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Heartlander · 80-89, M
Great question. I think of the 50s for men as a time for assessing their lives in general. Successes and failures and where they are in fulfilling the expectations they had for themselves as kids and young adults. AKA midlife crises as they own up to who they are Vs who/what they want to be. About everything, $$, family, kids, the foot prints they left behind, the path they are onto for the future.
If that midlife path is heading below the horizon there may be a feeling that their spouses are leaving them behind and one way to respond is to retreat. Like going company Christmas party and the boss hands out bonus checks, and everyone gets one but you. Do you celebrate or do you leave the party early?
Sex IMO tends to follow the path of one’s life in general. The more upbeat the more sex, the more downbeat the less. The more confidence in the future the more sex.
It’s different for men and women. Women don’t seem to have a similar midlife crises.
If that midlife path is heading below the horizon there may be a feeling that their spouses are leaving them behind and one way to respond is to retreat. Like going company Christmas party and the boss hands out bonus checks, and everyone gets one but you. Do you celebrate or do you leave the party early?
Sex IMO tends to follow the path of one’s life in general. The more upbeat the more sex, the more downbeat the less. The more confidence in the future the more sex.
It’s different for men and women. Women don’t seem to have a similar midlife crises.