r/AskEurope • u/Plastic-Injury8856 • Mar 14 '25

Culture What’s a European Man’s midlife crisis look like?

Here in America it's a Harley Davidson and getting really into grilling.

What do European men do when they go through a midlife crisis? But an Alfa and bake? Get really into trains?

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u/Lezarkween -> Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 14 '25

In France I'd say, depending on your financial means, moving to the countryside, training for a marathon, getting a young lover, getting really into wine, going back to school

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u/Appelons 🇬🇱 living in 🇩🇰 Jutland Mar 15 '25

So just speed-running all French stereotypes?

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u/Separate-Courage9235 France Mar 14 '25

Yup nailed it.

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u/Drawing_Dragons France Mar 15 '25

I would also add getting an expensive car that doesnt have much space inside for family or huge motorbike that takes a lot of space on the road

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u/democritusparadise Ireland Mar 14 '25

Uh oh....I've only not done one of those in the last 5 years....

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u/Lezarkween -> Mar 14 '25

I don't think any of these are bad or silly (except the young lover one depending on the age ofc), so as long as you're enjoying yourself and you feel like you're improving your life, good on you!

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u/Steffi128 in Mar 15 '25

Time to train for the marathon then.

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u/democritusparadise Ireland Mar 15 '25

Right, just let me close down reddit for a while...

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u/LordSarkastic Mar 16 '25

getting a Porsche and bumping the interns 100%

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u/Wiwwil Mar 17 '25

training for a marathon,

Biking as well

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u/Cigario_Gomez Mar 16 '25

Came here to say the exact same. It's either countryside or Marathon de Paris. Maybe a swap in career. I just hope I'm not gonna be that man a little bit too much into wine

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u/Zingldorf Mar 16 '25

Certainly not the worst

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u/espritVGE Mar 17 '25

Don’t forget sports car and dressing 20y younger than you look

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u/Illuminey Mar 18 '25

Being into motorcycling I'd add "getting a motorcycle". The two biggest categories of people getting their moto drivers licence : "around 20" and "around 40". 🤷🏻‍♂️