Trifecta anyone? Teens, needy/challenging elderly parents and peri menopause/menopause

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP and PPs, I finally made it to the other side though not easy. Thinking of all of you and wishing you truly the very best on this journey. Please come here to vent when you need to - there are village of DCUMers here to offer support.

xoxo

Seconding this. Spent several years in the hell of sandwich generation stress. Parents are gone now and menopause is over and life is MUCH calmer. It will get easier, but not without going through the storm first. Hang in there!

I found great comfort and advice on this board when I was really in the weeds, so just echoing the pp's support.

Thank you both for providing some rays of hope. It feels endless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is my life too OP and my (sagging) butt is completely kicked. I honestly understand now those women who quit it all to become yoga teachers at 45. I’ll add the challenge of homeownership to this list of things that have us maxed in our 40s. Getting some repairs done wouldn’t be a big hassle if we weren’t already drowning with the demands of teens and aging parents. I also now understand people whose homes start to fall into borderline disrepair and later as retirees have the bandwidth to keep the house looking cute again.

Me too. I have no bandwidth for keeping up the house. Also my mind is not functioning right and I don't have dementia. I just have way too much to think about.