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In my mid 40s... Mid life crisis time?

  • 20-03-2019 08:00PM
    #1
    JupiterKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,956 ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Two days ago I turned 44 years of age. Where the f*ck have the past 20 or so years gone? I remember when my parents were the age I am now and it seemed so...old.

    I am getting very reflective of what I have done ( and haven’t done) with my life so far and how I want to make plans for the next decade. Time is not a quantity that I have in abundance given how fast the past two decades have gone. Life is indeed very short.

    Am I starting to have a mid-life crisis? :(:confused:

    Anyone else in the same boat?

    Feel free to gloat at how so much younger you are compared to me:pac:...


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  • #2
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,611 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    I had mine at 30.


  • #3
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    Grow yer hair out a bit, buy a leather jacket and an overpriced motorbike!


  • #4
    Feisar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,032 ✭✭✭Feisar


    I recently turned 35, things have been good however a few to many wasted weekends, am starting to realize the damn things are precious.

    Only advice I have is to start this weekend and do something.

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #5
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    Get a BMW


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm a decade younger, but an existential crisis can occur at any time. Don't allow laboured clichés interrupt your stride.


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  • #7
    NickNickleby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭NickNickleby


    I'm still waiting for mine , and I'm 63. Must be the old dementia kicking in.


  • #8
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    NickNickleby wrote: »
    I'm still waiting for mine , and I'm 63. Must be the old dementia kicking in.

    Same here. I'm 75 and have yet to experience the phenomenon.


  • #9
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    I'll be turning sixty next year and I've long reconciled myself with the fact that I have seen more sunrises than I am going to see. Sometimes I stop and laugh at the young men in their thirties who moan about "feeling old," until I realise that I used to be that young man and I that used to feel old. :)

    I have few regrets. I've been happily married almost thirty years to a woman who looks as beautiful today as the day I married her. My wife and I raised our two children hoping that they be able to support themselves and live fulfilling independent lives when we're gone. And if I'm no longer with us tomorrow I'm sure they will except for my daughter.


  • #10
    kyote00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,720 ✭✭✭kyote00


    Do you make groaning sounds when standing up yet ?
    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Two days ago I turned 44 years of age. Where the f*ck have the past 20 or so years gone? I remember when my parents were the age I am now and it seemed so...old.

    I am getting very reflective of what I have done ( and haven’t done) with my life so far and how I want to make plans for the next decade. Time is not a quantity that I have in abundance given how fast the past two decades have gone. Life is indeed very short.

    Am I starting to have a mid-life crisis? :(:confused:

    Anyone else in the same boat?

    Feel free to gloat at how so much younger you are compared to me:pac:...


  • #11
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    You having any problems getting a boner? If you are then visit the doctor and get a prescription for viagra. The importance of getting the ride on a semi-regular or regular basis can’t be underestimated.


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  • #12
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,779 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    kyote00 wrote: »
    Do you make groaning sounds when standing up yet ?

    No. I make them in the morning when I wake up and realise that sweet merciful death hasnt taken me yet.

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue



  • #13
    JupiterKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,956 ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    You having any problems getting a boner? If you are then visit the doctor and get a prescription for viagra. The importance of getting the ride on a semi-regular or regular basis can’t be underestimated.


    I have zero problems in that dept and I get regular sex, thank you.

    If anything, I don't have sex as much as I'd like...


  • #14
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Amiyah Gifted Slider wrote: »
    Same here. I'm 75 and have yet to experience the phenomenon.
    Yeah S, but in fairness...

    Amiyah Gifted Slider. Earlier.

    hqdefault.jpg

    :D

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #15
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    I have zero problems in that dept and I get regular sex, thank you.

    If anything, I don't have sex as much as I'd like...

    No need to thank me, dude, and glad to hear you’re getting your hole regularly.

    I’m was in a very unhappy marriage for most of my 40’s and wasn’t getting the ride at all. Eventually walked out on the beached whale, and wish I’d done it sooner. I was as randy as a Jack Russell with two dicks, and nearly had me flute worn down to a stump with all the riding I was doing. I’ve calmed down a bit now, but there’s still nothing better than doing the old beast with two backs with some horny bird with big knockers. Top class.


  • #16
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Embrace the Beer Guts & Receding Hairlines


  • #17
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,352 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    I envy you op.

    Wish I was 44 again.


  • #18
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    No need to thank me, dude, and glad to hear you’re getting your hole regularly.

    I’m was in a very unhappy marriage for most of my 40’s and wasn’t getting the ride at all. Eventually walked out on the beached whale, and wish I’d done it sooner. I was as randy as a Jack Russell with two dicks, and nearly had me flute worn down to a stump with all the riding I was doing. I’ve calmed down a bit now, but there’s still nothing better than doing the old beast with two backs with some horny bird with big knockers. Top class.

    In your 40's , you say!


  • #19
    JupiterKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,956 ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    My life and that of De Valera actually overlapped by a few short months...

    ...that fact alone must make me "getting on."

    Now...where are "Ah, you're still a young thing" posts people!!?? ;)


  • #20
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    Ipso wrote: »
    In your 40's , you say!

    In my 50’s now. What’s your point? Is there some age limit on enjoying the ride? Nothing better then taking off your trousers, getting your lad out, and hoppingbetween the sheets for a good bonking session with some randy minx. Cigarette afterwards of course.


  • #21
    jobless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭jobless


    Turned 40 recently and I've found myself wondering where all the years went too... I guess one of the good things about getting older is you sweat the small stuff less


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  • #22
    KathleenGrant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    In my 50’s now. What’s your point? Is there some age limit on enjoying the ride? Nothing better then taking off your trousers, getting your lad out, and hoppingbetween the sheets for a good bonking session with some randy minx. Cigarette afterwards of course.

    He's not questioning you enjoying the ride, he's questioning your almost teenage attitude to it. You talk like some teenager who never had sex. Also your description of your partner/wife as a beached whale does you no favours.


  • #23
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    KathleenGrant wrote: »
    He's not questioning you enjoying the ride, he's questioning your almost teenage attitude to it. You talk like some teenager who never had sex. Also your description of your partner/wife as a beached whale does you no favours.

    I was questioning his teenage attitude to it, but in a light hearted way.


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,740 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    KathleenGrant wrote: »
    He's not questioning you enjoying the ride, he's questioning your almost teenage attitude to it. You talk like some teenager who never had sex. Also your description of your partner/wife as a beached whale does you no favours.

    He's pretending! :D


  • #25
    KathleenGrant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    Deleted User wrote: »
    He's pretending! :D

    Think that also. :D


  • #26
    KathleenGrant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    Ipso wrote: »
    I was questioning his teenage attitude to it, but in a light hearted way.

    Oh come on, he is either an immature young lad, a spoofer or an adult who never developed emotionally.


  • #27
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    KathleenGrant wrote: »
    Oh come on, he is either an immature young lad, a spoofer or an adult who never developed emotionally.

    Less of the personals there, Kathleen. I’d suggest you calm down and stop being hysterical. I’ve a very light-hearted attitude to life - a certain joie de vivre, and that includes my attitude to sex. Certainly not the sort that only does it once a week - Saturday night, lights out, bottle of wine, after watching the Ray Darcy show, 10
    minutes max, only 2 positions.


  • #28
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,740 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    KathleenGrant wrote: »
    Think that also. :D

    Johnny is actually Ben, a 28 yr old PhD student in a committed relationship with Amy. He is close to his family and has no problem in calling home. During weekends him and Amy like to go hiking up the Dublin mountains or stroll through Howth while eating fish and chips. Amy is good friends with Simon Harris and they often all get together for brunch. However there is a secret part to Ben that needs an outlet. In order to be a mustard coloured chino wearing man about town something needs to come out.

    And so. Johnny Flash, misogynist extraordinaire and sex maniac is born. Boards is if course the perfect playground for Ben's alter ego. A safe space, something which him and Amy believe is very important, for him to take on the mantle of horrible person free from the constraints of his real life.


  • #29
    4Ad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭4Ad


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Johnny is actually Ben, a 28 yr old PhD student in a committed relationship with Amy. He is close to his family and has no problem in calling home. During weekends him and Amy like to go hiking up the Dublin mountains or stroll through Howth while eating fish and chips. Amy is good friends with Simon Harris and they often all get together for brunch. However there is a secret part to Ben that needs an outlet. In order to be a mustard coloured chino wearing man about town something needs to come out.

    And so. Johnny Flash, misogynist extraordinaire and sex maniac is born. Boards is if course the perfect playground for Ben's alter ego. A safe space, something which him and Amy believe is very important, for him to take on the mantle of horrible person free from the constraints of his real life.

    Good one...Well Done Sherlock !


  • #30
    KathleenGrant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    Less of the personals there, Kathleen. I’d suggest you calm down and stop being hysterical. I’ve a very light-hearted attitude to life - a certain joie de vivre, and that includes my attitude to sex. Certainly not the sort that only does it once a week - Saturday night, lights out, bottle of wine, after watching the Ray Darcy show, 10
    minutes max, only 2 positions.

    Less of the personals there, Kathleen. I’d suggest you calm down and stop being hysterical.
    Is that how I came across in my post.....:D Try and find 3 other posters to say I am hysterical (with laughter doesn't count you lot!)
    Certainly not the sort that only does it once a week - Saturday night, lights out, bottle of wine, after watching the Ray Darcy show, 10
    minutes max, only 2 positions     Says he is not that type and then gives a scenario that suggests he is............hilarious.


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  • #31
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Johnny is actually Ben, a 28 yr old PhD student in a committed relationship with Amy. He is close to his family and has no problem in calling home. During weekends him and Amy like to go hiking up the Dublin mountains or stroll through Howth while eating fish and chips. Amy is good friends with Simon Harris and they often all get together for brunch. However there is a secret part to Ben that needs an outlet. In order to be a mustard coloured chino wearing man about town something needs to come out.

    And so. Johnny Flash, misogynist extraordinaire and sex maniac is born. Boards is if course the perfect playground for Ben's alter ego. A safe space, something which him and Amy believe is very important, for him to take on the mantle of horrible person free from the constraints of his real life.

    Misogynist? I’ve been called lots of things over the years, but a woman hater? If I’m guilty of anything, it’s loving women too much. Even big birds the odd time if I’ve had plenty of drink.


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