Ladies,
I'm old and confused and can't keep up with all these multiple posts going on, especially those of us who have been just chattin' away getting to know each other! Since this is a meno board tho, I have to mention that if I make it through the end of this month, I'd have been w/o a period for 1 year! I would be in true menopause! Geez, I remember the day when I first got my period and what a fuss my mom made - she told my dad like it was something I accomplished and to be proud about! I even remember my sister buying my first bra! I didn't want to wear a bra - being a tomboy, I wanted to stick to the t-shirts and then my friend's mom told I was now built like a "woman" at age 14 and I hated it!! I didn't want to be a woman, I wanted to be a girl! It sounded so old! Anyway, I've never thought of menopause. It just came on suddenly and now I'm there! Amazing!
here I am in this new post Molly so nicely started !! I am on my lunchbreak and just stopped in and I did read in the other thread , Molly that you said you were going to start another post. So I will answer both of your notes in here as you did in the other one with both of ours. I am tempted to answer them one by one to be honest, as I am kind of methodical like that in answering notes, so my first inclination is to do that, but perhaps it will be less confusing to read this way. At any rate, I will try it this way this time and see if it is better for you guys.
It was nice of you to start a new thread just for chattin', Molly. I think the support "just chattin" gives is very important to traveling the peri road we all find ourselves on.
Speaking of which, I am now envious of more than your hair Molly...soon it will be one year as you said that you have not had your period!! So yes I am very envious of that. I know that you had your own bout with troubles with going thru this peri-crazy time and I thank you again for all your help to those of us going thru it now. Your support and words have been and continue to be a big help to me and I thank you!!
It was interesting to read your memories about when you first got your period and the "fuss" your mom made. Mine did that too and also the first bra thing...it was a big deal!! You said you did not want to wear a bra, whereas I not being a tomboy was the opposite and was pretty excited about it. Most of my friends though were not and were more the way you were feeling. I think the time when we first got our periods is really a lot like when we are stopping them or on the way to stopping them in peri, don't you? I say this as the hormones at both times are all over the place, it is scary as it is different for us at both times and also unknown. But both are perfectly natural and it is just a stage that we go thru. I have never associated meno. with getting old for some reason. Guess I am in denial about that!! LOL!!
From your other post in the other thread you mentioned jury duty, Molly. I know the feeling as I had to go last year. They did call my number but I did not end up having to go so I was happy about that also.
So you have a Yorkie-pom, Molly and Jackie has a Yorkie. Your dogs sound so tiny compared to ours. He is 30 lbs. He is not overweight though but very solid so says the vet too. He runs with my husband and gets a lot of exercise. I have never seen a yorkie-pom and so I will have to look it up. I did have a yorkie, my first dog when I was in high school and as I said she was a sweetie. I think it is great you take her with you when you go out Molly. We love to have our dog with us as much as possible to. I always feel bad when he is at home alone when we are working and he is so excited when we come home. He is going to be 12 and I do not even want to think of losing him. He is really puppy like still though and seems to be doing well, although his hearing is not as good as it used to be. But other than that he is looking good and is very playful ,etc. As I said I do not even want to think about it as he is such a part of our lives. He is quite the character as I have said!!
You are right, Molly that Jackie and I both could probably take less time getting ready if it weren't for fussing on our hair, etc!! LOL!! You mentioned mascara. I usually do not wear it as it inevitably irritates my eyes and therefore contacts. Even ones that are made for sensitive eyes or contact wearers I find do not do the trick. I use other makeup and especially love using lipstick. As far as taking time to get ready though for me I think I just do not give myself enough time so am always rushing.
I see we 3 have something else in common in that Paul was our favorite Beatle. He still is for me!! : ) He turned 63 on June 18th, can't believe that one!! He still looks good though and sounds good. We were fortunate enough to see him 2 years ago when he was in our city and it was an incredible concert!! We had seen him about 10 years earlier and that was the first time. My husband tells me I completely froze when I saw him come out on stage!! I was just awestruck I think. My husband and I are very into all kinds of music and so listen to cds a lot. I did like all the Beatles and still do but yes he was my favorite along with George too. I also shared your love of your favorite Monkee, Jackie.....Davey Jones!! I remember too getting a color tv and being excited to see them..IN COLOR!!
Speaking Music.. you live in Elvis' hometown, Jackie!! Would love to see Graceland. Not that I am a huge Elvis fan although I think he is at the root of a lot of rock n roll and was such an influence but it would be great to tour his place. I do like his real early stuff especially.
Thanks for the tip, Molly on not wearing my contacts all the time so as to prevent dry eye. I really need to get new glasses so when I do take a break from the contacts I can use those, as the ones I have are ancient as I just do not wear them. And regarding Lasik, Jackie...I have been told the same thing you said about the surgery that it is a not a big deal, but for some reason can't get past the fear, but I am like that with a lot of things I think. Not good to be like that I know.
The barbeque was very good and a nice warm day for it. It got very dark and Wizard of Oz looking in the sky later , which is unusual here, and a bit humid, also rare.
I know what you both mean about getting confused with posts. In the other thread that you two have been in with Hellas and Little Amy, and others, I have posted a couple times but I have to admit I get confused with who is who there. I have to at times copy and paste the post and address it as I go along in my note and then erase it. I thought as I said I would try this time to do what you both did in addressing both notes in one but I think it was more confusing to do so!! LOL!! but perhaps and hopefully it won't be when you are reading it.
Thanks again Molly for starting the chattin' thread!! Hope your day is going well.
Hi Molly, glad you started a new one. The other one was getting really long, and you know with this meno-thing, my patience isn't what it used to be! Gosh, that memory of getting your period sure brought that day back to me too. And that was ages ago!
I don't remember my mom in the picture at all, but do remember that my very best friend called me on the phone to tell me she got hers, & then that very same day I got mine. I remember going to her house & sitting in her kitchen, chatting away about it!
I remember the first bra too. A training bra!!! Trained to do what, I haven't got a clue...I'm still waiting for them to grow!!!
Have a good night!
Hellas
Hi girls! I wondered where you guys were, and Hellas told me about this thread. I have been enjoying reading your posts, just now. Well, my period story goes like this..... I was 10 years old and I started on Halloween!!! My parents were out of town and I was staying with our next door neighbors. I had the cramps, but I thought I had a stomach virus or something, and then I saw the blood and I knew what was going on. My mom never talked to me about my period, so I was too embarrassed to tell my neighbor what had happened. I went over to our house to look for something to put on, and all I could find was tampons, and I couldn't figure out how you unrolled those suckers to use them! lol I didn't have a clue, so I just kept putting toilet paper in my pants until my parents came home. Mom didn't have any pads, so she had to fold up a rag and pin it in my panties for school the next day - can you believe that???!!!! Of course back then, in my hometown, stores weren't open on Sunday, so there was no way to get anything until Monday. Remember the old sanitary napkins and belts you had to wear with them? When the pads with the sticky stuff came out, that was truly an innovation! And panty hose as well! I hated those darn garter belts. Also, I always had cramps really bad, lots of times I would lay in bed in pure agony - until I got on bcp's. That cleared my acne up and my cramps, but they made me gain weight too. Always got to be a down side - doesn't there?
As far as a bra, I developed early, started wearing one in the fourth grade. I remember getting my first training bra then, and I would sit in class kind of humped over so no one could tell that I had breasts! Too funny
Well, its late, and I'd better get my shower and get into bed. Glad that Hellas told me where you were.
Oh - RMC, yes - I have been to Elvis' house once - but only about five years ago. It's something else! We had a big world-wide meeting for our company and had reps from many companies, and we stayed in downtown Memphis, and a tour of Graceland was the entertainment for one night. I wasn't a big Elvis fan in his later years, but my cousin and our best friend had tickets to see him when he died, and they didn't get to see him. They were so disappointed! His ranch where he and Pricilla spent their honeymoon is only about 5 miles from my house and I pass it all the time.
Ok - you all have to tell me where you all live. Gives me more insight on all of you, and I can get a better picture in my head. (something has to be in there, cuz my brain sure isn't!)
Hey ladies,
Wasn't around posting yesterday much because I had to go into jury duty! Ugh! Have to go into today too! I find stuff like this so much of as imposition - in fact, I find anything that I don't care to do these days, incl. dr. appts. such an imposition!
To answer questions from the other post. I live in Calif. Can you guys guess which city? Also, my baby's is 11, will be 12 later this yr. Her name is Kiwi. She isn't all that tiny either. When she was a pup, she weighed 4# at 4 mos. old. She averaged 7.5# for the longest and recent years she averages 8.5 to 9.2#. She has the hair coloring like a yorkie, but the thickness of the hair is like a pom - she isn't puffy like a pom tho - I keep her in a puppy cut. She doesn't shed, doesn't smell even. Actually, best of both breeds. She is obedient trained, did agility, and also passed her Good Canine Citizen test so how's that for bragging?
Jackie, you had your period really early. My mom insisted that I had it at 10 too but I think she is confusing me w/my sister. I remember it was when I was in jr. high. I think I was 13 or 14. I was always a lot "slower" than my sister. Even tho we are only a yr apart in age, she was always at least a head taller, seem to know more than I did. I felt dumber, more naive but I was more athletic! LOL!
Yes, I do definitely remember the pads and the belt, and when pantyhose first came out! Remember fish net stockings? I can't believe I used to wear those with go-go boots! What a dork! LOL! I was actually a "nothing" in school - not popular, not homely, not with the jocks, not with the bad boys or anything. Just part of the furniture IMO! LOL! But, I did hang out with a lot of guys and played vollyball, basketball, softball, skateboarding! Went to my jr. high dance with 9 guys! Kinda still like that w/me now. Have lots of men friends - moreso than women!
RMC, I was in Hawaii with friends actually driving to Black Diamond Beach where Elvis filmed some of his movies when we heard he died that day. Think it was 1976 or something. I wasn't ever an Elvis fan either. Think b/c we were much younger. I also like the BeeGees - more so now than when I was younger. I really like the singing voice of Robin Gibbs - songs like Massachusetts. I also went disco dancing and was actually pretty good at it too! I still like upbeat disco music. In fact, when first got myself to work out a little after going thru my bad peri time, I started with dancing around with disco music! It was like I had to exert all the internal shaking and the tingling left foot stuff outta me!
And Hellas, nice to see you here too! So, you're giving me the impression that you not too big chested?! Well, don't even think having bigger breasts are all that great! They get in the way, they bounce, a royal pain in the butt if you ask me! I really don't understand women who want implants - esp. the young girls that are into it these days! Guess we're just never satisfied, are we?
Well, ladies, got to go and get ready now to hit the road. Plus, don't want this post to be too long either!
My parents were out of town and I was staying with our next door neighbors. I had the cramps, but I thought I had a stomach virus or something, and then I saw the blood and I knew what was going on. My mom never talked to me about my period, so I was too embarrassed to tell my neighbor what had happened. I went over to our house to look for something to put on, and all I could find was tampons, and I couldn't figure out how you unrolled those suckers to use them! lol I didn't have a clue, so I just kept putting toilet paper in my pants until my parents came home. Mom didn't have any pads, so she had to fold up a rag and pin it in my panties for school the next day - can you believe that???!!!! Of course back then, in my hometown, stores weren't open on Sunday, so there was no way to get anything until Monday. Remember the old sanitary napkins and belts you had to wear with them? When the pads with the sticky stuff came out, that was truly an innovation! And panty hose as well! I hated those darn garter belts. Also, I always had cramps really bad, lots of times I would lay in bed in pure agony - until I got on bcp's. That cleared my acne up and my cramps, but they made me gain weight too. Always got to be a down side - doesn't there?
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