Are You Having a Midlife Crisis!

You’ve seen him. Fifty-plus with fresh hair plugs gunning his leased Porsche 911 at the lights while the 20-year-old Tinder date riding shotgun crops him out of selfies. And you think, “That’ll never happen to me.”

- Meg Mason

You’ve seen him. Fifty-plus with fresh hair plugs gunning his leased Porsche 911 at the lights while the 20-year-old Tinder date riding shotgun crops him out of selfies. And you think, “That’ll never happen to me.”

Except, it will. For a couple of days, then a month, then the entire second half of the year, you’ll feel varying degrees of rubbish. Tired. Irritable. You’ll shout at someone in the office and make them cry. And that’s when it hits. A midlife crisis – legit. The cars section will blur through a film of unlikely tears as the realization filters through that there’s nothing now separating you from the next idiot with a face full of botox and a crotch-rocket Ducati between his legs threatening to tip over at the lights. Bugger. Now what?

Here’s what. Embrace it, sir. Own it. According to GQ’s female affairs correspondent, nothing is sexier than a gent who’s greying at the temples and questioning every decision he’s ever made. Treat it as an existential half-time. A moment to reflect, refocus and get back out there refreshed and ready to crush the second half. And to ensure the middy (yep) is all manner of stylish, feast all eyes on these.

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Buying A Boat ...

Or motorcycle. Wait, let’s think. While it’s definitely time to start enjoying the fruits of your labour, nothing says “I AM FREAKING OUT REAL HARD” like a man in a restrictive leather jacket trying to touch-park a refined chassis of Italian steel out front of hot yoga. And, as any amateur sailor knows only too well, the two best days with a boat are the day you buy it and the day you sell it.

So, no sudden moves, chaps.