It happened, just a while ago he was a loving, caring and thrifty husband, then before you know it he quits his job, bought a fat- boy hummer and booked for a sky diving adventure. He has a new credo "Life is too short to be sitting around". You have the urge to run him over with the hummer but it's the first time you see him smile for a long time, so you try to understand his new interests. What I mean is that they may seek out old flames and start flirting with them.

Midlife crisis, it does happen in men between 40-55 years of age. Men who are logical and analytical thinkers are the ones who are prone to midlife crisis when compared to men who are intuitive. There are also symptoms of midlife crisis that you need to intervene with before they become full-blown problems. Another drastic change is when he used to be very reliable but now you notice that you are having a hard time pushing him with the things that he is supposed to do.

To help you better understand if your husband is going through this stage known as midlife crisis, here are some signs to look out for. During this time your beloved husband will be fully-booked in attending concerts, blacking out in drinking sprees and has a sudden shift of diet from high-fiber to junk foods. The best thing that you can do is to strengthen your bond by constant communication and work together to find ways to overcome this difficult phase in his life.

And as a result they tend to compromise the things that matter to them like family or companionship and before they know it, they have no direction, no one to turn to in the second half of their life. When he comes home and suddenly announces that he quit his 30-year managerial job to a put up a bar and restaurant business, then he is heading for a melt down. This is when he comes home and tells you that he signed up for bungee jumping and/ or a big wave surfing club.