Angelina Jolie is still talking. Bless her heart. By the Sea’s terrible box office run continued unabated this weekend, even as the film expanded to more theaters. The film made $185,000, or $1,470 per theater ($310,000 in two weeks). Compare that to other limited releases, like Carol, which made $62,037 per theater, or Legend, which made $20,721 per theater. Yeah. BTS is a bomb. To her credit, Angelina is still hustling though. She’s talking about how the Leg of Doom is always fighting with The Goatee of Despair, and how Brad peed on her during an improvised scene that didn’t make it into the movie. In a new interview with an Australian outlet, she’s now talking about how she loves going into early-onset menopause.
She loves menopause: “I actually love being in menopause. I haven’t had a terrible reaction to it, so I’m very fortunate. I feel older, and I feel settled being older. I feel happy that I’ve grown up. I don’t want to be young again.”
She was wearing “a rope of pea-sized diamonds sparkling at her throat”: “They’re Tiffany. Just something I’m having fun with at the moment.”
She shy about writing: “This film was a test for me in a way – of all the things I do, I’m most shy about writing.”
Whether getting married changed anything: “I don’t think so. If anything, it challenges you because you really start to think about the rest of your life. You feel very tied. It’s interesting for me having his last name. Everything you do becomes as ‘wife of’… which is an interesting transition.” The biggest step for the couple, she goes on, “was when he adopted the kids. That was something. Because you can always get divorced, but you can’t walk away from parenting. That was a big, not a hard, thing, but I really wanted to make sure that nothing would go wrong for the kids.”
Being thought of as an “earth mother”: “My kids would all find that funny! My mother’s whole life was motherhood, and she was very soft and sweet. Obviously, I’m very affectionate with my kids, but I don’t know if I take care of them or they take care of me. I feel like Mad and I have grown up together, and he kind of taught me how to raise him.”
Whether she always wanted to be a mother: “I was never one of those people. I never played with dolls, I never babysat. I had no natural instinct or curiosity [about motherhood]. If anything, I wanted to become a parent because I felt a real connection to Mad’s country, and I felt very much for orphan children who didn’t have a home.”
Well, in that Monica Bellucci post several weeks ago, I did dare American actresses to talk about menopause in a similar way. Bellucci said she was looking forward to menopause and now here we have Angelina saying that she’s totally fine with it. She seems fine with it too, although I think how she feels about menopause in the first year will probably be different from how she feels about it in the fourth year. But hey, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe she’s totally fine.
As for the pea-sized diamonds from Tiffany’s… sigh. I want to know more about her jewelry. She wore some really great pieces during the By the Sea promotion.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Every woman’s experience is different. She is talking about how SHE feels. Judging the comments on past threads I’m sure she will be hit for saying this too.
There is a picture of her wearing the Tiffany necklace during an Australian interview.. Could only see the top part because it was hidden behind her sweater. She seems happy and that to me is all that matters. Every woman will experience this.. perhaps it is more about your attitude. My mother never complained once during Menopause. And she and my father had a great life and time together.. Not having a period is what I’m looking forward too. The other things; well we’ll see how it goes.
I don’t think anyone will ever unfairly criticize her. What are you talking about? Hahahahahahaha just kidding.
Not having a period anymore is awesome. It’s amazing how effortlessly my brain amputated that crap… I go by the tampon/pad aisle at the store now and I’m like, “The hell is all that for? Gross!” DO NOT MISS THE MONTHLY VISITOR AT ALL.
On the other side of things, the hot flashes suck and my skin is always thirsty. It’s always going to be something; I’m just glad the periods are gone
I’ve posted this before about hot flashes-
Get your doc to write a prescription for a (transdermal) clonidine patch!!!!
I cannot take hormones because of family breast cancer history, and it is miraculous- my flashes are basically gone now. They creep back in towards the end of the weekly dose, but with a new patch, I’m good to go! Being able to sleep through the night again is an almost indescribable joy.
Yeah, I’m guessing she doesn’t have hot flashes or she would not be enjoying menopause. I agree – I totally didn’t miss my periods and I never had troublesome periods. It’s just one less thing you have to prepare for lol. Hot flashes though – cripes. Trying to figure out what I’ve done wrong to get such an affliction!!! I was on HRT for the first three years – almost one year of not taking anything. I still get them but not as bad as they were (at least not all the time), so I’m coping. Can’t wait for them to be gone though.
Yes, she obviously doesn’t get the hot flashes. When I started I got them at least 40 times a day. Couldn’t sleep at night, couldn’t work I was either falling asleep at my desk or peeling off my sweater or putting it back on. They got so bad I just wanted to die. I finally got on a bio-identical estrogel and have over the years been able to decrease it from twice a day to once every other day. Seems I can’t completely get off it though and its been 10 years now.
Here’s the big difference though. I’m two weeks out from a partial hystectomy due to endometriosis. My surgeon worked really hard to save one of my ovaries so I would not go into surgically induced menopause. Sure, not having a period is great! But surgically induced menopause is no walk in the park.
I completely understand why she had the surgery she did. I have two friends who went through exactly the same situation she did with BRAC gene and resulting surgical treatment. That said, once you get past the initial hell of having no hormones, it is regulated with hormone replacement therapy. But there can definitely be long lasting symptoms.
My mother thought no one knew she was going through menopause. She said she just exercised self control and no one knew what was going on.
She never knew how terrified we were of her during that time!
That’s hilarious! My mother is sweet, soft-spoken and always ladylike, and she babies my father to pieces – he can do no wrong. Except when she was in menopause, he was asking her something and she told him she would answer if he would shut up for five seconds. She used the words “shut up” which we were punished for using. Total dead silence. Everyone froze. Especially my father. I would give anything for a picture of his face at that moment. He just said, alright, then, and shut up because there was something in her voice that you didn’t want to mess with.
GNAT-OMG, I have a mental picture of your dad with frog eyes popping out! That’s a great story. My mom definitely got more snappy with my dad during the change.
I agree. When my mom was going through the change was probably the worst time of my whole family’s lives!
This isn’t against you, because I completely agree.
I’m sick of people, not just celebrities, having to neutralize everything. Nobody can say how they feel without someone whining about how it doesn’t represent them. Does anyone respect personal experience anymore? Obviously I’m not talking about bigger issues, like racial, cultural, or gendered experiences – those are important, varied, and necessary to talk about. But if someone says “I found this when this” they get jumped on because it’s not true for “everyone” (meaning them). It’s like throwing a pile of baking soda on everything. Personal experience now seems to mean “cater to my experience.”
Yup, Lisa, it’s the rapidly encroaching cultural Marxism.
Every woman’s experience IS different. I head a report on NPR the other day, and they were saying that doctors were getting women coming in who were worried something was wrong because they were NOT experiencing harsh symptoms!
I am glad there is more talk about it openly in society. It is good to get a variety of perspectives, because a woman’s experience might not be the same as those women close to her.
Heh. I hate menopause. I quit smoking at 42, and I swear, the shock put me in menopause two weeks later. I still am trying to get rid of the 35 pounds I gained 12 years later. And the hot flashes???? I am just starting to not get them, although I still get them at night, or if I drink any caffeine at all.
Ugh. Double UGH.
Angelina has always worn nice jewellery – she even co designed with Robo where the sales went to charity.
Btw these interviews where done in advance and are being released as the overseas release are nearing.
And also By the Sea is on almost 1 million from 120 theatres – not bad.
Plus the general public are calling out the critics for being double standard, mysogynist etc and saying they only have issues because Angelina is a woman.
Bless your loyalty, but so far, BTS is a bonafide flop. It did not make almost a million from 120 theaters. Estimates are $185,000 from 126 theaters, meaning a per-screen average of about $1400. People just aren’t flocking to this movie.
Also, the issue isn’t that Angelina is a woman. If anything, I’d say she gets a little more leeway than the average woman in Hollywood because of who she is and who she’s married to. She just made a crappy movie is all and people are pointing that out.
What leeway? There have been so many box office flops this year, and most have lost hundreds of millions of dollars. Where are all the negative comments about those directors or the actors involved? There are no comments about Guy Ritchie and U.N.C.L.E., Redmayne and Jupiter Ascending, or Clooney and Tomorrowland. This most the press will say about their bombs is that, “it wasn’t a good year for movies.”
Evyn – The press has no problem calling a flop a flop.
Here is just a two second google search of some of the movies you mentioned and others.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-could-lose-140-million-801244
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/jupiter-ascending-flop-wachowskis-failure-1201427887/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/summer-box-office-flops-tomorrowland-820498
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/aug/11/global-box-office-fantastic-four-trainwreck-monster-hunt-man-from-uncle
https://www.thewrap.com/lost-river-review-ryan-gosling-eva-mendes-christina-hendricks/
Even in the most recent THR story about By The Sea, they are putting it into context by also mentioning the personal passion movie flops from Bullock/Clooney, Will Smith and Michael Bay.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-by-sea-kill-hollywood-842647http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-by-sea-kill-hollywood-842647
Bravo for Jolie for taking on the reins of writing, directing, producing and staring in the film. But thus far it just hasn’t resonated with most critics or U.S. moviegoers.
It is as simple as that.
And it’s ok, because she will live and thrive on.
It flopped massively upon wider release this weekend domestically.
Box Office Mojo.
In 126 theatres this weekend. The box office was $185,000 total gross for the weekend.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/
I don’t care if you are AJ and BP, peeing on someone is just gross, improvised or not. Is Brad all of a sudden chanelling R. Kelly.
@V4Real The character, Roland is a drunk. He peed on her shoes, not her. Very gross, but there is a HUGE difference between shoes and a human being. They can’t arrest you for being gross.
No, it’s made almost a million worldwide, in 10 days. That’s not good. It’s per screen averages are abysmal.
Aniston’s film Cake that everyone was desperate to (correctly) call a flop, made almost a million domestically on it’s first weekend. BtS has made about a third of that in 10 days. So I assume that if you think BtS’s numbers aren’t bad, you also think Cake was a spectacular success, right?
@ kate — There’s one slight difference in your facts. Yes, Cake make nearly $1M dollars in it’s opening weekend, but it played in 482 theaters. That’s 472 more theaters than By the Sea, which opened in only 10 theaters. So Cake’s PTA was $1,901 in that first weekend, while By the Sea’s PTA was $9,625. So in comparison, Maya is correct, By the Sea’s numbers aren’t that bad based on the number of theaters in it’s opening weekend and it’s PTA.
Cake: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=cake.htm
By the Sea: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=bythesea.htm
Source: Box Office Mojo
“I don’t want to be young again”… that’s why I’m so desperate to keep youth. Really queen?!
@Jenni, who wrote: “I don’t want to be young again”… that’s why I’m so desperate keep youth. Really queen?!”
I’m sorry, I’m confused. What does this mean?
@ Emma
It means I’m a Jennifer Aniston fan, that needs to find a problem with everything Jolie related.
I believe her on this one. She did not seem very happy in her younger years.
Jenny, I’m sure you understand what Angelina means when she says she does not want to young again. She has been worrying about dying young because of her family history. Sometimes we just have to be fair instead of always being negative everything Angelina.
I understand how freeing menopause can be. I too was happy to be in menopause no more monthly cycle after children. I know Angie was early menopause because of health reason but when one comes to turm with something you have no control over, just enjoy your life. Btw, stay away from sweets to have less hot flashes.
Also, I think most women who grow emotionally as they age wouldn’t go back to the person they were when they were younger. I think Jenni is being deliberately puzzled by the remark because she doesn’t like Angelina.
I don’t want to BE young again, but I would love to LOOK young again.
Totally agree PixieWitch. I’m 51 but I’m told I look younger. I think I could fairly easily pass for early forties. However, the FedEx guy said I look 32 the other day! An obvious lie, but hey–who am I to complain! 🙂
None of us are ever going to be young again. That’s not something you need to concern yourself with.
Yes- I want my 41 year old brain with my 21 year old body and skin tone.
I’m wondering whether the early menopause will make her age prematurely – I heard it affects the skin density. Probably the hormone replacement therapy will help her – but to what extent? In some of the recent photos she looks particularly tired, but this may be the result of stress/overwork etc.
That being said, hopefully the flop of BTS will make her a better director over time. And it’s clearly a sign that she should not write her own movies, but rather direct someone else’s screenplays.
She is on hormone replacement – she said she has a vaginal ring and a patch. I’m on the patch after a total hysterectomy and feel great (and my skin looks dewy!) at 62.
So she has done everything to combat menopause and keep her as she was premenopause? I would too. But how is that loving menopause if you are putting a vaginal estrogen ring in your vagina so you don’t have vaginal atrophy and vaginal dryness and also are on a patch with HRT to replace what you have lost hormonewise and bring all of your levels back to where you were before menopause?
I call that accepting you are in menopause but using everything you can to combat all of the side effects and through HRT and the vaginal ring keeping yourself as you were before hitting it. I don’t call that “I actually love being in menopause.”
@Jayna – exactly. She’s coming off sounding a bit too disingenuous about being in menopause. In fact she could still theoretically have periods because she only had her ovaries and fallopian tubes out, plus she’s on HRT. I, on the other hand, had the whole kit and caboodle out when I was 42 and turned into a sweating, angry, sleepless, depressed hot mess until I went on HRT.
Dear god, what’s a vaginal ring? I don’t want to google. Being female is sucky sometimes.
That’s very nice but those of us who actually had breast cancer, then hysterectomies which brought instant menopause, can’t use any type of hormone therapy due to the type of breast cancer. We just have to deal with it.
Oh, then she isn’t experiencing the fun of menopause I’ve experienced because I went into menopause right when the studies came out about HRT, and NOT ONE DOCTOR would give me anything. Never mind that I gained 35 pounds. Never mind that I couldn’t sleep for 10 years because of hot flashes and was crabby for years due to lack of sleep. Never mind that I lost my sex drive and was dry as the Sahara. THAT menopause?? No, Angie, you wouldn’t like it at all. It was hell.
The diamond necklace sounds amazing, and I really love her personality in interviews. She seems genuinely compassionate and cool.
She seems young to be in menopause, but I was really late. Did she have her ovaries removed as part of her treatment? Sorry, I forget. I’ve never felt better since menopause ended, but going through it was hard. If she isn’t experiencing and problems, she’s lucky.
Yeah, she had her ovaries taken out this year, I believe.
She did have her ovaries removed, yes. I am sure she is having hormone therapy treatment – it would be unbelievably hard on your body to throw it into full on menopause in one day.
I can attest to that. I’m going through it right now; had my ovaries removed 1.5 years ago, and I’m not using any sort of HRT. It’s a rollercoaster for sure.
GNAT, I’m with you. After going through it, I feel better than ever before, although I think everyone around me walked on eggshells for a year or so while I was in the midst of it.
Yeah, they were scared over here, too. Lol
Well, if she’s taking HRT, menopause is easy. If, like me, she can’t take any hormones, let me tell you that surgical menopause (when your body is not ready for it yet and it happens suddenly) is HELL. I wish her well though, she’s a brave woman.
Why would she feel differently about menopause 4 years vs 1 year in? Honestly curious.
Well for some people the symptoms get worse as times goes on, but even if they don’t you would be more tired of the symptoms four years in as opposed to just beginning. The symptoms are different for everyone, and they last different amount of times for everyone. She did say she was lucky as she hasn’t had anything that bad. I kind of think menopause is somewhat like child birth. I had a friend who popped her baby out in 20 min looked like a supermodel afterwards and didn’t really have a problem with weight at all. I told her not to tell that story too much to other women as she would get abused. She did tell me when she does tell it to women they seem to get angry. I don’t really understand that, we all know these things are different for each woman. It’s not as though the woman can control it too much. I also think some of it is Angelina’s attitude. When you entered menopause, because you thought you might die early and you did it so you wouldn’t, I think your attitude about any bad symptoms are tempered a bit.
I was under a (mistaken) impression that every woman’s experience was about the same. My mother’s transition was relatively easy in her early 50s, and I hope mine is similar.
She had a serious illness otherwise, though, so some of that may have been ‘easier by comparison’ to what other problems and limitations she faced. I agree that attitude can make that difference.
I remember my mom telling me how horrible menopause was and how it lasted ten years, blah, blah, blah….so I was pleasantly surprised that my menopause was fairly smoothly…
hot flashes……not too bad
moodiness……a little
no period……..PRICELESS
Nothing else changed? You didn’t age? You skin didn’t get thinner, saggier? Your hair was the same? What about your sex drive? Body aches, pains, leg pains, bathroom issues? Memory issues? Metabolism? Energy level? Muscle tone loss? Skin elasticity ? Stomach problems? Bone density?
I am glad it went so smoothly for you but with all the issues most women have after 40 with peri and then menopause its really the exception not the rule to have this time of your life go smoothly.
I am not in meno at 40 yet but I can tell my skin and hair are different just from 35 to 40.
Bone Density is a biggie and until you fracture, Osteoporosis is “silent” with no symptoms. Something for people to think about.
You always age, skin and hair change and get saggier. It’s just a fact of life, and to be honest I don’t know any woman who felt all those things just at menopause. It’s a bit more gradual than that. I am in my late 40’s so I haven’t hit menopause yet, but you said with all the problems most women have with perimenopause, well I have a lot of friends the same age and not one of them has had really bad symptoms. In fact most have had none. Yes I realize there are women who have symptoms, but I really wouldn’t generalize like that. This person is just describing her take on what happened to her. I don’t understand why other women need insist they are wrong or stupid and don’t know the issues.
I’ll tell you what I don’t miss, I have a young daughter who just started her period. I forgot until I saw her go through this how horrible the pain and nausea could be at first. Before anyone yells at me I did take her to a Dr. and yes everything is normal. Apparently it is hereditary, and I remembered my symptoms got better a few years after I started my period too. I just conveniently forgot it. If you are really concerned about how menopause will be for you then if you are able have a heart to heart with your mom. That would be your best indicator about it, and most Doctors would say the same thing. Maybe being prepared would take a bit of the anxiety away, because I can tell you most things are only made worse with anxiety and stress.
I asked my mom about menopause. She said it went fine for her. i was surprised by her answer. She’s not really someone who dwells on things a lot though — I think she accepts age as something that will happen no matter what. She’s a more positive person than me though…
@noway….thanks for having my back! That is how menopause was for me. The worst part for me was never knowing when I would have a period. I could go three months without one and then BAM…and then not have one for two months and BAM, and sometimes not being prepared. So, when I didn’t have anymore periods…yes, it was priceless!!!
It is priceless! Was shopping with a friend yesterday and when she stopped to pick up tampons I told her how happy I was to be done with it. What’s to miss? The bloating, mind numbing cramps, PMS, upset tummy? Good bye and good riddance!
I never even knew my mother went through it. She had no hot flashes, night sweats, weight gain etc….She actually lost weight. She got moody a few times and said she wanted to sleep more versus not sleeping. She didn’t even know she was in menopause until her periods slacked off. She was in her late 40s and the Doctor told her sometimes its “easier” when you have it earlier versus later. She said my grandmother was the same, so hoping it’s a family thing with very few side effects.
mrsBPitt
I think your mother’s experience was very common. More common than yours. I hope you didn’t say “blah blah blah” to her when she was going through a such a difficult time. Oh wait, you’re alive, so obviously you didn’t. 😉
I do think for her is a slightly different matter: menopause is one of the consequences her histerectomy had, so she must have thought about it in a different way. For example: “if I do this I will be able to get old and see my children grow up”.And I agree with her about marriage: you change perspective, me and boyfriend are talking about marriage (no purpose…yet) and I find myself thinking: wow we are building something which hopefully would last for a life time !
It’s scaring, and at the same time it’s exciting.
Yes. She clearly is thinking about all the people she lost and doesn’t want her children to say the same thing about her. I can’t help but wonder if that’s part of why she was hesitant to have biological children*. I worried about carrying on certain genes myself. It’s a real concern sometimes. I have an aunt who is a genetic counselor and she’s just becoming busier and busier as are her colleagues.
*I don’t mean that I think adopted children aren’t as important as biological children. Absolutely not. I’m adopted. No slight intended.
She didn’t have a hysterectomy – she only had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. It’s called an oophorectomy.
It still puts you into menopause.
The ovaries are the ones that produce hormones, so without them, you’re going into menopause.
The Uterus is just a baby bag, it produces zero hormones. You can still have it and go into menopause.
I think the thing I like most about her is that you can look at photos of her now and ten years ago and see the difference in her face. She’s aging – beautifully, clearly with strong maintenance, if you will – and I appreciate that.
I personally think she could lighten up on the forehead botox, but like that she leaves the rest of her face alone from what I can tell. She has a lovely complexion.
I know call me crazy, but I really like a few lines on the forehead. Don’t get me wrong I don’t want to look like a wrinkled prune, but I just think it makes the face more expressive. You can’t really hide age after a certain point anyway the constant stretched face looks unreal to me.
Meh she gets a pass form me this time since she’s still actually not talking per se. It seems the interviews were already done and are being issued around the movie release dates in Europe based on the link you’ve posted above, It says the end of this week in Aussie. Plus the reporter even states they were in NY when this interview was given so that was a few weeks ago.
Of course she’s lovin the change. These people have serious money. They have access to the best, of the best of everything; doctors, the latest treatments of all kinds. And even if she experiences a little meno hiccup here and there, she gets on the phone with her people and they book a little trip away for her… you know, a little change of scenery at a luxury resort, massages etc the whole nine yards
You don’t have to have money to take care of yourself with diet, exercise and speaking to your doctor about changing Meds to help with hot flashes Ect. Also, everyone’s body reacts differently to the some of the same health problem.
True, but no one should kid themselves that we don’t age. We ALL do. And I see so many people in denial about it instead of talking about it, or what we can do about it to make certain symptoms easier to deal with.
You can’t tell me one is 65 and feels like they are 25. OR look it. The body ages even if your meno is a breeze, things change and most of them not for the better.
The one good about aging ones self confidence and not giving a rats ass about things that used to upset you at 21.
BNF.FN
Yes I agree with you to some degree- but keep in mind some women over 50 depending on what part of the world they live, don’t even have access to doctors.
And while I firmly believe money doesn’t buy happiness, it sure buys life distractions.
That’s what I thought as well.
I watched BTS last weekend and I actually liked it. The scenery was gorgeous, the actors all beautiful. Perhaps I could relate a little to what Angelina’s character was going through so I didn’t find it boring at all – I even like the languid pace. Dialogue was sparse but then I could watch those two do nothing but sigh and stare all day. I was also with my husband and I told him he could go out of the theatre if he wanted to but he finished the movie and said it was fine for him too. And It left us wanting to go back to Europe. 😄
It’s not for everyone I suppose but there are people who do like her film.
I may be the only woman, but I am glad I still have a period. Knowing how your body changes and the difference it can make in your skin, hair and muscles I am one that knows it actually can be good for your body. JMO.
My mom went through menopause at 52 and I hope I am that late too.
If you went through hellacious cramps every month like I did, trust me you’d be glad when it was over. I had a hysterectomy at 38 due to fibroid tumors and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I kept my ovaries, though, so I was able to have a normal menopause some 15 years later.
The average age for menopause is 51 so 52 isn’t that late. Your odds are good you will be within a year or two of your mom. I want to address one issue: hair. Now I am knocking on 50 not menopausal yet, and a bit over a decade ago my hair started to change. It went from very fine thin straight hair to wavy still fine, but a lot of hair. I love this hair. In fact I am kind of pissed that I didn’t have this hair younger as I could have done so much and spent less time and money getting perms. What can I say I am a girl from the 80’s. Granted as we age we have more health issues all the way around that we must take care of ourselves, but not all things are bad. Some are good. I am thankful I am not a young woman now as I think the hyper sexualization of women today makes it even harder to find a fulfilling career. I don’t think I would be good at navigating the social and career scene to say the least. As an “older” lady very few looks at me that way, and if they ignore me I can be loud and don’t mind making a scene to insist on what I want, something I wouldn’t have done in my twenties.
It’s crazy how different everyone’s experiences are. My period is like clockwork, lasts five days. The week before I’ll tear up about something stupid, immediately realize I’m a week away and that’s it. I also crave chocolate and sweets the week before, but I’ve never had any of the awful symptoms so many other women have had.
i had an ablation to end my periods and it is the most awesome thing, i wish i had done it years ago
what is that
I am in the peri stage now (at 47) and have gone from a year of really light and quick periods to now a longer period. Still having one every month; but the predictability is off.
I remember women who said they only had a week between them during this process. That may be where I am headed.
If I understand correctly, there really isn’t a slowing down and then stopping. The hormone fluctuations can make it longer and/or heavier at times.
Christin, yes quite true. If you feel concerned, request blood tests to check iron levels and your thyroid.
She strikes me as a person who’s done a lot of things, but didn’t have a well-lived life.
Really? How so? Because I really don’t see that.
She seems that kind of person who’s been into crazy stuff to make it up for something. It’s actually a cliche, but I think she fits . I’m just based on her previous statements and how serene and happy she seems now. Might be wrong, tho.
I understand your comment, but to me, doing a lot of things (in my case I’ve travelled to about 30 countries and don’t want to travel anymore) is a form of having well lived life but well lived is subjective. Some people believe 35 years of shift work and the same routine day after day and never leaving the same home you’ve owned for the last 35 years; meaning you own a car and have never travelled beyond a 10 mile radius of home and employer, then retiring and still never leaving your home or enjoying your retirement money is a life well lived simply because you were a contributing member of society as far as consistent employment. Subjective.
If you have all the money in the world for the best doctors, than yes, I suppose it wouldn’t be that bad. For me, it has been hell. It started right after my daughter was born, and 11 years later it is still going. The worst part (for me) are the psychological changes. I have finally hit on a couple of good products and am finally, slowly, starting to feel like myself again.
I’m her age and in peri, and agree with her completely. I was also very outgoing in my 20s so maybe it’s a “lived it up and now time to settle” thing. Either way I wouldn’t want to be 20 again.
Not having a period is the best thing to happen to me! While having a hysterectomy at 39 sucked, I’m grateful to no longer be in agony over my fibroids. Early menopause takes getting use to, but it’s worth it in the end.
I cannot wait for menopause. My mom went through it at 29 after a full hysterectomy and my grandmother apparently never went through it (much to my grandfather’s horror but that is a comedy story for another day). Mom’s went pretty smooth considering the circumstances and she still looks great, 30 years later. Since my periods are anywhere from 7-14 days long and my PMS usually starts within 4-5 days after the end of my period, I am going to throw a party at the first hot flash. No more 15 pound weight gains and cramps? Worth it. (My periods are also better than they use to be, thanks to a long story and an IUD. They use to be basically nonstop.)
My only question is… is she early for menopause. Or am i late lol? Is Angie 40 yet?
Jesu Christo, y’all. Half of you aren’t even close to menopausal age and you’re already upset about this. Or you had a bad time during it, and somehow that’s Angelina’s fault. My mom doesn’t have buckets of money, and she had a pretty low-key menopause. Her ease had nothing to do with buying good care. I’m looking forward to it, if her experience is any indication of how mine will go.
Oh please sit down girl, you’re only 40, you’re not 60. Stop trying to act wise beyond your years, you’re not.
She wants to sound like she’s Jane Fonda for some reason, she’s not.
She’s not old at all, what the hell.
She’s in menopause for medical reasons, not because she let nature took its course and she reached a certain age.
She’s still young.
Bravo! Thank you for telling it like it is…. She doesn’t know squat about menopause. Being pumped with estrogen is not menopause. So, please lose the sanctimonious attitude, Angie.
I remember when my mother went through menopause and it was not a pleasant experience for her or family. She began to have horrid panic attacks that required her to be hospitalized, she experienced unrelenting insomnia and she kept the house so cold that you could store meat in there and it wouldn’t spoil (hot flashes, folks). She later said that the five or six years it took her to get through menopause were the most miserable of her life.
Gimme a break! She’s so out of touch with reality and sanctimonious. We get it Angie, you’re above it all. I see desperation here.
You’re the one who seems so desperate and sanctimonious here, maggie/goo. I feel sorry for you.
Lol as if she has a say in either. If you’re a woman who lives long enough, you will go through menopause. If you continue to live a long life, you will get old. *shrugs*
I remember my mom saying to my dad, “”Jim, remember the day I had my menopause.” It literally was THAT easy for her!!!
Hahaha! Mine lasted more than a day (!!!) but was still not nearly as bad as some women’s.
As for Angie, she can’t really win. If she was to say her menopause was horrible, “some women” would judge her for being a delicate cry-baby. If she said it was easy, the same women would rag about her privledge. Predictable 🙂
Personally, I have always respected and admired her and wish there were more celebrities like her.
Well I’m perimenapousal and I ain’t loving it.
This weekend I was screaming like a mental patient. I was fine when I went to work and then found myself screaming on the phone at a family member in the bathroom of my client. I was in a rage all weekend even threatening to run someone over in my car. I even wish death on a person.
Now it’s Monday and I feel like my old self.
And the weird part is that I’m on Effexor.
“I love menopause. I don’t want to be young again”. I don’t care about having a strong, sexy body…horseshit.
Adjustment to the life cycle of a human body is possible, but the “fountain of youth” was not invented because humans don’t care. What is most interesting to me, is that the people who care the most are young. At a certain point, one doesn’t care about being sexy any more than a 9 year old. Angelina cares very much about being attractive, she goes to such lengths. to be a “movie star”. She cares very much about being loved by he fans. Obviously, I am not one. I’ve watched her all my life with blood in vials, and making out with her brother, and putting her leg out there, even if it wasn’t appropriate…whatever. Inkings and tattoos, and photographers taking pictures of the most beautiful woman on earth with the poorest of poor. I buy nothing but her need for love.
There was no ‘vial’ of blood, let alone vials, plural. It was a teeny tiny pinprick of blood in a glass pendant. Also she never made out with her brother. A quick greeting kiss on the lips is not ‘making out’. All I see in your post is the standard pro forma list of things you think makes her look bad, tattoos included. Fact is that if Angie cared about being sexy, she’d put on more weight and stop dressing in black sacks. She clearly shows she doesn’t care about fashion or how her body looks.
“Leg of Doom is always fighting with The Goatee of Despair”
This is my favourite line out of everything I’ve read all day.
I think a lot of them keep trying because they know people will have that little bit of extra impression that could push them to rent or buy when the DVDs/streaming comes out.
Looking at these pics of her, I think back when her BB Thornton days. She had horrible goth makeup. She’s got a strong look and looks best with just strong lips or eyes at most. She looks great with very little makeup.
An article in the L.A Times about her medical procedures stated that she had her hormone levels measured before the ovaries removal so that she could take replacement hormones at the same levels. So, she is not experiencing classic menopause for that reason alone.