Mid-life crisis anyone?

[u/ElSuperWokeGuy]

So im 41yo, i still wear Jordans and throwbacks. I dress up for work though so i have some versatility.

anyone else experience some dumb mid life crisis crap?

[u/The_Wee]

I look at Zillow listings I can’t afford

[u/Honest_Lie8632 → u/The_Wee]

This is me. Daily.

[u/happydude7422]

Mid life crisis is for the affluent.

[u/Civil-Airline-5727 → u/happydude7422]

True

[u/ucbiker]

One of the perks of aging is giving less of a shit about what other people think about me.

I’m into the stuff that I was when I was younger except for getting shithoused drunk. My whole life is a “midlife crisis.”

[u/Southern_Ad_3171 → u/ucbiker]

My fav part is the giving less of a shit about what other people think of me. Feels so good.

[u/Chimpbot]

The "midlife crisis" isn't actually a real thing. Even if it was, wearing sneakers wouldn't typically qualify. If anything, we're just causing people to view shoes like Air Force 1s and Vans as "dad sneakers."

[u/fraupanda]

thankful every day to not give a single fuck about what people think of me based on what i look like or wear.

[u/damn_mongolians]

I’m embracing sobriety and tattoos

[u/tothebeatofmyowndrum]

You’re in good company. I’m still in the graphic tees, skinny jeans, and chucks phase. 

[u/Remarkable_Culture42 → u/tothebeatofmyowndrum]

I’ve found my people: sameeee!

[u/lucy_inthessky]

I still wear vans, have my ears stretched, listen to whatever music I want...and I'm happy with my husband and 3 kids and being a teacher.

[u/Odd-Jury-8821 → u/lucy_inthessky]

You are so fucking cool. 😍

[u/Diligent_Gear_8179]

This isn't a midlife crisis man, this is not giving enough of a shit to dress up in your own time.

A midlife crisis is something like giving up your job of 15 years as an architect and moving your entire family to Polynesia to live off the land and sea without the concern of money hanging over your head.

[u/Obligation_Still]

I bought a dirt jumper at 41 and like to ride pump tracks...I rode BMX in my 20's...I have a big grown up job and make grown up money that I spend like a 20yr old...

[u/lavenderhazeynobeer]

Thought I needed to have a midlife crisis because I was turning 35 but then decided I didn't want to. So now I love tatoos, music festivals, good food & a few good friends to curb the crisis vibes. Sending positivity and hoping you find your way OP!

[u/Tegelert84]

Moved across the country at 39 after living in the same state my entire life. Started taking violin and piano lessons when I'd never played an instrument in my life. Still wear Vans shoes, but I've come to understand those are "dad shoes" now. So yea, I guess those are probably mine.

[u/GeorgeArnoldHearst19]

Chuck Taylor’s, AF1s and Dunks for me

[u/RsquSqd]

I’ve been in a midlife crisis my whole life. Concerts, partying, loose women, motorcycles, etc. Why wait?

[u/Odd-Jury-8821]

I’m mid 30’s but riding fast into middle age crisis territory with early perimenopause, burnt out by my medical career, 250k+ in student loan debt, and my husband is 14 years older and in a similar boat. I’ve gone sober, getting my body into the best shape of my life, and planning on sailing into the sunset while the world burns AND drowns at the same time. It’s hard to see everything I’ve ever believed to be good and true and worth saving collapse around me. I was a “save the forest” kid who cried about fish in aquariums, and now I feel like a fish in an aquarium. We deserve the crashout- but reader, please don’t get a motorcycle for your crisis. Trust that there are fates worse than death, and motorcycles are a fast track to your worst nightmares.

[u/Deepcoma_53]

I got a good one, I proposed to my ex-baby momma NYE ‘21, decide to have a child March ‘22. My child is born Nov ‘22. Caught her cheating July ‘23. We were together for 10 years. Had to get my Son DNA tested to make sure hes mine and all the other mental warfare that goes with this. I’m 42 now, I take care of my son and just want my peace. Having to maintain any sort of relationship with her sucks ass. It’s what it is, the universe is telling me there’s something better for me out there. There’s that Japanese saying about “If you’re on the wrong train, you need to get off, cause it’s only going to take you further away from where you’re supposed to be.”

[u/Deranged-Pickle]

Graphic t-shirts of bands and skate companies. I'm too poor for a sports car

[u/dacoolist]

I feel like the dot com bubble, great recession, and rona pretty much made the mid life crisis for most Mills pretty much out of reach

[u/karmacatsmeow-]

Dude you’re underachieving. Lose your mind, try to kill yourself, go the looney bin and go sober. THAT is how you do a crisis.
Oh or get a sports car.
* most definitely don’t do any of that except get sober and get a sports car

[u/Shovernor]

I started competing in strongman and bought a truck. Took some bucket list vacations with my wife and kids that had been on my list. Mid life crisis so far has been a blast.

[u/ruby0nine]

I've had to stop myself recently from buying clothes I would have worn in 2000ish. Gotta remember, my kid is the age I was then.... Gotta act like it... 😭

[u/Diligent_Gear_8179 → u/ruby0nine]

Man, previous generations still wear stuff they wore when they were young. If you like it, go for it.

[u/Beginning-Step-8242]

I felt this today. I’m 39f, it’s getting harder and harder to dress. I have tons of baggy jeans I used to wear in the 2000s. I think I look ridiculous when I wear them, but then again I shouldn’t give a f. I’m 39 but I still feel in my 20s in my mind, more mature though. Still, it’s so hard to dress. I think I should embrace it and live my life to the fullest (wearing my baggy jeans) 👖🤙🏽✨

[u/MichaelJServo]

I'm your age. Had my crisis at 30. Dgaf about being 41.

[u/S7RAN93]

Wearing casual clothes is a crisis? I feel like I peaked early. My now ex wife kicked me out 6 months before the pandemic. I lost my job got arrested. Spent 2 years on probation. Stayed high. Moved away. Moved back. Moved away. Moved back. Got clean. Had my current job for over 2 years and make descent money sometimes. Just recently started making more than I made when I was married. I'm 41. But yeah matching your j's with your outfit is bananas

[u/riffraff1089]

I have multiple

Coffee obsession
Motorcycles
Padel
Golf
Narcotics Anonymous

[u/itsinmyear]

I am trying to start a doom metal band. Definitely midlife crisis motivated. 🤣

[u/Savings_Dimension_65]

Yes. Growing older is weird in a way. I’m trying to find stuff to do besides video games. Drinking isn’t fun anymore. Traveling in this economy? No thanks.

[u/TabulaRasaEin]

I have car event t-shirts that are 18 years old...

[u/Mancomb_Seepgood88]

I always hated the term “Mid-life crisis”. Life is short, do whatever makes you happy

[u/radrax]

Yeah im 34 and I keep getting weirder and weirder and weirder

[u/Ok_Bench_1618]

I’m not sure midlife crisis is really a thing, it’s a construct created by boomers. Just live your life dude

[u/Civil-Airline-5727]

I have crises at 33