6. All women hit menopause then it’s Katie bar the door!
My mother was always nuts. She was still nuts, but less so, both during and after, menopause. Her mother was an abusive crazy woman before menopause. I only knew her afterwards, but she was always pretty good natured. Neither of them were prepared or suited for the huge responsibility and stress of raising a family. Once the kids were grown, their stress levels decreased markedly. I like to think I’m at least a little less crazy than either one of them, but I never really had any menopausal symptoms. A lot of women feel better once their hormones start decreasing. But some women have terrible symptoms as their hormones decrease. Just depends on the woman. If we have too much estrogen, when it starts to wane, we feel better. I’ve never had to take estrogen replacement therapy. When I stopped ovulating, my lifelong depression decreased.
That’s the IED that hit my marriage - menopause.