What is Mid Life Crisis?
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when a person (more commonly a man than a woman, but either can experience this fate) begins to question their purpose and direction in life and oftentimes begins to regress back to their teenage years in the way they think and act. they usually are laughed at by their peers because they make themselves look silly by acting much younger than they actually are.
"He's 50 and just bought a red Corvette. Is he having a mid life crisis?"
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You are considered to have a "Mid Life Crisis" when you have had a nervous breakdown between the ages of 30 and 60
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"I'm having a mid-life crisis! I'm 38, single, and really depressed"
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When playing a video game, getting really close to losing a life but making a miraculous comeback.
I was really close to a high score in Pacman, then I had a mid life crisis and almost lost it, but things turned out okay.
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