A recent survey has revealed that 25 per cent of Indians reveal they have been unfaithful to their established partners with a colleague. The trend is particularly catching up in Kolkata (35 per cent), Delhi (32 per cent) and Mumbai (35 per cent) — highlighting a majorly unspoken aspect of the mid-life crisis of corporate employees, according to the survey conducted by Gleeden, an extra-marital dating app.

Contemplating it will never happen to us does not always mean it will not. From securing a top-notch role at a leading corporation to suddenly questioning life choices — love, marriage, relationships — mid-life crisis hit us differently and often without any realisation. While everybody pictures motionless, calm lives full of happiness and laughter going forward, balancing our career and our partner’s tantrums starts becoming burdensome one fine day — indicating that we have arrived at our mid-life crisis.

Usually beginning with questioning every single choice of us — profession, selecting our partner, falling in love, tying the knot, everything becomes a choice of black and white. The relationships that once felt like blooming roses and flying butterflies begin to feel like a choking constraint. Working delayed hours becomes the new norm; once spending the majority of the day at the office with colleagues becomes the immediate circle of friends, growing attraction to that fine individual soon begins to feel like a break from reality.