I WANT A SPORTS CAR!!!!!!!!
Have you had a midlife crisis? A sort of poll....
by FlyingHighNow 76 Replies latest members private
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Sunnygal41
I am not sure if the crisis I am experiencing is in reaction to my fathers recent passing;
Franklin...........sounds like you've been thru a wide gamut of life shattering experiences in an extremely short time............your very foundation of personal "security" has been shaken. I think that is why you wanted to pick up and move away without your wife and WITH your children. Your children are the only "future immortality" you can directly perceive right now. Many of your ties to the past are dying..........the terrorist attack on one the US of A's key cities has shaken many people to the roots of their personal security. Combined with the fact that you are closely situated geographically to NYC clinches it. You allude to wanting to move to Italy..........what do we call it..........The Old World............your ancestors and roots are deeply embedded there and thus represent intense safety to your psyche, as you comment on........yes, you are correct........follow your gut/instincts. And, BTW, as a "budding" astrologist, I want to say you sound like either a Taurus, Capricorn or Virgo, all "earth" signs, or a Libra (air) with alot of earth in your chart. You have impeccable instincts, follow them! Personally, I admire your life, as something that I have aspired to, but never yet grasped.
Terri
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Undaunted Danny
I'll be 47 in a week and the: Onrush and onset of mid life is brutal for all of us who squandered our youth for the WT cult!
Born in the 'troof', I never prepared myself for old age,and to have to watch my mind and body weaken is a harsh,almost surreal horror.
The only consolation,is that i got out at 33 and the same is happening to all my JW dubs who were my peers.
Growing old in the Watchtower's "spiritual paradise" it really s**ks don't it.The WT say's youre not going to heaven,so what is the final disposition of an active JW?Contemplate your rotting corpse to come!This is the hope that you have from the Watchtower.
I can still go and get saved as a Born again......
{ Post script to active JW lurkers read this:
Waiting,still waiting,waiting for that momentous moment!Yes,so ready and eager for those choice morsels of spiritual food from the table of the faithful and discreet slave.How old are you now ? ?There is a 100% chance my friend that you will grow old and die just like everybody else.There will be no changing of the guard,only the changing of your diaper.....
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Sassy
Sassy, you seem like such a gentle, free and kind spirit. I hope you never have a bad one. I don't think they have to be bad. I think you probably are going through a mid life transformation from reading your posts. You have so much good support here and good friends to keep you up and feeling good about yourself.
thanks flyin..
I like to kid about my age.. and say I won't go down without a fight.. to be honest I forget I'm 45 and think of myself as 30.. I suppose it might have to do with dating men in their 30s and having younger friends.. or looking in the mirror..
I guess I am enjoying life so much that I don't think too much about age.. not sure if it is a subconsious thing..
but for the most part I think my stresses are more XJW related.. or no $$ related.. or relationship related.. things which I could be experiencing as a twenty something as well..
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TrailBlazer04
YES!!!!!!!
I turned 40 this year. In March...In April, I decided to finally get busy and lose the 50lbs that I've been carrying around...So far so good. Then...I went and bought a 2004 Trailblazer (hence the name)...This happened right about the time my oldest child announced she was expecting baby #2, due late Sept/early Oct. I also plan to have a tummy tuck later this year...so, yeah, I'm having a HUGE midlife crisis I guess...
The upside...I don't look my age...so I figure I can ignore the 40 thing for awhile longer!!!
TB
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blondie
What's midlife? I'm with mac.
It's only too late when you are dead.
Blondie
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FlyingHighNow
I WANT A SPORTS CAR!!!!!!!! ElKabong
And the good fairy came down and tinked ElKabong on the head (real hard) and when he awoke, there, in his drive way sat a shiny red sportscar.
(((((((((((((((((((((((( Undaunted Danny ))))))))))))))))))))))))))
I guess I am enjoying life so much that I don't think too much about age.. not sure if it is a subconsious thing.. Sassy
You deserve to be happy.
The upside...I don't look my age...so I figure I can ignore the 40 thing for awhile longer!!! TB
Trail, you'll be a hip with it grandma then.
It's only too late when you are dead.Blondie
Very true.
Thank you all. Danny I hope things are going much better for you now.
Flyin'
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Dan-O
I figure that statistically, I'm at the mid-point of my life. But nope. Ain't had the crisis yet. Maybe I just ain't growed up yet?
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FlyingHighNow
I figure that statistically, I'm at the mid-point of my life. But nope. Ain't had the crisis yet. Maybe I just ain't growed up yet?
Well, Dan, I don't know. Maybe you just have enough of that good ole southern sensability to bypass the midlife crazies. I'm a southern girl but sadly it didn't help me when I went through mine. Really though, mine was bittersweet. I had bad feelings. I had good feelings. I came to rest at a most comfortable place after having been tossed 'round by the storm though.
Here is my favorite poem about growing old:
Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
By Jenny Joseph
When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired
and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
and run my stick along the public railings
and make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
and pick the flowers in other people's gardens
and learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
and eat three pounds of sausages at a go
or only bread and pickles for a week
and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
and pay our rent and not swear in the street
and set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
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Dan-O
say we've no money for butter.
It was $3.99 a pound when I went to the grocery store last nite. Darn straight we have no money for butter, but I bought a pound anyway ... and a quart of half-and-half, and two gallons of milk, and ...
