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Bay Boy

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43. Well isn't that nice that you don't think menopause problems

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 08:56 AM

Jun 2013

are 'real' problems. All I need to do is ask my wife if she would like a solution to the hot flashes that have been plaguing her for the last few years to know better.

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"Menopause May Be an Unintended Outcome of Men's Preference for Younger Mates" [View all] zazen Jun 2013 OP

Jesus fucking christ BainsBane Jun 2013 #1

OR it could be a way of giving women a break Skittles Jun 2013 #2

after decades of laboring under theories that don't add up (says WHO??) THREE MEN niyad Jun 2013 #3

Ah, nothing like males using pseudoscience to try to deodorize Warpy Jun 2013 #4

^^^ +1 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #11

that is mostly the reason for menopause isn't it ? JI7 Jun 2013 #20

Yeah, aren't they something? Warpy Jun 2013 #21

Yes, they really do. redqueen Jun 2013 #22

I hope you replied "Her legs, her decision, MYOB" Warpy Jun 2013 #23

She was already getting an earful and I didn't want to pile on... redqueen Jun 2013 #27

Wait MadrasT Jun 2013 #24

... redqueen Jun 2013 #28

nah.. I think women brought in on themselves, so they wouldn't have to deal with men any more Voice for Peace Jun 2013 #5

really, or younger women choose older men zazen Jun 2013 #7

what I dislike enormously is that these old white men can still produce offspring on account of viag Voice for Peace Jun 2013 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Jun 2013 #17

there are so many excellent scientific theories one can come up with about just about anything Voice for Peace Jun 2013 #18

"a whole host of health problems"--for which big pharma just HAPPENS to have the oh-so- niyad Jun 2013 #6

+++ Voice for Peace Jun 2013 #13

It's not an illness, it's not a disease, but... Bay Boy Jun 2013 #34

you forgot the sarcasm icon, yes? niyad Jun 2013 #38

Noooo..... Bay Boy Jun 2013 #40

if you seriously have to ask WHY big pharma shouldn't be selling solutions for things that are not niyad Jun 2013 #41

Well isn't that nice that you don't think menopause problems Bay Boy Jun 2013 #43

I imagine many people conflate "problem" and "inconvenience" LanternWaste Jun 2013 #44

actually, it's liberating riverwalker Jun 2013 #8

Indeed it is. I have never been so happy as when I passed over that threshold where I am Nay Jun 2013 #9

omigod Voice for Peace Jun 2013 #14

To me it is not even a "trade off" MadrasT Jun 2013 #15

Getting up into my fifites, along with a pretty hefty weight game, Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #16

this is something women should be able to experience throughout their life JI7 Jun 2013 #19

Bwahahaha ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #10

Because for 40,00 years women routinely lived into the 60's and beyond? One_Life_To_Give Jun 2013 #25

Amazing, isn't it? redqueen Jun 2013 #26

Bloody good WovenGems Jun 2013 #29

natural selection d_r Jun 2013 #30

It's the same kind of fallacy ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #32

Yep. It's also why redqueen Jun 2013 #33

yes d_r Jun 2013 #39

No, it's because they like younger women Politicalboi Jun 2013 #31

Even if women were able to SheilaT Jun 2013 #35

I have just completed a scientific study with a number of other women. We have discovered Squinch Jun 2013 #36

nearly spewed my coffe on this one!! please post it as a separate thread, so we can REC it!! niyad Jun 2013 #37

Or maybe it's nature's way of saying that grandmas are good for you eridani Jun 2013 #42