I'm 50 and bitter that I'm not done.
I'm 55 and ready to see if one of those Etsy witches can make me be done. The longest I've made it without a period was 222 days. I'm back at 199 days as of today. I can be done! I'm not using it!
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Oct 01, 2026 6:27:13 pm PDT #14189 of 14508
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Sheryl - Oct 01, 2026 6:28:47 pm PDT #14190 of 14508
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
I'm 58, and started menopause in the spring, so YMMV. I've been on HRT since then.
Pix - Oct 01, 2026 6:30:08 pm PDT #14191 of 14508
The status is NOT quo.
OOOF no. I don't want to do this for another six-and-a-half years!
Dana - Oct 01, 2026 6:32:22 pm PDT #14192 of 14508
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
nope nope nope
Sheryl - Oct 01, 2026 6:44:41 pm PDT #14193 of 14508
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Sorry, didn't mean to freak anyone out. I'm probably an outlier.
lisah - Oct 01, 2026 7:03:38 pm PDT #14194 of 14508
Punishingly Intricate
Ooh I was done at 52! Go, being average! Choose being average!
Laura - Oct 02, 2026 5:39:00 am PDT #14195 of 14508
This too shall pass.
I was not at all displeased to be completely done at 47. Maybe because I started so early at 9, or maybe because I had the kids so late. I suspect it was related to my not producing progesterone. I miscarried 3 times before it was discovered that I couldn't keep a pregnancy without taking it immediately at 1 day late. Kinda built in BC, which probably was helpful since I also couldn't take BC, like most meds. I had no history because my mom and both sisters had hysterectomies. Hot flashes were quite annoying, in Florida not helpful, but tolerable since people being a sweaty mess not so uncommon.
I know I have told this before, but a year or so later, when I had my annual gyn visit, I looked up my spreadsheet to see when the last period would have been and found it was 9/11/01. My theory is that the massive emotional hit was enough to push me over the hormonal edge.
Tom Scola - Oct 02, 2026 7:23:46 am PDT #14196 of 14508
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.
Tom, I’d love to hear more about the bookbinding class.
It was a one-off class for Coptic binding. Really simple, no glue. Just two hours of punching and threading. It was the first time the instructor was teaching this class. The result was kind of sad looking, because Tom Scola + Sewing = Janky. But maybe, I'll practice some more and make some zines.
Trudy Booth - Oct 02, 2026 7:53:14 am PDT #14197 of 14508
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Oooh! Scola zines!
I have successfully achieved menopause at 56 on my third try. First I went 11 months without a period and then got one. Next time it was 10 and then got one. This time its been almost 14 months so I think I'm in the clear.
-t - Oct 02, 2026 8:27:49 am PDT #14198 of 14508
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am in favor of zines!
I don’t remember when the menopause took for good. Oh, wait, I have a record…looks like I was 51. Sorry to sop up earlier-than-averageness