Trading-in Spouses

What is it about men and their mid-life crisis? So far this week, I have come across two 50 something males who are showing severe signs of this. The first guy has bought himself a seriously fast, seriously sexy (and seriously expensive) fast car, ditched his partner and now about to marry a young(ish????) Chinese girl. The other guy, a doctor, has traded in his ex for a younger version (complete with pre-schooler).

So are 50 something males moving on because their ex is:

• a nag
• boring and unadventurous
• fat and/or ugly (probably both)
• all of the above and they can't face the next 50 years staring at the same landscape

So does this tell me that women go through something similar in the way of a mid-life crisis. I don't think so. They seem to indulge in a boob job, liposuction and major botox treatment. Really its like shutting the gate after the horse has bolted - Why Bother Now???? I ask.

It will be interesting to see when the time comes which way my friends will go. Hmm the seriously fast car has good options though - pity about the overall package - oops who said that?