoon05]

I am better now (2026) or for the past 5 years. Or after Covid… my life is in a very good place since. Financially, physically, mentally… etc.
2016 was not so great.

[sage2021]

2016 definitely!

[sage2021]

Thank you for the MHO 🙂🧡

[Simslover92]

You're welcome! 😊

[BobbieBoy666]

After coming out of the closet about my gender. in 2025 of Aug 04 and I came out in a pink dress as Bigender on Facebook. Now that it's 2026, I'm going full force in wearing a dress.

[EzraIsShy76028]

Hard to say. Now I'm 25 and in 2016 I was either 14 or 15 depending on the month of the year... I believe I was in 8th grade. I don't think I was happier back then though I definitely did have more mental stability relatively speaking. Age 17 was when I first became severely suicidal and age 18 was when things got crazy with mental health medications that made me go crazy instead of help and I had to go to the mental hospital many times.

At age 14/15 back in 2016 I was definitely much less of a loose cannon. I already fucking hated my life but at that point I wasn't quite severely suicidal nor did I take all those medications or go to the mental hospital. Though I will say that in 2026 I'm definitely glad to no longer be in school. School definitely didn't help my mental health issues.

[HawkPerception]

Definitely better, but not by much honestly. I've been pretty consistent in my life with my morals, values, and views, but I have changed from experiencing relationships and life. Each scenario has helped to teach me how to properly navigate that same scenario in the future so I don't come out with a loss. One thing I've improved on quite a bit is socializing. I was pretty awkward back in high school and looking back on it, some of the things I did or said makes me cringe nowadays. But it's over and I've learned from those moments and gotten better.

[lightbulb27]

I think better, but haven't done the detailed analysis on finance. we came together and are doing well, I don't have to work myself to death at this point, we live comfortably and give back and enjoy ife. Find good partner brings stability and new life.

It only takes a few "oh no's" to change anyones fate. hope for the best. I tell my wife she cannot die before me, thus I take a bullet for her. Lose her, it all falls apart.

I think the country is far worse and the downward slide hasn't stopped but accelerated. I hoped Trump would improve it, he tried, he's failed across the board and now made a larger mess with consequences yet realized.

Oh well, enjoy the beautiful day!

[loveslongnails]

2016 was the start of when things went sideways for the USA, but financially, I stayed ahead of the bubble. I saw what was coming and adjusted my holdings accordingly, but I could tell that lots of other things were going to shit. I survived the first 4 years of the idiot and had hopes after that, but I could see it wasn't enough so applied for a few visas in anticipation of leaving for a while.

Sorry to digress. 2016 was definitely better than 2026, by a million miles, but it turned shitty once the Mango Molester started doing his bullshit. I'm not just talking about personal finances, I'm talking about the country as a whole. Now, it's just a clown show, where one day is worse than the next.

[Kingofkings1992]

Correction: 2012 was actually the year things in America generally started to decline. I say this as an unbiased observer.

[loveslongnails]

@Kingofkings1992 For starters, I'm not willing to concede that you're impartial or unbiased, but let's assume you are. I'll disagree with that for any number of reasons.

If I want to get really specific, I'd go back 46 years to the Reagan administration for the very start of things going downhill for most of the middle and lower classes. My parents concur and point out the W. Bush years as being awful too, but I was too just a teen-ager then. I do remember the crash of 2008, and what Obama had to do to get out of it.

The real decline wasn't just about income disparity, though that was a large part of it. It was about stupidity and hate being greenlighted and normalized. That's what the USA is today, and if they don't reverse it soon, the death spiral will continue.

[molonski2]

Better is which way though? Technically my net worth is higher , however inflation has been massive , taxes higher , so if we are talking $$$$ I'd say I don't have the same standing.

On return to Australia last year I owed $21,700 ( AUD ) in land tax , socialist prcks are everywhere , I'd never previously received a bill.

This sht is a world wide issue of wealth destruction , give it to us and we will hand it out to some pleb who has done absolutely NOTHING.

[Billlewis]

Oh, I'm doing much better now. Ten years ago, the horrendously bad Obama era was still ongoing. Then, when Haglary lost, the Dems and the lying media wouldn't accept it, so they spent the next eight years trying to destroy the country, but failed.

[blshbnz]

2016 I was young and I had lots of friends and everything seemed alive then. 2026 is just depressing now that I’m older so I would chose 2016 for sure!

[Chazmatazz269]

I was the fittest i’ve ever been in 2016.
But i made the most money i’ve ever made last year.
I would like to be fit like that again. Money comes and goes.

[NathanDavis]

that was around the time I started my current business pretty much

it's been going well, despite the pandemia madness in between... anyone remember that nowadays? lmfao...

[Phunk_Fenomenon]

now, though I still feel miserable now and part of it is because I'm still recovering from some of the hell I when through during 2016

[Dnice1]

I was starting my senior year of high school in August 2016

I was doing well back then apart from the stress of studying for tests, exams, doing homework and school projects 😅

[Anonymous]

I can't remember much about 2016
It's all a blur
I was just working hard
The kids were teenagers and I was generally happy
I was drinking to get by
And I don't drink now
Financially things were improving I think
Financially things are better now

[jazzy34]

Present day, for sure. My 20s were a rough time in my life and I don’t look back at that time fondly at all. So, no thanks to 2016.

[Nikki1989]

My life has been wonderful since 2009. Before 2009, it wasn't so good at times.

[fish5505_87]

Just based off your profile, you were Better financially when you were 24 than now?

[Simslover92]

I had no debt

[fish5505_87]

Good Answer!!! Should have thought of that, lol.

[Simslover92]

Lol yeah

[MemeSupreme]

i dont think its possible for me to be as low as i was in 2016 lol

[ellllltr]

Financially and mentally 2026 is better for me.

[OneViewpoint]

Same basically. I've been in a sweet spot for the last 10 years.

[xawyx-3]

2016 was a much better year from my point of view, in every possible way.

[Bricealan]

@Simslover92 Better now financially because my brother left me his estate

[douride2]

Physically I was way better off in 2016. Financially I am better off today then I have ever been.

[Alex-Snow]

10 years ago I was 11 and just starting puberty. I had no idea of what my teens would be like!!!

[AngryCarl3]

Financially I'm still fine. Mentally and physically I'm a bit worse, I have chronic insomnia so I'm constantly in survival mode.

[exitseven]

I am better financially but physically I am a lot more messed up.

[RareBreedOfMan]

I'm definitely better in 2026 than I was in 2016.

[Shiprex]

I was much better back in the day, now I am a relic of that time.

[Massageman]

Better physically then, better mentally now (ten more years of practice).

[jamesgoldman]

Financial better now but gold was far cheaper at least

[DarKnight36]

I'm always fine;

I look back on the past years, think about them, and laugh.

[llorando]

Things were definitely better for me in 2016.

[Staximus]

Better now financially, but 2016 was better because my dad was still alive

[dudeinohio]

Better then financially but married to a better wife now. Kind of a tie.

[Dantezam]

Not at all, you grow from every life experience as it should be! I'm better now

[Kingofkings1992]

Lol. Very vague question. Better in what sense? I was better off physically at 24, but I am definitely better off financially at 34.

[DryGermanGuy]

Better in 2016 by every metric possible...

[Simslover92]

Right!

[LazerBean]

Better now in every way

[slatyb]

Financially much better.

[_Jenny_]

@Simslover92 2026 has been better

[ProbablyClueless]

I'm much better in 2026.

[Badtobad]

Better in 2016, more social and better prospects

[TonyMetal___1986]

Same as you miss sims

[LiamJHayden]

Better in every way, I think.

[msc545]

Many ways I'm better now.

[Anonymous]

I was better then

[JamesRandiDebates]

I barely remember 2016.

[iCandice]

Yeah, I wasn't working.

[The_Wolf_2002]

I was a kid in 2016 so im better now lol.

[eagle1951]

2016 for sure

[thegreenyogi]

Much better in 2026.

[Paige2006]

Better now

[KostasKouvalis]

2016

[FrodoSkywalker007]

2016 certainly

[Pterodon]

Now.