Anna's Story
"My life is so depressing," I complain to my boyfriend. "They have prescription drugs for that," is his ever so compassionate response. "I think I'm going through mid-life crisis," I tell one of my coworkers. "Can't be," she replies. "You're not old enough."
Wait a minute. Am I the only one who thinks the phrase "mid-life crisis" is a blatant misnomer? It seems to be intrinsically flawed. For one thing, it implies a singular event, one major crisis that eventually subsides and goes away. Then there is the vague qualifying prefix: what exactly is mid-life, anyway? Your median age depends very much on who you are black women live an average of five years less than white women, and black men have an even lower life expectancy (the lowest, in fact). For most of us, there are usually multiple crises, and they generally begin to occur at the point no matter how old you are that you realize all the plans you made for your life just aren't coming true. And they......
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