Waiting for mid-life crisis

I turned 37 a few days back. The birthday came and went by without making a noise. I did not tell anyone it was my birthday and stayed at office late (because there was some work to be done).

I don't really celebrate my birthday. It's just like any other day. But a birthday does have some significance because a lot of things in life are measured by your age. You plan to do certain things by a certain age, measure your achievements and compare yourself with others your age. But how do you celebrate your 37th birthday? I don't know.

My wife asked me what I'd like for my birthday. I thought about it and asked her - "What do you give a 37 year old man on his birthday?" I never got an answer or a birthday present.

But 37 is a strange number, rather I would say an "average" number. I thought about it a lot, about why this is such an insignificant number or age. It is not a rounded-off figure like 35 or 40. I had no plans to be at a certain stage in my career by 37. I've never heard some say - "He is so successful at 37" or "When I am 37 I want to be so and so" or "look, there goes a 37 year old man/woman".

You are also expected to "behave your age". I mentioned to a friend a couple of days before my birthday that I should start behaving my age. he laughed his arse off. If you know me well enough, you would too. After one more beer, I laughed my arse off too. How does a 37 year old man behave? I have a vague idea how a person in mid-30's behaves. but 37 is neither mid-thirties nor is it late thirties but in between. Do I belong to the mid-thirties demographics or the late thirties? It is very confusing. It is strange and it feels very "average".

So 37 is your average strangely confusing age. But I do have a plan for 40! It's called mid-life crisis. I can't wait to be 40!!!