Mid Life Crisis?

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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,116
    F Me In The Brain said:
    47 and I recently left an executive position I could (and thought I would) retire from....started at another company as an exec that is about 10x bigger than the company I was with.  I know nothing of this field/industry.  Wanted more of a challenge.
    Started running a few years ago and recently completed a 31 mile run (50K), damaging my leg and knee in the process.  Wanted more of a challenge.

    My wife jokes it is my mid life crisis.  I tell her this is better than a fancy sports car and 23 year old girlfriend!

    Would probably be smarter for me to get a tattoo, Chris.  :).   Hope you like yours!

    But its not LOL
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    I have a friend (46) who I and his wife are pretty sure is going through a pretty typical midlife crisis. He did a few unoriginal things: bought a motorcycle and went on the keto diet, started getting his hair cut in a salon for the first time in his life instead of giving himself the clipper crop that always grew into the dumb and dumber look soon enough, lol. But he also went and bought a big amount of cannabis products in a pot store for the first time ever recently - I asked him why the sudden interest in randomly getting high, and his response was, "my life." So..... yikes. I did not tell his wife about that comment!
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Get_Right said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    47 and I recently left an executive position I could (and thought I would) retire from....started at another company as an exec that is about 10x bigger than the company I was with.  I know nothing of this field/industry.  Wanted more of a challenge.
    Started running a few years ago and recently completed a 31 mile run (50K), damaging my leg and knee in the process.  Wanted more of a challenge.

    My wife jokes it is my mid life crisis.  I tell her this is better than a fancy sports car and 23 year old girlfriend!

    Would probably be smarter for me to get a tattoo, Chris.  :).   Hope you like yours!

    But its not LOL
    Hahaha.  I was expecting someone to respond with that 
    Nice 👍
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    My wife is drawing me up my first, and likely only tattoo. Might also buy a truck. Yep. Mid-life. 
    www.cluthelee.com
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,822
    brianlux said:
    I'm not sure I ever had a midlife crisis but I had a personality crisis.  I got it while it was hot.  It's always hard to know when frustration and heartache what you got.
    Yeah yeah yeahhhhhhh!
    Love the NY Dolls quote!
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    edited November 2021
    Glorified KC said:
    So I turned 40 last month and made the decision back in July I was going to get my first tattoo.  Is this a mid life crisis?  Does anyone else have an example of a mid life crisis?

    13 months ago, at 46, I got my first tattoo as well. PJ stickman of course. 

    not sure if it was a mid life crisis, or just a life reminder to live for the day and stop thinking about shit too much. I'd been literally thinking about getting it since Ten came out.

    you only regret the stuff you don't do. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • Purple Fairy Tree
    Purple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,055
    edited November 2021
    dankind said:
    The whole fucking thing has been a crisis.
    I'm hearing ya @dankind! I'm 44 and I think mine started about 15 years ago.  I'm still driving around in it! I really like this thread, it reminds me of the midult. I also like the - you know you're getting old when... thread.

    Brave tattoo @Glorified KC but why not!

    @HughFreakingDillon my mate got the PJ stickmam tattoo in the early 90's, he still loves them so much. I like your advice  "Live for the day and stop thinking about shit too much" I might try to adopt that attitude on a daily basis! Thanks x
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Glorified KC said:
    So I turned 40 last month and made the decision back in July I was going to get my first tattoo.  Is this a mid life crisis?  Does anyone else have an example of a mid life crisis?

    13 months ago, at 46, I got my first tattoo as well. PJ stickman of course. 

    not sure if it was a mid life crisis, or just a life reminder to live for the day and stop thinking about shit too much. I'd been literally thinking about getting it since Ten came out.

    you only regret the stuff you don't do. 
    You must not have done some of the stuff I've done.  Lol.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Purple Fairy Tree
    Purple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,055
    edited November 2021
    F Me In The Brain said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Glorified KC said:
    So I turned 40 last month and made the decision back in July I was going to get my first tattoo.  Is this a mid life crisis?  Does anyone else have an example of a mid life crisis?

    13 months ago, at 46, I got my first tattoo as well. PJ stickman of course. 

    not sure if it was a mid life crisis, or just a life reminder to live for the day and stop thinking about shit too much. I'd been literally thinking about getting it since Ten came out.

    you only regret the stuff you don't do. 
    You must not have done some of the stuff I've done.  Lol.
    I could say the same back to you @F Me In The Brain
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    West Coast Dreamgirl said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Glorified KC said:
    So I turned 40 last month and made the decision back in July I was going to get my first tattoo.  Is this a mid life crisis?  Does anyone else have an example of a mid life crisis?

    13 months ago, at 46, I got my first tattoo as well. PJ stickman of course. 

    not sure if it was a mid life crisis, or just a life reminder to live for the day and stop thinking about shit too much. I'd been literally thinking about getting it since Ten came out.

    you only regret the stuff you don't do. 
    You must not have done some of the stuff I've done.  Lol.
    I could say the same back to you @F Me In The Brain
    Of course!  Point being that I for sure regret things I've done....don't you?

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    edited November 2021
    Wobbie said:
    I’ll let you know, when I reach mid life.
    Let me know how you would know when that would be. 
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    dankind said:
    https://youtu.be/t6wjCcWC2aE
    That goddamned chocolate commercial tainted that song for me.

    ”Regrets, I’ve had a few”…and literally, too few to mention ;)
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,790
    I just turned 45 a couple of weeks ago. It's not a midlife crisis (yet), I feel like I'm at more of a midlife crossroads.
    I've found myself drifting for too long without much direction, time to get my shit together. 
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    brianlux said:
    I'm not sure I ever had a midlife crisis but I had a personality crisis.  I got it while it was hot.  It's always hard to know when frustration and heartache what you got.
    Yeah yeah yeahhhhhhh!
    Love the NY Dolls quote!

    You got it!  :smiley:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Purple Fairy Tree
    Purple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,055
    edited November 2021
    Yes :blush:  I see what you mean @F Me
    Post edited by Purple Fairy Tree on
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    F Me In The Brain said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Glorified KC said:
    So I turned 40 last month and made the decision back in July I was going to get my first tattoo.  Is this a mid life crisis?  Does anyone else have an example of a mid life crisis?

    13 months ago, at 46, I got my first tattoo as well. PJ stickman of course. 

    not sure if it was a mid life crisis, or just a life reminder to live for the day and stop thinking about shit too much. I'd been literally thinking about getting it since Ten came out.

    you only regret the stuff you don't do. 
    You must not have done some of the stuff I've done.  Lol.
    of course I have regrets. I just mean get out of your own head and get out of your own way. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
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  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    Hobbes said:
    See the source image

    I like the spelling of that word better than the actual.
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Hobbes said:
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    Ahhh. Reminiscent of my favorite, “Moom”. 

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