I was over at Myownwoman's blog yesterday and she had the greatest Utube post on menopause women title Middle Aged Women. Oh my gosh it got me and hubby laughing.....being the youngest of 6 girls and working in a predominantly female profession, I have seen my share of women going through the angsts of menopause. Unfortunately for me, at a spry young age of 46 I fear I have some of those traits/angsts rearing their ugly little heads. I call them "The 3 M's".
M #1 : Memory.....yup.....I now have to write myself lists when I go to the store, when I pick up a box of laundry soap instead of the jug of milk I needed I know I am in trouble.
M #2: Mood......oh dear god if I thought they were bad before......7 days of hell I put myself and my poor hubby through....yup....my moodiness, my tears, my anger....my why the hell can't you take the garbage out mood....yup....7 days, oh where or where did my pleasant self go...or where or where can she be?
M#3: Measurements.....where did they go......my chest use to be.... well on my chest.....my waist...yup I know it's there somewhere.....and my butt....now what happend there?
I want to share a story with you that I think demonstrates what I am talking about when I make reference to my 3 "M's". The other day I went shopping.....M #1, I forgot my list.....yes I went shopping and forgot my list......which of course leads me right to M #2 my mood....I am pissed at myself for forgetting my list....so what does any emotionally unstable menopause woman do...she shops...for what...oh yes.....this now leads into making M#2 worse....she shops for a bra....which of course brings us to M#3. Well M #1 must have stepped in here, because I should have known better, my breasts size have been all over the board since I was a teen....going from a D to an A to a DD to B and now what I thought I was... a C.....still suffering from M #2, I quickly search the racks(no pun intended)and shelves for bras. I can't find what I want....until I finally come accross this one bra...it was white...what I was looking for....it had some nice lace on it...and well it was my size....and the price was right. Feeling happy with my find I purchase the bra without trying it on. Yes silly me, testing all 3 M's at the same time, I know. Well, I didn't try the bra on until a couple of days after I had purchased it. There it was sitting on my dresser, so I thought I better try this thing on, I do....it just didn't feel right....it gave my already pathetic excuse for breasts the look of one of those old 60's wonderbra commercials, they had all weird and distorted look about them, and well the girls just weren't fitting where they were suppose to, it was not a pretty sight.....I thought...what the heck is going on here.....I can't be that far off with my measurements......still having the tag on the bra I look down to see what it says.....guess what I bought.......a Maternity bra........there you have it....all my 3 M's put together.....you know the saying if you don't laugh you will cry.....oh did I laugh.....
Have you ever really looked at the word MENOPAUSE take it apart....MEN O PAUSE....maybe in some sick way our bodies are trying to tell us to take a break from MEN and hence the "O" for No and well Pause, and enjoy your coffee......
Have a great day all!!!
M #1 : Memory.....yup.....I now have to write myself lists when I go to the store, when I pick up a box of laundry soap instead of the jug of milk I needed I know I am in trouble.
M #2: Mood......oh dear god if I thought they were bad before......7 days of hell I put myself and my poor hubby through....yup....my moodiness, my tears, my anger....my why the hell can't you take the garbage out mood....yup....7 days, oh where or where did my pleasant self go...or where or where can she be?
M#3: Measurements.....where did they go......my chest use to be.... well on my chest.....my waist...yup I know it's there somewhere.....and my butt....now what happend there?
I want to share a story with you that I think demonstrates what I am talking about when I make reference to my 3 "M's". The other day I went shopping.....M #1, I forgot my list.....yes I went shopping and forgot my list......which of course leads me right to M #2 my mood....I am pissed at myself for forgetting my list....so what does any emotionally unstable menopause woman do...she shops...for what...oh yes.....this now leads into making M#2 worse....she shops for a bra....which of course brings us to M#3. Well M #1 must have stepped in here, because I should have known better, my breasts size have been all over the board since I was a teen....going from a D to an A to a DD to B and now what I thought I was... a C.....still suffering from M #2, I quickly search the racks(no pun intended)and shelves for bras. I can't find what I want....until I finally come accross this one bra...it was white...what I was looking for....it had some nice lace on it...and well it was my size....and the price was right. Feeling happy with my find I purchase the bra without trying it on. Yes silly me, testing all 3 M's at the same time, I know. Well, I didn't try the bra on until a couple of days after I had purchased it. There it was sitting on my dresser, so I thought I better try this thing on, I do....it just didn't feel right....it gave my already pathetic excuse for breasts the look of one of those old 60's wonderbra commercials, they had all weird and distorted look about them, and well the girls just weren't fitting where they were suppose to, it was not a pretty sight.....I thought...what the heck is going on here.....I can't be that far off with my measurements......still having the tag on the bra I look down to see what it says.....guess what I bought.......a Maternity bra........there you have it....all my 3 M's put together.....you know the saying if you don't laugh you will cry.....oh did I laugh.....
Have you ever really looked at the word MENOPAUSE take it apart....MEN O PAUSE....maybe in some sick way our bodies are trying to tell us to take a break from MEN and hence the "O" for No and well Pause, and enjoy your coffee......
Have a great day all!!!
7 comments:
Yep - I've been dealing with the three dreadful M's - just like you - for nigh on to 15 years now! Lists are not just a way of life for me but also for my daughter Mandy -who at the young age of 32 feels the need to use them too! Let's not even talk about the body and size issues! YUCK!
Oh Yeah! The awful 3M's. You know, of all the things I've lost, it's my mind I miss the most!
Hubby says just because I can't take HRT because of my heart issues, there is absolutely no reason they can't medicate him while I go through it! LOL.........he would be medicated for far too many years! Poor man!
I'm through it, but boy do I remember it! Loved your account you made me LOL!
I can't wait for senility so that the world doesn't bother me so much.
Really funny post, made me laugh and I sure needed that today. You are not alone, I almost always forget my list at home and have a drawer full of bras that don't fit. They are all brand new but stores don't take them back. From now on though, I will try them on before buying. As for the 3M's well sometimes even at 59 i still get symptoms, like bbc says, senility takes care of all that...ciao
"I was searching through the racks (no pun intended).." just made me laugh and laugh.
3 M's indeed, I'm right there with you!
Fun post and boy can I relate. I had a radical hysterectomy at age 30 (20 years ago) so I guess I'll never have a traditional menopause but I still have many of the symptoms. I think memory o pause is a big issue with me. I'll have to check out the video and make sure it's the same one someone emailed me. I could totally relate to the one I got.
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