Why menopause is just the beginning

(Even though some of you are thinking it feels like the end)

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I was 37 and working as a feature writer when I got to interview Bobbi Brown, the famous makeup artist and businesswoman.

Like most Baby Boomers, she was turning 50 that year. And when I asked her how she felt about it, there was a long pause. I got a bit nervous, like maybe I’d hit a nerve or something.

She asked me how old I was. Then she said: “Ann Marie - you are going to love it.”

She told me everything gets easier. She said all the things she knew I was worrying about at that moment would go away. She told me it felt amazing.

I was shocked. This was completely different from everything I’d heard about getting older up until this point. I was terrified of it.

Maybe this is how you’re used to thinking too. It makes sense! We’ve been trash-talking menopausal women for decades.

But I know now that’s all a big lie. And the truth is, everything about this is changing. Older women are shaking off the stereotypes. Menopause is going through a major rebra…