When do you know you're in a mid-life crisis?

[alreadypacked]

richard hammond is a good example, strange necklace and hair that has taken on a life of it's own..

Saw him around St Pauls last week. I didn't realise he was so short

[thelace]

If you have good friends, they'll be the first to tell you you're going through a mid life crisis!

[DaveB]

That's the reason he's still alive after that crash...

It's also the reason he was in the car to begin with, Clarkson was too tall and May was too wide!

[ChimpMaster]

Serious answer.

I found I was completely uninterested in anything. No enthusiasm for anything. Got no enjoyment from anything.

I think it lasted about 6 months. Don't really remember doing anything special to get out of it: no big spend, no fast car, no change in wife. I just recognised things weren't quite right, tried to get from one thing to the next and tried to feel pleased about every little thing I achieved.

The main thing to come out of it - and I know it is obvious - was to realise that the sooner you get something done, the sooner you don't have to worry about it. Second was that completing two or three planned things a day, however small, is something to feel good about.

Yep that's it, exactly. I've just stopped caring about anything. Apathy towards everything.

[DS23]

If you have good friends, they'll be the first to tell you you're going through a mid life crisis!

unless they're going through one too.

[shaunbhoy]

Seriously, how?

Your sockpuppet count goes through the roof

HTH

sasguru

[OrangeHopper]

Very serious answer.

Of course you do recognise that this is the first in a line of chemical changes that the body undergoes, leading ultimately to the lose of certain body parts that are no long required.

[Lockhouse]

I'm 47 years old. I've been going through a mid-life crisis for the past 10 years.

[gingerjedi]

I've just bought a 3.5m power kite, looking to get a buggy for the beach too.

I don't see much of this as a crisis more of a realisation, I mean what’s wrong with wanting to get fit and pay off your debts and lead a simpler life? Makes bloody good sense if you ask me.

Blowing your savings on a TVR and leaving your wife for a 17 year old then yes that is a proper crisis.

[The Lone Gunman]

I've just bought a 3.5m power kite, looking to get a buggy for the beach too.

I don't see much of this as a crisis more of a realisation, I mean what’s wrong with wanting to get fit and pay off your debts and lead a simpler life? Makes bloody good sense if you ask me.

Blowing your savings on a TVR and leaving your wife for a 17 year old then yes that is a proper crisis.

Good man. See you on the beach if I ever get home again.
Try the forums on racekites for meetings etc. Lots of friendly help and advice if you turn up to a meet.
3.5 is a bit small for a bug except in really high winds.