‘Survivor Wisdom’
There Is No Rosebud
There is no Rosebud. Even if there were, finding Rosebud wouldn’t ‘cure’ Midlife Crisis. It’s a CRISIS of identity. It’s when someone urgently questions every aspect of their self and gets freaked right the hell out because the answers that worked in the past don’t work any more. More »
Cycling Through Mid-Life
Therapist and Author, Jed Diamond speaks in his interviews of the typical male ‘cycle’. Yes, you heard right – a ‘male cycle’. Not PMS but an MMS (monthly male cycle). More »
Blame It On Eve Or Blame It On Ignorance?
Have spent the last 3 or 4 years of my life reading, searching, talking, and slowly finding. Have had my MLC, and perhaps I am still finding my way through that, but along the way I have sought to understand my past experiences in religion and the church… More »
Holding On To A Midlife Crisis Mate
A lot of the posts on the forum have talked about still loving the person who is having the mlc. That is to be expected, and for a very long time. Maybe we still see them, so here is alot of intermittent reinforcement going on, keeping us hanging in. More »
MIDLIFE For Dummies
The following “book” originated on The Midlife Club forum several years ago in a thread started by a member with the forum ID of Boosbrde. It has been copied and posted to other sites, mostly without crediting where it originated. More »
My Changing Perspective
Not sure what’s gotten into me lately, maybe it’s just the summer heat & humidity but I think I’m just plain tired of this sh*t. More »
Two Years Since the Speech
Today, it is 2 years since I got the speech “I’m not happy, I haven’t been happy for over 6 months and I don’t love you anymore.” Two days later, he was gone – moved into a motel for a few weeks then rented a house. We had been together for 20 years and had 3 children. More »
Could He Have Avoided A Midlife Crisis?
After analysing my MLC to death (It’s my nature and my job to analyze and trouble shoot things) I have a few observations. More »
Buying A Midlife Car
At this point in my life, I feel “trapped.” All these things I read about MLC is becoming my reality. I “feel” a lot more things, like I feel like I “earned” it. More »
Hotel Midlife Crisis
Posted on the Midlife Club forum by Dewpoint who said: “Just a little sumpin’ I wrote to the tune of ‘Hotel California’. (With apologies to The Eagles).” More »