I think im going through a mid life crisis

lisajane · 20-10-2008 7:41pm #1

At 26 and i have no idea why. Im listening to music alot lately, from the 90s. Last week while listening to nirvana, i felt like ripping my jeans at the knees like it was done back in the 90's. I want to get myself a hippy van and i have just ordered myself a classic nokia 3210 of ebay. Is this normal that im going backwards?

[-0-] · 20-10-2008 7:46pm

I feel the same way to be honest. I spent all last night listening to Nirvana's unplugged in New York on Youtube. I just noticed my dvd collection is mostly 80's movies like Flight of the Navigator, The Goonies, The 'Burbs, Batteries not Included... et al. The thought that I'll be 50 in 25 years time is shocking. And this last year really flew. Lots of grey hairs now too. sucks.

Einstein · 20-10-2008 7:53pm

saw an ad for an 80's tour, paul young, cutting crew etc...i so feel like putting on my yellow tshirt and bookin my tickets...

Ass · 20-10-2008 7:55pm

Fucking emos.

Heathen · 20-10-2008 7:56pm

years ago when someone had a midlife crisis they would buy a sports car or something.. but i suppose in these tight times its more cost effective to just listen to some old tunes and rip yer jeans

hehe

Biggins · 20-10-2008 7:58pm

Einstein wrote: »

saw an ad for an 80's tour, paul young, cutting crew etc...i so feel like putting on my yellow tshirt and bookin my tickets...

Ooo Info ...where? I am old!

Gran Hermano · 20-10-2008 7:58pm

25 and 26 year olds whinging and claiming that they're having a midlife crisis deserve to die aged 50 to 52.

[-0-] · 20-10-2008 7:58pm

Heathen wrote: »

years ago when someone had a midlife crisis they would buy a sports car or something.. but i suppose in these tight times its more cost effective to just listen to some old tunes and rip yer jeans hehe

I bought a convertible last week. :eek:

Turd Ferguson · 20-10-2008 7:59pm

Beer Guts and Receding Hairlines forum thataway ====>

Einstein · 20-10-2008 8:01pm

Biggins wrote: »

Ooo Info ...where? I am old!

http://www.here-and-now.info/hn_tours.html

yea baby shes got it...:D

Biggins · 20-10-2008 8:07pm

Einstein wrote: »

http://www.here-and-now.info/hn_tours.html

yea baby shes got it...:D

Cool. Thanks. Good luck with your crises. We'll all drown our sorrows, getting old with a sing-a-long there lol.

Bijoux · 20-10-2008 8:08pm

lisajane wrote: »

At 26 and i have no idea why. Im listening to music alot lately, from the 90s. Last week while listening to nirvana, i felt like ripping my jeans at the knees like it was done back in the 90's. I want to get myself a hippy van and i have just ordered myself a classic nokia 3210 of ebay. Is this normal that im going backwards?

Dont forget shoulderpads, a leather jacket and the 'free love' philosophy.

That way, you pretty much sum up the last 50 years

stovelid · 20-10-2008 8:16pm

lisajane wrote: »

I think im going through a mid life crisis

lisajane wrote: »

At 26 and i have no idea why.

How did you find out that you're going to die at 52?

20-10-2008 8:29pm

[-0-] wrote: »

I bought a convertible last week. :eek:

Haven't you heard of a thing called RECESSION?? Eh Eh?

Tut tut, you should be ashamed of yourself, with your fancy sports car, while there are 70 year olds who can't afford to go the doctor*

*NO I AM NOT JEALOUS

impr0v · 20-10-2008 9:17pm

sense of security, holding blunt instrument- mid-liiiiiffffeeee crisssisss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESjyB8EMw4w

nyarlothothep · 20-10-2008 9:22pm

nah, you're not, the 90s were just better. Why I bought the prodigy singles collection just this Friday.

[-0-] · 20-10-2008 9:35pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Haven't you heard of a thing called RECESSION?? Eh Eh?

Tut tut, you should be ashamed of yourself, with your fancy sports car, while there are 70 year olds who can't afford to go the doctor*

*NO I AM NOT JEALOUS

Pfft. What recession? Cars are cheaper now than they ever were. :pac:

DubTony · 20-10-2008 10:49pm

Mid-life crisis at 26? WTF?
Listen KID! Wait till you hit 36 or 40 and you'll know all about mid-life crisis. You'll look at your face in the mirror some morning and wonder how your chin ended up in your neck.
You'll go to buy a pair of jeans and realise that you just don't like any of them, especially the ones that the delivery man obviously wore for 3 months straight before repackaging them.
Joe Duffy will become your friend but you won't like it.
You'll buy cords but you won't like it, because you'll feel that you've given up.
You'll flick through radio channels in the car and moan that there aren't enough talk shows on these days while at the same time wishing you understood what that song was about.
Slippers will become your friends but you'll feel like you dad.
You'll feel a massive sense of loss if you don't see the news at 6.
Setting the timer on your hard drive recorder will become a chore you'll scream at the kids to do. (Notice i didn't say VCR

)
George Hook will become your friend but you won't like it.
You'll complain that stuff just doesn't last as long as it used to. (All stuff)
Every time you hear an old song you'll be magically transported back in time to a sunny day and think about all the potential you wasted.
Nostalgia will become your friend.
You won't bother buying the latest technological piece of wizardry because you'll be afraid you can't work it and you certainly won't like it.
You'll look at early-twentysomethings having a good time and wish you could be in there with them - and at the same time call them wasters.

And then suddenly, one day, out of the blue, you won't give a shite any more.

Mid Life Crisis. Been there, done that, bought the tee-shirt (but I didn't wear it because it was a bit too tight around the middle and anyway, the writing was way too big).

But look on the bright side. At least you'll be able to afford to insure that 2.5 litre Beemer you always wanted. ... eh ... the coupe of course.

dakaiser · 20-10-2008 11:06pm

lisajane wrote: »

At 26 and i have no idea why. Im listening to music alot lately, from the 90s. Last week while listening to nirvana, i felt like ripping my jeans at the knees like it was done back in the 90's. I want to get myself a hippy van and i have just ordered myself a classic nokia 3210 of ebay. Is this normal that im going backwards?

Midlife crisis. What are you talking about?

They don't happen till your in your thirties.

How is listening to nirvana a sign of a mid life crisis?

I hope to be lyin in bed with a 21 year old when i have my crisis:D

OK-Cancel-Apply · 20-10-2008 11:58pm

I don't think I'll have one. I sort of had one already... and now I live my life in an ongoing state of misery and depression, with the occassional laugh here and there.

Dord · 21-10-2008 12:13am

dakaiser wrote: »

How is listening to nirvana a sign of a mid life crisis?

Yeah, I don't get this... how is that a mid-life crisis?

I listened to Nirvana earlier and I also listened to a lot of other stuff... some motown songs and a bit of early Metallica. I certainly wouldn't call it a mid-life crisis! :rolleyes:

MagicMarker · 21-10-2008 12:22am

Listening to Nirvana is just a sign you have shít taste in music.

Calderin · 21-10-2008 12:46am

I have to say, the level of ignorance in this thread is quite shocking. I suppose the same people crying "Mid Life Crisis?!Wait until you're 50 Love and then we'll see!!" would have been the very same people to say "Depressed?!Sure what do you have to be depressed about, I've got a mortgage, kids etc. etc." a few years ago.Though it is not possible to suffer a mid-life crisis at the age of 26, it is certainly possible to go through a Quarter Life Crisis, which if you search around online you'll see it is quite a well recognised and serious issue, akin to the well recognised Mid Life Crisis.

I think it's quite common for people to be nostalgic about their childhood, teenage years etc and it's quite easy to look at that period with rose-tinted glasses, as the bad times are quite easily forgotten, and most of those years had plenty of awkward, upsetting or outright embarrassing times.

MagicMarker · 21-10-2008 12:49am

Calderin wrote: »

I have to say, the level of ignorance in this thread is quite shocking. I suppose the same people crying "Mid Life Crisis?!Wait until you're 50 Love and then we'll see!!" would have been the very same people to say "Depressed?!Sure what do you have to be depressed about, I've got a mortgage, kids etc. etc." a few years ago.Though it is not possible to suffer a mid-life crisis at the age of 26, it is certainly possible to go through a Quarter Life Crisis, which if you search around online you'll see it is quite a well recognised and serious issue, akin to the well recognised Mid Life Crisis.

I think it's quite common for people to be nostalgic about their childhood, teenage years etc and it's quite easy to look at that period with rose-tinted glasses, as the bad times are quite easily forgotten, and most of those years had plenty of awkward, upsetting or outright embarrassing times.

What?

FX Meister · 21-10-2008 1:04am

Einstein wrote: »

saw an ad for an 80's tour, paul young, cutting crew etc...i so feel like putting on my yellow tshirt and bookin my tickets...

Wanting to listen to the two bands you mentioned is a crisis. No need for mid life there.

COH · 21-10-2008 1:08am

Calderin wrote: »

I have to say, the level of ignorance in this thread is quite shocking. I suppose the same people crying "Mid Life Crisis?!Wait until you're 50 Love and then we'll see!!" would have been the very same people to say "Depressed?!Sure what do you have to be depressed about, I've got a mortgage, kids etc. etc." a few years ago.Though it is not possible to suffer a mid-life crisis at the age of 26, it is certainly possible to go through a Quarter Life Crisis, which if you search around online you'll see it is quite a well recognised and serious issue, akin to the well recognised Mid Life Crisis.

I think it's quite common for people to be nostalgic about their childhood, teenage years etc and it's quite easy to look at that period with rose-tinted glasses, as the bad times are quite easily forgotten, and most of those years had plenty of awkward, upsetting or outright embarrassing times.

Wow that is emotional

towel401 · 21-10-2008 1:25am

i'm freaking 20 and i go looking for stuff from the good old days like 1993 movies from when i was just a wee boy. freaking love that stuff
probably means i deserve to die at 40

brendansmith · 21-10-2008 5:46am

DubTony wrote: »

Mid-life crisis at 26? WTF?
Listen KID! Wait till you hit 36 or 40 and you'll know all about mid-life crisis. You'll look at your face in the mirror some morning and wonder how your chin ended up in your neck.
You'll go to buy a pair of jeans and realise that you just don't like any of them, especially the ones that the delivery man obviously wore for 3 months straight before repackaging them.
Joe Duffy will become your friend but you won't like it.
You'll buy cords but you won't like it, because you'll feel that you've given up.
You'll flick through radio channels in the car and moan that there aren't enough talk shows on these days while at the same time wishing you understood what that song was about.
Slippers will become your friends but you'll feel like you dad.
You'll feel a massive sense of loss if you don't see the news at 6.
Setting the timer on your hard drive recorder will become a chore you'll scream at the kids to do. (Notice i didn't say VCR )
George Hook will become your friend but you won't like it.
You'll complain that stuff just doesn't last as long as it used to. (All stuff)
Every time you hear an old song you'll be magically transported back in time to a sunny day and think about all the potential you wasted.
Nostalgia will become your friend.
You won't bother buying the latest technological piece of wizardry because you'll be afraid you can't work it and you certainly won't like it.
You'll look at early-twentysomethings having a good time and wish you could be in there with them - and at the same time call them wasters.

And then suddenly, one day, out of the blue, you won't give a shite any more.

Mid Life Crisis. Been there, done that, bought the tee-shirt (but I didn't wear it because it was a bit too tight around the middle and anyway, the writing was way too big).

But look on the bright side. At least you'll be able to afford to insure that 2.5 litre Beemer you always wanted. ... eh ... the coupe of course.

Give it a rest grandpa!!

I think im going through a mid life crisis

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