I remember back in the 90's, when I was doing military service in the airforce. I was in a forest with my unit, and it was dark, cold, we were all tired and it was all in all a terrible time.
At the time, someone (maybe me?) said: "Don't worry, years later we won't remember this. We'll only remember the good parts".
It's now been 25 years or so, and you know what? They were right. I'm thinking back on that time as having had a fun time with my friends.
I see people post rose-coloured representations of past times over here on a variety of topics. The good old days were never as good as you think they were.