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How do you prepare your family for your midlife crisis?

I found out yesterday i might be having a midlife crisis :(

As the weather was nice i decided to take a mosey to the newsagents to get a paper. I was sporting a Givenchy T, True Religion jeans, my Fendi belt and i had my beats by dre on! I looked fresh :D

Usually when i get a paper i buy The Sun, but something changed yesterday and along with a Chupa Chup i bought The Sunday Times :eek: walking home i realised i'm a culture clash! Juvenile freshness, with a midlife newspaper... What crowd was i appealing to?

That's not all, i dont smoke but last week i tried a puff on a vape! It was vanilla flavour, and i liked it. I just feel like i'm a man bun away from a full on midlife crisis :(

I know people here would have experienced a midlife crisis, so how do i prepare my family for this bombshell?
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  • fairy_lights
    fairy_lights Posts: 9,220 Forumite
    I doubt you need to prepare you family, they've probably already noticed the warning signs.
    Have you been listening to radio 2? do you shout at your kids for leaving the door open and letting a draft in? have you started seriously thinking about maybe getting a motorbike?
  • pigpen
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    Don't.. just rock their world with your slightly wrinkly greying awesomeness!
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  • swingaloo
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    I have no idea about the answer to your question but please- dont ever stop posting!
  • System
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    I doubt you need to prepare you family, they've probably already noticed the warning signs.
    Have you been listening to radio 2? do you shout at your kids for leaving the door open and letting a draft in? have you started seriously thinking about maybe getting a motorbike?
    There is a radio 2 :eek: i'll have to check that out! I've already had a motorbike, well a moped but if i did get another 1 i could earn extra money as a Domino's delivery driver :money:

    I dont shout at the kids either, but wifey does and she complains about drafts. She might be having a midlife crisis as well!
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  • Stevie_Palimo
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    Think I had mine a few years back Spinkz when I bought a convertible car and then later in the year a small boat and a jet ski, I get taken the pee out of all the time that I am trying to relive my youth but from my perspective I see it as things I could not afford when I was younger are within easy reach now.
  • onomatopoeia99
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    Spinkz wrote: »
    I dont shout at the kids either, but wifey does and she complains about drafts. She might be having a midlife crisis as well!

    You'll have to fight about who gets to have the two seater convertible sports car then.
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  • System
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    Think I had mine a few years back Spinkz when I bought a convertible car and then later in the year a small boat and a jet ski, I get taken the pee out of all the time that I am trying to relive my youth but from my perspective I see it as things I could not afford when I was younger are within easy reach now.
    Jet ski's are cool though! I'd love 1 and there is plenty of water around here that i could use it on :D
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  • Stevie_Palimo
    Stevie_Palimo Posts: 3,306 Forumite
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    Spinkz wrote: »
    Jet ski's are cool though! I'd love 1 and there is plenty of water around here that i could use it on :D

    And the people that take the pee are more than often the ones who enjoy themselves the most on it to. :)
  • System
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    Spinkz wrote: »
    Usually when i get a paper i buy The Sun, but something changed yesterday and along with a Chupa Chup i bought The Sunday Times :eek: walking home i realised i'm a culture clash! Juvenile freshness, with a midlife newspaper... What crowd was i appealing to?

    I used to deliver newspapers when I was at school. I got about £10 per week, if I remember rightly.

    Sundays were the worst day because the papers were so heavy. They were at least double the size of the ordinary weekday papers, because of all the Sunday supplements!

    There was one sreet in particular where most houses got the Sunday Times or the Torygraph. That was the only occasion I can think of where a Sun reader is far preferable :rotfl:
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  • Simply_Ted
    Simply_Ted Posts: 230 Forumite
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    you need to start having a bonfire on a Sunday for it to be a true mid life crisis.
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