Are you happier waiting or experiencing?

Anticipation of pain does not cause more pain, it causes anxiety and dread which are very different emotions.
I see waiting very differently though, because I only keep it as a time reference for when something should happen and forget about it entirely until it happens.
Waiting for something may bring a certain kind of happiness but it will never be as cerebral as experiencing it.
But that of course is all up to the person to decide because perceived reality is subjective haha :D