The Miami Herald had an article today entitled, 5 things you didn't know about midlife crisis. Among those five points were, "Am I Having one?" in which the article said doctors do believe it is a genuine condition with the following symptoms, among others:

1. irritability
2. loss of sex drive
3. impotence
4. fatigue
5. depression
6. hair loss
7. weight gain
8. loss of ability to recover quickly from injuries

It also said that a recent "Happiness" study showed that both men and women's happiness followed a U-shaped curve, with the most unhappy time being at the bottom of the curve, or about age 44.

If find all this interesting, but I have to point out that I don't possess an of the symptoms from the bullet-point list above. Except, maybe irritability, but then I've always been a tad grouchy. So, I guess I'm not having a milife crisis after all.

Funny thing about that list though. If you look at it closely, I'll bet you know people in their 20's and 30's who have the symptoms listed.

Of course, this is from the Miami Herald, home to the more retired people than anywhere else in the world. It's the likely the place where "60 is the new 40," was coined. That would explain the list, now wouldn't it?