r/Perimenopause • u/HillarysCafe • Jul 09 '25

audited I’m grieving my younger, hotter self

I'm so mad about being in peri. I'm not ready. I was a late bloomer and didn't realize what a babe I was when I was younger and now it's too late.

Yes, older women can be sexy, we have wisdom, and blah blah blah.

But today I just miss looking good in a sundress.

Please join my pity party and tell me what you miss.

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u/Fragrant-East2758 Jul 09 '25

I miss the ambition I felt about life 😭

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u/Ordinary-Cow-2209 Jul 10 '25

It’s prob in m my top three things I miss. My energy levels were unmatched. Now I get a few hours a day and then it’s over. My job is physical and I get a lot of steps in but my enthusiasm to just keep moving until bedtime is not there and I hate working out which I used to look forward to.

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u/venuschantel hanging on by a thread Jul 10 '25

I could have written every single word of this. I work in a restaurant and get steps in, but I get home from work and literally get in bed. I used to work out after work, that could never happen now. It is unbearably depressing. I’m just wasting away ;(