Wow, Ambiv, you’ve been busy posting all this. Thank you for that.

Well, if I apply all I read here to my H, he doesn’t feet most of it. With the exception of being concerned about his age and trying to party like a teenager. But, he doesn’t try to dress younger, and he didn’t change his personality to be the opposite.

“Midlife crisis is nothing like a reasoned midlife transition where an individual decides to make adjustments to an unsatisfactory life. Most people take stock at midlife and many decide to make changes. Whether they change their partner, decide to divorce and end their marriage, look for a new job or career or alter other aspects of their life, the changes are thought through. They may not always be wise changes and they won't always work out - but they're not made in the same way that people in MLC make changes.” – I think this is where my H fits the most. I guess I have to abandon the hope that he will “wake up” one day, because it does seem that his decision to end the M is a long thought and rational…


M:50
H:52
S28 (my S from previous marriage)
M:17 + 3
BD: 06/12
S: 06/12 - H works in another state