<p>Ok I’ll admit it, I am totally going through a midlife crisis. I want a fun car, a Jeep Wrangler, everyone thinks I am nuts am I? How are you all going through your MLC?</p>
<p>A Jeep Wrangler seems like a pretty tame MLC splurge. Why not? (assuming it’s within your budget, of course.) It would appeal to me more than an expensive sportscar or some surgical enhancements. Go for it!</p>
<p>I’d like to run a marathon someday. I’m working out quite a bit and look and feel a whole lot better than five years ago. Getting your health in order is one way to satisfy the need to accomplish. Would it cost less than a Jeep Wrangler? Probably. Unless you need to outfit your home with high-end fitness equipment.</p>
<p>Jeep Wrangler is a pretty tame (no, I didn’t say “lame”) midlife crisis. I know people that consider them practical inexpensive family vehicles. The kids love 'em. They do seem a little bit dangerous to me (easy to roll with little protection when stripped down). I bought a 68 corvette 14 years ago. I didn’t consider it a midlife crisis… it was… an “investment” !!</p>
<p>I want a miata. If only I could justify this!</p>
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<p>@BCE There was a guy called Jim Fixx who was in some ways responsible for a huge interest in marathons in the late 70s and 80s. The company I worked for sponsored the Boston Marathon for a couple of years, and secured several spots for its employees, so despite having an > 3 hour time, I was able to run it officially, albeit I started so far in the back it took a long time to reach the starting point, and perhaps over 10 minutes for the pack to thin out enough to reach a full stride. Go for it…</p>
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<p>I have one of his books.</p>
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<p>I could get an official spot by just joining our local running club. One of the officers of the club used to be the fitness center manager at my company many years ago and I still see her at races.</p>
<p>I want to be able to finish though. My problem is that I like to play tennis and do strength-training and it’s hard to focus hard on one thing while still doing the others.</p>
<p>I bought a red convertible last month! </p>
<p>I completed my first triathlon 4 weeks before my 50th birthday. (had always said it would be NYC marathon that year, but foot surgery at 47 was a reality check on my ability to run 26 miles, so I changed the item on the bucket list). </p>
<p>Life is too short to keep depriving myself. In the past 18 months, I’ve had over 10 reasonably close friends between 47-62 die. Most dropped over suddenly, a few had valiant fights w cancer.</p>
<p>If all my spouse wanted to satisfy a mid-life crisis was a moderately-priced, somewhat practical car, we’d be car-shopping the next day. :D</p>
<p>The alternatives could be a lot worse… :D</p>
<p>I’m beyond midlife, being 60, but my thing is not wanting to travel so much. I used to say yes to everything. Fortunately, I still like my hubby. Is it weird to want to stay home?</p>
<p>fendergirl, I wish I had known. I just sold my Miata. It was a gift from DH - an indirect way of dealing with his pre midlife crisis, I believe.</p>
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<p>This guy used to work at the same place I did at one time, and was a friend and subsequent employer of my roommate from the '80s. It’s interesting the way he’s quantified his goals - I have to struggle to see if I hit double digits.</p>
<p>he hasn’t been to Australia??? I have something up on him!</p>
<p>H & I put a list together when we were first married. It’s in a little box somewhere. I think we’ve ticked most off it.</p>
<p>PS - I’ve got 13 from Ted’s list. I don’t golf, so those ones will never happen.</p>
<p>I want a little Mini Cooper in two tones, so I can get squashed like a bug if I ever get in an accident. So impractical. So cute.</p>
<p>My brother regularly gets midlife crisis cars and then remembers he lives in NH and doesn’t have a garage. His Miata was fun though while he had it.</p>
<p>My H bought a pricey European convertible several years ago. Neighbor bought a motorcycle and a convertible. BIL bought a boat and an RV. Men and their toys! I hope my H’s next car will be more sensible. Maintenance on that car is ridiculously expensive.</p>
<p>I say go for it!</p>
<p>My DH would LOVE for me to develop a crush on some midlife crisis THING.
I am so the practical one though and things don’t really do it for me.
I’m actively paying down debt so we can be financially stable at retirement.
That would be FREEDOM in my head.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, I am enjoying my new gym membership (and actually using it).
Need to be more fit to enjoy that freedom. :)</p>
<p>Our midlife crises was to quit jobs that were too stressful and downsize our lives.</p>
<p>So my H went from pediatrician to teacher.</p>
<p>I went to full–time college admin (low-level) to adjunct.</p>
<p>We have no money left, but we have summers off. So time was the thing we bought ourselves.</p>
<p>thanks everyone. I am working on my health which is a work in progress, I am also looking at changing my job as it really is for somone younger. I will need a new car hence the thoughts about what to buy, and I thought the jeep woouldnt be quite old. My H thinks I am nuts but he is quite happy being “Old” Jst no ready for the buick.</p>
<p>Sadly Jim Fixx died at age 52 of a massive MI. Probably didn’t have too much time for his midlife crisis.</p>
<p>Fendergirl- you are too young for a midlife crisis!</p>
<p>My DH, who is younger than I, got a convertible. I haven’t decided what I want, and I am past my midlife crisis age!</p>
<p>Jim Fixx probably had his crisis when he was 35, weighed 240 pounds, smoked 2 packs a day, and was staring at the fact that his father died at age 43 of a heart attack.</p>