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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP — ask for this to be moved to the menopause forum. You’ll get tons of input. Much will be good. [/quote]

Yall are making menopause sound horrible I’m scared [/quote]

I'm in no way invalidating what other women are feeling, but I can't relate. My children are a great joy and I love them dearly, but I always had a full life outside them too. On top of my day job I spend a ton of time traveling with friends, running half marathons, caring for my community via church and volunteer orgs, working on projects I feel are worthwhile and a good use of my talents. I have always been a "builder" who finds it very satisfying to build stuff be it a community, a family, a career, athletic ability, a side project, whatever. And since I've been amicably divorced since my kids were in elementary school, I have the free time and free will to do all these things.[/quote]

Op. I have a life outside family and always have. Once out of HS I was basically on my own and Built my life myself. Now that I’ve had “family life” as adult and in a more positive way than I did as a kid, I treasure it. This is what makes me most happy. Not work. Not exercising. Not crafts or hobbies. All of which I do. But it’s not my joy.

And again, it’s not just the “empty nest.”

As for menopause, I can only speak to myself and some of my friends, for whom it has been universally horrible. Truly truly horrible. But my mother, for example, said she experienced nothing like I am. So who knows what it will be for each person. [/quote]

Why not adopt more kids or become a foster mom?[/quote]

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