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CLKD

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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #45 on: November 18, 2019, 08:49:05 PM »
We can't choose families though and even friendships can be full of difficulties.

One womans' bungee jump is anothers' surviving Christmas.
. I will try to remember this during December  :thankyou:

Our history: whether it is within the family or in the wider World : makes our future.  Also I have to remind myself that my parents had problems B4 I arrived.  This was confirmed by a very loved family friend, we had a chat about 5 years ago so I can let go of more of my past.  She confirmed what I thought I already knew.  PHEW!

squeaker - you took control.  You didn't run and hide, you told yourself not to repeat her habits.  Even if you didn't realise that she was toxic towards you, by seeing history repeating itself you took charge  :medal: - you can't alter her but you can avoid her.  I do this with my sister ;-).  Parents have their habits formed by the previous generations. 
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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #46 on: November 19, 2019, 09:17:01 AM »
 :thankyou: Happy tears CLKD. It was nice to hear that take on it.  :-*
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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #47 on: November 19, 2019, 09:36:04 AM »
Not easy to reassess when we are ingrained in habits.  I had to decide what I needed ...........  ;)
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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #48 on: November 19, 2019, 09:20:32 PM »
OK. So, I didn't expect this thread to get so deep and meaningful  ???
Let's lighten things up ... let's come up with some ways for us 40+ women to make money.
No rude ideas please  ;)
If I give up my job in Legal because of all this meno sh*t, I'm going to need to make a living somehow.
I still fancy being a zoo keeper, though. xx
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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #49 on: November 19, 2019, 09:25:26 PM »
I'll be a trapeze artiste, always loved swinging from great heights....😂
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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #50 on: November 19, 2019, 09:48:08 PM »
Can you make money doing that ? assuming you keep your clothes on  ;)
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CLKD

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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #51 on: November 20, 2019, 08:33:27 AM »
I wanted to be a Vet or a Zoo Keeper - both needed 'A' Levels  >:(

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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #52 on: November 20, 2019, 09:04:51 AM »
Pole dancer...........ah come on,what did you expect from me? ;D ;D
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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #53 on: November 20, 2019, 11:58:35 AM »
pants46 - you can buy my guest house...discount for menopausal women over 40.

Maybe there is a market for an upmarket  Meno ' Chat' line featuring anxious, sweaty Meno women.....

...Oh I'm so hot....so sweaty...I keep sweating up......my joints are soooo stiff......
...my heart is racing......I'm all tingly.....Did I mention sweaty.......etc etc

£50 / minute maybe? They say there is a market for anything out there.

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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #54 on: November 20, 2019, 12:05:17 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D
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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #55 on: November 20, 2019, 12:18:06 PM »
Sorry Jay - your a bit late...check out the thread earlier on!  I suggested that but CLKD doesn't think that dancing round a May pole would be very lucrative!  Such a delightful naivety she has and there we both are...in the gutter!!  ;D ;D ...again! - just wait till JD gets here..
Squeaker's helpline might have something going for it, though its not something I could pull off!  ;D  I'd even "sound" embarrassed!  :o :o 
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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #56 on: November 20, 2019, 02:35:05 PM »
When I first read your post Squeaker, I thought ... oh that's nice, a support line for meno women !! Then I thought, charging for it would be a bit mean  ???
Then the penny dropped !!  ;D
I'm so naive  (yes I am !!)  :P

Squeaker ... where's your guest house ? you could run week long retreats for meno women. I paid an awful lot of money to go to yoga retreats and drink nothing but juice. Could be a money spinner. xx

As for me ... don't fancy anything requiring heights, high heels, (just) fancy knickers or needing to be bendy !!

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squeaker99

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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #57 on: November 20, 2019, 03:22:24 PM »
I'm a bit of a shrinking violet myself in the Bridget Jones 'big grey pants' variety but I would be up for a Meno ' older ladies'
chat line if the price was right. Great therapy for me too - getting things off my chest to a paying stranger! My Midlands accent is
too drab for it - would either need dulcet southern tones or strident Scottish.

Not sure I could cope with a house of fee paying Menopausal women! Not sure what I would do with them. Too cold for naked swims, midnight tramps. I would certainly go to a forum meet up though.



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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #58 on: November 20, 2019, 03:33:55 PM »
Oh please ladybt pleeeeeeeeease dont encourage jill  ;D
I wanted to be a lorry driver at one point but in those big American trucks not our feeble little lorries
I'm the Scottish gal for you squeaker,would people understand me? Probably best if they didn't  ;D
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Re: If you could do it all again ...
« Reply #59 on: November 20, 2019, 04:26:27 PM »
I was talking to a volunteer at a Zoo today  ;) she 'does Wednesdays' in the lemur play ground  ;D
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