Quote of the day
posted at 10:45 pm on July 6, 2007 by Allahpundit
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“Many believe that men go through a midlife crisis when they are in middle age. Not quite. Many middle-aged men do go through midlife crises, but it’s not because they are middle-aged. It’s because their wives are. From the evolutionary psychological perspective, a man’s midlife crisis is precipitated by his wife’s imminent menopause and end of her reproductive career, and thus his renewed need to attract younger women. Accordingly, a 50-year-old man married to a 25-year-old woman would not go through a midlife crisis, while a 25-year-old man married to a 50-year-old woman would, just like a more typical 50-year-old man married to a 50-year-old woman. It’s not his midlife that matters; it’s hers. When he buys a shiny-red sports car, he’s not trying to regain his youth; he’s trying to attract young women to replace his menopausal wife by trumpeting his flash and cash.”
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I’ll buy that!
TheSitRep on July 6, 2007 at 10:48 PM
I wondered why I had so many of those.
Speakup on July 6, 2007 at 10:49 PM
I saw this posted on NRO. Quite interesting.
Michael in MI on July 6, 2007 at 10:49 PM
25 year old wife. Yes please. And I promise not to have a mid life crisis.
Martin on July 6, 2007 at 10:50 PM
I told my wife when she turned 40 I was going to trade her in for two 20 year olds.
She said you’re not wired for 220.
That was a while ago, we’re doing great.
Just kidding…
Speakup on July 6, 2007 at 10:53 PM
See? See? That’s what I said. I told my ex wife the same thing. But did she listen? Noooo…..
Guardian on July 6, 2007 at 10:57 PM
Well dang, I’m going to petition the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to approve polygamy. I should have multiple wives of varying ages.
reaganaut on July 6, 2007 at 10:57 PM
Psychobabble.
Blake on July 6, 2007 at 10:57 PM
Ya know…as intriguing as that thought is I suspect all notions of energetic activity would go right out the window the moment they said something….anything at all.
Just sayin’
Pilgrim on July 6, 2007 at 10:59 PM
That’s why it’s always better to lease than buy.
synycalwon on July 6, 2007 at 11:03 PM
So Allah wanting an I-phone is really just Mid life crisis ?
William Amos on July 6, 2007 at 11:04 PM
LOL! Yeah…maybe he’s the one that needs two 20 year olds!
Pilgrim on July 6, 2007 at 11:10 PM
Wonder if the authors had some issues of their own making evolve recently and needed cover …
naliaka on July 6, 2007 at 11:11 PM
Hey, use the noodle or lose the noodle.
Speakup on July 6, 2007 at 11:22 PM
I am glad to know that everything in my life revolves around sex.
VolMagic on July 6, 2007 at 11:30 PM
Makes an old man like me dream of Sgt Stevens.
abinitioadinfinitum on July 6, 2007 at 11:31 PM
I have a really good friend whose “mid-life crisis” involved surviving cancer but losing her fertility, turning 40, going blonde, and buying a little red sports car. Her hubby most certainly didn’t go after any younger chicks…he was too busy chasing (and catching) her…they are blazing hot and couldn’t be happier after 17 years…so the morale of the story is the same story as every other aspect of life: You make out of a situation whatever you set about to.
JustTruth101 on July 6, 2007 at 11:52 PM
Having been fertile since the age of ten, the wife of such a man seems to have had a good run. If by midlife she’s had six children, and each of those are on their way to six of their own, she may discover that her husband is so well-satisfied and busy ruling his household, he doesn’t think of adding to his estate. If, instead, she spent her youth working for a salary, one might consider her to have received her reward in full.
Kralizec on July 6, 2007 at 11:55 PM
No comment, and don’t quote me.
profitsbeard on July 7, 2007 at 12:01 AM
Sweet! I’m good to go with the 25-year-old I have, then.
ReubenJCogburn on July 7, 2007 at 12:10 AM
I’m very happy for them, they’re very lucky.
Speakup on July 7, 2007 at 12:26 AM
Oh! oh! oh!
I could name names on this!!
Tru2my2 on July 7, 2007 at 12:30 AM
What a load of crap.
A man that marries a woman when they are both in their 20’s. Fast forward, now they are both in their 50’s. The woman has bred children for the man and stood by the man while he built up his earning power.
NOW, he is genetically disposed to throw her over for a blonde with big tits due to genetic reproductive powers beyond his control? Like a cave man thing gone wild in the 21st century???
Give me a break.
Babs on July 7, 2007 at 12:49 AM
What a load of crap.
Babs- yup- what you said in a nut shell.
wubu on July 7, 2007 at 1:28 AM
I always figured the middle life crisis thing was caused by the age of offspring. Because one you are free of the financial and transport obligations of parenting, of course you get a more fun car.
For 22 years I’ve been mourning the sports car I had to give up when I became a mom, and now that both kids are in college I am counting the days until I don’t have to write tuition checks anymore and I can buy something a tad more zippy than my current boring family sedan. Is it really that different for men?
Bad Penny on July 7, 2007 at 1:33 AM
“Many believe that men go through a midlife crisis when they are in middle age. Not quite. Many middle-aged men do go through midlife crises, but it’s not because they are middle-aged. It’s because their wives are. From the evolutionary psychological perspective, a man’s midlife crisis is precipitated by his wife’s imminent menopause and end of her reproductive career, and thus his renewed need to attract younger women. Accordingly, a 50-year-old man married to a 25-year-old woman would not go through a midlife crisis, while a 25-year-old man married to a 50-year-old woman would, just like a more typical 50-year-old man married to a 50-year-old woman. It’s not his midlife that matters; it’s hers. When he buys a shiny-red sports car, he’s not trying to regain his youth; he’s trying to attract young women to replace his menopausal wife by trumpeting his flash and cash.”
BS
American8298 on July 7, 2007 at 1:44 AM
Wow the Feminazis will be out in force on this one..
unseen on July 7, 2007 at 1:45 AM
I’m calling BS on this. Can someone point out the science here? Sounds like so much of the rest of the Darwinian drivel. I’m not saying that there’s no such thing as evolution, just that most of this stuff is pure conjecture, like someone making up stuff about why the sky is blue without knowing the physics behind it.
Snidely Whiplash on July 7, 2007 at 1:58 AM
The sky is blue because that is the name we have chosen to give that color. – George Carlin
Kowboy on July 7, 2007 at 3:52 AM
The article forgot the most important attribution:
“…researchers said, while standing amid a pile of their belongings outside their front doors wondering why the keys no longer worked in their locks.”
Captain Scarlet on July 7, 2007 at 5:26 AM
Waiting for the Feminazi’s to whine to see if my theory holds. My theory is that any “scientific” study that proposes the female as equal or better than the male at something, it gets accolades. If the male is shown in the better light, it is derided.
In yesterday’s newspapers I rea dof a story that says a scientific study proved men talk the same amount per day as women, albeit about different subjects. Because it disproves the “insult” that women talk too much, it is given a pass.
This particular scientific study will be demonized for #10 alone in 5, 4, 3, …
hadsil on July 7, 2007 at 5:48 AM
Considering that I’ve been having a “mid-life” crisis since i was 25, i don’t buy it. I also don’t buy the study that women don’t talk more than men. They did the study on college students. I don’t think that trait kicks in till after you’re married. Just kidding honey, heh.
vcferlita on July 7, 2007 at 5:53 AM
Wouldn’t a 50 year old having a 25 year old wife be the definition of a mid-life crisis?
Veeshir on July 7, 2007 at 8:08 AM
Burn!
BadgerHawk on July 7, 2007 at 9:02 AM
BadgerHawk, you beat me to it…
But really, I think that article is just psycho-babble. Marriage vows are just that, vows.
Zorro on July 7, 2007 at 9:12 AM
I just turned 50 last month and still no desire to go out buy a hot car and chase after younger women. Plus the wife would put me in the hurt locker anyways. I have also learned from the advice of my father (whom I greatly miss). He would always say, “Son the grass on the other pair of legs is always greener.” Weird analogy, but works for me, just because a woman looks good does not mean she can hold a candle to the one you are with now. For some guys this theory might work but not for this guy.
KC-135A on July 7, 2007 at 9:23 AM
What ever happened to the belief that we marry for life, forsaking all others? Good times and bad. In health and sickness. The Islamo-fascists wont have to destroy us. We are well on the way to doing that all by our lonesome because we accept the rationalizing of this behavior in men who were probably vile pigs to begin with.
Awesome post Babs.
csdeven on July 7, 2007 at 9:41 AM
What about the guys who have mid-life crises’ who are not married and are dating several younger women at the same time…?
4shoes on July 7, 2007 at 9:49 AM
Women, not only is the plumbing different, so is the wiring.
Wander on July 7, 2007 at 9:55 AM
Just become gay and problem solved!
sincerely,
the libs
Metro on July 7, 2007 at 9:58 AM
But enough about Fred Thompson….
Steve LLamabutcher on July 7, 2007 at 10:06 AM
Whatever, for my money a 40 something divorcee is top-notch ,if for nothing else they know things.Wonderful things that the little 25 year old Barbie can only imagine.
bbz123 on July 7, 2007 at 10:07 AM
Men, can they not take any responsibility for their own foolishness? It’s the wife fault now that they act like this at 50 and ride around in convertibles sports cars with their combovers flapping in the breeze. lol
kathleen on July 7, 2007 at 10:12 AM
My wife 1.0 traded me in for a guy 13 years her junior so SHE had the crisis, not me. I’m 48 and my wife 2.0 is a 40-something gem. We have a new baby and a rare second chance at life. Life is good.
I was single for 8 years in the interim and I was never impressed with the 20-somethings. They look great but lack maturity. You live with a woman’s character, NOT her appearance. Anyone who lives in a house with a great view knows that no matter how nice the view is, it NEVER changes.
Mojave Mark on July 7, 2007 at 10:20 AM
We support this theory. Life is all about the quest for a better orgasm and people were put here to crush as much ass as possible.
Sincerely,
the liberals
(I couldn’t resist) ;)
Metro on July 7, 2007 at 10:22 AM
You don’t need a crisis for that, just plenty of gym workouts and supplements.
The crisis part comes in when your wife is going through menopause or was a GD hateful b*tch to begin with.
Till death us do part shouldn’t include death by verbiage.
Speakup on July 7, 2007 at 11:27 AM
… Or AllaP’s iPhone…
Mazztek on July 7, 2007 at 12:31 PM
and that’s why I married a youngin’ to begin with
jediwebdude on July 7, 2007 at 12:33 PM
Amen to that. I’m really tired of all these idiotic, pointy-headed intellectual, Freudian-Darwinists that think that everything under the freakin’ sun revolves around sex. I think the mid-life crisis thing has more to do with old men wanting to feel relevant and young as opposed to worrying about their life coming closer to an end.
Sheesh. Irritating…
Viewtifulgare on July 7, 2007 at 1:08 PM
Well, I guess I’ll have to dump that older doctor I’ve been talking to.
It’s probably the best excuse I’ve heard.
Tim Burton on July 7, 2007 at 3:45 PM
Definition of a mid-life crisis:
Porsche
Italian Suits
Dating un-suitable women
WC on July 7, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Damn. 12 years to do a study to come up with an excuse for Lewinskygate?
Kowboy on July 8, 2007 at 12:16 AM
“Money can’t buy love – but it can sure as hell rent it.”
– Can’t remember who
mojo on July 8, 2007 at 7:13 PM
She doesn’t have to be blonde.
doufree on July 8, 2007 at 7:59 PM
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