Mid life crises

stewart38 · 20th-April-2006, 12:10 PM

Ok what are the signs to look for ??

How long does it last ???

Is there any age its meant to start and finish ??

I think my friend is showing classic signs but he dont like it

Daisy Chain · 20th-April-2006, 12:12 PM

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Ok what are the signs to look for ??

Well I had all my hair cut off into a style that didn't suit me

Daisy

(A Bald Little FLower)

**under par** · 20th-April-2006, 12:19 PM

Speeling becoms a problem.

WittyBird · 20th-April-2006, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by stewart38

I think my friend is showing classic signs but he dont like it

Beginning to show signs?

If it's the friend I think it is, then it's been going on a while

TiggsTours · 20th-April-2006, 12:21 PM

Denial, or so I've heard, of course, its not an issue that effects me!

**Donna** · 20th-April-2006, 12:24 PM

Midlife transition" is a natural stage that happens at some point (usually at about age 40, give or take 20 years).

Midlife transition can include:

Discontentment or boredom with life or with the lifestyle (including people and things) that have provided fulfillment for a long time

Feeling restless and wanting to do something completely different

Questioning decisions made years earlier and the meaning of life

Confusion about who you are or where your life is going

Middle age is a time in which adults take on new job responsibilities and therefore often feel a need to reassess where they are and make changes while they feel they still have time.

And the symptoms...?

Boredom and exhaustion, or frantic energy
Self-questioning
Daydreaming
Irritability, unexpected anger
Acting on alcohol, drug, food or other compulsions
Greatly decreased or increased sexual desire
Sexual affairs, especially with someone much younger
Greatly decreased or increased ambition

Well that just sounds sooo poo! I don't want to get old!!!

Princess Fi · 20th-April-2006, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Donna

Well that just sounds sooo poo! I don't want to get old!!!

I'm not going to - I intend to stay 19 for ever!

(Hey its worked the last 4 years!

)

stewart38 · 20th-April-2006, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by WittyBird

Beginning to show signs?

If it's the friend I think it is, then it's been going on a while

Does it last a year or 6 months or 5 years

Now where is that marryarussianbrideunder27.com site ??

or the isblackacoolcolourtowear.com site ???

or the whyamiobsessedwithweightandhowilook.com site ??

or the canistillpulltheyoungchicks.com site ?

ok of to train for a london Marathon

stewart38 · 20th-April-2006, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Donna

Midlife transition" is a natural stage that happens at some point (usually at about age 40, give or take 20 years).

Midlife transition can include:

Discontentment or boredom with life or with the lifestyle (including people and things) that have provided fulfillment for a long time

Feeling restless and wanting to do something completely different

Questioning decisions made years earlier and the meaning of life

Confusion about who you are or where your life is going

Middle age is a time in which adults take on new job responsibilities and therefore often feel a need to reassess where they are and make changes while they feel they still have time.

And the symptoms...?

Boredom and exhaustion, or frantic energy
Self-questioning
Daydreaming
Irritability, unexpected anger
Acting on alcohol, drug, food or other compulsions
Greatly decreased or increased sexual desire
Sexual affairs, especially with someone much younger
Greatly decreased or increased ambition

Well that just sounds sooo poo! I don't want to get old!!!

This is me me me

sorry my friend

Like the sexual affairs with someone much younger , which .com site is that ?

**Donna** · 20th-April-2006, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Princess Fi

I'm not going to - I intend to stay 19 for ever!

Yeah me too! Young at heart forever... but, you can't do anything about looking old... apart from massaging the eyes from a young age to keep the bags away.

TheTramp · 20th-April-2006, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Donna

Yeah me too! Young at heart forever... but, you can't do anything about looking old... apart from massaging the eyes from a young age to keep the bags away.

Donna....

We've told you before.

Making comments like these, when you're only 23, isn't likely to earn you many friends!!

WittyBird · 20th-April-2006, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by stewart38

Does it last a year or 6 months or 5 years

Depends on your state of mine

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or the isblackacoolcolourtowear.com site ???

This could help you

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Originally Posted by stewart38

or the whyamiobsessedwithweightandhowilook.com site ??

You might find this helpful

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Originally Posted by stewart38

or the canistillpulltheyoungchicks.com site ?

Try here

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ok of to train for a london Marathon

You need to put oil and water in the car first

**Donna** · 20th-April-2006, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by TheTramp

Donna....

We've told you before.

Making comments like these, when you're only 23, isn't likely to earn you many friends!!

Ahem... nearly 24! I'm getting old!

Is this better? Or does that make matters worse?

**Rhythm King** · 20th-April-2006, 01:04 PM

Guilty as charged

Well actually I cut out the boring middle bit and just avoided growing up - my sister had been calling me a kidult for years before the recent eponymous film came out. What's scary is that when I did that BBC "How Old Is Your Brain" quiz, I scored exactly half of my natural age.

When I was a child, people in their early twenties had steady jobs, were getting married and having children and settling down. As I've grown older, a lot of the people around me have also kept a more youthful outlook, in their dress, lifestyle, whatever. Whether your average Victorian, or Edwardian felt this as he, or she grew up I couldn't say, but this change in lifestyles, teenage rebellion, personal freedom etc does seem to have originated a little bit after WW1 (Flappers, Charleston, etc) and then exploded amongst those who lived through WW11 and their children as Swing, Rock'n'Roll and Pop culture developed to reflect it.

Right, that's enough of the serious, reflective, self-questioning stuff, I'm off to get my motor bike out and day-dream about those younger girls, before somebody makes me irritable again.

R-K

**JonD** · 20th-April-2006, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Donna

Ahem... nearly 24! I'm getting old!

A lot of women have their first mid-life crisis in their late 20s/early 30s so not long for you to wait. And just think, you'll be middle aged in just over a year.

I think I've had about 3 mid-life crisis and everyone of them has been fun. I'm rather looking forward to the next one - that'll be the one for the pony tail, baseball cap and a silly sports car with an "MM" (Male Menopause) sticker on the boot. Wonderful!

Ghost · 20th-April-2006, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Donna

And the symptoms...?

Boredom and exhaustion, or frantic energy
Self-questioning
Daydreaming
Irritability, unexpected anger
Acting on alcohol, drug, food or other compulsions
Greatly decreased or increased sexual desire
Sexual affairs,
Greatly decreased or increased ambition

Sounds like being a teenager to me

Take care
Christopher

**Donna** · 20th-April-2006, 01:33 PM

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A lot of women have their first mid-life crisis in their late 20s/early 30s so not long for you to wait. And just think, you'll be middle aged in just over a year.

Well thank you very much for that JonD... aaahhh.. I feel so much better.

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that'll be the one for the pony tail, baseball cap and a silly sports car with an "MM" (Male Menopause) sticker on the boot. Wonderful!

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Sounds like being a teenager to me

It does doesn't it! I've nowt to worry about then! Sounds like us girls are like teenagers throughout most of our lives then. Oooh woah girls just wanna have fun!!!

Princess Fi · 20th-April-2006, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Donna

Well thank you very much for that JonD... aaahhh.. I feel so much better.

So I get to look forward not only to wrinkles but an emotional rollercoaster too!

So what were the advantages of getting old again?

stewart38 · 20th-April-2006, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Princess Fi

So what were the advantages of getting old again?

Only two I can see in the furture

At some stage someone will offer to give their seat up for me on the underground. However thats at least 40/50 years away yet

But by then ill be in a old peoples home which could lead to another advantage , i wont have to feed myself anymore I can be spoon fed

**ducasi** · 20th-April-2006, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Princess Fi

So what were the advantages of getting old again?

People sometimes mistake you for being younger than you are, rather than older...

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Donna Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wrexham, North Wales. Posts: 3,503 Status: No Status Rep Power: 2 Rep.: 573	Re: Mid life crises Midlife transition" is a natural stage that happens at some point (usually at about age 40, give or take 20 years). Midlife transition can include: Discontentment or boredom with life or with the lifestyle (including people and things) that have provided fulfillment for a long time Feeling restless and wanting to do something completely different Questioning decisions made years earlier and the meaning of life Confusion about who you are or where your life is going Middle age is a time in which adults take on new job responsibilities and therefore often feel a need to reassess where they are and make changes while they feel they still have time. And the symptoms...? Boredom and exhaustion, or frantic energy Self-questioning Daydreaming Irritability, unexpected anger Acting on alcohol, drug, food or other compulsions Greatly decreased or increased sexual desire Sexual affairs, especially with someone much younger Greatly decreased or increased ambition Well that just sounds sooo poo! I don't want to get old!!!

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Rhythm King Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: In London, by the Posts: 2,989 Status: No Status Rep Power: 4 Rep.: 1274	Re: Mid life crises Guilty as charged Well actually I cut out the boring middle bit and just avoided growing up - my sister had been calling me a kidult for years before the recent eponymous film came out. What's scary is that when I did that BBC "How Old Is Your Brain" quiz, I scored exactly half of my natural age. When I was a child, people in their early twenties had steady jobs, were getting married and having children and settling down. As I've grown older, a lot of the people around me have also kept a more youthful outlook, in their dress, lifestyle, whatever. Whether your average Victorian, or Edwardian felt this as he, or she grew up I couldn't say, but this change in lifestyles, teenage rebellion, personal freedom etc does seem to have originated a little bit after WW1 (Flappers, Charleston, etc) and then exploded amongst those who lived through WW11 and their children as Swing, Rock'n'Roll and Pop culture developed to reflect it. Right, that's enough of the serious, reflective, self-questioning stuff, I'm off to get my motor bike out and day-dream about those younger girls, before somebody makes me irritable again. R-K __________________ The hottest thing since Morton Thiokol used the Challenger to take teacher hazing into the Space Age...

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