Midlife Crisis

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Usually mid thirties for gay men like me. The gay world is obssessed with youth so aging is a huge issue. I'm in my thirties and I hate aging, hate it. I'm pushing forty kicking and screaming.

I had a 'mid-life crisis' when I was 22.

It was about 6 months after I'd finished university.

I'd spent my teenage years studying hard to get into university. Then I'd spent my university years studying hard.

I finished university and got a job. 6 months later I was thinking ....... is this it? What do I do with the rest of my life?

I think it's because I hadn't developed enough interests outside of my career.

I'm 33 now and very happy with life. I am married with 3 sons. Work 20 hours per week. My passions are belly-dancing and gardening.

Helen

25. Prior to that I had been just getting stoned all the time and never planning for the future, but at age 25 I had an epiphany that I wanted more out of life than to just drift along. I decided to get land and settle down in the country, which I did, and have been reasonably happy the last 38 years since then.
I would have hated to wind up with nothing like so many of my peers, who never got any focus or goals to satisfy.

Mine was about aged 11.

Age 43, when I got my AS dx, giving me an entirely new and coherent perspective for my life experiences thus far.

I'm still working through it.
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