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donco

(1,548 posts)
77. I went back
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 02:11 PM
Feb 2013

to school (part time) and learned some new skills. Didn't help me career wise but sure helped me learn a thing are three about computers.
I'm only 38 but I think I'm kind of in mine titaniumsalute Feb 2013 #1
good question. I am not there yet but like all crisis i am sure i will handle it okay loli phabay Feb 2013 #2
wink... seabeyond Feb 2013 #14
lol i live to obey loli phabay Feb 2013 #18
First of all be thankful. cbrer Feb 2013 #3
rofl do people really buy a sports car loli phabay Feb 2013 #4
Hard to say. I'm having my third MLC... cbrer Feb 2013 #8
i get the going fast thing but i regularly burn up the highway going that fast. even had to slow dow loli phabay Feb 2013 #12
I've lost too many friends on the street. cbrer Feb 2013 #16
i like going fast, too. the only real risk taking i do in life. seabeyond Feb 2013 #19
the charger always feels like the tail wants to slide ine the corners once you hit 120 loli phabay Feb 2013 #23
h ahahah. ya, i have done a 360 in the middle of the hiway avoiding a squirrel. lol seabeyond Feb 2013 #25
lol avoiding a squirrel. i always hit skunks and i never even see them until its to late loli phabay Feb 2013 #27
lol. your third??? NOOooooo. lol. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #17
I think they really do, those that can afford it that is. I think I know why too. ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2013 #66
I am 47 ellie Feb 2013 #5
I'm 47 too. Bonobo Feb 2013 #6
Although you did make one huge midlife change by Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #62
It was. Thanks. Bonobo Feb 2013 #67
I am using the power of denial, backed by spending money on things I don't need el_bryanto Feb 2013 #7
This. Also, talking louder is working for me. Robb Feb 2013 #10
ah bryant, i love "power of denial" though i never use that and believe in exactly the opposite. seabeyond Feb 2013 #21
i will say one thing ive never seen a sad ostrich so it might work. loli phabay Feb 2013 #24
Didn't experience it as a wall Brainstormy Feb 2013 #9
It's a wall? MindPilot Feb 2013 #11
a long dark hallway that keeps getting longer. seabeyond Feb 2013 #22
no crisis bigtree Feb 2013 #13
single and childless pretty much all my adult life, no crisis here... KG Feb 2013 #15
Crises? ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #20
Burned down my emotional house Protalker Feb 2013 #26
i really like that. "a new sounder more authentic self " seabeyond Feb 2013 #28
oh oh i am going to annoy you here. i think thats to broad a statement yes many do loli phabay Feb 2013 #30
this is true. and you will never convince me men do not have or feel. seabeyond Feb 2013 #31
i agree a bit. guys just express them differently some in a non traditional way loli phabay Feb 2013 #34
thanks loli. good post. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #39
same way I got through most problems. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #29
ha hahahaha. lol. seabeyond Feb 2013 #33
my personal take on the "midlife crisis" (I will be 50 this year) Javaman Feb 2013 #32
I never followed the path of how society believes I should act or live my life. seabeyond Feb 2013 #38
i am pretty sure im well outside of normal and i liked the post as well loli phabay Feb 2013 #45
+1 Sissyk Feb 2013 #54
What midlife crisis? MadHound Feb 2013 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #36
I'm 37 and I've already dealt with dreams not coming true liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #37
good post. old wives wisdom is that to be content is to be happy loli phabay Feb 2013 #41
I would be happy with the life I have led. love and peace are far more important to me now seabeyond Feb 2013 #42
Similar issues here... PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #56
I can beat that. Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #105
Exactly! PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #106
Another DUer posted this link Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #107
Don't think I've had it yet newfie11 Feb 2013 #40
lol... its a comin' i am tellin' ya. seabeyond Feb 2013 #43
Oh bummer newfie11 Feb 2013 #83
43 abelenkpe Feb 2013 #44
Mine happened at age 45. MineralMan Feb 2013 #46
wow. You dealt with that very well. liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #47
I learned from my father. MineralMan Feb 2013 #50
wow. you stopped me in my tracks this morning pnwest Feb 2013 #48
Just stop. Stop thinking, fighting, controlling...and just start listening. seabeyond Feb 2013 #49
:) pnwest Feb 2013 #51
My husband and I both have been through Sissyk Feb 2013 #52
thank you seabeyond Feb 2013 #58
Go into a small manageable business that you own and run KurtNYC Feb 2013 #53
49 PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #55
I think I must have missed mine .... oldhippie Feb 2013 #57
Mine seemed to kick in early samplegirl Feb 2013 #59
Mine came earlier. I was in my early 40s and Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #60
I'm female but worried more about the money aspect treestar Feb 2013 #61
The Mr. (at 55 years old) bought a pair of white snake~skin cowboy boots.. Tikki Feb 2013 #63
lol! Sissyk Feb 2013 #64
Now at 65 years old...they match his hair... Tikki Feb 2013 #65
I don't think my husband or I have gone through one yet... maybe never? riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #68
I decided that I don't give a flying fuck what anyone thinks about me slackmaster Feb 2013 #69
I am in the middle of mine WCIL Feb 2013 #70
Built a house in South America. Puglover Feb 2013 #71
A well defined Midlife Crisis marions ghost Feb 2013 #72
very VERY good post marions.... seabeyond Feb 2013 #73
thanks seabeyond marions ghost Feb 2013 #75
Had one at age 40 and in one now steve2470 Feb 2013 #74
I learned this. When life sucks you have to not give up. upaloopa Feb 2013 #76
The law of attraction: "like attracts like" seabeyond Feb 2013 #78
I got two unexpected checks the last two weeks. Not big ones upaloopa Feb 2013 #79
Message auto-removed year of the cat Feb 2013 #82
I went back donco Feb 2013 #77
I turn 50 tomorrow and feel like it is right in my face. Father in law died last week at 92 and.... yourout Feb 2013 #80
Fifty hit me hard.I think it's sufrommich Feb 2013 #86
for me it's a combination of physical changes and realizing I probably have more years behind me.... yourout Feb 2013 #94
happy 50 and.... seabeyond Feb 2013 #88
best wishes for you, hopefully better right after 50 ! nt steve2470 Feb 2013 #90
when i started having to wear glasses shanti Feb 2013 #81
Hit mine at 42 OutNow Feb 2013 #84
that sounds lovely. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #93
44. lasted a few years. MadrasT Feb 2013 #85
Like Kris Kristopherson wrote Protalker Feb 2013 #87
Well, let's see Trailrider1951 Feb 2013 #89
what a wonderfully FUN post. seabeyond Feb 2013 #91
I was in midlife so long ago, I can't remember. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #92
kick nt steve2470 Feb 2013 #95
I had mine at 32. Not kidding. Evoman Feb 2013 #96
i love you. seabeyond Feb 2013 #98
Aw, I love you to. Evoman Feb 2013 #100
I am going through mine now. I don't know how to get through it. smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #97
scary. seabeyond Feb 2013 #99
Thanks! I also have a ridiculous amount of student loan debt hanging over my smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #104
Denial and then a resolution to re-claim my life. no_hypocrisy Feb 2013 #101
"Getting old ain't for sissies." Bette Davis Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #102
1 over the double-nickle here,, benld74 Feb 2013 #103
I was 55 and it was April 10, 2007 at 7:34pm exactly SmileyRose Feb 2013 #108
It's not a wall, cher, it's a passageway. nolabear Feb 2013 #109
The truth etherealtruth Feb 2013 #110
I'm not a man, so maybe you can't relate OnionPatch Feb 2013 #111
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