This blog is to document the things my husband says about life, parenthood, marriage etc. He's your typical a-typical modern man with a sensitive side. The quarterlife crisis is a period of life following the major changes of adolescence, usually ranging from the late teens to the early thirties, in which a person begins to feel doubtful about their own lives, brought on by the stress of becoming an adult. The term was coined by analogy with mid-life crisis.