{"id":7815,"date":"2016-05-12T04:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauradoyle1.wpengine.com\/?p=7815"},"modified":"2025-11-18T09:17:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:17:42","slug":"husband-in-midlife-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Husband in Midlife Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever experienced your husband taking what looks like a sudden turn off of family life lane and speeding down immature, <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/selfish-husband-the-cure-for-the-chronically-self-consumed-man\/\">selfish<\/a> highway\u2014possibly in a new sports car\u2014then you\u2019ve probably suspected him of having a midlife crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he stopped telling you where he is, or suddenly isn\u2019t coming home at the usual time.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps he complains that he\u2019s disappointed with life, and wonders why he hasn\u2019t gotten what he wanted.<\/p>\n<p>He seems to be throwing away everything you\u2019ve built together.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s grumpy, depressed, and suddenly irresponsible, which is making you furious.<\/p>\n<p>No amount of talking to him is creating the desired effect, as he goes along on his self-absorbed way.<\/p>\n<p>He may even be saying devastating things like, \u201cI don\u2019t love you anymore,\u201d or, \u201cI don\u2019t know if I want to be in this marriage.\u201d It\u2019s painful.<\/p>\n<p>You may even wonder if he\u2019s also given up on his vows.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s pretty serious, and terrifying.<\/p>\n<p>Unless you know what to do.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how to get back to the good times when your husband is having a midlife crisis.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_39 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#1_The_Real_Reason_Hes_Acting_This_Way\" title=\"The Real Reason He\u2019s Acting This Way\">The Real Reason He\u2019s Acting This Way<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#2_Double-Check_the_Diagnosis\" title=\"Double-Check the Diagnosis\">Double-Check the Diagnosis<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#3_Lets_Not_Both_Make_These_Mistakes%E2%80%A6\" title=\"Let\u2019s Not Both Make These Mistakes\u2026\">Let\u2019s Not Both Make These Mistakes\u2026<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#4_How_to_Cure_the_Cold_War\" title=\"How to Cure the Cold War\">How to Cure the Cold War<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_The_Real_Reason_Hes_Acting_This_Way\"><\/span>1. The Real Reason He\u2019s Acting This Way<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Is your husband really having a midlife crisis? Or could it be something else?<\/p>\n<p>The reason I ask is because my husband exhibited many of the symptoms of a midlife crisis years ago, and that wasn\u2019t the problem. At all.<\/p><div class=\"laura-new-roadmap\" id=\"laura-1028524907\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adoredwifeweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1118\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new.png 1118w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-480x240.png 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The reason he was depressed and grumpy, distant and selfish had nothing to do with being in midlife.<\/p>\n<p>The reason he quit both his job and the band we played in together on the same day (without breathing a word about it to me) was not because he had middle-age crazies.<\/p>\n<p>It had to do with feeling like he never got what he wanted because\u2014and this is the embarrassing part\u2014I rarely let him do what he wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, he\u2019s a grown man, so I couldn\u2019t stop him from doing what he wanted.<\/p>\n<p>But I often tried to get him to do what I wanted instead.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d explain why he should go to the store while he was already out instead of making a special trip because it\u2019s more efficient. Or ask him why he wanted to get his friend a Christmas present when his friend didn\u2019t get him one last year. Or tell him not to order Coke at dinner because it\u2019s such a rip-off at restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, I was a controlling shrew, but I didn\u2019t realize it. I thought I was just being logical. I thought I was helping him.<\/p>\n<p>It made sense to me to try to teach him how to do things when I knew better, but as it turned out, there were a lot of things I thought I knew how to do better than him.<\/p>\n<p>At first it was irritating, but over time it became unbearable, and that\u2019s when it seemed like he really flipped out.<\/p>\n<p>He seemed like a different person than the guy I married. He was angry, contrary and uncooperative. He wasn\u2019t willing to listen to reason, from my perspective.<\/p>\n<div class=\"laura-six-intimacy-skills\" id=\"laura-1100773560\"><blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"display: inline; font-size: 23px;\">Related Article:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/six-intimacy-skills\/\">The Number One Most Indispensable Skill for Fixing Your Marriage Fast.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Double-Check_the_Diagnosis\"><\/span>2. Double-Check the Diagnosis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Turns out he was just tired of being nagged, nit-picked and micromanaged.<\/p>\n<p>My husband wasn\u2019t having a midlife crisis at all.<\/p>\n<p>He just had a chronic case of critical, controlling wife-itis.<\/p>\n<p>The heart message behind a midlife crisis is a man saying, \u201cI want control over my own life and decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From my point of view, that seemed hostile and uncaring. What about what I wanted him to do?<\/p>\n<p>But he\u2019d been bending as far as he could for a long time, and one day he didn\u2019t want to bend anymore. He wanted to be his own man, and have the autonomy that all men crave.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, I can\u2019t say I blame him. But at the time, I blamed him for all our problems.<\/p>\n<p>I believed that if he would just do what I was telling him to do, everything would be great.<\/p>\n<p>But now I know better.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Lets_Not_Both_Make_These_Mistakes%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>3. Let\u2019s Not Both Make These Mistakes\u2026<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When I could no longer get the outcome I wanted by trying to persuade, cajole, beg or make demands of my husband, I felt heartbroken, betrayed and furious.<\/p>\n<p>That still didn\u2019t get him to respond any better.<\/p>\n<p>I tried ultimatums, tears and threats of divorce.<\/p>\n<p>That didn\u2019t work, either.<\/p>\n<p>The cold war raged on at our house.<\/p>\n<p>I considered throwing in the towel.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m so glad I didn\u2019t. I would have missed the most valuable lesson of my whole life AND the amazing marriage I have now.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_How_to_Cure_the_Cold_War\"><\/span>4. How to Cure the Cold War<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until I learned how to be respectful\u2014and especially to relinquish the inappropriate control I thought I should have over his life\u2014that there was a change in the climate.<\/p>\n<p>The more I acted like I trusted him to make good decisions and swallowed my urge to tell him what those good decisions should be, the more he seemed like that responsible, devoted guy I fell in love with.<\/p>\n<p>When I returned control of my husband\u2019s life to its rightful owner, and acted like he was competent and capable\u2014like I had when we fell in love\u2014something magical happened.<\/p>\n<p>The midlife crisis went away.<\/p>\n<p>The thoughtful, considerate, unselfish man I&#8217;d married came back and was loving and sweet again. It seemed like a miracle, but now I\u2019ve seen the same transformation happen for thousands of other women who followed the same steps.<\/p>\n<p>And if I can do it, and they can too, then why not you?<\/p>\n<p>When you do, his midlife crisis will disappear and the good man you fell for will return.<\/p>\n<h2>Internet Advice vs Laura Doyle<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you\u2019ve already noticed, t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his isn\u2019t like most relationship advice you\u2019ve heard, and the differences are important. Here\u2019s what \u201cInternet Advise\u201d says, and three reasons it will make his midlife crisis <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worse<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not better. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"lightweight-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"lightweight-accordion-title\"><span><strong>Internet Advice vs Laura Doyle<\/strong><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"lightweight-accordion-body\">\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#cbffd0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Now that you know the REAL reason he\u2019s having a midlife crisis and what you can do about it, you know you can turn this around quickly.<\/mark> (If you just popped in here, <a href=\"#site-content\">jump to the top of the page for those secrets<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#cbffd0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">If you\u2019re still wondering if you really CAN turn this around, it might be because you\u2019ve read plenty of vague, depressing advice like this:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Internet Advice:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>During midlife crisis impulsive behaviours such as overspending, substance use, affairs, or just withdrawing from relationships can be fueled by a deep questioning of life\u2019s meaning and feelings of discontent and anxiety. During this phase of his life, it\u2019s important that you take care of your own emotional wellbeing so you\u2019re able to be there for him and his struggles without negatively reacting yourself. Open, non-judgemental communication is the key and being supportive of his new interests, as long as they are healthy, can make a big difference. Lastly, encourage him to seek professional help if you feel it\u2019s warranted.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Signs of a Husband&#8217;s Midlife Crisis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Impulsivity and Risk-Taking<br>Withdrawal<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Loss of Motivation<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Mood Swings and Anxiety<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Self-Doubt and Insecurity<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Search for New Meaning<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Laura&#8217;s Take:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If that left you with a sinking feeling, you\u2019re not alone! I remember being depressed and confused by advice like this about my husband\u2019s midlife crisis, too. I don\u2019t want any woman to struggle in her relationship unnecessarily like I did. That\u2019s why I\u2019m so intense about making sure every woman who wants to make her marriage irresistible again gets the information she needs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If that&#8217;s you, come to my free masterclass:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/connect.lauradoyle.org\/mc4o\"><strong><em>How to Eliminate the 3 Most Common Behaviors<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><em>that are Putting Your Marriage at Risk<\/em><\/strong>.<\/a> Register <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.lauradoyle.org\/mc4o\">here<\/a> to learn what you can start doing tonight to get a much better response from your husband.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever experienced your husband taking what looks like a sudden turn off of family life lane and speeding down immature, selfish highway\u2014possibly in a new sports car\u2014then you\u2019ve probably suspected him of having a midlife crisis. Maybe he stopped telling you where he is, or suddenly isn\u2019t coming home at the usual time.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[710],"tags":[],"app":[],"class_list":["post-7815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emotional-intimacy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Husband in Midlife Crisis [#1 Trigger and How to Reverse it]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the hidden reason your husband is behaving badly and learn exactly what to do to quickly put an end to the cold war and get the good times back.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Husband in Midlife Crisis [#1 Trigger and How to Reverse it]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the hidden reason your husband is behaving badly and learn exactly what to do to quickly put an end to the cold war and get the good times back.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Laura Doyle Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lauradoyle.org\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lauradoyle.org\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-12T11:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-18T17:17:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/husband-in-midlife-crisis.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Doyle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lauramdoyle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lauramdoyle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Doyle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Doyle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96ba2d9652e0d061581f6148ca656678\"},\"headline\":\"Husband in Midlife Crisis\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-12T11:00:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-18T17:17:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/\"},\"wordCount\":1338,\"commentCount\":94,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96ba2d9652e0d061581f6148ca656678\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/husband-in-midlife-crisis.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Emotional Intimacy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/\",\"name\":\"Husband in Midlife Crisis [#1 Trigger and How to Reverse it]\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/husband-in-midlife-crisis.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-12T11:00:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-18T17:17:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover the hidden reason your husband is behaving badly and learn exactly what to do to quickly put an end to the cold war and get the good times back.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/husband-in-midlife-crisis.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/husband-in-midlife-crisis.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"Husband In Midlife Crisis\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Emotional Intimacy\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/category\/emotional-intimacy\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Husband in Midlife Crisis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Laura Doyle, Best Selling Relationship Books & Coaching\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96ba2d9652e0d061581f6148ca656678\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96ba2d9652e0d061581f6148ca656678\",\"name\":\"Laura Doyle\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/laura-doyle-author.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/laura-doyle-author.jpg\",\"width\":815,\"height\":815,\"caption\":\"Laura Doyle\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"Hi! I'm Laura. New York Times Bestselling Author I was the perfect wife--until I actually got married. When I tried to tell my husband how to be more romantic, more ambitious, and tidier, he avoided me. I dragged him to marriage counseling and nearly divorced him. I then started talking to women who had what I wanted in their marriages and that\u2019s when I got my miracle. The man who wooed me returned. I wrote a few books about what I learned and accidentally started a worldwide movement of women who practice The Six Intimacy Skills\u2122 that lead to having amazing, vibrant relationships. The thing I\u2019m most proud of is my playful, passionate relationship with my hilarious husband John\u2013who has been dressing himself since before I was born.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lauradoyle.org\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lauramdoyle\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lauramdoyle\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/intimacyskills\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/lauramdoyle\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/lauradoyleauthor\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/author\/stmonday\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Husband in Midlife Crisis [#1 Trigger and How to Reverse it]","description":"Discover the hidden reason your husband is behaving badly and learn exactly what to do to quickly put an end to the cold war and get the good times back.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Husband in Midlife Crisis [#1 Trigger and How to Reverse it]","og_description":"Discover the hidden reason your husband is behaving badly and learn exactly what to do to quickly put an end to the cold war and get the good times back.","og_url":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/","og_site_name":"Laura Doyle Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lauradoyle.org\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lauradoyle.org\/","article_published_time":"2016-05-12T11:00:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-18T17:17:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/husband-in-midlife-crisis.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Laura Doyle","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@lauramdoyle","twitter_site":"@lauramdoyle","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura Doyle","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura Doyle","@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96ba2d9652e0d061581f6148ca656678"},"headline":"Husband in Midlife Crisis","datePublished":"2016-05-12T11:00:44+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-18T17:17:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/"},"wordCount":1338,"commentCount":94,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96ba2d9652e0d061581f6148ca656678"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/husband-in-midlife-crisis.jpg","articleSection":["Emotional Intimacy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/","url":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/","name":"Husband in Midlife Crisis [#1 Trigger and How to Reverse it]","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/husband-in-midlife-crisis.jpg","datePublished":"2016-05-12T11:00:44+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-18T17:17:42+00:00","description":"Discover the hidden reason your husband is behaving badly and learn exactly what to do to quickly put an end to the cold war and get the good times back.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/husband-in-midlife-crisis.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/husband-in-midlife-crisis.jpg","width":1200,"height":628,"caption":"Husband In Midlife Crisis"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/husband-in-midlife-crisis\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Emotional Intimacy","item":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/category\/emotional-intimacy\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Husband in Midlife Crisis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/","name":"Laura Doyle, Best Selling Relationship Books & Coaching","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96ba2d9652e0d061581f6148ca656678"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96ba2d9652e0d061581f6148ca656678","name":"Laura Doyle","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/laura-doyle-author.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/laura-doyle-author.jpg","width":815,"height":815,"caption":"Laura Doyle"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"Hi! I'm Laura. New York Times Bestselling Author I was the perfect wife--until I actually got married. When I tried to tell my husband how to be more romantic, more ambitious, and tidier, he avoided me. I dragged him to marriage counseling and nearly divorced him. I then started talking to women who had what I wanted in their marriages and that\u2019s when I got my miracle. The man who wooed me returned. I wrote a few books about what I learned and accidentally started a worldwide movement of women who practice The Six Intimacy Skills\u2122 that lead to having amazing, vibrant relationships. The thing I\u2019m most proud of is my playful, passionate relationship with my hilarious husband John\u2013who has been dressing himself since before I was born.","sameAs":["https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lauradoyle.org\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lauramdoyle\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lauramdoyle\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/intimacyskills\/","https:\/\/x.com\/lauramdoyle","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/lauradoyleauthor"],"url":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/author\/stmonday\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7815"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16964,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7815\/revisions\/16964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7815"},{"taxonomy":"app","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/app?post=7815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}