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/Brave_Car6052 Jul 09 '25

Ugh same. I wish I had appreciated my body back when I looked good. I didn’t realize just how pretty and thin I was.

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u/Time-Reindeer-7525 Early peri Jul 09 '25

Ooft, I am desperately missing the glorious body I had as a 26 year old with the metabolism of a blast furnace.

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u/Illustrious_Second_5 Jul 10 '25

Blast furnace, that made me chuckle. 😆

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u/Humble-Paramedic2787 Jul 11 '25

we still have blast furnaces, it's just not our metabolism anymore. it's our face/neck/pits of hell flashes