- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Perigee Books; 1 edition (May 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0399528822
- ISBN-13: 978-0399528828
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 379,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A midlife crisis can devour a relationship. The Midlife Wives Club is a supportive online sisterhood for midlife mates-a place to vent some steam, share advice, or just get a reminder that they're not alone. In this guide, readers find wisdom from both Midlife Wives and experts on:
€ Recognizing the symptoms of male midlife crisis
€ Coping with the threat (or reality) of infidelity
€ Handling bad behavior-thrill-seeking, financial irresponsibility, or substance abuse
€ Identifying underlying problems like depression and anger
€ Deciding when to stick it out-and when to pack it in
€ Protecting children from the fallout
€ Making it through the crisis...and coming out stronger, saner, and more self-reliant
With personal stories from real women (and men), a list of resources, and a heartening sense of humor, How to Survive Your Husband's Midlife Crisis can help smooth out the rough spots-and turn a tumultuous time into a change for the better.
€ Recognizing the symptoms of male midlife crisis
€ Coping with the threat (or reality) of infidelity
€ Handling bad behavior-thrill-seeking, financial irresponsibility, or substance abuse
€ Identifying underlying problems like depression and anger
€ Deciding when to stick it out-and when to pack it in
€ Protecting children from the fallout
€ Making it through the crisis...and coming out stronger, saner, and more self-reliant
With personal stories from real women (and men), a list of resources, and a heartening sense of humor, How to Survive Your Husband's Midlife Crisis can help smooth out the rough spots-and turn a tumultuous time into a change for the better.
About the Author
Pat Gaudette is the founder and webmaster of the Friends & Lovers website (friendsandlovers.com), as well as the popular Midlife Wives Club website (midlifewivesclub.com).
Gay Courter is the author of five bestselling novels including The Midwife and two works of nonfiction, including I Speak for This Child.
Gay Courter is the author of five bestselling novels including The Midwife and two works of nonfiction, including I Speak for This Child.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Is your husband 40+? Has your previously decent, devoted family man started acting oddly? Secretive, remote, dead shark eyes? Suddenly bought a new toy of the sporty variety? Does he look like him, walk like him, talk like him, but has turned into a complete stranger? Has he said 'I don't love you any more?'
This is the book for you. Toss away all those other 'how to nurture your marriage' and find out what REALLY is going on and how you are not alone.
Remember the jokes about men losing their hair and buying sports cars? Well midlife crisis is no joke, not to the distressed unhappy man and not to his shattered family.
This book charts the journey that men undergo as they realise they are not 30 anymore, the destructive choices (alcohol, spending, affairs, divorce) they make as they try to flee the pressure of responsibilities, self-medicate their depression, loneliness, panic and blame ('it's all your fault!'); and what blindsided bewildered wives can do as they try and hold their families together and weather the storm.
There is a website to join where people who are in the middle of the crisis discover to their relief that they are not alone.
Nobody likes facing the fact that they are getting older. Not all men going through midlife transition have a crisis. But for those that do, this book is INVALUABLE in explaining what is happening to him, and it cannot be recommended enough.
This is the book for you. Toss away all those other 'how to nurture your marriage' and find out what REALLY is going on and how you are not alone.
Remember the jokes about men losing their hair and buying sports cars? Well midlife crisis is no joke, not to the distressed unhappy man and not to his shattered family.
This book charts the journey that men undergo as they realise they are not 30 anymore, the destructive choices (alcohol, spending, affairs, divorce) they make as they try to flee the pressure of responsibilities, self-medicate their depression, loneliness, panic and blame ('it's all your fault!'); and what blindsided bewildered wives can do as they try and hold their families together and weather the storm.
There is a website to join where people who are in the middle of the crisis discover to their relief that they are not alone.
Nobody likes facing the fact that they are getting older. Not all men going through midlife transition have a crisis. But for those that do, this book is INVALUABLE in explaining what is happening to him, and it cannot be recommended enough.
Format:Paperback
I bought this book looking for answers. My husband is in a full-blown mid-life crisis. I know this already. I was hoping that the book would help me find a way to help him through it, but there I was disappointed. I did get comfort from the fact that others have gone through similar situations to mine and I wouldn't want to rate this book negatively, it just didn't help me as much as I had hoped. Another website, mentioned in the book, was useful and the fact that the midlife crisis could actually be a sort of depression which can be combated by medicine. I will suggest this to my husband :-)
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54 of 56 people found the following review helpful
A wonderful guide through the journey called midlife crisis!
11 Jun 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
It is unfortunate that so many marriages are falling prey to midlife crisis (if you want to call it that). Point is our disposable society makes it too easy to divorce. This book is a pratical guide to help you traverse this journey. Not only is the book an easy read and very helful in understanding and keeping yourself in check, it really focuses on learning about yourself and not talking blame for your wayward spouses issues. It helps you be a better you! As well, the website listed is a direct link to others suffering the same things. That site has so much information, one could read for days. There is also chat which is helpful and one bonus is that friends can be made to last a lifetime. This book has it all and I implore anyone in the throes of this anxiety called midlife crisis to read this book and then peruse the site for loving and supportive help. It is a truly a gift to know you are not alone.
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Lifesaver Guide to MLC
3 Jun 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is an extremely helpful book on the various ways to handle your significant other's (s/o) MLC. Although its focus is on men, it is beneficial to both sexes.
It doesn't just tell you to hang on or act as if as some anti divorce sites suggest. It tells gives you real life stories of various people and how they handled their s/o MLC.
It also shows there is life, no matter which road you take, whether it be riding out the rollercoaster ride, getting a divorce, getting a legal separation or just co-existing until you KNOW what is the right course of action for you.
The book even shows humor in the whole process because when experiencing either your own MLC or someone else's...you have to be able to find humor.
I highly recommend this book for those going through or being affected by someone with MLC. It's a very easy read and you'll find yourself closely relating to these individuals.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
A Bit Negative...
24 Oct 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Although informative, this book comes from a very negative place. While some men do participate in affairs during their midlife crisis, there are some who don't, as well as those who come to their senses and want to work on their marriages. For those searching for hope, handling the issue with realistic expectations and integrity, I would suugest Jim and Sally Conway's books, "Men in Midlife Crisis" and "Your Husbands Midlife Crisis."
However, the website that is suggested in the book is worth the purchase price many times over.
However, the website that is suggested in the book is worth the purchase price many times over.
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