Alot of parallels with me, I got into the series when I was 18, TPoD came out, I'm now 32, I feel like I've outgrown the genre as well (although my fidelity to ASoIaF is intact, which I got into through wotmania). I took up the series because I had read the whole David Eddings fantasy catalogue the summer I was 17, and it was 13 books in 14 days; I could recognize even then that it was trash. My friend recommended the expansive series of WoT, and I was excited to delve into it. So, for the sheer scope of the story, I still get an appreciation for it, and I'm idly curious to see how the characters will end up. But in terms of my appreciation for it, I'm rereading the Sanderson books now, and they're simply awful to read in a good number of parts. I'll be glad when it's over, for closure's sake, and it will definitely always be a series I'm grateful to for the time I spent debating it, the unexpected friends I made through wotmania, and the enrichment I got from following theories on evolving characters and situations throughout the years.

So yeah, bittersweet describes it to a certain degree. Cynicism aside, I also want to express thanks to those on these boards. I have been a casual stopper-byer for 8 of the last 12 years (as opposed to 2000-04 when I was heavily involved), but I've always appreciated it.