AIBU the three ages of women and their relationships with men?

[IrritatedUser1960]

Puberty: Being fascinated with the opposite sex and being interested in nothing else.

Mid life: Trying to raise a family together and realising eventually that men are bloody useless.

Menopause: Being sick of their shit and wanting to live on your own.

I am convinced of it.

Yeahhhh it's actually fine to talk about people in a positive way rather than just stereotyping.

Yep, sadly true for me.

I wonder if it's nature or nurture/bad examples/bad choices? I am envious of those who don't feel like this.

Nope.

My OH treats me like a goddess. Loves cooking, I don't even set foot in the kitchen when he is home.
He hates all sport.

Ageist stereotypes tend to be self-fulfilling.

Though I did rather like this one as expressed by Daphne (Tottering-by-Gently) as the Four Ages of Woman

Horses
(Little) Horrors
Hormones
Horticulture

The parallel four ages of man, btw, are

Lager
Aga
Saga
Gaga

None of them have described me - although I am nowhere near menopause yet. And not all men are useless either

OP more fool you getting stuck with a bad partner.

Cailleach another mn'er in a happy marriage! I knew I wasn't the only one

ethelfleda great.

I hate the sexism on threads like this. The men in my life are amazing.

Having the strength in period number two (if it has not been taking away) to walk away leads to a healthier number three. I am in my forties where my DM would value keeping a shit man over being divorced, luckily my father was OK. This has been ingrained in many women of previous generations. I hopefully will encourage DD to walk away and DS1 that everything is joint. I do see it better in a lot of younger people and my DP is very good and I divorced the guy who thought marriage was attaining a live in cleaner.

My partner is ace! Sorry you've had bad experiences but it's like saying all women are bitchy and high maintenance.. it's not true.

I am menopausal with an 8 year old DD & a DH who was useless in some ways but has pulled his socks up & now I know he is " in my corner". I reckon I love him more now than when I married him ❤️

Piffle.

AuntieStella Thats bloody hilarious! (I'm definitely in Hormones!)

We might be useless, and I'm very sorry for that.

All I can say is that nobody is beyond is beyond redemption and that, even though we might be knuckle dragging morons, or dogs, or overgrown children, it's still possible to get some tiny improvement out of us by being positive. If you think it's worth the effort.

zzzzz Mon 18-Sep-17 07:40:15
I think it's a bit weird to map your life by how you relate to men.. So.....handmaid.

That is what I wanted to say.

I agree!
I'm almost 50 and have a marriage (the father of my children) behind me and I'm engaged now.

I'm fiercely independent though so quite often I think, bugger this I'd happily live on my own.

Not that my fiance isn't lovely and we are very much in love it's just at this age I have a much lower tolerance and cba with the ups and downs in relationships.

Nope. Don't recognise any of them

Personally I was just as interested in the same sex as I was the opposite sex.
That's a massive jump from puberty to midlife as well