Women's liberation and the male midlife crisis were the same search--for personal fulfillment, common values, mutual respect, love. But while women's liberation was thought of as promoting identity, the male midlife crisis was thought of as an identity crisis.
Some people go off to an ashram or they, you know, have a midlife crisis and buy a sports car. For me, I do 'Hedwig,' and I see it's a midlife crisis maybe, and I see what's next. And it's a good trampoline, maybe, into the next part of my life.
The concept of a midlife crisis is a well known one perpetuated by books and films. And recently the idea of a quarter-life crisis, between 20 and 30, has also gained a fair amount of media coverage. But there's a surprising lack of robust research on these events, and almost none on later life crisis.
My generation is having its midlife crisis in its 20s.
I'm 51. So I'm just saying, 30 years from now you're going to have a different outlook. That's what a midlife crisis is.
I've been having a midlife crisis since I was four years old.
I was having a really-early-onset midlife crisis, and then something clicked in an improv class, and I knew.
I did have a midlife crisis.
Ever heard of the phrase 'midlife crisis'?
I am such a desperate man headed into a midlife crisis.
I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
I had kind of a midlife crisis at twenty which probably doesn’t augur well for my longevity
Getting a sleeve at my age is a midlife crisis for the man who can't afford a sports car.
Havin lunch and debatin Ferrari prices. 23 and goin through a midlife crisis.
If you live your life all out today, not only is it fun, but you are preventing a midlife crisis.
There is some debate in professional circles about whether the so-called “midlife crisis” exists.