I’m 40 next year. I’ve started noticing some changes in my behaviour. Could I be having a mid-life crisis?

10. I’ve just had some ‘summer highlights’ put in.

9. I’ve decided I need a hobby.

8. I’m starting to ask ‘is this really it?’

7. Always having felt confident and happy with my looks I now play competitive social network picture comparison with my peers’ posted photos.

6. I’m spending too much money on rare fragrances and antique jewellery, I assume because I am now too large to spend my money on expensive or inappropriate clothing (believe me I would if I thought I could get away with it).

5. Music from my youth has suddenly become extremely important to me again, maybe because it reminds me of a younger, freer time. I went to see Adam Ant live recently and currently listen to music created solely in the 1980s.

4. A bottle of wine is just a precursor to the next.

3. Our last car was a convertible sports car, sadly I now drive a huge American cruiser with a baby seat in the back. But I’m thinking of chopping the top off and having a flame respray.

2. I got my first tattoo done last year.

1. I’m having another one this year.

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