Originally Posted by
Forward Must Hang
One day, I was giving a lift to my aunt when a guy in his 50s drove past in a convertible. My aunt said something about a mid-life crisis in a disparaging way. I fired up. "I don't think that's fair. There goes a guy who has something he wants. How do you know he hasn't worked his whole life to provide for his family and his kids have finally moved out, he has received an inheritance, and has taken the opportunity to give himself something he's always wanted but denied himself because he put others first?"
A mid life "crisis" is a real thing, but not so much the crisis part. It's natural to hit that point in life where friends are getting sick, dying early, parents are ageing and dying, your youth is behind you, you groan when you get up from the sofa etc.
When you hit puberty, you had to deal with that. You left school and got a job or studied - you had to deal with that. You go through all these life changes and things aren't the same as they used to be. It's life. There comes a point where the puberty-crisis becomes the school leaver-crisis and then the married man, mortgage crisis etc. Middle age is just another era. Mid life "crisis" is just dealing with another phase of life.
Don't beat yourself up over it.
Whatever happens and whatever you choose to do, be true to yourself and remember to look after those who matter to you. And good luck brother. Whatever you choose, good luck.