The term “mid-life crisis” conjures up the image of fat, balding men ditching their wives and chasing girls in a penis-shaped sports car to prove they’re still desirable. Women aren’t generally associated with midlife crises because we just knuckle down and silently endure. Or because we never admit to being middle-aged. Still, many of us feel that we’ve been short-changed.
The next generation is more social media-savvy and are winning the promotions. While the glass ceiling is no unbreakable, the price of pushing through it can include sexism. Retirement’s creeping closer, and you’re not one of the mere 6% of South Africans saving enough to retire on. Your wages evaporate on school fees, your house and car.
As for romance, in SA, 25 260 couples divorced in 2015, up 2,3% from the previous year. Most of these break-ups were instigated by women, with peak divorce age being 35-39 for black women and 40-44 for white and coloured women.
Gen X was supposed to be a golden era, offering more opportunities and independence, with women no longer shackled to domestic drudgery with a cluster of kids. So why aren’t we happy?
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