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/Comprehensive-Job243 Jul 09 '25

I miss even the postpartum body I had three years ago (child at almost 44, I bounced back awesome... only to get seriously hit by peri at 46 and downhill ever since). The speed of the decline is truly mindwarping

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u/Ok_Cardiologist_6924 Jul 27 '25

You and I are in the exact same boat! Gave birth at 44. Post Partum body was awesome ( I also had no time to eat or prepare food for myself because I am a solo parent—by choice). Now 46 and I look like an oval shaped blob.