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September 11

I have a question about thirty-something people

What do you call it if someone has a life crisis and they are in their mid thirties? Its not exactly a mid life crisis and its not a quarter life crisis. So what is the exact term? 66.183.26.219 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:25, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you assume there has to be a special term for it? --Viennese Waltz 15:26, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And it might depend on the nature of the crisis. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:55, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Without specification to age, these are generally called Existential crisis. --Jayron 32 16:05, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mental breakdown.
Sleigh (talk) 02:24, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If it's on the younger side of thirty-something, it's just Tuesday. Tomorrow it'll be Wednesday. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:27, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

For the BBC, The Guardian and The Times it's a midlife crisis even if you're in your 30s. Apparently it's also possible to call it a "30s life crisis" or a "mid 30s life crisis", which may be unimaginative coinages but at least the meaning is clear. Admittedly with only 91 unique Google hits they don't really seem to have caught on. Similarly, the midi-life crisis, which hits you at 30, only has 84 unique Google hits. --Antiquary (talk) 09:10, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If the person having one ends up dead by their late 60s, then I guess you can class it as mid-life crisis. That'll shows 'em! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 13:45, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lugnuts your post reminds me of an episode of Northern Exposure. Chris and Holling were discussing this very subject. The men in Chris's family tended to die of heart trouble in their late 40's so he had already been through his crisis. Holling's family was long lived and his crisis would occur in his 50's. Gosh I liked that show. MarnetteD|Talk 16:46, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Was that the show that had a moose wandering about in the opening credits? It was shown in the UK some years back. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 16:51, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It sure was L. Here is a pic that includes the distinctive opening tune. MarnetteD|Talk 16:58, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I remember that now! Looking at the article, I thought Peg Phillips was the Log Lady from Twin Peaks for a second, but that was the late Catherine E. Coulson. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 17:04, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]