“Person you never wanted to be”: Mona Vetsch speaks openly about midlife crisis – and reveals new hobby

The popular radio and television presenter Mona Vetsch (49) is doing things in her middle age that would not have been possible for her before. The highlight of her summer was the purchase of a garden shed.

Middle age is a difficult time, says Vetsch in the “Sonntagsblick” from her own experience. “You have children to look after.” You and your partner reach a point where you have to consider: can we still be a couple after the children are over? “You become more susceptible to illness,” says the Thurgau native.

In the middle of your working life, you see yourself in middle age, you have to step on the gas again to keep going or start something completely new. And suddenly your own parents become more needy. “That’s why we middle-aged people are called the sandwich generation. “There’s pressure from all sides,” says Vetsch.

«Totally found» in gardening

She is currently touring Switzerland with her stage partner Tom Gisler, who is the same age as her. Vetsch can also see positive aspects of this phase of life. “You do things that would never have been an option before. When you reach middle age, you become the person you never wanted to be,” jokes Vetsch.

They bought and furnished a garden shed. That was the highlight of the summer. As a young person, she would have laughed if someone had predicted that she would one day have a garden and read gardening magazines. Gisler confirmed that he and Vetsch had “completely found each other” in gardening.

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