[wdfifteen]

Who has experienced a real mid-life crisis? I mean a turning point that was more significant than changing the cut of your pants.

Mine -
I was 55. Wifey was gone, business was going so well it almost ran itself. I decided to go back to flying. But I couldn't pass my 3rd class medical. High blood pressure and my eyesight was iffy.
I went to a doc who confirmed the above plus high cholesterol, high PSA, and stated that it was high time someone stuck a camera up my behind and one down my throat too just for good measure and get a heart stress test. That was the day I realized I was no longer a young man.
It really did feel like a crisis. The idea of running to Vegas and renting a red Ferrari and and long legged blonde with a bag of cocaine for one last fling briefly crossed my mine (can you get that as a package?).
I responded a little less self destructively. I did buy a motorcycle and a bulldozer because I hadn't had a bike in years and I'd always wanted a dozer. I started running because I refused to believe I was so old I had to use maintenance drugs for BP and cholesterold control. Ended up running marathons which was totally unexpected. If you had told me when I was 50 that I would someday finish 20,536th in the Paris marathon I would told you not in this lifetime, so it was kind of like starting a different life, and my life has been different ever since.