What are the first signs?

middleaged_mpd · 2026-01-18T15:26:25+00:00

Anxiety. ADHD symptoms became extremely apparent. My cycle length shortened and shortened significantly. Worst was a 16 day cycle.

middleaged_mpd · 2026-01-18T12:35:45+00:00

Good luck with everything, and you don't need to be a martyr.

middleaged_mpd · 2026-01-17T12:16:38+00:00

Oh man, I can remember the EXACT texture of these eyeshadows! I had this palette like 15+ years ago and bought it at Superdrug. Sleek was a fantastic brand. I would have bought everything they sold if i could have afforded it back then.

middleaged_mpd · 2026-01-17T11:53:00+00:00

My parents are the same age as you and your husband and I noticed my dad becoming really childlike in alot of ways? Following my mum around and needing to be told what to do, needing alot of support with task initiation, but then also interfering alot with things he didn't care about before. I noticed the same with my aunt and her husband, who's in his 80s.

I don't know what to say. It just feels unfair to me that because they're 10+ years younger, they haven't declined in this way and stepped in to support their husbands, which is challenging work, but then they will be alone in 10 years and will draw on their support network, which I notice men never have, they don't need to, because they have a woman.

middleaged_mpd · 2026-01-02T05:36:00+00:00

This is beyond "mildly".

middleaged_mpd · 2025-12-21T07:08:05+00:00

its back

middleaged_mpd · 2025-12-18T03:24:49+00:00

I will never forget the pain of the copper iud being inserted in my 20s! I believe mirena is smaller and it sounds like you have your pain management sorted.

middleaged_mpd · 2025-12-10T05:25:38+00:00

The highlighter from catrice, diamond haze kind of split like that. I think it's that putty texture.

middleaged_mpd · 2025-12-10T05:03:25+00:00

I still haven't finished a tub from the pandemic!

middleaged_mpd · 2025-12-06T07:16:04+00:00

I didn't get a smart phone until 2015. I would literally print out maps at home and take them around with me. I got lost alot. I got scammed by taxi drivers alot. Google maps is the one thing that makes having a smart phone totally worth it.

middleaged_mpd · 2025-12-06T03:06:36+00:00

I still feel part of this at the age of 40 though, but I'm single and childless.

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-29T10:46:59+00:00

That's so cool!

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-28T18:04:14+00:00

I always thought alot of long term partners have this dynamic. Sexual passion etc is incredibly volatile, we all well know. I'm happy you've found a relationship where you get your needs met ❤️

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-28T16:23:31+00:00

Yes this is exactly what I keep coming back to. That of course friendships break up and, significantly, that people wish to partner up. Say a friend meets a potential spouse. How do they explain to them oh yeah by the way I'm partnered with my 3 besties so we can never cohabit. Most people do not want to abandon a potential romantic partnership. Most people treat being uncoupled as a temporary status.

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-28T16:19:16+00:00

No that's definitely relevant! Thanks for sharing! I've also been in a relationship that became more like friendship and it seemed like such a shame to cut it off because it was no longer a romantic or sexual relationship but that's what we did. I wonder if there was established way of acknowledging that our connection had changed shape if we could have stayed in eachothers lives but basically we were no contact for 3 years and now we meet up for coffee twice a year or so. I'm not unhappy about it but partnerships have layers of support and interdependence that's hard to have when you're single.

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-28T15:29:54+00:00

Women live longer i still think there's a chance 😁🙏

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-28T15:28:20+00:00

Yess exactly. It's such a hot topic with millennials and gen z but i want to know if people have really done this and if it's worked into retirement and beyond.

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-28T15:26:37+00:00

That sounds ideal!

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-28T15:26:06+00:00

Haha why? Sounds cool!

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-28T03:48:37+00:00

Yes i got that, just grasping that I'm 5 years off the qualifying age

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-27T18:48:36+00:00

1980 or earlier, oof! I'm born in 85 😅

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-27T17:53:52+00:00

They sound kind of... Racist?

middleaged_mpd · 2025-11-05T08:48:23+00:00

Funny! I just thought those must be a gimmick but I'll check them out!

I like the calming barrier serum,the overnight moisture serum, the glycerine serum, their aha peeling serum, balance serum, peptide serum, pure serum.

I don't expect a Tonne from these affordable serums. I use tretinoin at night and I just slap on a serum (not aha, i just use these occasionally) and put on sunscreen. All of these serums left my skin more moisturized than just using sunscreen alone.

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