numbnuts
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Mid Life Crisis - what's that ?
How Did (or Will) You Celebrate your Mid Life Crisis?
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JtB
Prepare a way for the Lord
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To be honest, I wanted (still want) a motorbike, but as a compromise went for the convertible mini instead.
ScotiaLass
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Re-married aged 44.
Medically retired from my nursing career aged 45.
Attained my HND aged 49.
Got back on my bike (and trail riding) aged 49.
Bought a new bike aged 50 and another when I was 51.
I'll be 52 in November. Not sure how I'll celebrate that...maybe another bike!
Medically retired from my nursing career aged 45.
Attained my HND aged 49.
Got back on my bike (and trail riding) aged 49.
Bought a new bike aged 50 and another when I was 51.
I'll be 52 in November. Not sure how I'll celebrate that...maybe another bike!
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
[QUOTE 3962531, member: 259"]According to the Bible, you're supposed to live for threescore years and ten, so it's 35. 
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But 50 is the new 40.so mid life crisis means 60 now.
[/QUOTE]But 50 is the new 40.so mid life crisis means 60 now.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
[QUOTE 3962543, member: 259"]There are some eternal optimists on this forum![/QUOTE]
Yep. Thats me all right.
Yep. Thats me all right.
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
I'm tending towards the @Tin Pot perspective as I think mid-life crises are an on-going process rather than a one off event, and I take crisis in the Greek meaning, a decision or decision point.
So, in roughly chronological order from the mid-90s, my mid-life decisions have been
Buying an mtb
Buying a Laverda Jota
Quitting my job '99
Learning to play electric bass well enough to play paid gigs
Starting a band
Buying various basses on an n+1 basis
Quitting my job '05
Buying a road bike
Taking up rugby refereeing
Quitting the band
Buying several more bikes
Quitting my job '14
Burying the Aged P
Taking a temporary role in Scandinavia
I'd like a SAAB convertible, or a Triumph TR8 or even a GT6 or, or, or, but I don't have a garage or a driveway.
So, in roughly chronological order from the mid-90s, my mid-life decisions have been
Buying an mtb
Buying a Laverda Jota
Quitting my job '99
Learning to play electric bass well enough to play paid gigs
Starting a band
Buying various basses on an n+1 basis
Quitting my job '05
Buying a road bike
Taking up rugby refereeing
Quitting the band
Buying several more bikes
Quitting my job '14
Burying the Aged P
Taking a temporary role in Scandinavia
I'd like a SAAB convertible, or a Triumph TR8 or even a GT6 or, or, or, but I don't have a garage or a driveway.
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raleighnut
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50 may be the new 40 but anyone over 30 is old, just ask the youf of today. 
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[QUOTE 3962531, member: 259"]According to the Bible, you're supposed to live for threescore years and ten, so it's 35. [/QUOTE]
Bugger.
[/QUOTE]Bugger.
How old do you have to be to have a mid-life crisis?
I don't feel the need to buy a Porsche or start playing golf but at 36 I find myself increasingly questioning what I have actually acheived in life - permanently single, not many friends, not much in the bank account, a job I hate, family that mostly don't speak to me and an increasing realisation that I should make major changes or be like this forever but lacking the self confidence and motivation to actually make the changes I would like to make.
I don't feel the need to buy a Porsche or start playing golf but at 36 I find myself increasingly questioning what I have actually acheived in life - permanently single, not many friends, not much in the bank account, a job I hate, family that mostly don't speak to me and an increasing realisation that I should make major changes or be like this forever but lacking the self confidence and motivation to actually make the changes I would like to make.
OP
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JtB
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Did I peak too soon then?
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Julia9054
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As a young person of only 36, you are in an ideal position to change the job you hate - single is a bonus, you only have to consider yourself. If you don't have much money, then you are not wrenching yourself away from a lavish lifestyle in order to make changes - another bonus.
Most people who are stuck in jobs they hate are there because of other people's expectations and having to pay for the small people they made!
Seize life - if others call it a midlife crisis, don't listen!
I had my mid-life crisis in my 20s , which I think is an ideal time to do it. It included, travel, Porsches, silly partying and doing too many risky things. Now I am older, I have the knowledge and time to appreciate the things that really matter in life. Having said that, I am looking forward to a second mid life crisis in a few years.
snorri
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Although nearer 70 than 35, I still feel like that politician who said "Crisis, what crisis?"
Saluki
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Took up cycling again, properly, at 46. Learned guitar and bought a Stratocaster at 49. At 51 I lost 3 stone and took better control of my life.
I did have a sports car at 45 but I have had them on and off throughout my life so not sure that the MX5 counts.
I have now, just about stopped doing the job that I have done for decades and wondering what to do now. The guitar school job will do for the time being.
I did have a sports car at 45 but I have had them on and off throughout my life so not sure that the MX5 counts.
I have now, just about stopped doing the job that I have done for decades and wondering what to do now. The guitar school job will do for the time being.
