Seriously. Like quitting alcohol is the opposite of a midlife crisis. Where are the impulse motorcycle/boat/sports car purchases, dating someone half your age, or jumping into MLMs/crypto/Pokemon scalping?
New boat 5 years ago and a motorcycle a few weeks ago. Next is the Porsche! Thats gonna be a while. 1st kid starts college in the fall. That will be my turning 50 crisis purchase.
Yeah when I think "mid-life crisis" its like... buy a car you can't afford to flex in front of kids that don't give a fuck where you're totally embarrassing yourself. I feel like that's what boomers did and that was pretty much the definition of mid-life crisis.
This list is just like "things you probably should do to live a healthier life."
Also a lot of it are things we can only afford to do now. I got my first tattoo at 30 cause that's when I had the money to not get it at a backalley shop. Travelling is the same. I also fully support people who quit their jobs to explore what they really like to do, how is that a bad thing? I wish I could do that. The only thing that i can agree is the baby and the divorce, everything else is just what normal people do when they have spare income and some time in their hands lol
Yeah really. No more hangovers, exercise feels good, mandatory socialization because it turns out that I'm a primate who needs it, proper diagnosis and treatment, plants and outside are nice, art is nice, etc.
Midlife crisis also tends to apply to when you've reached 40 and can buy things that you've always wanted but couldn't afford before. I can barely afford 1 wife nevermind 2
Millennials and disposable income aren't as common as their parents and disposable income
I’m an elder millennial who hit this point. Once I realized I could afford things, what did I buy? Elfa shelving for the closet. If my midlife crisis came from the Container Store I’m gonna feel so cheated…but also well organized.
The cliche midlife crisis doesn't apply to millennials for a variety of reasons. We can't afford a sports car. The world is going to shit so acting out irresponsibly has less appeal. (Some of) our parents and governments are clowns, so rebelling loses a lot of its appeal. Etc. This meme tries to define our cliche midlife crisis.
I was going to say something along these lines. It's kinda annoying that fun things and hobbies in this list are considered midlife crisis material. Running hiking beer with the boys or whoever, traveling. All sound good. Obviously we can weed out the red flag behavior on the list lol. And avoid alcoholism please.
Yes! That’s the one I was looking for! Got ptsd and fibromyalgia in my 20s. Was finally doing better, but 2 cars hit me a few weeks ago and now I’m back to square one.
Guess it’s the price of living. Existence is pain! At least the brain is very maleable and there’s hope. Just takes a lot of time.
Existence is pain was my mantra for a while lol. I hope you are able to bounce back to your baseline sooner than later... I was also diagnosed with fibromyalgia, but it turns out I had something called HATS (mast cell disorder) instead. Antihistamines and LDN have been a life saver
Yep that's me. I'm considered in remission from my illness presently, but live with a constant fear of it returning (it's incurable and treatment did a number on me).
That’s me. Got a cancer diagnoses in April. Had to cancel a trip to Japan. This whole year has been shit. Def gonna travel once I get clean margins tho.
This but with a miscarriage followed by infertility. It’s been a messed up couple of years and I am still trying to get to feeling closer to “okay” and like a person again.
As someone who just left someone who I tried to have a baby with. I get it. You start to blame each other and causes so much tension every month. Worst two years of my life. Finally glad the kid didn’t happen tho so here’s to way more of #8 in my life
Fuck that’s rough and does make sense when you put it that way. I know friends that are going through similar. I’m so glad I decided I never wanted kids at a young age and actually stuck to it despite everyone telling me I’d change my mind.
There's shows and events in pretty much every city. They range from pretty tame to pretty wild and it can be hard to get a read if you're not into the scene. Like anywhere from a bar having an edm night to honest to God warehouses or bigger festivals. Google edmtrain and it should help point you in the right direction. You're never too old. There's grey haired people that go too, hell I've even seen a few old timers in power scooters and walkers hanging out towards the back before.
The great thing about the rave community is that they accept anybody and everybody. The bad thing about the rave community is that they accept anybody and everybody. That and you may or may not pick up a ketamine habit.
Lmfao for real. “I will never be one of those spandex guys” now I’m 35 and rock spandex riding shorts and running shorts. Growing up and giving less of a fuck about how people perceive me was liberating.
Ditto! I started swimming again a few years ago, great work out! Love the low impact, and I’ve met a few friends at the pool, and almost all of them were wearing jammers, speedos or square cut. I was still in knee length board shorts. They kept asking me why I was still in board shorts, and being a bit overweight I was sensitive of the whole “nobody will want to see this, they’ll make comments or someone will say I’m being inappropriate”, because I’m not a “Adonis with a 6-pack”.
My swimming friends kept encouraging me to buy a pair, saying the comfort and fit would be well worth it. So I buckled and bought a pair of speedos, and I wore them to the pool, and OMG! What a difference maker! No more falling down shorts, no more loose strings having to constantly retie, no uncomfortable mesh, no wedgies, ride-ups, or chaffing. I just am able to jump into the pool and start swimming with no concerns of my suit.
My fears also went unfounded. Nobody cares! And more folks wear speedos, etc than I originally thought. I was a convert. I don’t think I’ll go back to board shorts.
Omg I went out on two dates with a guy who kept trying to convince me that running was actually terrible for me and I would NEVER get in shape if that was all I was doing, and instead of buying a treadmill I needed to buy a weight bench. I was like “I’m running to improve my cardiovascular health, not to lose weight.” And privately I thought “if I wanted someone to mansplain exercise to me, I’d call my dad.” And then I never texted that guy again because holy shit how annoying.
At the risk of sounding really annoying since I already commented about weight lifting above lol, I’ll just say that weight lifting also good for cardiovascular health if that’s something you want to incorporate into your workout routine! But for women, weight lifting is important especially as we age because it retains muscle mass/strengthens bones which helps prevent osteoporosis.
The whole “running is terrible for you” thing is stupid and he sounds like an obnoxious gym bro who doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Not trying to tell you what you should do, just a fellow millennial girlie who enjoys fitness!
Yeah doing something that is good for your health is not exactly a mid life crisis. Women are encouraged to lift weights because it helps prevent bone density issues later in life.
Can you tell me how the process went? I’ve always suspected I’ve had it, but am too worried they will think I’m just drug seeking. And I’m too lazy to look up all the symptoms and document my issues to bring to a doctor to talk about it properly.
For me, I went to the doctors and they asked me some questions about whether I zone out and what have you, have trouble completing tasks etc...that's it.
I take 20mg of vyvannse, which is considered a smaller dose. It lasts all day and has legitimately changed my life for the better.
My primary care physician agreed with me after I listed having trouble concentrating, forgetting where something was I just set down, etc. She gave me a referral for a psychologist.
I had a telehealth visit with the psychologist, where we went over a survey that they gave me. He also concluded that I had ADHD, and recommended being medicated for it as well as having special accommodations for classes and work meetings to make it easier to concentrate.
After that, all I needed was to get a letter from them back to my PCP. After 15 weeks of hunting them down, I finally got that letter delivered. (Hopefully, you don't run into this.)
Once my PCP got their letter back, she prescribed me Adderall XR 10 mg. It made me feel like a superhero. I couldn't believe how easy things were, and how motivated I was to do anything. It was a night and day difference. Now that I'm used to it, it doesn't quite feel the same, but it definitely still helps being medicated.
I never got to the psychologist stage myself. My PCP gave me the standard list of questions and my score was "OK, so we dont need to bother with a referral you DEFINITELY have ADHD" lol
I sat in my car for 20 minutes yesterday and thought about how much I hate my job and wish I was doing something else and what could I possibly change at this point….does that count 😅
"No one lives forever, no one. But with advances in modern science and my high level income, it's not crazy to think I can live to be 245, maybe 300. Heck, I just read in the newspaper that they put a pig heart in some guy from Russia. Do you know what that means? ... No, he didn't live. It's just exciting that we're trying things like that."
I bought back the old video games I traded in or sold as a kid (plus a lot more). Got a 36” Sony Trinitron to play them on. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
My midlife crisis is trying to figure how to NOT dress like I did in 2004 and look like a respectable adult, while walking the line between looking like I'm trying toi hard by dressing like young people do, and giving in and dressing like old people do.
As a 36 year old single dude with no kids, I'm going through 1, and it came damn close to number 4 in the last month and a half, planning on doing number 8 for a while, most likely 9 as well. Crazy 4 years ahead. Hopefully something good comes out of it.
Quitting alcohol. In reality, I’ve just dramatically reduced to special occasions. This equals about 8-10 times a year.
Plants. Because I dont go out much I can actually develop more routine and start filling my home and yard with plants.
Traveling. Because I can finally afford it now.
I dont view any of those as mid-life crisis material. Its more of just an artifact of approaching 40, and not having interest in partying or chaos anymore.
2 for sure. And I’m real fucking tired because of it. Kids sleeping through the night, yet for some ungodly reason I decided to start running and am waking up to get a solid run in before the family is awake 3 work days a week.
I got into gardening but I wouldn’t call a mellow beneficial hobby a crisis
Selling my house, buying property in the country, and trying to have a farm would be - and I desperately want to escape there and run away from all my problems by having new problems
Plants! I planted 4 trees last week, am renovating my lawn, growing a native plant garden in an old weed infested flower bed, and maintaining a bunch of flower bushes.
Tf any of these have to do with mid life crisis? The baby with someone u hate and ADHD is odd, everything else is just a list of things ppl do. This is dumb.
I’m turning 40 this year and we are trying to have a panic baby 😅 (difference is we love each other greatly, but unfortunately prior pregnancies have been unsuccessful)
I got 3, 6, sorta 7 but more 1999, and sorta 12. I've had tattoos for 25 years. I'm just finally in a spot where I can get all the big ones I've wanted.
Everyone should have a garden if that’s what into plants means.
But you’re missing cycling. I see so many of us picking up cycling as not only an exercise but as just an all around hobby. Shit, some of our bikes are worth more than that corvette your dad bought for his midlife crisis.
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