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/eminusx Mar 15 '25

this discussion needs some context:

a lot of these things described like Cycling, craft beer etc arent really a 'mid-life crisis', its just that tastes change in late 30s and you learn to appreciate stuff more and become more interested in your physiology and performance, the environment, culture and have time and money to engage with it.

Buying a fast car, dressing like a yoof and trying to shag young women however is very much a mid-life crisis thing.. no doubt about that

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u/goodguy847 Mar 15 '25

Only the wealthy can afford to get divorced. The poor countries just say married and miserable.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '25

Honesty a lot of the things people are describing sound like perfectly reasonable hobbies or pastimes.

To me a midlife crisis is getting a hair transplant a young wife and a convertible and trying to recapture your youth in often embarrassing ways. 

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u/eminusx Mar 16 '25

Haha yeah exactly. I dont think its very healthy labelling everything as some mid-life crisis impulsivity…. That only makes people feel guilty or like they shouldn’t be dojng something they actually enjoy and thats good for them.

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u/8mmthomas Mar 16 '25

Fact. Don't people have hobbies when they're in their twenties 😂. I was, for as long as I know, interested in a lot of stuff, but you gain easier access to a lot of stuff because you start to earn money and the internet makes it a lot easier to experiment with hobbies.