Real Estate in Barrington & The Northwest Suburbs: Young Adults Having a Mid Life Crisis-All At Once!

Young Adults Having a Mid Life Crisis-All At Once!

We are proud to have 2 young men in our family that are growing up at lightening speed. I cannot believe it has been 3 years since my eldest left school and my youngest just finished his first year of college. Both had plans. Eldest is car mad and wants to own his own car shop. Since leaving school he has spent much of his spare time modifying his own and friends cars. My youngest wanted to join the Army. At 17 he asked me to sign his papers, I refused. I persuaded him to do a year of courses at college and he agreed.

Then all in one week, both have a mid life crisis. Suddenly I am spending hours every day talking with them both, trying to figure out what is causing their change in plans.

First the eldest decides he wants a motorbike and wants to throw in the towel on the car he is working on. I guess after 4, no 5 was becoming tedious! After 3 days of talking all this over, it is clear he is done with the car, has enough money to buy the bike and has a very good friend who always wears a helmet and will not let my son ride with-out one. So off he goes to get his permit, done...finds a bike.. buys that... jumps on it for the first time and this is no small bike. A GSX R600. Off he goes up the drive, no problem. Off out with his friends his confidence grows at light speed. All bikers know that you are going to drop your bike eventually. Well he did it on the first day. No bad injuries, just a heavy bike landing on a foot. All is well. Or so I thought. Not a day later he feels now he has "done the bike" it holds no more interest for him.  This is an ongoing story and he still swings like a pendulum. I am glad he feels he can talk to me...after all I am just a girl! He is lucky he has a trailblazer as well or winter could be a little chilly!



Next enter youngest son. I am losing interest in the Army! What, if I had not been sitting down I would surely have fallen. Now remember that I am dealing with all of this at the same time. After a long discussion he has decided he is not toally giving up the idea but is not ready to sign on a dotted line that commits him to 8 years of his life to the services. Personally I am glad. I am a Mom. Which Mom wants her son to join The Army? Am I wrong for even admitting it? Am I selfish? Maybe. I am more pleased that he recognized the doubts and acted on them before it was too late. He also decided he does not want to do the college seen. Now we talked about jobs and tried to find out what kind of job. He wants to learn while he works. So we start identifying jobs and the applications are going in. This is such a switch for him I am still getting used to it.

Add to that - he is on the look-out for a new car as well. So now Dad is helping him find a new BMW-you see he will only drive The Ultimate Driving Machines. He sold his current car-to Dad!



I spend more time talking about cars, bikes, engines, brakes, suspension, ECU's, front end mounts, transmissions, front cases, fuel lines, the list goes on and I seriously must know how to modify these cars by now!

Both my sons are young. Whilst one makes rash decisions, the other will think things over for a long time. While one takes immediate action and sometimes regrets it-the other will wait until it is just right. One blows his money-the other a save-a-holic. So for all these changes to collide on me in one day - what are the chances of that? Things have settled and I can get back to work. I am still getting asked that leading question. Are you busy? Never too busy for you is always my answer.

I love my life as a Mom and a Realtor. I derive great pleasure from helping my sons and also from helping buyers find their new home. The flexibility of my job means I can usually do both with skipping a beat-almost.

For car repairs on BMW 528i and Mitsubishi Eclipse DSM or Eagle Talon DSM-call me, you never know I might have an answer.

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