Category: Menopause
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Mid-life Wedding Accessories
The other night, after I thought I heard the front door slam, it occurred to me that there’s really no point in discussing the dresses we choose for our midlife weddings if we don’t spend at least a few minutes considering a topic that is nearly as significant, if not quite as fun: finding just…
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Happy You Near!
The kids had a spirited debate about irony in the car the other day (which was ironic, since the Actual Ghost in the Car didn’t bother to participate). While they bantered cleverly, it struck me that their conversation would be the perfect lead-in to my New Year’s post, but because I am old, I promptly…
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Sidebar: Wrecks and the Bitchy, Cont.
By Reason of Insanity Phew. I don’t know about you, but I’m still a bit of a wreck since the last blog post. It’s one thing to do something wrong and be called out for it. But it’s an entirely different thing, a whole damned nother, to be accused of something you not only haven’t…
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Sidebar: Wrecks and the Bitchy
It’s that time of year in New York City when women slip out of their Manolos and in and out of consciousness, the sky over Barneys turning a heathery shade of gray, and while this has nothing at all to do with buying a dress for our midlife wedding, I couldn’t help but wonder: why…
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We’re Off to Buy a Blue Dress!
We join our family in the middle of its journey from the confounding boutiques of Pittsburgh, past the many byways and Subways of Pennsyltucky, to the bazaars of the King of Prussia on the banks* of Philadelphia. *PNC and Wells Fargo, mostly, but I think there’s a First National ATM near the food court. One…
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Today, We Buy a Blue Dress!
Among the many things that bugged me about Pittsburgh when we moved here in 2001 is that it’s nearly impossible to find your way around unless you were born in it. For instance, the way a Pittsburgher gives directions is to use landmarks that no longer exist (Turn right where the Isaly’s used to be),…
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Dress Mid-Life for the Imperfect Finding of your Wedding or Something, cont.
Part Whatever I can’t help but feel that I’ve let you down. By now, you’ve probably found yourself a wedding outfit that not only suits, but also fits you; with my luck, it even makes you feel good about yourself. I’m sorry. But listen: in case there’s a ghost of a chance* that you could…
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SIDEBAR: Medical Science
I bought a bottle of coconut aminos today. I know what you’re thinking (because I scored 32 out of 36 on that “Understanding People’s Emotions” quiz that blazed through my news feed yesterday): you’re thinking: Amigos? Could she have meant coconut amigos, like in that episode of Friends where flashback Rachel had a lesbian moment…
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Finding the Imperfect Dress for Your Mid-Life Wedding
Part Three From the Desk of the President of Meanopause Hello, friends! We hope these warm greetings reach to you in a happy autumnal setting this five and twentieth day of this month! Also reaching your happy family with the hand outstretched! In the sadder vein of the moment, we are sorrowful to learn of…
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Finding the Imperfect Dress for Your Mid-Life Wedding, cont.
Part Two What do you mean, my blog is late? When I said “tune in tomorrow,” I distinctly saw you think to me that you thought you had a “thing” tomorrow (which, by now, is yesterday). What I am is not late, but considerate: I kept you from spending even a minute having to feel…
Heather Aronson 