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I’m Watching a Midlife Crisis Unfold in Real Time

It’s both amusing and very, very sad

4 min readSep 4, 2026

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This is your daily reminder that I have the best dog ever.

She has finally caught up on her beauty rest, and now she wakes up every morning and chooses violence.

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I kept that rope over many many years, just in case. Look at the ham hocks on that thing.

Have you ever played tug with a pitbull?

You will lose.

You may also be beaten to death with the rope.

It turns out that Pearl also has a bad case of “melting dog syndrome”.

If touched by even one drop of rain, she will immediately turn around and come back in.

We’re having thunderboomers. Work is just going to have to wait.

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Requesting backup.

I was doing things in my boss’s office while he’s gone and I discovered a set of Invisalign teeth straighteners on his desk.

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Bev Potter
Bev Potter

Written by Bev Potter

Legal secretary by day, humor writer by night. I have a BA and an MA. I write about health, culture, and things that make you think.