Wisco

That's awful. You'd do the same thing other grads would do. Your career might be shorter that's all.

I'm 40 and just started my Master's this fall. I'm working full time in the field and planning to take one, maybe two, classes a semester. The program isn't geared towards non-traditional students, in fact I might be my advisor's first in 20 years of teaching. He's supportive but has also let me know, in a positive way, that the expectations won't be any lower for me. I appreciate the challenge, even if I've already had a few mini breakdowns this semester! It will get easier. Or it won't, but I'm going to finish anyway. Your start might be later but it's not that late. I talked to a professor before I applied (different program) and she said no colleague she knew of would ever consider 40 too late for grad school.