The Midlife Crisis Man on the Hunt

You run into him in coffee shops, preferably after work. The modern midlife crisis man sits casually at a table for two or at the bar. With a practiced eye he surveys the terrain, and his eyes tend to get stuck on far too young female objects of desire.
Because that is what defines the classic midlife crisis man in many cases: a tendency to look for a partner in the age group of his own children rather than among people close to his own age.
Because a man in a midlife crisis loses - unless he happens to be standing in front of the mirror - the memory of how old he is himself and sometimes how old he looks.
So it happens, in the best case for him, that strange couples form, where you can't be sure whether the mismatched pair is father and daughter or actually partners.
The midlife crisis man often isn't bothered by this at all. He lives by the motto - Carpe diem - seize the day.

The online midlife crisis man
This type is the most common. In the anonymity of online platforms, he can either remove his little cosmetic flaws with Photoshop or hide them behind carefully selected, flattering pictures.
The online man in a midlife crisis prefers to show himself in front of his sporty mid-range (if he's been lucky, luxury-class) car. As if by chance, it then turns up in a context like "Quick getaway to Miami" or "Sailing on Lake Michigan". Skillfully, this potential provider displays the important status symbols that have been meant to influence the female sex since the Stone Age. Look, I'm an especially good catch for you.
However, the man in a midlife crisis who goes hunting online has a problem... if he wants to succeed, at some point he has to show the chosen one reality. That's why it's advisable for this type of midlife crisis man not to lay it on too thick in his profile.
If he talks about being the sporty type there, he shouldn't mean watching Sunday football on the couch. Because at the latest when it gets down to brass tacks and his conquest suggests a little jog because, with 20 fewer years in her bones, she wants to do something for her "work-life-balance," things could get embarrassing.
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Watch Out for the Midlife Crisis Man


There's one tip you have to give any interested woman at the start of a relationship. Often only the midlife crisis man knows that he is in that crisis. And that can mean that even his wife of 20 years doesn't know about it yet. Sure, he wants to separate, soon, later, someday... but he hasn't actually done it yet.
So a healthy dose of mistrust should be there right at the beginning of any relationship you might want. No matter how fiercely the butterflies in your stomach flutter... a man in this phase could just as quickly grow out of it again as he fell into it. He might reconsider his age, his values, what he's experienced, and at the last moment opt once more for the tried-and-true way of life he already practices.
Because one thing is certain: at some point the midlife crisis man grows out of this critical phase of life. But that deserves a description of its own, under the heading "Food is the sex of old age".