Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for August 14, 2009
Transcript:
Cathy: Irving saw a picture of himself on Facebook, realized that life is flashing by, and is having a midlife crisis. Irving: I am NOT having a midlife crisis! "Mid" is in the middle! I'm too young to be in the middle of life! AND I'm too old to think I'm too young to be in the middle of life! Cathy: He's having a 1/3-To-5/8-life crisis. Irving: Thank you. Much better.
ejcapulet about 15 years ago
Sort of reminds me when I found out I was going to have my first baby - my first reaction was “I’m too young to have kids!” Then I had to laugh because I realized that I was 28 and almost all of my friends have multiple rugrats.
desiree13 about 15 years ago
Glad to see men have SOME little things to deal with!
gobblingup Premium Member about 15 years ago
Is that like having a thirty-eleventh birthday?
lewisbower about 15 years ago
Time to buy a Corvette and some Rogaine
alondra about 15 years ago
ejcapulet your comment reminds me of when my husband and I were asked to play grandma and grandpa in the Christmas play last year. We don’t have kids so it’s hard to realize that we’re old enough to have grandkids but we are. But did they have to give us 8 of them?
Allan CB Premium Member about 15 years ago
I’m having a pre-mid-life crisis … they happen when you’re between 28-32 … when you realize your just about ‘over the hill’.
summerdog86 about 15 years ago
Irving has been using Rogaine for about 20 years now. They introduced that storyline way back then.
If they did real-time aging on this strip, Irving would be over 50 now. And so would Cathy.
dicatduke about 15 years ago
Sorry Irving, but this is a full-blown mid-life crisis. Just wait till you have kids! They’re good at making you feel old!
summerdog86 about 15 years ago
Anybody remember a movie (late sixties) that was about just that thing? Don’t trust anyone over 30? In the movie, the under 30 crowd rounded up all the OVER 30 people, put them in concentration camps, gave them drugs so that they would be happy there, and then the younger ones ruled the country. I had the soundtrack at one time.
hendelca Premium Member about 15 years ago
doctortoon: Know exactly how you felt. The only way I made it past 30 was with the knowledge that Timothy Leary turned 30 before I did!
JP Steve Premium Member about 15 years ago
I’m expecting a mid-life crisis next January – I’ll be turning 60!
lindz.coop Premium Member about 15 years ago
Granted Irving is acting a bit extreme (but this is a comic strip) however, I do fail to understand why anyone who wants to look decent when they are past 20 is considered “vain.”