Sir, – You know that you’re having a mid-life crisis when:
You watched more of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral ceremonies than you expected to.
The garda tells you not to bother blowing into the bag in case you hurt yourself.
Your children listen to the music you like “ironically”.
You are more active on RIP.ie than Facebook. And your children use your Facebook page “ironically”.
Your daughter asks you for your views on gender identity and the environment for comic value and general entertainment.
You begin to feel that Margaret Thatcher and Charlie Haughey were misunderstood.
You believe that Bertie Ahern is “the only man to sort out that auld North”.
You stop throwing the neighbours’ children’s footballs and tennis balls over the garden wall and become convinced that someone is stealing the apples and the plums.
Your surgeon and your GP remind you of people you went to school with. Because they are their children. – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL DEASY,
Bandon,
Co Cork.