I’d like a place to discuss the social challenges of aging. Loss of friends, empty nest syndrome. But also positive solutions like volunteering, part-time work, etc. also issues of ageism in society (not just the workplace)

Anonymous wrote:I think new menopause forum should have fallen under a broader midlife category. Or eldercare can go back to “midlife and elder care”. Lots of discussions around retirement (not money related) - mental health, finding purpose, relationships, empty nest, etc

I agree with all of this, love the Midlife Forum idea, except I like Eldercare as its own place. It is such a specific and difficult topic. Most of our parents' parents died much younger and didn't face a lot of eldercare issues. My grandparents all died in their 60s. So my parents gave no thought to what it entails to be old or afford being old. I have had a steep learning curve and a lot of people who go to Eldercare are trying to figure it out. There are a few of us who are happy to share what we have learned.

It's a psychological thing, but I don't like the idea of lumping such a devastating time of life (end of life) in with trying to make Midlife a renewal. Younger people don't get it and pretty much think all of us who have hit 50 are old.

I think new menopause forum should have fallen under a broader midlife category. Or eldercare can go back to “midlife and elder care”. Lots of discussions around retirement (not money related) - mental health, finding purpose, relationships, empty nest, etc

I think menopause should be in health.

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jsteele wrote:What topics would you like to discuss that won't fit in one of the other forums?

Challenges of menopause, for one.

NP. That this is covered in the new forum that appeared after the split of midlife and eldercare. Perimenopause and such.

I would love to see the new Perimenopause forum renamed as Midlife which I think would get more traction than the more narrow current title. Just a thought.

100% agree with a Midlife forum.

I'm the PP.
I think one of the big things that my friends and I are dealing with is how things change (good and bad) when you are faced with or in the Empty nest period--still working, but kids are launched. It isn't about Adult Children, it is about how to find ways to recreate a new sort of life. My DH and I still work, and hopefully will for several more years, but I have friends who feel lost and spend a lot of time torn between fearful of future ILs and desperate for grandkids. There has to be more ideas out there for a rebirth in midlife.

I would think Menopause could be under that heading, but not sure many men are going to go there intentionally with that title.

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jsteele wrote:What topics would you like to discuss that won't fit in one of the other forums?

Friday Night Videos? How it was once acceptable to pull up to someone at a stoplight and ask if they had any mustard? Whether or not Mikey actually liked it?

And did Mikey die from mixing Coke and Pop Rocks?!

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jsteele wrote:What topics would you like to discuss that won't fit in one of the other forums?

Challenges of menopause, for one.

NP. That this is covered in the new forum that appeared after the split of midlife and eldercare. Perimenopause and such.

I would love to see the new Perimenopause forum renamed as Midlife which I think would get more traction than the more narrow current title. Just a thought.

100% agree with a Midlife forum.

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jsteele wrote:What topics would you like to discuss that won't fit in one of the other forums?

Challenges of menopause, for one.

We have a specific menopause forum:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/forums/show/93.page

jsteele wrote:What topics would you like to discuss that won't fit in one of the other forums?

Friday Night Videos? How it was once acceptable to pull up to someone at a stoplight and ask if they had any mustard? Whether or not Mikey actually liked it?

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jsteele wrote:What topics would you like to discuss that won't fit in one of the other forums?

Challenges of menopause, for one.

NP. That this is covered in the new forum that appeared after the split of midlife and eldercare. Perimenopause and such.

I would love to see the new Perimenopause forum renamed as Midlife which I think would get more traction than the more narrow current title. Just a thought.

jsteele wrote:What topics would you like to discuss that won't fit in one of the other forums?

Challenges of menopause, for one.

What topics would you like to discuss that won't fit in one of the other forums?

Fwiw, I’m over 50 and would look at it.

I also miss the Over 50 forum.

Somehow Over 50 morphed into Eldercare, but they certainly aren’t the same set of topics! Or is there some subtle point that this site is really only for folks under 50?