Tuesday, 22 May 2007

My Menopause Blog: The Stupids

I have been kind in my previous posts about the distinct loss of memory that seizes the early days of the peri-menopausal. Sure - I have expressed indignation, shock and horror at my limited ability to walk from one room to the next holding the same thought. And I have been embarrassed by the distinct gap that certain nouns leave when they pack up and move out of ones vocabulary. But I honestly don’t recall reverting to name calling my ‘almost cured cause it does go away - or return - depending if you think your memory comes or goes’, menopause symptom clinically referred to as muddled or fuzzy thinking.

Not that I took to muddled or fuzzy. In fact, I’m not fond of either word. But neither was I interested in renaming something during a time when remembering my own name was a challenge.

So then - The Stupids - coined by a newly peri-friend is neither kind nor pretty but it does truly hits the nail on the head don’t you think? I see a sitcom - tee shirts - some Doh! like statement that we club meno babes can toss around in an annoying Homer fashion.

It’s called branding - you just tie a bunch of stuff into this much harsher but even more accurate moniker for one of the first menopause symptoms to hit your musical menopause stage and tada - everyone catches on.

‘The Stupids’ - coming to a mind you used to depend on!

Sue Richards

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One Response to “My Menopause Blog: The Stupids”

  1. Elaine Curran Says:
    February 1st, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    Hi Sue…

    Just stumbled upon your blog. Love the name “The Stupids”…while slightly resenting my membership of course. Thought I’d share with you my today story…the best of the stupids I’ve embraced so far.

    I arrived at carpool early this morning and met up with another teacher friend. She decided she’d go right then because she was leaving school early as well and wanted to get a few things done in the morning. I jumped in her van and she went and told the lone man in our group, to let the remaining two know she (and I) had already gone and they could go in later with him once they arrived. Try to visualize if you can. I know, I know…long intro. Stick with me. My memory is a steel trap about the intro.

    I was at school 15 minutes or so when the remaining 3 came in…and asked me if I knew were my keys were. Oh geez, I thought…I must have, stupidly, left them on the seat of my car or maybe they had fallen on the ground beside my car. Oh no no no…that would be much less mirthful. Stupid mind you, but not as good as it gets. I hit the stupid jackpot: It seems…when the two ladies arrived to pick up our male counterpart…there were my keys…blissfully in the ignition…and my car you ask?…still on, running smoothly, in park. Just how I had left it. Lights on, motor running…but nobody home. Literally and figuratively eh.

    I laughed all day…my answer to just about anything…and thought I’d let you know, the stupids are alive and well and flourishing in Nova Scotia.

    Have a wonderful weekend!

    Elaine

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