Beyond Babedom
We're (way) over 40. Deal with it.
Posts Tagged ‘women’
I Regret to Inform You
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018
Growing up, every little girl has at least one baby doll she can love and nurture. Besides being just another toy, the baby doll is often the beginning of her training for motherhood. As adults, millions of women give birth and thousands and thousands more desperately try to. But many, many women never conceive and many never even try. They are told, again and again, that being childless (or, more starkly, “barren”) will burden them with regrets forever.
I’m still waiting for those regrets. (more…)
Tags: barren, biological clock, childless, motherhood, parenthood, procreation, women, women over 40
Posted in Family | 3 Comments »
INbiCELs
Monday, May 7th, 2018
Have you heard about the movement made up of guys who apparently can’t get a date and certainly can’t get a woman to sleep with them [I’m not using the term they use because I don’t want to become a target myself.]? Some call it “aggrieved entitlement.” They believe they are victims of a grand feminist conspiracy that isn’t just terribly unfair, but practically illegal. In our day, we had another name for them. Losers. (more…)
Tags: dating, losers, men, nerds, women, women over 40
Posted in men | 6 Comments »
I Am SO Not Sorry
Monday, October 17th, 2016
There is no such thing as a woman who isn’t sorry. We’re sorry you lost someone. We’re sorry we got to the cashier first. We’re sorry your day isn’t going well. Sorry sorry sorry.
Well, I’m sorry, but I am so not sorry anymore. (more…)
Tags: apologize, men, over 40, Relationships, sorry, why women apologize, women
Posted in My Pet Peeves | 4 Comments »
A Slave to Fashion
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
E
ver heard the term “a slave to fashion”? I assert that it doesn’t mean the same thing to all people. . .which isn’t hard to believe if you look around and see what people are wearing.
Tags: beauty, fahion, men, slave to fashion, women, women over 40, women over 50
Posted in Fashion | 2 Comments »
Oh, It Ticks!
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
I know you have been anxiously awaiting the results of my product testing.
In case you’ve forgotten, I tested Garnier’s Ultra-Lift Daily Targeted Wrinkle Treatment on one side of my face for five weeks. The results? Oh, you will be surprised! (more…)
Tags: baby boomers, battle of the sexes, beauty products, Garnier, over 50, women, women over 40, wrinkles
Posted in Grooming | 5 Comments »
