It’s my birthday on Thursday. I know we’re all meant to be positive about ageing but let’s be honest, the whole managed decline vibe is pretty depressing. Especially as a woman. I know that’s a bad thing to say but c’mon … Weird things start happening to you in your late forties.
The peri-menopause is the gift that no-one asked for, proving that Mother Nature is a massive mean girl and no sister. It’s quite a biological achievement to have a hot flush during the night during a cold snap. There may be an ambient temperature of minus five yet there you are, burning up, tossing and turning, flinging various limbs out from under the duvet which then freeze to the point where they might snap off.
