I remember how shocked I was when my buddy got divorced and said, "There. This is a midlife crisis situation. All I need now is a red sports car."
And I said, "Midlife?"
And he replied, "Yeah dude. We're literally in the middle of our life expectancy."
That's when it dawned on me. I had gotten married just the year before. I also became a father at the same age my own father was when I left home for college. The interesting thing is that my timeline matches those in my social-economic cohort. It seems like in that cohort, we are hitting our life stages a lot later than previous generations so there is a discrepancy between our physical age and how it feels to some of us.
And I said, "Midlife?"
And he replied, "Yeah dude. We're literally in the middle of our life expectancy."
That's when it dawned on me. I had gotten married just the year before. I also became a father at the same age my own father was when I left home for college. The interesting thing is that my timeline matches those in my social-economic cohort. It seems like in that cohort, we are hitting our life stages a lot later than previous generations so there is a discrepancy between our physical age and how it feels to some of us.