tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post9111164254384616685..comments2023-10-11T13:36:40.615+01:00Comments on menopausaloldbag (MOB): Pollyanna and God preserve us from her.menopausaloldbag (MOB)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-5852405844640768182008-07-09T12:56:00.000+01:002008-07-09T12:56:00.000+01:00Ah SB - perhaps it is because I am so small that I...Ah SB - perhaps it is because I am so small that I needed a large nom-de-plume so that people would notice me. I could think of no one better to be first on my list for a night out so you can bank on that, along with so many others that I have come to know of late. Thank you for your generous comments from someone I admire so very much.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-71830204981431162152008-07-09T12:02:00.000+01:002008-07-09T12:02:00.000+01:00MOB, as writers go, nobody is more honest or inter...MOB, as writers go, nobody is more honest or interesting than you. I only have one wee gripe, why did you move your abbreviated nom-de-plume from small case to caps? I liked wee mob so much. ;-(Stinking Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577508577062044906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-84188039721467992182008-07-09T11:01:00.000+01:002008-07-09T11:01:00.000+01:00Jules - better late than never but I did have a bo...Jules - better late than never but I did have a boss who used to say ‘better never than late’ when I handed him my monthly report long after he demanded it – he was a bit of a tit so I enjoyed pushing his hot buttons. He was a dreadful old bully who made our lives a misery and eventually suffered from a big but non fatal heart attack that forced him into early retirement. I like to think that I had something to do with that. However, I digress. <BR/><BR/>Luckily I do not suffer from the hot flushes, (or Flashes as Americans call them), but I am truly grateful for your kind suggestion. I have now loaded myself up with fish oil, starflower oil, evening primrose oil, every soy product that I can get my hands on, black cohash, red clover, my double dose HRT and of course I shall promptly nip out and purchase your suggestion too. I am of course now so busy taking tablets and oils that I have no time whatsoever to do anything else of use with my life. So even when my mood improves, no one will notice as all you can see is my arse hanging out of a cupboard as I search for my next fix from the plethora of magical potions within it.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-84218277518268434452008-07-09T08:44:00.000+01:002008-07-09T08:44:00.000+01:00Okay, I know I'm coming onto this a bit (uh...... ...Okay, I know I'm coming onto this a bit (uh...... hugely) late, but I've been off on holidays. And you are up to 87!!! comments. Well 88 now.<BR/><BR/>Loved the rant. In fact you are the Rant Queen in my book. The concealed knife-carrying Ranting Queen! Who is good at math. Sheesh! Who could ask for more?<BR/><BR/>You can sit by me, with your concealed weapons and giant fan, any day.<BR/><BR/>And on that note..... have you ever tried something called Meno-Ease? It's a bunch of herbs in a nifty pill that has knocked my hot flashesand mood swings out the window. I love them! I used to get them- the hot flashes not the pills- every 15 minutes or so..... all day and night. But the minute I took these babies.... poof!...... no more Me-The-Furnace..... unless I stop/forget to take them that is. Then the results are scary.<BR/><BR/>All right. Stepping off my soap box now.<BR/><BR/>Carry on.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04806397014770044851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-39339579121139448652008-07-08T18:54:00.000+01:002008-07-08T18:54:00.000+01:00Oh by the way, the deleted comment was just one of...Oh by the way, the deleted comment was just one of mine as blogger posted the same comment twice so I just deleted it. Nothing juicy or inflammatory from an aggrieved Life Coach.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-14283125233249070112008-07-08T18:52:00.000+01:002008-07-08T18:52:00.000+01:00Suszysoo - welcome. I understand that many millio...Suszysoo - welcome. I understand that many millions of Chinese women snarf down bucketloads of soya and never suffer the indignity of a hot flush or indeed a murderous temper tantrum. I shall look to include Soya and ask my husband if he notices any diference. <BR/><BR/>Mid-lifer - that title almost sounds like you are doing time - did your mood swings during your mid life meltdown make you do something illegal? Did her majesty ask to to stay at her pleasure? I am intrigued that you thought I gave you sane advice on your post - I mostly work at an insane level. Welcome fellow sufferer - there's safety in numbers.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-28954462454344452882008-07-08T09:01:00.000+01:002008-07-08T09:01:00.000+01:00P.s. I'm intrigued what the deleted comments said....P.s. I'm intrigued what the deleted comments said.....Mid-liferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259190343085788311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-39687183400486882282008-07-08T08:59:00.000+01:002008-07-08T08:59:00.000+01:00GGGOOOD GRIEF!!!!!! 83 comments?? MOB you've certa...GGGOOOD GRIEF!!!!!! 83 comments?? MOB you've certainly touched on something here.<BR/><BR/>Life coaches? PAH! I know when I went through my midlife meltdown - which I thought might be early menopause or even peri-menopause (unbelievably it exists) - no amount of flannel from a positive thinking guru could have got ME out of my mood. I needed to rant, I needed to have a meltdown of incandescent rage - that was the whole point. I'd been so good at bloomin positive thinking that I hadn't let myself get angry and it built up and built up and KABOOMSKI!!<BR/><BR/>If your hormones are making you feel enraged noooo amount of touchy feely we are all women crud is going to get you feeling good! <BR/><BR/>Lovin the post MOB - and thanks for your injection of sane advice on mine.<BR/><BR/>xxMid-liferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259190343085788311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-71903506722684007042008-07-05T01:40:00.000+01:002008-07-05T01:40:00.000+01:00Hi Mob, Thanks for reading my blog and leaving 'e...Hi Mob, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading my blog and leaving 'emotional support'. <BR/><BR/>I love your blog. Latest post is best laugh I've had all week! Rant away!<BR/><BR/>You may be fed up with suggestions for remedies but incase your not-try soya milk instead of ordinary milk. I suggested it to my best mates mum when she began to feel menopausal cos I read somewhere that it was good for this, and now she swears by it. Worth a try?<BR/><BR/>All the best<BR/><BR/>Suzysoo xxSuzysoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02839087307907606119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-50811841367043151582008-07-03T12:38:00.000+01:002008-07-03T12:38:00.000+01:00Mean mom - misery loves company eh? On the other ...Mean mom - misery loves company eh? On the other hand, empathy creates bonds and understanding. Don't worry about the funeral - you are expected to cry at funerals so take along a couple of hundred weight of tissues and just go for it. I'd be more concerned if you said you thought you might laugh your way through it. <BR/><BR/>I agree with you, ingesting your menopace and fish oil tablets goes a long way towards helping managing your mood swins. - otherwise you just have two more objects in your house to dust. Go on, open, swallow and then go for a lie down.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-76721196376451744312008-07-02T18:47:00.000+01:002008-07-02T18:47:00.000+01:00It's not that I like to hear about your suffering,...It's not that I like to hear about your suffering, but it's such a relief to know that I'm not the only one! I've had dreadful mood swings over the past few months, but, crazy as it seems, it wasn't so bad feeling suicidal, when I knew that, maybe in an hour's time, I would be feeling on top of the world! At least I had something to look forward to!<BR/><BR/>Now I've reached the emotional phase. A slightly strange glance from anyone will make me sob and I'm going to a funeral on Friday. Reach for those sandbags and those dinghies, then! Is there time to build an ark?<BR/><BR/>I bought fish oil capsules and Menopace tablets some months ago, but they don't seem to have worked. I wonder if they would work better, if I opened the box and took some?<BR/><BR/>The Life Coach? Have you noticed that everything is your own fault, nowadays? I love that. You obviously do, too.<BR/><BR/>Stimulating post! So many comments to read! I need another lie down, now. It's been at least an hour since the last one.Mean Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829239249872290230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-5221889578607908722008-07-02T18:15:00.000+01:002008-07-02T18:15:00.000+01:00Brit - hello dear wonderful man. The Life Coach w...Brit - hello dear wonderful man. The Life Coach was of indiscriminate life form and was probably a passenger in an alien spacecraft that crashed to earth - hence the lack of knowledge on how real humans act and behave. So your mother and her aunt were going through the menopause at the same time? Dear God man, no wonder you moved to Brazil. The menopause squared? Exponential growth of murderous mood swings and danger to all within knife slashing distance.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-35593204245993450732008-07-02T16:19:00.000+01:002008-07-02T16:19:00.000+01:00Hi MOB!Loved reading your post! and it reminded me...Hi MOB!<BR/>Loved reading your post! and it reminded me of when my Mum and My Aunt were going through the first stages of their menopause together.<BR/>And that life-coach!!!! My God couldn't you just kick her in the throat?!! she wasn't American by any chance was she?! Oh my God, now I am being xenophobic! I'm not really... I'm just "twat-phobic" haha!<BR/>Big Hugs!® ♫ The Brit ♪ ®https://www.blogger.com/profile/07774871861232164725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-48408614655021554912008-07-02T16:17:00.000+01:002008-07-02T16:17:00.000+01:00Bebs - of course I forgot about that being a back ...Bebs - of course I forgot about that being a back to front word and there's me having worked for an American company and been on assignments in the States! <BR/><BR/>Suzanne please insert the words 'old rat' where I have used the term fanny.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-40023146803178170752008-07-02T16:11:00.000+01:002008-07-02T16:11:00.000+01:00MOB, this bi lingual mallarky is difficult, I shou...MOB, this bi lingual mallarky is difficult, I should know. I hope Suzanne knows that we use the word Fanny for our front bum, and not our bottom, like the Americans do! <BR/>I do like your equations you are truly gifted in the mathematics department me thinks. Bebs xGeorginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974050596783678940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-8117275561039082782008-07-02T16:01:00.000+01:002008-07-02T16:01:00.000+01:00Marianne – welcome dear lady and I am glad that yo...Marianne – welcome dear lady and I am glad that you loved the blog. Now if I can just get you to love me too..........In a non lesbian type of way of course.<BR/><BR/>Suzanne – welcome dear peri-Monopausaloldbagger in waiting, (you may just be the natural successor to the crown). Jeeze, I thought I had it bad but m’dear you win hands down in the ‘Shite I wish to God I hadn’t been born a fecking woman’ stakes. All that and peri-menopausal to boot? I am but a mere trainee, an also-ran, compared to the misery that you must have suffered. And yes, your mother is correct – a decade of sheer bloody misery faces most of us unless we learn to drink our way through the fug instead. As a member of the menopausaloldbag sisterhood, you will automatically be bestowed with support, love and affection and a place to come and swear yer noggin off in those times of frustration or sadness. To be in a constant state of laughing and/or crying at the same time is fully understood here, empathy is the name of the game.<BR/><BR/>As for the BMW slating part of the sisterhood – as Debs has rightly asked me to point out, BMW + Man + Massive Ego + infidelity + small penis + empty wallet due to new golddigger girlfriend = TWAT. This equation does not translate to a female driving a BMW or a Mercedes. Please note that I drive an E200 Merc and do not need that or a BMW to enhance my mammary glands or trick pelvis and ergo my pulling power. So just to reiterate Man + small penis + BMW = fanny magnet. Man + small penis – BMW = loooooser. <BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear that you had a car accident, hope you are in fine fettle. Don’t worry about typos or spelling mistakes – these are common in menopausal people who can hardly remember their name and address let alone spelling. <BR/><BR/>Debs – just say the word award and even if it isn’t for me I’ll attempt to nab it where I can.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-10330392630762446642008-07-02T14:18:00.000+01:002008-07-02T14:18:00.000+01:00I've got that Little Faberge looky likey award at ...I've got that Little Faberge looky likey award at mine if you want! <BR/>Suzanne sounds nice, you must let her know it's the men who drive the BMW's that we are taking a swipe at. Bebs xGeorginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974050596783678940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-87953806184691514402008-07-02T13:17:00.001+01:002008-07-02T13:17:00.001+01:00Oh, and I do believe, believe is spelled believe.Oh, and I do believe, believe is spelled believe.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111045716713716292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-54538797095647156642008-07-02T13:17:00.000+01:002008-07-02T13:17:00.000+01:00Oh, and I do belive wackiest, is spelled wackiest....Oh, and I do belive wackiest, is spelled wackiest. Go figure.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111045716713716292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-27199512049946026052008-07-02T13:15:00.000+01:002008-07-02T13:15:00.000+01:00Hey, so many of your fans are making fun of BMW's....Hey, so many of your fans are making fun of BMW's. I drove one for years, and enjoyed the hell out of it until I got into a horrible accident on the freeway about a month ago. Now I drive a Mercedes. It's so nice to see I fit right in!!!<BR/><BR/>Oh this is going to be perfect, I can tell. Hey, I need to reduce my stress level too. So all of you...knock it off! I'm not even supposed to be blogging (doctor's orders), cut me some slack.<BR/><BR/>XOSuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111045716713716292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-71518681591268650222008-07-02T13:09:00.000+01:002008-07-02T13:09:00.000+01:00Hi honey! How did you find me. I'm so grateful. ...Hi honey! How did you find me. I'm so grateful. I've endured almost 40 years of periods, all painful, and Endometreosis, only to end in Peri Menopause. How is that possible!!!??? I'm not even in full blown menopause yet! This is the wackiet life ever. But you made me feel okay, until I spoke with my mother and she informed me menopause took 8 years for her. I couldn't stop laughing because all I wanted to do was cry. <BR/><BR/>I will be here often and I expect your support and you will receive mine. I'm grateful for this. Thank you for finding me. Seriously. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Much love,<BR/>Suze XOSuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111045716713716292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-23863341322101401772008-07-02T12:57:00.000+01:002008-07-02T12:57:00.000+01:00Hi Bag, I love your blog! Am enjoying, will read m...Hi Bag, I love your blog! Am enjoying, will read more. x MarianneMariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07332103975829934996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-31334185436818135412008-07-02T12:07:00.000+01:002008-07-02T12:07:00.000+01:00Photobonnie - welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed my pos...Photobonnie - welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed my post - I wish I had. I'd much rather be having a chat about how fantastically free I feel having reached the menopause but alas, until I find the elixir of life, I will be a moaning old witch.<BR/><BR/>Carrie Wilson Link – welcome fellow MOB. It is indeed a comfort to know that I am not the last in the species and on the verge of extinction although having said that I am quite sure that my husband was hoping that this would be the case. PMOB’s, (Pre-Menstrual Old Bags), are thriving in ever greater numbers but a research has shown that due to an ever greater number of PMOB’s being elevated to managerial positions that a great deal more men are being fired on a monthly basis, only to be reinstated a short few days later. MOB’s on the other hand are simply consistently dangerous creatures that shouldn’t in all reality be let out of the house at any time. <BR/><BR/>Doglover – welcome. All doglover’s are more than welcome here, especially one’s that seem to be so empathetic to an old bag’s plight in life. I do believe that you may be spot on about the carbohydrate = energy ratio. The trouble is that I am indeed allergic to refined carbs such as flour, white bread, pasta, baked spuds etc and therefore they have a detrimental effect on my already battered and beaten old body. So therein lies my dilemma – stuff my face with carbs that leaves me wheezing like a dirty old mac flasher outside a girls school, or avoid then like the plague and just be a permanently wiped out grumbly old fecker.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-2010398476818270752008-07-02T09:48:00.000+01:002008-07-02T09:48:00.000+01:00As a mere man, may I say how sorry I am for your p...As a mere man, may I say how sorry I am for your present state. It only goes to prove my theory that men get off with the best in this life, women carry all the burdens.<BR/><BR/>But the exhaustion thing, could it be a consequence of low carbohydrate intake? Carbos produce energy and, while eating vegs and fruit gives you a lot of good things, it doesn't give much in the way of energy.<BR/><BR/>But what do I know?DogLoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08790183909033947474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654568138065426769.post-19384555253903724842008-07-02T03:48:00.000+01:002008-07-02T03:48:00.000+01:00Thank you for stopping by my blog! I've bookmarked...Thank you for stopping by my blog! I've bookmarked yours, I'll be back! I am a MOB, too!Carrie Wilson Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586157395539583862noreply@blogger.com