Wife abducted by aliens

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And replaced by a doppelganger I think. She/it has started drinking fruit tea (formerly appalled by the idea), dyeing her hair (only a shade but always said she never would) and feeling like sex in the afternoon (previously only at night, in bed after a cup of proper tea and 20 pages of crime fiction). Small things I grant you but very out of character and they're starting to add up, she'll be liking romcoms next.
But it's possible that an extraterrestrial explanation is over-dramatic - anyone else experience this sort of thing on hitting their 40s..?

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It often happens when you reach a certain age and think "fuck it, life's too short".

I'm getting a drum kit soon, DC are killing themselves laughing at the idea.

Most peculiar.

Make the most of the afternoons while it lasts!!

Having an affair?

I think we establish ideas about ourselves based on trivial things (eg I hate fruit tea, I’ll never dye my hair) and cling on to them during our 20s and 30s partly from habit and partly because we worry that we’ll look stupid if we suddenly change our minds about those things. Then when you hit your 40s you don’t give a fuck! You realise it’s not the end of the world if someone raises an eyebrow at your tea, or because you’re going running or listening to something different. And you also realise there’s a lot of years left and you can’t limit yourself like that because you’re potentially missing out on a lot. A mid-life crisis doesn’t have to be a dramatic reinvention and upheaval. It can be as simple as “actually I do like baking” when you’d always made a big thing about hating it. And it’s quite brave! Because people (like you) do notice, and do comment, and do feel threatened by it...

Enjoy the afternoons and ignore the rest?..

Some wise words above ( don't know how to quote posts). Our girls think it's all quite funny (less familiar with the sex part obviously), in fact it was no.2 daughter who first said "when you've finished experimenting on our mother, please return her to us."

Just remember she isn’t just mum, she isn’t just a wife, she’s a human in her own right and doesn’t owe anyone any particular version of herself.

I've changed massively in the last few years (I'm 46), I'm avoiding the phrase 'midlife crisis' and calling it 'fuck-it 40's' instead but there's definitely been some reassessment of my likes, interests and opinions and DH has at times looked at me like I'm an alien being so maybe it is alien abduction rather than perimenopause as I'd previously assumed

Trying to find out who she actually is. Not just mum/wife/daughter etc.

I like 'fuck-it 40s' She's always been a creature of habit but maybe more surprises are in store.

There is often a surge of interest in your 40s before the menopause hits and for some slams the door firmly shut 😳

Make the most of it!