Comments on: A history of the mid-life crisis

By: Lisavon

Lisavon — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:55:10 +0000

A Convenient way of curtailing certain behaviors in men…is quite specific to the definition and there-in lies the question – do women have mid life crisis concerns as well – share

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Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:52:07 +0000

[...] Guess What? Midlife Crisis Don’t Exist – via Mind Hacks – It turns out that the idea of the ‘mid-life crisis’ is surprisingly new – first touted in 1965 – but was invented to refer to a crisis of creativity in geniuses – rather than a sudden urge to dye one’s greying hair. There isn’t actually any evidence that middle age is more of a time of crisis than any other period of life, but the concept has stuck. [...]

By: holist

holist — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:20:47 +0000

Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, written between 1308 and 1321:

Midway in the journey of our life
I came to myself in a dark wood,
for the straight way was lost.
Ah, how hard it is to tell
the nature of that wood, savage, dense and harsh -the very thought of it renews my fear!
It is so bitter death is hardly more so.

Looks like a poetic description to me.

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The Spamlist! » A history of the mid-life crisis — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:54:27 +0000

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By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:31:27 +0000

I agree with you. If someone comes to the recognition that enjoyment is actually important in life; that you don’t have to live in a way that maximizes the ‘number of neighbors’ who approve of your choices; that the here-and-now should be relished … crisis? Hmmm. It sounds like an awakening. If it happens in mid-life, then a mid-life awakening. Although it may be a crisis for those around you.

By: Noadi

Noadi — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:31:04 +0000

Your theory appears reasonable. When you take into account that middle age is also when a man’s children are likely to have just left the nest there is usually some more disposable income for toys like fancy cars (kids are expensive). It’s a frustrating irony that when you’re young you often have to postpone the things you want in order to raise kids or save for retirement yet once you are able to do those things you are now too old for it to be “appropriate”.