So, it's official. Even butch lesbians have pre menopause. And yes, this will bring the most craggy, hard core, 501 wearing, keychain hanging from the belt tabs, Doc Marten shoe shining, black T shirt, dog loving, uber butch to her knees. And I'm not talking about me. I would never wear a keychain hanging below my shirt level. I can barely remember where I left my keys, the most recent embarassing moment coming after my first visit to the dreaded 3rd floor OB Gyn department. Left the doctors office, patted myself down - wallet in back right pocket, cellphone in front right pocket...where's my keys??? A call to the front office turns up the missing set - I don't know what two of the keys are. But on the assumption that I will arrive at a door one day and one of these unknowns will unlock it, I'm gonna keep them right there.
But now I'm getting phone calls while I'm shopping at Trader Joe's saying 'where's your latest blog on the menopause, I need your blog, what are you doing shopping while we wait for you to blog???' I think it's time to blow the lid off this thing. Wait...what could I possibly write on this topic that has not been written before? Menopause, pre-menopause, menopausal homicidal tendencies, suicidal tendencies, matricidal tendencies, being horny 24 hours a day, rage, frustration, bone density, calcium deficiencies, the benefits of being a little chubby, the benefits of being a little thinner....
yuck...I am sick of it already and I've only just begun...
Suffice it to say that my Mum misled me. She told me she barely noticed hers. Well, excuse me, but my memory is that the whole thing terrified her because she saw it as the end of being a 'real' woman, and perhaps the gin and tonic had something to do with the memory lapses. My mum is dead, and so this blog can't hurt her feelings. I adored her, by the way. I'm just extremely bothered by the whole thing - and that we haven't solved this yet. If men had men o pause - there'd be no money for the war on Iraq, it'd all be invested in research to bring this vicious attack on masculinity to an end.
A bit like the feminist poster of old showing a pregnant man with the slogan 'If men could get pregnant, abortion would be available on demand'.
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