TL;DR: Every man realizes, eventually, that no woman can give him true happiness. Only he has the power to do that.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2056379/The-new-mid-life-crisis-Todays-men-seek-thrills-boys-adventures-Now-meet-women-leave-behind.html

This article is about the way men in their 40s and 50s are taking on adrenaline-inducing adventures, creating a new market in the travel business. This is a great example of men following their dreams after they have gone through the deal society sold them- being happy after having stable jobs and marriage- only to find that happiness is not the product they are buying but the discount to lure them into a shitty deal. Look how the narrative describes these men as some sort of immature man-child,

‘It’s such an anti-climax for him,’ Jacquie says. ‘As a family, we look forward to it being over, so we can return to some sort of normality. But Mark is always wiped out and miserable. It feels like normal family life just isn’t enough for him — we’re not exciting enough.’ Yeah honey, slaving in a nine-to-five for you to stay at home and do laundry and then coming home only to listen to your complaints about your normal life is very exciting for me. . The fact that these 'socially-successful' men are going on these adventures in drove shows that all men eventually come to the conclusion that no woman is worth sacrificing the dreams of their lives over.