MIDLIFE FRIENDSHIP ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT

WELCOME TO MIDLIFE MEMOS
THE SWAMP GODDESS® TO MENOPAUSAL MAYHEM AND AGING ANGST
BLOG #22 by Wendy Kyman, Ph.D.

THE MIDLIFE FRIENDSHIP ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT

Has your attitude toward your friends recently changed?
Duhhh! Absolutely it has.
Have you already dumped most, if not all, of them?
Or, have friends already dumped you? Hard to believe, but true!

Disruptions in our relationships occur with surprising, and somewhat
unexpected, frequency as we journey through the double milestone®.

So what's going on? 
Aging angst and menopausal mayhem are affecting all our relationships. 

That's what's going on.

Some of us try to pretend we are still able to tolerate what has become intolerable
and accept what has become unacceptable.

Externally we attempt to carry out the charade, but internally we are
busy collecting grievances, both small and large.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Is your grievance collection taking up so much space there is no room 
for anything else?

UNHOMEWORK

List your triggers.

Specify the actions and words that push your double milestone buttons. You 
know, the ones where your friend is getting on your last nerve and if she
keeps this up, you'll...

NEXT WEEK'S TOPIC
Old Friends

...Is it possible that a group, or even one friend, can stay with us throughout all 

of life's seasons...?

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Keep scrolling all the way to read any, or all, of the earlier Midlife Memos,
especially 'The Birth of Swamp Goddess'. I bet you will relate.