Mid-life crisis? Is there such a thing?

[promise5 17]

Reading a comment on another post made me want to ask people's opinions on this.

I'm seriously beginning to wonder if there is such a thing.
Example: My mother has turned a certain age and has since gotten a tattoo which wasn't TOO surprising. But she also went out clubbing with her friends and not sure about everything they did but one of them took out a plant in the hotel lobby, another crawled onto the elevator.

This is not the conservative (I hide parts of my personal life from her)mom that I remember growing up!!

No matter how slowly you say oranges it never sounds like gullible.
Believe me I tried.

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Nope. There's living 1/10th or 9/10th of potential, and a bunch of self excuses for it

What goes around, comes later.

[ryoder 1,590]

Oh, it's your mother having the mid-life crisis!
Carry on.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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promise5

I'm seriously beginning to wonder if there is such a thing.

Yes. People react differently and it comes at different points for different people, but the idea remains the same. It's archetypical and appears in all sorts of stories throughout history (think Macbeth) although the term itself didn't come into vogue until the mid-1960s. I think it was coined sometime around then by some pop-psychologist.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[airtwardo 7]

quade

***I'm seriously beginning to wonder if there is such a thing.

Yes. People react differently and it comes at different points for different people, but the idea remains the same. It's archetypical and appears in all sorts of stories throughout history (think Macbeth) although the term itself didn't come into vogue until the mid-1960s. I think it was coined sometime around then by some pop-psychologist.


I think I'm on my 10th or 11th one....

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Squeak 17]

meh not so much a "crisis", folks raise kids develop careers, pay mortgages etc. By the time they are in the 40-50s most of that stuff isd behind them and they have the finances and/or freedom to do things that they think they have been missing out on.
Some folks (like me) never had kids so i have been able to financially do what ever the hell I want pretty much my entire adult life.

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[airtwardo 7]

Squeak

meh not so much a "crisis", folks raise kids develop careers, pay mortgages etc. By the time they are in the 40-50s most of that stuff isd behind them and they have the finances and/or freedom to do things that they think they have been missing out on.
Some folks (like me) never had kids so i have been able to financially do what ever the hell I want pretty much my entire adult life.

I don't think it has as much to do with money as time...

I too have pretty much been able to do whatever I wanted...and we have all kinds of kids - it's when the game gets into the 2nd half ~ you start picking the plays a lot differently.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

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Also has a lot to do with how you saw yourself and what you thought you'd accomplish in life, what your "legacy" would be.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[Squeak 17]

quade

Also has a lot to do with how you saw yourself and what you thought you'd accomplish in life, what your "legacy" would be.

Fuck Legacies.

If I die with $1 in the bank it was wasted.

Forsterite for ever

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[Phillbo 11]

When my mid life crisis hit I signed up for AFF :)

[airtwardo 7]

quade

Also has a lot to do with how you saw yourself and what you thought you'd accomplish in life, what your "legacy" would be.

Maybe for some...

I'd done more by the time I was 30 than I ever though I would in a lifetime - of course my expectations were never real high!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[airtwardo 7]

Squeak

***Also has a lot to do with how you saw yourself and what you thought you'd accomplish in life, what your "legacy" would be.

Fuck Legacies.

If I die with $1 in the bank it was wasted.

Forsterite for ever

In MY case FOSTERS forever!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

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Squeak

If I die with $1 in the bank it was wasted.

I wasn't talking about money.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[promise5 17]

Phillbo

When my mid life crisis hit I signed up for AFF :)

Holy crap NO!!!!
My mother does not need to hang around skydivers at her age.

No matter how slowly you say oranges it never sounds like gullible.
Believe me I tried.

[turtlespeed 212]

Squeak

***Also has a lot to do with how you saw yourself and what you thought you'd accomplish in life, what your "legacy" would be.

Fuck Legacies.

If I die with $1 in the bank it was wasted.

Forsterite for ever

EEEWwww! You drink Fosters?

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

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promise5

***When my mid life crisis hit I signed up for AFF :)

Holy crap NO!!!!
My mother does not need to hang around skydivers at her age.

LMAO - First thing that came to mind - "I wonder how long the turns will last."

I'm going to hell.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[TEB6363 0]

Laugh - Most posters replying to this thread are "Her Age" Hon

She might like some of these old dudes

Once the plane takes off, you're gonna have to land - Might as well jump out!!

[ryoder 1,590]

TEB6363

Laugh - Most posters replying to this thread are "Her Age" Hon

She might like some of these old dudes

Now you see why she worried.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[mjosparky 4]

promise5

***When my mid life crisis hit I signed up for AFF :)

Holy crap NO!!!!
My mother does not need to hang around skydivers at her age.

Do you think you mother would like a boy toy? She sounds like she would be a fun date.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[Squeak 17]

quade

***If I die with $1 in the bank it was wasted.

I wasn't talking about money.

I didn’t say or imply you were, you may not have noticed that there was 2 distinct sentences (single sentence paragraphs) there, ergo 2 ideas.

Fuck legacies
and
Spend all your money

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[airtwardo 7]

Squeak

******If I die with $1 in the bank it was wasted.

I wasn't talking about money.

I didn’t say or imply you were, you may not have noticed that there was 2 distinct sentences (single sentence paragraphs) there, ergo 2 ideas.

Fuck legacies
and
Spend all your money

But who the heck is Legacies? She sounds French!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Squeak 17]

turtlespeed

******Also has a lot to do with how you saw yourself and what you thought you'd accomplish in life, what your "legacy" would be.

Fuck Legacies.

If I die with $1 in the bank it was wasted.

Forsterite for ever

EEEWwww! You drink Fosters?No I dont, we dont even sell Fosters in OZ, we export that shit to you lot.

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[Nataly 38]

Sure there is. If at 40/50-ish you suddenly realise you have been missing out and/or you have made some seriously wrong life choices and/or not enjoyed life at all, seems pretty normal at some point to "snap" and become impatient to "make up for lost time/opportunities."

ETA - maybe your mom was always like this but you were too innocent/naive to know it!!

"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse."
- Chris Hadfield
« Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. »
- my boss

[wmw999 2,384]

One of the biggest misconceptions in the world is that old people are different somehow.

They're the same people they were in their hell-raising days. Just slower sometimes

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[airtwardo 7]

wmw999

One of the biggest misconceptions in the world is that old people are different somehow.

They're the same people they were in their hell-raising days. Just slower sometimes

Wendy P.

with less hair!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~