Heinz Strunk understands something about unhappiness: His new book is a sadly comical story about the embarrassment of a middle-aged man looking for love.
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Christian Mayer
For all men in the middle of their life who are just wondering what has become of them, why they feel they can never find the right words for their latent dissatisfaction, there is now a little consolation: You are not alone with their annoyance at failed marriages or stalled careers. According to a recently published international study by the economist David G. Blanchflower, the age at which people are statistically the most unhappy has now been established: 47. According to the study, women reach this low point a little earlier, while men suffer more intensely in their late forties – and it is not uncommon for this phase of life to end with a theatrical attempt to break out. You want to run away so much. Especially in front of yourself.