Why do people often have a ‘mid-life crisis,’ and is it just a fancy way of saying they’ve hit a point where they finally realize they’ve been doing everything wrong?
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It’s unique to each person, but the common them of these comments is the main piece: you realize your time to live is finite.
But also personally I feel the opposite of what usually seems to be the reaction of men my age. It seems like many men having a MLC have careers, money, and a divorce or 2. They realize they’re stressed out and wanna bang younger women.
So they change careers, get a sports car to compensate for not feeling as attractive to younger women, etc.
But I’m the opposite in some ways. Never had a great career, and don’t have much money now. Hooked up with plenty of young women, and now want to get married. Don’t need a sports car.
However I definitely realize I’ve got maybe 25 more years to live if I’m lucky, and the previous 10 flew by. I want to physically do things and have adventures while I still have the health. I want to have a real career and see what it’s like to make a bigger contribution, and hopefully make some bank.
So it’s different for everyone, but yes you realize you’re getting closer to when your health fades or you reach your expiration date. And other things like personal expectations of where you should be in life, feeling less sexually attractive, and so on and it gets interesting.
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