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#WDNCW @dabbe

We do not care that we had a hysterectomy almost three years ago and are supposed to not be having menopausal symptoms anymore. Weird facial growths, chin hairs, EAR HAIRS!!! 😱, crepey skin, saggy skin, hot flashes (still), and banging into things because we're so damn clumsy (and now we bruise too easily)--nah--we just do not care. Luckily our hubby doesn't care what we look like anymore, either. #aging #notforthefaintofheart

Aims42 Love this hashtag so much! It‘s just what we needed 🤗 #Whocares 1w

LiseWorks 🤣🤣 1w

dabbe @Aims42 #whocares #indeedy 😂🤗😍 1w

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lil1inblue Ear hairs?!?! #isthiswhatihavetolookforwardto Random question since we're on the weird symptom subject: Has anyone else developed tinnitus? Also, itchy dry ears? #ifeellikeihavelostmymind #butistilldonotcare 1w

Suet624 😂😂😂 1w

mcctrish Youth is wasted on the young imo 1w

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue yes. Both. 1w

TheBookHippie If it helps I still have symptoms…. 17 years later…. 1w

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 1w

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie It feels weird to say thank you, but thank you! Every day, I'm wondering what the actual fuck is happening to me! 🙃🫠 1w

mcctrish @lil1inblue I woke up in the night last week with one ear so itchy for so long I wanted to stab myself 1w

Prairiegirl_reading @lil1inblue yes! Tinnitus and itchy ears are both symptoms of peri/menopause. 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks 🤩😍🤩 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue OMG! Don't get me started on my ears ... though I also have eczema inside both of them! I can't tell you the number of prescribed medications I have tried; all bring little relief. I have battled this for 30 years. And it's gotten WORSE since menopause. Couple soothing tips: Aquaphor/vaseline (just on the outer skin layers); mineral oil works well, too, and is fast-absorbing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Suet624 😂😍😂 1w

dabbe @mcctrish I couldn't agree more! 🎯🩵🎯 1w

dabbe @mcctrish Oh, don't get me started on what I have stuck in my ears to itch them. My favorite is the cap on a Bic ballpoint pen. Seriously. 1w

dabbe @Prairiegirl_reading Boy, are they! 🎯🩵🎯 1w

Sace I feel your pain! 1w

dabbe @Sace 🩵🎯🩵 1w

marleed Not for the faint of heart - for sure! 1w

dabbe @marleed 🩵🎯🩵 1w

Mimi28 So those are symptoms of perimenopause? I just thought I was weird, lol. My primary care doctor fired my pain clinic doctor and wants me to see his spine specialist. He‘s funny I kind of have a crush on him. 1w

Lesliereadsalot Was it Mae West said getting old ain‘t for sissies? I‘m sure Matt only sees the girl he married. @mcctrish Your comment made me laugh out loud. 1w

dabbe @Mimi28 Yay for the primary care doctors! And yes, those are just a FEW of the symptoms. #ugh 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Aww, thanks! 😘 And I bet I know which @mcctrish comment made you laugh. I spit out some of my drink. 😂😍😂 1w

AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼🤭👌🏼💝. 1w

lil1inblue @mcctrish @dabbe @thebookhippie Thanks for confirming that I'm not nuts! There's times where my ears itch so bad, I feel like there's bugs in them. I also appreciate the tips, Denise! 1w

melissajayne Are you still doing #tlt? 1w

dabbe @melissajayne I am; I'm just behind because I just got back from vacation. I'll see if I can put something together today. If not ... definitely next week! 🩵💙🩵 7d

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Jen2

Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing | Abigail Thomas

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Delightful

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Cathythoughts

The Weekend | Charlotte Wood

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I really enjoyed this one. Three women friends get together to sort out a deceased friend‘s house. The women‘s relationship is real and complicated.. ‘ It was all this lying, all the unspoken things that suffocated…‘
I must read more by Charlotte Wood, I was never inclined to read Stone Yard , but I will now. Love her writing. Thankyou @andrew61 for your review, it got me reading this book.

CarolynM Lovely review. I enjoyed this one too. I haven‘t got to Stone Yard Devotional yet but I know a lot of people who have loved it. I also know a few people who hated

Natural Way of Things

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Cathythoughts @CarolynM I see. I‘ll have to try Natural Way , I‘m curious about her now. 👍🏻❤️ 3mo

Tamra I am really anxious to read Stone Yard. I recall listening to The Weekend and I can remember the character development was good, but yet I gave it a so-so review. Is this the one with the old dog? 🥹 3mo

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Cathythoughts @Tamra Yes the one with the old dog.. he is referred to as a ‘security blanket‘ .. I liked that. I really enjoyed the book. Like her writing. 3mo

Tamra @Cathythoughts that made me sad! 😢 3mo

Cathythoughts @Tamra Yes, there was a sadness about it… Fin was his name ❤️💔 3mo

squirrelbrain Great review! I think I bought this on Kindle after loving SYD. 🤔 (But I haven‘t read it, of course!) 3mo

Cathythoughts @squirrelbrain Thanks Helen. I‘m looking forward to trying Stone Yard and Natural Way 👍🏻❤️ 3mo

LeahBergen Great review, Cathy! 😘 3mo

andrew61 Glad you enjoyed it Cathy. We will be discussing it in my reading group this week and I am anticipating a good discussion. 3mo

Centique I really enjoyed this one too. Stone Yard Devotional is so different - very introspective - but again her character development is excellent. I really think you will like it as well! 3mo

Cathythoughts @LeahBergen Thanks Leah 😘 3mo

Cathythoughts @andrew61 Oh that should be an interesting discussion! Enjoy. 3mo

Cathythoughts @Centique Thanks Paula, character development really makes it for me 👍🏻❤️ 3mo

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Deblovestoread

When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple | Sandra Martz

New to me word. Love purple and love the description.

#WeirdWordWednesday

@CBee

TheLudicReader I once had a violet kitchen. 4mo

CBee My favorite color as a kid! And I LOVE that poem 😊 4mo

Melismatic This is me! 💜 4mo

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PirateJenny

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life | Sharon Blackie

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I really wanted to love this. I do love the term hagitude and I am finally embracing my cronehood. But there was too much psychology and not enough mythology for me. And then the author states that there should be gathering places for women who were born as women, basically saying that it's OK to exclude trans folx in certain cases. So yeah, not great. We don't all need the exact same experience to relate.

Soscha Wowed the cover though. 4mo

PirateJenny @Soscha yeah it's a great cover and I love the chapter opener illustrations. 4mo

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GingerAntics

Keep Moving: And Other Tips and Truths About Aging | Dick Van Dyke, Todd Gold

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Somehow, listening to Dick Van Dyke read his book is just as calming and soothing as watching him on TV. It must be his voice. There is just something about his general happiness that makes you feel happy, too. He just generally makes you feel like, eventually, everything is going to be alright. That‘s so vital at the moment, the ability to have a little hope.
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GingerAntics I already loved him, but now I just love him even more. Also, him grading all the major events in his life is just priceless. #DickVanDyke #KeepMoving #adore #priceless #hope #readbytheauthor 4mo

TheBookHippie I need to read this! 4mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie HIGHLY recommend!!! 4mo

AnnCrystal 💖💖💖. 4mo

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GingerAntics

Keep Moving: And Other Tips and Truths About Aging | Dick Van Dyke, Todd Gold

This man sat next to MLK when asked by a friend if he would help MLK while he was in LA. When asked if he was worried about getting shot sitting bet to MLK, he joked he‘d lean to the left. He also said, it wouldn‘t be so bad dying for a good cause. He said, in hindsight, he would have been sorry he didn‘t also get to be there to stand up for Mariah‘s equality later in life.
#DickVanDyke #KeepMoving #equality #hate

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GingerAntics

Keep Moving: And Other Tips and Truths About Aging | Dick Van Dyke, Todd Gold